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week's edition include:
** The Butcher, the Barbers and the Fake Martian Monkey
Only the mini-museum of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation can boast of
possessing such an other-world oddity as the monkey from Mars
** Discovering How Greeks Computed in 100 B.C.
After a closer examination of a surviving marvel of ancient Greek technology
known as the Antikythera Mechanism, scientists have found that the device
not only predicted solar eclipses but also organized the calendar in the
four-year cycles of the Olympiad, forerunner of the modern Olympic Games
** 'Human' robot is all heart
He is the star of the Emotibots event at London's Science Museum, which
coincides with the release of new robot film WALL-E
** Rare planes restored at Pensacola naval air museum
The volunteers often draw on their own military experience to make the
restorations authentic, and the thousands of hours in labour donated each
year have made the volunteer program a model for other museums
** Modernist development at British Museum will destroy key period details,
say critics
A plan by the British Museum to build a £130 million exhibition centre in
its northwest corner has provoked anger from heritage groups that claim it
will destroy some of the 19th-century building's most beautiful period
details and vistas
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** A 'toxic' National Gallery
The National Gallery of Canada claimed in Federal Court that reinstating
David Franklin as deputy director and chief curator would create a "toxic
work environment" at the federal government's flagship cultural institution
** Germans find Olympic course where Nero raced chariot
German archaeologists using radar technology believe they may have
discovered the ancient horse racing track at Olympia where Roman Emperor
Nero bribed his way to Olympic laurels
** Unknown Leonardo kept in drawer
If confirmed, it would be the first work to be attributed to Leonardo since
the Lady with an Ermine was identified as his work in the early 19th century
** Cover-up mummies to be unwrapped
The Manchester Ancient Egypt Society had said that the cover-up decision was
"incomprehensible", adding that the museum could lose its academic
credibility
** A Portrait of Art As a Tax Deduction
Jon and Mary Shirley used to give artwork by the likes of Jackson Pollock,
Mark Rothko and Alberto Giacometti to the Seattle Art Museum - no longer
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** Lightning likely cause; books, photographs, artefacts lost in fire
More than 100 years worth of history went up in flames along with an island
institution early on Thursday morning
** Gaps in aging levees leave D.C. landmarks exposed
New maps in Washington would lead to the review of projects such as the
construction of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American
History and Culture, which would be partly in the new flood zone
** It's art, for the Facebook generation
The chosen artists then spent several months in Singapore, working with
local technology labs, in an experiment the curators hoped would push the
boundaries of both art and science
** Huge call to save Bletchley for the nation
Home to the first programmable computers during the Second World War and the
location of much of the code breaking activity that did so much to shorten
the conflict, Bletchley Park falling into disrepair and urgent action is
needed
** 'Yeti hair' to get DNA analysis
Ape expert Ian Redmond says the hairs bear a "startling resemblance" to
similar hairs collected by Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary
** Scientists recreate hidden Van Gogh portrait
A team of European scientists unveiled on Wednesday a new method for
extracting images hidden under old masters' paintings, recreating a colour
portrait of a woman's face unseen since Vincent van Gogh painted over it in
1887
** This Week's Horoscopes
Leo - July 23 to August 22. You've never been the athletic type, so it's a
bit of a surprise when you're suddenly struck with a dozen errant javelins.
** An island of natural wonders and human intrigue
Lord Howe Island's museum curator can call wild predators from the sky or
coax wood hens out of the forest and he's personally ensuring the survival
of the Lord Howe Island land snail, by hand-raising breeding pairs in
terrariums using farming techniques of French table snails
** 7th Annual Kentucky Art Car Weekend
The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft has announced that for the 7th year, it
will be hosting the Kentucky Art Car Weekend
** Let's Do I.T. Right!
36th Annual Museum Computer Network Conference
** A Space Odyssey: Storage Strategies for Cultural Collections
Presented by the Conservation Centre for Art and Historic Artefacts
** Metropolitan Museum Acquires Lucas van Leyden Drawing
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has acquired a drawing of the Archangel
Gabriel announcing the birth of Christ by the Netherlands master Lucas van
Leyden
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