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address http://www.globalmuseum.org and click on the news links) in this
week's edition include:
** Prehistoric child's body to stay in museum
The remains, dating back to 3,700BC, were subject to "extensive
consultation" after Druids argued that the infant should be returned to its
original grave
** 'English Patient' twist
The World War II spy who inspired the womanising hero in Michael Ondaatje's
Booker Prize-winning novel and the Oscar-winning film The English Patient
was homosexual and in love with a young soldier, according to letters
discovered in Germany
** Enjoy the Bugs, but Don't Feed the Scientists
It is annexed to the Natural History Museum here as if it were a gigantic
specimen brought back by 21st-century heirs to the collectors, entomologists
and zoologists who created that great institution
** Berlin museum hosts Aga Khan's Islamic treasures
A chestnut leaf delicately inscribed with golden calligraphy greets visitors
at the start of the show of works collected by the billionaire
philanthropist and illustrating the breadth of Islamic culture
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** Intrepid bigs plan to send NASA 50,000 signatures of shuttle backers
NASA officials said they expect to decide soon where to send three space
shuttles - Endeavour, Discovery and Atlantis - once the program is shut down
next year
** On their uppers: The great aristocratic art sell-off
Charles, Earl Spencer and brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, is selling
two Old Masters that have hung on the walls of Althorp, the family's stately
home in Northampton, since the early 19th century
** Rockabilly is memorialized at its birthplace
The Beatles' respect for rockabilly is how the image of Paul McCartney came
to be included on a large mural on the side of the Rock-a-Billy Museum
** Oddball rock band Devo donates red conical hat
The oddball rock group Devo has donated one of the red conical hats from its
hit video "Whip It" to an Ohio museum
** Why Hurling Rotten Fruit Is Good for Theatre
When the Oakland Museum of California reopens on May 1, it will include a
special exhibition in which visitors can create a computerized self-portrait
and see their artwork projected on the wall alongside paintings by
professional artists
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** Museum of Monaco Launches Centenary Celebrations with Damien Hirst
Exhibition
Gathering together an exceptional ensemble of works, displayed throughout
the museum in the company of the existing and remarkable collection of sea
creatures and marine fauna, the exhibition stages a conversation between the
past and the present, between art and science
** V&A Gets No Satisfaction
Problems arose over getting the right balance between telling the story of
music and showing the impact of the Stones on design, which was the museum's
primary interest
** British Library saves "hidden treasure" journal and maps of pioneering
17th century explorer
The rare manuscript details Narbrough's 1669 voyage to South America and
includes as well as maps and information on British exploration, social and
political history which were previously unknown
** The Art of Darkness
Memory museums are the latest cultural spinoff of the truth-seeking probes
that arose with the resurgence of Latin American democracy
** Bulldozers overhaul Luxor, city of pashas and pharaohs
Officials say the project will preserve temples and draw more tourists, but
the work has outraged archaeologists and architects who say it has gutted
Luxor's more recent heritage
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** At 88, still an cultural naughty boy
Here he is, 88 years young, still turning down knighthoods and MBEs, still
winding up "the Man" at every opportunity, still belting out protests like a
teenage agitator at a Trafalgar Square rally
** Paranormal museum opens in Gettysburg
Jonathan Williams knew that if he was going to open a museum dedicated to
ghostly apparitions and paranormal phenomena, there would be no better place
than what might be the most haunted town in America - Gettysburg
** This Week's Horoscopes
Taurus. April 20-May20 - It might not be today, and it might not be
tomorrow, but you'll soon come to regret staging a pie-eating contest to
choose a new nanny
** Rule poses threat to museum bones
Deep in the bowels of dozens of US museums lie caches of unidentified
ancient human bones that hold vital clues to the history of the continent's
earliest inhabitants
** Ceiling collapse at Nero's golden palace in Rome
Part of the ceiling over the palace of the Roman emperor Nero has collapsed
in Rome, prompting fresh concerns over the stability of the ancient complex
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** Creating and Keeping Your Digital Treasures: A User Guide
Guidelines on quality, file formats and best practice for creating, naming
and storing digital objects. Free download
** William S. Hart Postage Stamp
Part of the Natural History Family, the William S. Hart Park and Museum
Celebrates "Cowboys of the Silver Screen" Series
** An innovative mobile application for BlackBerry users
The Canadian Museum of Civilization has become the first museum in the world
to introduce a BlackBerry application for access to its audioguides and
other Museum information
** The 2010 Idaho State University Archaeological Field School:The Gault
Site, Texas
Field school will run from June 1-22, 2010
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