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** Rare etchings by William Blake discovered in railway timetable
So boring did this tome appear to be that the seller apparently missed the
eight small etchings hidden between the pages - a mistake that, in effect,
handed the buyer a small fortune when they were identified three years ago
as unique works by the visionary artist and writer William Blake
** 8.5 million people visited the Louvre in 2009
The renowned Paris institution announced January 11 that it hosted 8.5
million visitors for the year 2009, the same number of visitors as in 2008
when the Louvre was ranked the world's most visited museum
** Museum honouring inventor of anaesthesia
They pored over a storyboard depicting Long's discovery of anaesthesia,
searched old store ledgers for hidden titbits about their ancestors' daily
lives and stood aghast as museum volunteers explained the uses of the
ghoulish array of the late 19th-century medical instruments that are on
display
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** Art of stone
What would you call it, if you had to call it something? An especially
unruly, indeed, a raving, cabbage? A storm-riven sky, baroque clouds rolling
with thunder?
** Mysterious gravestone monument on North York Moors could predate
pyramids and Stonehenge
The New Stone Age or Neolithic Period lasted from around 4,000 BC to about
2,500 BC, during which time the population increased and early forms of
agriculture began to be adopted
** In Search of an Archive of Warhol's Era
In the nearly 23 years since Andy Warhol's death, a veritable Factory's
worth of people have claimed that they worked by his side during the glory
years of the 1960s, when he was revolutionizing art with his silk-screens
and surface-lustre vision of life
** Will US museums succeed in reinventing themselves?
To make matters worse, museums on the whole are no longer the happy
exception to the shrinking and greying of fine arts audiences
** Riddle of the two Van Dycks
Between 1618 and 1621, two ostensibly identical works entitled St Jerome
with an Angel were produced in Van Dyck's Antwerp studio; one painting now
belongs to the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm and the other is on long-term
loan to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam
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** Snow storms bring out the best in UK museums, galleries and heritage
spots
From stoic resilience to early closures and red tape, museums and galleries
have taken the brunt of Arctic conditions across the UK, softened by their
capacity to provide some of the most picturesque snow scenes in the land
** Feature Site - The Aoyagi Samurai Museum
Founded on the rich traditions of the Aoyagi family, the Manor assumed a new
facade in 1989 as a complex of open-air museums and features the Main House,
the Armoury, the Seiryu-an Gallery, the Akita Folk Museum, the Samurai Tools
and Utensils Museum, the Antique Museum and Tea Room, gift shops and a
beautiful garden
** Did We Mate Or Murder Neanderthals?
The evolutionary anthropologist is doing an experiment to see if a spear
thrown by an early modern human might have killed Shanidar 3, a roughly
40-year-old Neanderthal male whose remains were uncovered in the 1950s in
Shanidar Cave in north-eastern Iraq. See also Neanderthal Decorative Shells
Found
** Mona Lisa's little secret might just have been too much pasta
Is she enjoying a private joke? Is she sneaking a sly glance at an unseen
lover? Or is the glint in the Mona Lisa's eye the result of a build-up of
fatty acids around her eye socket - a sure sign she never watched her
cholesterol?
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** Masterpieces from Paris prove too popular
The National Gallery of Australia has rebuffed patrons who have been unable
to get into the much-touted Masterpieces from Paris exhibition, saying it is
unable to extend its opening hours to cope with the overwhelming demand
** Museums 'should provide more hands-on experiences for children'
As technology at home has improved, children are being left cold by the
flashing lights and whooshing sounds that might have appealed before
** Echoes of Elvis
His face is no longer the face of the man who sang, danced, and played the
good guy on the silver screen; rather, it is the face of an icon whose
character echoes the views and passions of the artists who portray him
** Flower Raises A Stink In Milwaukee
A rare, large and foul-smelling plant in the lily family that blooms about
every six years may stink up the Milwaukee Public Museum Jan. 18
** Ancient Egyptian Make-up Protected Eyes
The ably-applied black line marking the eyes of ancient Egyptians, which
stands out in the rupestrian portraits on Pharaoh tombs, contained lead: a
substance the toxic (and hence harmful) effects of which on human health are
well-known
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** This Week's Horoscopes
Sagittarius Nov 22 - Dec 21 Nothing will be what it seems this week,
especially breakfast sausages
** Is the Getty Museum directorship becoming a revolving door?
Thursday's startling announcement from the Getty Trust that museum director
Michael Brand had resigned, effective at the end of the month, remains a
puzzlement
** Civil War era canon exhumed
The cannon was raised at sundown Nov. 22 from the USS Westfield, which was
lifted from its watery resting place in the Texas City Channel, where it had
been submerged for 146 years
** 3rd Fossil Preparation and Collections Symposium
The Field Museum is hosting the 3rd Fossil Preparation and Collections
Symposium April 29-May 1 2010
** The Silent Message of the Museum
Seton Hall University
** Winter Storytelling Festival: Sharing Our Stories
National Museum of the American Indian
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