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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
** Global Museum Celebrates Chinese New Year
Receive a FLASH ecard and greetings for Year of the Monkey. Gong Xi Fa Cai !
** Chinese family visits ancestral home, now in Salem museum
As Huang Qiuhua, now 36, stood outside the home, since moved piece by piece
to the Peabody Essex Museum, it felt foreign and out of place in its new
setting
* Letter Mentions Van Gogh Family Tragedy
A recently discovered letter by Vincent van Gogh on display for the first
time speaks of a tiny grave and his father's grief over the loss of his
first child
** Thief of dreams strikes - and strikes out
Who would want to steal Sydney's dreams? That is what the creators of the
Museum of Dreams are wondering after a video camera was stolen from inside
the installation
** State Museum not in crisis but needs help
State Museum Director Willie Calloway says his agency is not in crisis, but
Calloway says the museum needs help
** Dinos unaffordable after $46 gorillas
The Royal Ontario Museum, huge chunks of which are shut down for a massive
construction project, is cheap right now
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** Show to `Speed' ahead
In spring 2005, the MFA will fill its second-floor galleries with classic
cars owned by fashion designer Ralph Lauren
** Unseen Hopper Paintings to Star in London Show
Hopper's works, which featured everyday images of American life, were
inspired by the romantic painters of Europe from Vermeer to Degas
** Delhi's envy, LA's pride: A museum of er*tica
Simply put, if Los Angeles ' Er*tic Museum can become a tourist attraction,
why can't Delhi host a similar museum in India ?
** Music played on as artists died
The orchestra's pianist Alexander Kamensky kept his hands warm by placing
two scorching bricks on both sides of the instrument to radiate some heat
** Museum chief admits rare bird trafficking
A glowing tribute in the Smithsonian Magazine noted his talents as a
flamenco guitarist, his fluency in four languages and - above all - his
"breathlessly beautiful" collection of Amazonian tribal artefacts
** Museum compromises on controversial exhibit
The Israeli ambassador, Zvi Mazel, on Friday vandalized an art installation
that featured a portrait of a suicide bomber.
** Belgium to Hand Back Dunkirk Naval Plaques
The crest & footplate from HMS Wakeful were brought to the surface by divers
during recent work on the ship's superstructure to safeguard the busy
shipping lane
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** Rock Museum Singing the Blues
The latest round of job cuts leaves the museum with 214 employees, including
administrators, marketing and educational personnel as well as waiters and
chefs at the museum's Liquid Lounge nightclub, down from an initial staff of
over 500
** Complete mammoth skull unearthed
The specimen was discovered in a gravel pit in the Cotswolds and is
estimated to be about 50,000 years old
** Parking Fee Surprises Some Museum Visitors
Besides the parking fee, some have also complained about the traffic around
the museum when it first opened
** Museum experts clean up on aid
The Conservation Centre, in Whitechapel, Liverpool, has received worldwide
recognition for its use of laser technology, producing replicas of complex
structures using scanning, as well as cleaning sculpture and other artefacts
** Big chill killed off the Neanderthals
They say Neanderthals simply did not have the technological know-how to
survive the increasingly harsh winters graphic
** Riverfront museum hall could be sinking
"I don't use the word 'sinking,'" said Jim Reid, senior manager of capital
planning for the Park District, which owns Riverfront Museum Park
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** " The Chinese Experience in Maine ," an Exhibit of The Maine Historical
Society, To Be Available on the Maine Memory Network Website
** Yiddish for Holocaust Research
** 2004 SAA Awards Competition
** Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories
** Seventh International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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