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The international headlines in this week's (for the full story visit the
webzine) edition include:
** Body found near Bluebird
Police said the remains were recovered by the diving team which salvaged
Bluebird in March
** New at the zoo
Lions and tigers and bears . . . oh, my! Some 130 million people will visit
America's zoos this year
** Stones that could be Britain's pyramids
Professor Cunliffe said the view of Stone Age Britain as backward had been
skewed by our historical reliance on Greek and Roman classical texts
** Remains of Mayan Ruler Discovered in Honduras
The jade-encrusted remains of a powerful Mayan king have been unearthed in
Honduras by a Japanese archeologist
** High-tech museum unites Belfast community
In Belfast, a dazzling, high-tech museum has been built with the idea that
it will bring a divided community together.
** £875,000 for book of doomed US Indians
The collection, photographed over 30 years from 1895, was given to Edward
VII and later to King George V
** Museum solves folding screen mystery
The screen's background had remained a mystery until it underwent repairs
last year
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** Lawyer uses hair to scare rabbits
Global Museum's strange but true file - A Canadian lawyer is using his hair
clippings to stop rabbits eating his garden
** Model maker gives glimpse into history
The USS Arizona took him 5½ years to make, using parts from model kits and
even his wife's jewelry
** New exhibit turns a historic phrase
Chances are if someone tells you to put a sock in it, you aren't being told
to turn down the music blaring from a gramophone
** Natural History Museum Head Resigns
The director of the National Museum of Natural History has resigned, saying
he could not see through to the end a lengthy project to reorganize the
Smithsonian Institution's science units
** Roman coin hoard declared treasure
A hoard of more than 1,000 Roman coins from 300AD - which were found by two
men with metal detectors
** Thousands strip for art photo
Tunick thanked the city of Montreal for cooperating with him, noting that in
his native New York, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani had tried to prevent his
photographing nudes on a street
** Oldest relative of today's mammals
A furry animal, the size of a large paper clip that lived in the time of the
dinosaurs may be the missing link in the evolution between reptiles and
mammals
** National heritage site 'bulldozed'
A local archaeologist, Mr Donal O'Regan, said a raised square fort and
"classic" ring fort seemed to have been levelled
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** 'Bizarre' Museum Being Modernized
It can be argued that Edra Moore has the worst museum job in America
** UN criticises Prado plan to raze cloisters
Unesco, the self-appointed guardian of world heritage, has criticised the
government for destroying the cloisters in the centre of Madrid
** Captain's "Lucky Coin" Found in Civil War Submarine
The newly discovered coin is bent, which is consistent with reports that it
saved Dixon from the loss of a leg or even his life by deflecting a bullet
directed at him
** A Tour of the Trask Museum
Mr. Trask began his art collection with a single command to his assistant:
"Buy me some Fragonard."
** China Vows to Retrieve More Stolen Cultural Relics
Qu was upbeat about the future of taking more smuggled culture relics back
to their place of origin
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** "Towards an Electronic Cultural Atlas: E-Publishing and Knowledge
Management in the Humanities"
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** The Winedale Museum Seminar on Administration & Interpretation will
celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2001!
** "Health and Safety: Hazard Communication"
** "Preserving Photographs in a Digital World" seminar
** Digitale Kanalen, de geschiedenis van de waterhuishouding van Amsterdam
** The Northeast States Civilian Conservation Corps Museum will be opening
for the season beginning Memorial Day weekend.
** American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) Hosts Annual
Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana September 12 - 15, 2001
** GOING BROKE? Museum Collections theoretically at risk
** The 25th International Symposium on the Conservation and Restoration of
Cultural Properties
Musical Instruments :Toward A New Organology
** "Grave Concerns: The Ethics of the Dead"
2nd Annual Laurier Brantford Interdisciplinary Conference
** "Don't Let It Fall Apart: Tips for Furniture Care" A workshop presented
by the Collection Managers Committee of the Texas Association of Museums
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