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address http://www.globalmuseum.org and click on the NEWS button) in this
week's edition include:
** Nimoy Donates $1 Million to Museum
The large gift is the second in recent months by the Nimoys, who donated $1
million to the Griffith Observatory renovation effort
** Raphael found hidden under assistant's work
A sketch believed to be by Raphael has been found concealed beneath a work
that had been attributed to his assistant
** Greece plans museum at contentious site at foot of Acropolis
Greece says it will forge ahead with plans to construct a new museum at the
foot at the Acropolis in Athens despite criticism that a unique
archaeological site nearby will be destroyed
** Though he's been dead 34 years, Bobo has a lot to live for
There's no denying that Bobo will be a bit of a stiff at his 51st birthday
celebration at Seattle's Museum of History and Industry
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** A-bomb exhibit called too gruesome for display at U.N.
Hidankyo officials considered replacing some of the more horrific shots, but
decided to stick to the original exhibit plan on grounds the significance of
the presentation would suffer without an ``in your face'' approach
** Exhibition explores sleeping, dreaming and awakening
An 18th-century British writer wrote that when we dream, our spirits leave
our bodies, a situation that makes us actor, spectator and theatre all at
once
** Elvismobile cruises into museum
It's not the Heartbreak Hotel, but Lee Durand's Elvismobile will be taking
up residence at the Holland Museum for three weeks
** Johannesburg thieves make off with The Apostle Thomas
The Apostle Thomas, an oil-on-canvas from the studio of El Greco, was yanked
out of its frame shortly before July 3
** Police question Museum Worker over girl's murder
Mr Kemp has worked as a maintenance worker at the town's Royal Navy
submarine museum for 20 years
** Museum to mark Jewish life in Poland
Director says multi-million-pound site in Warsaw will show Poland is 'more
than just the world's largest Jewish graveyard'
** Ancient Chocolate Cravings
It was gulped as a bitter drink rather than nibbled as a sweet indulgence,
but scientists have learned chocolate-and its lovers-have been around nearly
1,000 years longer than previously thought
** Clinton's library foundation sues Arkansas
The $200 million library and museum complex will generate $10.7 million a
year through tourism and jobs associated with the library, foundation
officials say
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** El Nino comes to Smithsonian museum
El Nino can affect the weather worldwide- storms and mudslides in
California, forest fires in Australia and Indonesia, drought in Africa and
Brazil
** Belgium Confronts Its Colonial Demons
The Royal Museum for Central Africa has commissioned some of the country's
most eminent historians to give the public the truth
** A new museum for lipstick guns, exploding trees
First off, it's difficult to create a "Hall of Fame" honouring the biggest
stars as the whole point of being a skilful spy is to remain unknown
** Goldfish show makes a splash
According to ancient literature, goldfish, which are thought to have been
artificially bred from China's crucian carp, were exported to Osaka in 1502
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** Lennon glasses go on show
The orange-tinted spectacles, which are thought to be worth over £1 million,
became part of the legendary Beatle's trademark between 1970-1973
** French museum honours fighter pilot from Missouri
A museum in northern France has opened a permanent exhibit on an American
fighter pilot whose remains were found 56 years after he went missing during
World War II.
** 'Indiana Jones' builders in mammoth discovery
Officials from the Denver Museum of Nature & Science believe the tusk
belonged to a fully grown male Columbian mammoth
** N.Y. museum proclaims Jeep modern art
The Museum of Modern Art recently acquired a 1953 Willys-Overland Jeep and
put it on display in the "AUTObodies: speed, sport, transport" exhibit
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** 7th Regional assembly of the Asia Pacific Organisation
** The inaugural "Conference on WWII-Era POWs" will take place 5-8 October
2002 in Muscatine, Iowa
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** Arts Minister Acts To Protect Historic Shipwreck
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