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week's edition include:
** Roman coins saved for the nation
Two hoards of Roman coins and Iron Age gold jewellery have been saved for
the nation and will be housed at a Somerset museum, thanks to funding
totalling almost £900,000
** Let Otafiire demolish the Uganda Museum
If Maj Gen Kahinda Otafiire is reading this, I would like to urge him to go
ahead and okay the erection of the multi-billion storeyed building on the
land that houses the Uganda Museum
** Museum's Secret Exhibits inspire search for art
Of course, regulars may not even know about them, because the exhibits are
so small, actually hidden inside the museum's largest murals and dioramas
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** Australian souvenirs being made overseas
Foreign items at Melbourne Museum included a model W-Class tram made in Sri
Lanka, while the Shrine of Remembrance sold a Chinese-made statue of ANZAC
hero John Simpson and his donkey
** Museum gets 'Miracle on the Hudson' jet
The world will be able to relive the triumph of what has been dubbed 'The
Miracle on the Hudson' when the Airbus A320 is shipped this spring from a
northern New Jersey warehouse to Charlotte, NC, for an exhibit at the
Carolinas Aviation Museum
** Mayan civilisation collapse blamed on environmental damage
The collapse of the Mayan civilization was due to environmental damage
caused by deforestation and damage to the agricultural system, said a
leading US archaeologist
** Shipwreck exhibit stirs up storm at Smithsonian
Archaeologists within the institution - and further afield - are criticizing
the curator's decision to mount the show and, in particular, questioning the
nature of the original salvage. More
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** Yorkshire Museum: Roman holiday
The curators of the museum decided that what they urgently needed to do was
open the museum up and rediscover its elegance and beauty; this they did -
using their bare hands
** Egyptian Museum retrieves 12 artifacts
Egypt has announced that 12 of the artifacts, which were stolen during the
recent uprising in the country, have been restored to the Egyptian Museum in
Cairo
** Economic downtown prompts closing of museum
Dozens of quilts, weaving looms and even a moonshine still are without a
home now that Appalachian State University has closed its Appalachian
Cultural Museum in Boone
** Website Tracks At-Risk Historic Sites
Called Global Heritage Network (GHN), the platform is the first early
warning and threat monitoring system for saving endangered sites in
developing countries, where financial resources and expertise are limited
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** Did Banksy's latest work bring misery to a homeless man?
And in a few short weeks, the metal, metaphorical elephant has sparked
fierce debate about such diverse topics as greed, homelessness, wealth,
poverty, the genius of the man who made it and the sheer, unbridled insanity
of the contemporary art market he (sort of) inhabits
** No scurvy? Archaeologists analyze skeleton of Franklin expedition crew
member
That the body was accorded formal burial suggests that the death occurred
before the final throes of the expedition when the dead seem to have been
left unburied and, in some cases, cannibalised
** Russia orders immediate return of artworks from icon museum in Clinton
Russia's Ministry of Culture has ordered the Museum of Russian Icons in
Clinton to dismantle its exhibit of 37 icons and artifacts on loan from
Russia and send them back
** The Spirit of Sharing
While museums have long strived to be welcoming places as well as havens of
learning, social media is turning them into virtual community centers
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** Hawass denies involvement in antiquities theft
Hawass denied that the theft at the archaeological warehouses in Zagazig
took place during his tenure, stating that "on the contrary this happened
during the term of the former SCA's secretary-general, Abdel Halim
Noureddin."
** Artists to Boycott Abu Dhabi's Guggenheim Over Labor Rights
Artists and curators from around the world have signed a petition to boycott
the Abu Dhabi-based Guggenheim Museum until the government of the United
Arab Emirates and the Guggenheim Foundation can ensure the protection of
laborers at the construction site
** This Week's Horoscopes
Cancer - Remember, a bend in the road isn't the end of the road. While we're
on the subject, the circular device on the dashboard can be used to turn
your car
** LA museum unearths ice-age mammoth skull
Excited archeologists in California are rubbing their hands: after three
years' back-breaking work they are finally, painstakingly revealing the face
of Zed, the ice age mammoth
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** US museum ordered to return Egyptian death mask
The US government has stepped into a row over an ancient Egyptian death
mask, ordering the St Louis Art Museum to hand over the artefact
** TIME 2011/Teaching Institute in Museum Education
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to offer TIME 2011
/Teaching Institute in Museum Education.
** Go Swedish! Smörgåsbord and Beyond
The traveling exhibit Go Swedish! Smörgåsbord and Beyond centers on the
traditional Swedish foods, how different regions in Sweden focus on
different types of food, and how some things have changed as well as the
importance of the table setting and cookware.
** Queensland Museum puts out call for flood objects and stories
Do you have items that relate to the 2010 -2011 Queensland floods disaster
and its aftermath?
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