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In your FREE international Museum webzine this week:
A new FORUM introduction from your friendly, online, publisher recording
some of the week's highlights and site visitor feedback; a record number of
career options in the CAREERS section ( where else!) and the a broad variety
of international Museum news and associated topics, including the following:
** Stars in their eyes
Once I saw a man in the National Gallery with a concentrated, almost
demented look on his face
** Conserving Life for a Profit
Who says you can't profit from saving furry animals? Earth Sanctuaries Ltd.
says it can
** Meteorite Zag sheds light on life in cosmos
Traces of sea water have been found in a meteorite that fell to Earth two
years ago, suggesting that conditions for life in the cosmos may have
existed much earlier than thought
** A gruesome memorial to a failure to shout 'stop'
It is the mundane details which strike the most powerful chords in the
piteous rooms of the Holocaust Exhibition, which has just opened in London
** French businessman helps preserve Cambodia's art heritage
A French businessman hoping to stem the flood of historic treasures from
Cambodia purchased a bell and donated it to the country where it was cast.
** New Tourism & Marketing Book shows Museums the way
From a "Sounds of Silence" Dinner in the desert, to a watch with a built in
compass that "avoids the embarrassment of having to eat your friends", -
Book review
** Port of Montreal won't sell land for Technodome
Quebec politicians and bureaucrats were seething Wednesday with a decision
by the federally owned Port of Montreal to refuse to sell land for a $1
billion sports and entertainment complex
** Joyce's 'Ulysses' manuscript on show in Dublin
The manuscript, complete with corrections and doodles, was bought from Joyce
in 1924 by an American book dealer. Until now it has not been seen outside
the United States
** Antiquities Sale at Christie's New York Tops $14.9 Million
Christie's New York auction of antiquities grossed $14.9 million and set
world auction records for a Greek red-figured vase and Hellenistic marble
statue.
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** Woven cloth dates back 27,000 years
Woven clothing was being produced on looms 27,000 years ago, far earlier
than had been thought, scientists say.
** Disputed Matisse painting returned to Russia
Organizers of a touring art exhibit from Russia's Hermitage Museum bought a
famous Matisse painting a one-way ticket back to St. Petersburg, preempting
what they feared would be a court-ordered seizure in Italy over its
ownership
** KU grad student hits dinosaur jackpot
The newest T. Rex skeleton is still mostly in the ground. Sundell said they
have recovered about 10 percent of the 65-million-year-old skeleton (about
40 boxes worth of bones)
** `20s hotel built for blacks will give history a home
The Wellsbilt`s fortune officially changes today. It is re-opening, on a
preview basis, as a museum dedicated to black history
** Museum is left hanging
The future of the Museum of Contemporary Art remains unresolved and, despite
her endearing presence, you can see Elizabeth Ann Macgregor is frustrated.
** Fazida's snaky adventure
She is the first woman in Malaysia to spend 31 days in a tiny glass
enclosure with 90 venomous snakes, all this within the Kelantan Museum
** Hip-Hop Exhibit Features Run-D.M.C., Tupac Shakur Artifacts
"We feel this exhibit has something for everyone," said Santina Protopapa,
education program director for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. "Hip-hop is a
global phenomenon.
** Significantly reduced awareness of heart attacks
A medical breakthrough that should come as welcome news for millions of
at-risk Americans
** Oral History Archive
"The development of this frightful means of destruction was ardently
demanded by the perils of the time and situation." Albert Einstein,
physicist.
** Test pilot, WWII ace Don Lopez to speak at museum
Don Lopez, a World War II fighter ace and deputy director of the most
popular aviation museum in the world, will speak about his career Friday
night at the American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum
** Mummy from oddity museum could be Rameses I
The Niagara Falls Museum displayed the mummy for 138 years as part of its
collection, which included two-headed cows, a five-legged pig, Wild Bill
Hickok's saddle and a humpback whale skeleton.
** Visitor Studies Association Conference
The VSA conference will be held in Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts from
AUGUST 5-9, including concurrent sessions, evening events, and full- and
half-day workshops about visitor evaluation.
** American Association of Museums 96th Annual Meeting - advance notice and
accommodation options
** C.A.R.E. Needs Your Proposal!
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