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The international headlines (FOR THE FULL STORY VISIT THE WEBZINE at this
address http://www.globalmuseum.org and click on the NEWS button) in this
week's edition include:
** Island's museum boss quits amid hunger strike
Visitors to Robben Island Museum were surprised to find people locked up in
the cells which once housed former president Nelson Mandela, but which are
now supposed to be empty
** Skull find sparks controversy
The Chadian skull hailed this week as the most important anthropological
find in living memory is not what it seems, rival researchers claim
** Dig May Uncover Edison Artifacts
An archeological dig at Thomas Edison's Menlo Park laboratory site has
uncovered the basement of the inventor's office building
** Enola Gay Pilot Is Proud Of Role
About 1,200 people turned out to see Tibbets speak at the Naval Air Station
Wildwood Aviation Museum
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** Michelangelo was bought for just $60
When Sir Timothy Clifford opened the box marked "lighting fixtures II" at
the back of the New York museum, he was not hoping for much
** Car Thieves Get a Tiny Museum
About 40 cars are stolen every day in Moscow, and the theft rate is on the
rise
** Museum's Egyptian mummy to go home
"If George Washington's body were found abroad, we would certainly hope that
it would be sent back to the United States,"
** A museum dedicated to presidential pets
The idea "fur-mented" for some 14 years before taking shape in 1998.
** Museum of Urology the place to go
So great was his immediate relief that he left $ millions in gratitude,
which put Hopkins on the map as the place to go when you cannot.
** Museum to tell story of Chinese in Chicago
They started hundreds of laundries, opened fine restaurants and other
businesses, and eventually set up what is the bustling Chinatown of today
** Scientists find 'forgotten' treasures on museum shelf
Two priceless gold and silver head-dresses - dating back 4,500 years - have
been found in archives at the British Museum
** Tate Modern extends opening hours to cope with demand
Britain's Tate Modern art gallery is extending its opening hours, including
one all-night session, to cope with demand to view its Matisse Picasso
exhibition
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** Museum of Glass in need of some cash
Just days after its dedication, the Museum of Glass has asked the city of
Tacoma for help paying a $500,000 debt to Dale Chihuly for the Chihuly
Bridge of Glass
** Hopalong Cassidy Museum to Open
A museum featuring memorabilia of cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy is coming to
a working cattle ranch near the southeast Kansas town of Benton
** An unwanted Old Master excites buyers
The work, described by experts as in mint condition, was probably painted in
1610
** Divers Uncover Turret of Ironclad
Divers have uncovered the turret of the Civil War ironclad Monitor in the
first phase of an expedition to raise the artifact from the ocean floor
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** Stolen Pharaonic plaque returns to Egypt, which vows to pursue smugglers
relentlessly
It was one of four exhibits used in the trial of Frederick Schultz, 48,
convicted of receiving and possessing stolen Egyptian antiquities
** Our Featured Site
For nearly 400 years, Robben Island, 12 kilometres from Cape Town, was a
place of banishment, exile, isolation and imprisonment. (see also top story
above)
** Underwater Archaeology
Techniques, discoverers, site exploration and museums associated with these
endeavours
** Gift of some 600 puppets will boost planned museum
Lin has been a serious fan of hand puppet shows since his childhood, and his
travels around the world convinced him that the level of Taiwanese puppetry
is among the world's highest
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** Alimentarium Food Museum Vevey, Switzerland
** Canadian Museum of Nature wins national award for novel approach to care
of natural history collections.
** EAD Workshop in Seattle, Sept. 5-6, 2002
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