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** Open for business
It's been a roller coaster ride for earthquake survivors in Christchurch
over the last ten days, and for staff at Christchurch Art Gallery as their
workplace became an operational civil defence headquarters
** Traditionalists outraged at Versailles' modern makeover
For the second time in two years, the management of the palace has caused
uproar by displaying garish modern art - this time by the Japanese artist
Takashi Murakami - in the ornate halls and gardens of the palace
** Berlin museum now displaying pickled animals
The display contains some 1 million objects stored in 276,000 jars,
containing a total of 81,880 liters (21,600 gallons) of alcohol and lined up
on 12.6 kilometers (7.8 miles) of shelves
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** Treasure hunter finds rare antique in Cumbria
A metal detector enthusiast in Cumbria has discovered a rare Roman bronze
helmet complete with face-mask
** Structural damage in Santiago
The crumbling façade of Santiago's Museo de Arte Contemporáneo will not be
restored in time for the country's bicentennial celebrations this month
** From lepers to paranoia: The twisted history of the polka dot
Early in history, polka dots had a sinister quality; in medieval Europe,
wearing dotted patterns on fabric was taboo
** 'Original civil rights photographer' was an informant for FBI
Dubbed as the "original civil rights photographer," recently released
reports show that Memphis resident Ernest Withers was actually an informant
for the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1968 to 1970
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** Museum's celebratory exhibit creates panda-monium in Berlin
This is a tale of two pandas, both of them dead; one panda, Yan Yan, is in a
freezer at the Berlin Natural History Museum
** Lord Sainsbury donates £25m to British Museum
The money, from Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover - a former chairman of
the supermarket chain - will go towards a major redevelopment of the London
museum's facilities
** Liberace Museum closes as cash flow played out
While the outlandishly showy performer and master musician became synonymous
with Las Vegas, his memory as one of the city's holy trinity of legends
alongside Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack hasn't received
the same care and nurturing
** Antique Share, Worth as Much as $764,000, Found by Student
A share in the Dutch East India Company is "an absolute masterpiece in
scripophily," the collecting of old securities certificates, according to
the director of an auction house in Belgium
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** China orders stricter rules for fossil exploration and transfer
China's State Counci has issued a new regulation on the protection of
paleontology fossils, part of the country's efforts to protect its extensive
fossil heritage by introducing stricter approval systems for legitimate
exploration, transfer and exchanges of fossils
** Leonardo in a new light
The Virgin minus fog: National Gallery in London cleans its famous canvas
while the Louvre perform a quantitative chemical analysis on the Mona Lisa
** Field Museum plans to cut 50 staffers
The Field Museum is offering early-retirement incentives and buyout packages
in an effort to cut its 547-person staff by 50 people and plans layoffs if
enough people don't step up by November and volunteer to leave
** Ukrainian historian 'planned to leak' state secrets
The director of a wartime museum in Ukraine faces an investigation by the
country's secret services over allegations he planned to give away state
secrets
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** British Museum to Lend Disputed Ancient Artifact to Iran for Four Months
The British Museum said it will lend Iran an ancient artifact known as the
Cyrus Cylinder for a period of four months, allowing the treasure to be
featured in an exhibition opening Sept. 12 at the National Museum of Iran
** Whaling museum to open Azorean gallery
The traditional links between New Bedford and the Azores, forged during the
whaling era, have remained strong up to the present day
** Archaeologists Unearth Lousiest Civilization Ever
Explaining that the site is of absolutely no consequence to archaeological
scholarship, Farber told reporters the civilization's extensive aqueduct
system was so hilariously inefficient its inhabitants were practically
drinking mud
** Hippo-like Mammals Once Basked in Toasty Arctic
Fossils collected there in recent decades by various teams revealed a lush
landscape, which hosted giant tortoises, aquatic turtles, alligators, large
snakes, flying lemurs, tapirs and hippo-like and rhino-like mammals
** 2000-year-old pills found in Greek shipwreck
In 130 BC, a ship fashioned from the wood of walnut trees and bulging with
medicines and Syrian glassware sank off the coast of Tuscany, Italy
** History Heritage & Urban Regeneration
14th October 2010
** ICOM MPR - The 1st China International Forum of Museums
ICOM General Conference in Shanghai, China MPR will hold "The 1st China
International Forum of Museums" in Beijing from 4th to 6th November.
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