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The international headlines in this week's (for the full story visit the
webzine) edition include:
** Te Papa's storm in a T-shirt
The Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa, has placated a group of high-profile
companies by removing three controversial items from an art exhibition Te
Papa brings back controversial T-shirts
** 'Buddha's hair' found in China
Archaeologists in China say they have unearthed a miniature gold box
believed to contain the hair of the Buddha
** Museums facing closure threat - report
Many museums are in danger of being forced to close because they can no
longer meet running costs, says a new report
** So, this is Australia?
As you bid farewell to the dinosaurs, on your right you will see a display
of Great Australian Dicks, fittingly housed in the Long Room
** Don't Pack Your Bags For The Tea Museum
He then founded the Bramah Museum of Tea and Coffee in an area of London
that has been the heart of the tea trade for centuries
** Lover of Pakistani birds spied for US
During his spy work, he had kept up his passion for bird-watching, and one
day while taking a shower in Sri Lanka, he had detected a bird through
cracks in the bathroom door that he had been trying to collect
** State of the Art
It's the age of museum-not the musty kind, but ultramodern showplaces that
are betting on big on marketing culture to middle America
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** Iron Age burial chariot unearthed
Archaeologists who removed the chariot from its shallow grave confirmed that
a fragment of tooth enamel, believed to be human, has also been retrieved
from the site at Newbridge, near Edinburgh
** Project Strives For A Positive Greenhouse Effect
In an abandoned china clay quarry near the southern coast of Cornwall, a
former music producer and songwriter has built a modern, $120 million Garden
of Eden
** Gallery digs plan for giant artwork
Diggers will move in next month to create an earth sculpture which is 9m
high and larger than a football pitch
** Dive team finds explorer's shipwreck
Australian divers have found the wreck of the ship commanded by the man who
explored the continent's west coast 80 years before James Cook sailed south
in the Endeavour
** Fort Jesus museum nominated UNESCO monument list
Built in 1593 to guard the entrance of the old harbour in Mombasa against
onslaughts by the Omani Arabs, the monument survived numerous sieges over
the ages until it was taken over by the British in 1895 and made a prison
** Carolina parakeet exhibit displays extinct bird
The conversion of freshwater wetlands to rice paddies and the spread of
agriculture led to the brilliantly colored bird's demise
** Museums 'must merge or close'
The UK has too many museums and some must merge or face closure, according
to research
** Local Libraries: A Bureaucratic Nightmare
Spreading knowledge to the masses was one of the primary goals, and also one
of the major achievements, of the Soviet state.
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** The Unplanned Freefall; Tips For A Safe landing
Let's say your jet blows apart at 35,000 feet. You exit the aircraft and
begin to descend independently. Now what?
** Our Web Site of The Week
Something positively medieval from NewYorkCarver.com. Interesting 'portal'
with a good representations of major museums.
** Sketches for 2001 found space in the garage
The drawings by Harry Lange, a former section head of Nasa's Future Projects
Staff, show that Kubrick was relying on the views of space programme
insiders, rather than the film set designers, to shape his vision of space
travel
Radio, TV stars of museum
You might ask why there's a museum dedicated to something most people are
exposed to every day, but television and radio can be more than a source of
entertainment
** Museum Heist Paints a Picture of Swedish Naivete
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** L I S A 2 0 0 1 (Liverpool Interdisciplinary Symposium in Antiquity)
** Classroom Collections Creating Collections with Young Children
** Literacy Activities in Museums
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