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The international headlines (FOR THE FULL STORY VISIT THE WEBZINE at this
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week's edition include:
** Museum worker 'took 100 exhibits'
The curator of a Copenhagen art museum has been charged with stealing 100
exhibits from the museum, worth a total of one million Kroner
** Georgians Claim to Unearth Ancient Skull
Archaeologists in the former Soviet republic of Georgia have unearthed a
skull they say is 1.8 million years old - part of a find that holds the
oldest traces of humankind's closest ancestors ever found in Europe
** Museum's official reopening
Convict life from the landing of the First Fleet to the 21st century is on
display at the new Department of Corrective Services Museum
** Police in Norway hunt eight new suspects in "The Scream" heist
Norwegian police said they were hunting for eight new suspects believed to
have been involved in the spectacular heist of Norwegian painter Edvard
Munch's world-famous painting "The Scream" a year ago
** Commissioners angered by late investigation of museum director
The failure to deliver the long-awaited investigative report on the Douglas
County Museum caused Commissioner Dan Van Slyke to call for the firing of
the attorney conducting the inquiry
** Museum gets 1,800-year-old pan
Buried only a foot underground, the so-called Staffordshire Moorlands Pan
was unearthed in 2003 by Uttoxeter metal detector salesman Kevin Blackburn
and three friends
** WWII Prison Kids Revisit China War Camp
The local government has converted part of the facility into a museum to the
internment camp, with books, photos, clothing and other items donated by its
survivors
** All discoveries no longer transferred to Museum
For several years, newly discovered items which are considered part of the
national heritage and representative of Iranian art have not been
transferred to the museum, the curator of the National Museum of Iran says
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** Record price despite tale of dog's paws
The paw prints are still visible on the work, which is expected to sell for
up to $1.2 million, setting a new record for indigenous art
** Flights of fancy for fragile museum insects
Over the next few months more than 28m dried and pinned specimens, including
some that are more than 300 years old, will move out of their dark
storerooms in the Natural History Museum to make way for a £66m building
programme
** Museum's million milestone
The Imperial War Museum North has welcomed the millionth visitor through its
doors since it opened three years ago
** Herreshoff museum hosting regatta and clambake
The Herreshoff Marine Museum and America's Cup Hall of Fame is inviting
members and friends to the Herreshoff Regatta 2005
** Records show financially troubled museum paid bonuses to four
The Milwaukee Public Museum paid $47,500 in bonuses to four vice presidents
as its finances deteriorated during the last two years and is scheduled to
hand out another $7,500 to two of them, even though they have been laid off,
records show
** A Look at the Past Recounted in Miniature
The sleeper hit in New York this summer is "Cameo Appearances," an
exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
** Tony Blair waxwork sheds suit for casual holiday look
British Prime Minister Tony Blair's holiday destination is being kept under
wraps, but that hasn't stopped Madame Tussauds wax museum imagining him on a
sun-dappled beach
** Moscow air force museum burning out of control
Over 300 sq.m. of the Central Air Force Museum in Monino is on fire, an
ITAR-TASS correspondent was told by the Moscow Region fire service
** Rare Jewish relics on display
One of them, an ancient menorah, provides historical evidence that supports
the theory that Jews were brought to the Slovak territory some 2,000 years
ago as slaves
** Wartime Letters Tell Similar Stories
The Civil War era letters are hard to read, with aging paper, occasional
poor spelling and grammar, and words wrapped in the formal cursive of the
time.
** Bulgarian archaeologists uncover treasure of thousands of golden
ornaments
Archaeologists working a dig in central Bulgaria have unearthed some 15,000
miniature rings and other gold ornaments that date to the end of the third
millennium BC - a find they say matches the famous treasure of Troy
** Riding for the Brand
In the course of her 30-year career fighting archaeological crime, Lynell
Schalk showed grit and determination in her mission to preserve this
country's Native American cultural heritage
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** Living with the Romans
** Deadline Nears for Registration Discount for MPMA's Museum Conference
** Essence of Purity - Exhibition to Commemorate the 100th Birthday of Chao
Shao-an
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