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week's edition include:
** Wall Street struggles being felt in fine arts community
Organizations may have to become increasingly creative about where they can
cut operations, however, if the bear market continues
** 'Old Sparky' replica here to stay
"The only condition we have with this electric chair is that nobody sit in
it," Wilkinson said
** Sniper's Shadow Casts a Chill
Jim Mackay, director of the Lyceum history museum in Alexandria, said he
hoped to reschedule his car show next spring
** Bear Center gets fundraising boost from Jane Goodall
"We have identified a possible site for the center with 50 acres and a large
log structure," said Matson
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** Country houses give up treasures
In auctioneer-speak "country house condition" means kicked by every passing
wellington and peed on by the occasional labrador
** London Roman Relic Dug Up
"It is the first real monumental inscription with the word Londinium on it."
** Old master's mother was a slave, reveal Da Vinci researchers
Researchers at a museum in Italy suggest he achieved this greatness despite
the humblest of origins as the son of a Middle Eastern slave
** Souvenir hunter stalks Montebellos crater
The scarred remains of a ship lying in an atomic crater off the Montebello
Islands have authorities scrambling
** Pledge for Geelong museum
Geelong's bid for a Guggenheim-style museum has had a boost with a
multi-million-dollar commitment from an indigenous art collector
** Images of slavery
A remarkable collection of photographs, paintings, prints and objects from
the slave trade, including leg irons and collars, has been acquired by the
National Maritime Museum at Greenwich
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** Tunnel could unearth colonial artifacts
Richardson also believes the 10-20 feet of fill in the square holds Native
American relics as well, including stone bowls and utensils, and perhaps the
remains of a canoe
** Museum Looks at 3-D Technology
A new museum is giving people a peek at technology that allowed people to
see 3-D before red-and-blue lensed glasses
** Naval Museum Gets $10M Donation
The 80-year-old billionaire said his Navy experience, including strafing a
Japanese battleship, made him appreciate life and his own abilities.
** When lions prowled London
The new prehistoric gallery at the Museum of London looks back to the lives
of the capital's earliest inhabitants over 400,000 years ago
** Tycoon's Victorian treasury for sale
When he became interested in the Fabergé Easter eggs created for the Russian
imperial family, he bought a dozen
** Dionysos Statue To Be Given Back To Turkey
The bronze statue which is currently under protection in the British Museum
will be brought back to its motherland through a diplomatic courier at the
end of this month
** Art museum offers city $1 for garden
After having maintained the 13-acre park since 1931, the Cleveland Museum of
Art wants to buy the land from the city of Cleveland for $1
** Salute to a happy hedonist
In his 70s Joan Miró turned from provocative painting to sexy sculpture,
creating a remarkable race of joyful creatures or "personnages" as he called
them
** $1.2m for regional volunteers
It will provide volunteers with the opportunity for development in areas
such as business planning, fundraising and sponsorship, and working with
collections
** 'Lord of the Rings' to tour
A museum gallery will be turned into "Middle Earth" - the mythical home of
the trilogy's main characters, the pint-sized, furry-footed Hobbits
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