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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:
** Confronting the ghosts of a looted past
Deathly ill, Vietnam veteran Gerald McDonald, heir to a multimillion dollar
art collection, borrowed plane fare and headed to Eastern Europe on a
personal quest
** Natural History Museum fires warning shot on ditching free admission
The Natural History Museum will torpedo free admission to museums if the
government fails to fund it properly, its director warned
** Cat missing from Monitor
Legend had it the ship's brave mouser, a black cat, was stored in one of the
cannons while sailors battled to save the ship
** Costume Museum Closure is Closer
The Museum of Costume and Textiles could go as part of the council's
overhaul of the city's museums
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** Germany honours author with museum
A museum devoted to the work of Nobel prize winning author Guenter Grass has
opened in the German town of Luebeck
** Art Museum secures $47 million loan
The Milwaukee Art Museum has secured a loan with a lending consortium of
banks to replace its existing line of credit
** Hopes dashed by £30m gap in museums grant
Curators of regional museums are in despair today after the government's
promised bail-out fell £30m short of the minimum they say is needed to
prevent eventual meltdown
** His home is his gallery
It's hard to miss the 14-foot steamship on Shunsuke Yamaguchi's front porch
** Scholar Touts Oldest Link to Jesus
An inscription in the Aramaic language - "James, son of Joseph, brother of
Jesus" - appears on an empty ossuary, a limestone burial box for bones
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** Largest visual art prize unveiled
The biennial competition will be open to artists from across the globe whose
entries will in turn be shown in Cardiff at the National Museum and Gallery
** Ignominious end for an Auckland icon
The museum's director, Rodney Wilson, says the bug-infested wood is not
allowed inside as it is a potential risk to other historic wooden treasures
** MoSex for me
Excuse me, lost my train of thought for a moment- Xaviera Hollander is
making strange sounds on my personal narrated audio-guide gizmo
** All shook up by Elvis on exhibit
When you walk into the museum, whose curator, it seems, is a red-haired
young woman in shorts filing her nails, you are presented with the dining
room from Elvis' Beverly Hills home
** Shine on harvest moon
Then there is the demolition of the beloved de Young Museum in Golden Gate
Park, which is being replaced by a barren box of metal and cement.
** Dinosaur model stolen from childrens museum
The dinosaur model used to overlook a sand-filled "dig" that's one of the
popular attractions at the museum
** The Mystery of Emperor Tewodros's Amulet
Some of the deceased monarch's hair is to this day to be found in the
British army museum.
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** ''Gone With the Wind'' memorabilia owner says he may pull exhibit
The former Hollywood makeup artist's list of grievances include the museum's
leaky roof that could have damaged his memorabilia and part of the
collection being kept in a rental van
** Egypt Plans to Explore Pyramid
Egypt plans to explore the surface of the Great Pyramid in search of an exit
to a mysterious shaft blocked on the inside
** Top-secret tragedy helped give rise to the popular Frye Art Museum
Memories of the event are dimmed not only by time, but by the military's
efforts to keep the aircraft a secret
** This Week's Horoscopes:
Leo: (July 23 - Aug. 22) And to think you laughed when your high-school
yearbook named you Most Likely To Be Responsible For The Extinction Of The
Frigate Bird.
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** Promoting Your Collection
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** Politics and the Archives
** Flowers After the Funeral: The Meaning of Libraries, Archives, and
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