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The international headlines (for the full story visit the webzine at this
address http://www.globalmuseum.org and click on the NEWS button) in this
week's edition include:
** Tate's modern picture of success marred by staff losses and financial
shortfall
As the gallery prepares to celebrate its second birthday, the Tate is facing
an unprecedented financial crisis
** Human head disappears from museum
Curators at a Texas museum say a shrunken human head that was on display has
been stolen
** Israeli museum marks Holocaust Memorial Day
Some letters were written by Jews on their way to concentration camps,
thrown from train windows in hopes that someone might find them
** Move to return Afghan artifacts
The Virtual Kabul Museum features 20-odd items including the stunning ``Left
Foot of Zeus'' as well as parts of cave frescos from central Bamiyan
province
** Scientists reveal monster secrets
One of the mythical creatures of the ocean has been found deep down in the
waters off Tasmania
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** Gold Treasure Stolen From Mbeki's Offices
A solid gold, a gift from the British royal family to the South African
government in 1952, has been stolen from Tuynhuys
** Doze-Proof Show Unveiled at Washington Planetarium
The moon hurtles overhead, appearing close enough to touch, before the view
shifts to a stomach-churning swoop into a deep gorge on Mars
** 'Minos Ring' is worth big bucks
A gold ring long held in folklore to have belonged to the legendary King
Minos but dismissed by experts as a fake has been found to be a real
3,500-year-old artifact
** British Museum sets birthday scene
It is setting the scene early for its 250th anniversary celebrations next
year with a 3 day conference on the Enlightenment in the UK
** Going... Going... Gone?
To see these elusive animals, visit the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity
Research at the National University of Singapore, which has stuffed
specimens
** Heyerdahl gravely ill
Heyerdahl travelled this year to Samoa in the Pacific, where he participated
in archaeological studies of a discovery that could be an ancient pyramid
** Ottawa to buy Canadiana collection
The federal government is spending $6-million to allow the National Archives
to repatriate the largest collection of 18th- and 19th-century Canadiana
still held in private hands
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** Guards Fired for Allowing Sex in Museum
Two Romanians have been fired by one of Bucharest's most famous museums for
letting couples have sex in its ornate cottages for bribes of up to $3
** Museum boasts it is quake-proof
A high-tech museum that boasts it can withstand a major earthquake opens in
Japan as a symbol of recovery from the Great Hanshin Earthquake of seven
years ago
** Rare Bronze Age Gold Cup Discovered
The ceremonial vessel beaten from a single lump of gold is roughly the same
age as the famous prehistoric stone circle at Stonehenge and is one of the
oldest treasures ever discovered in Britain.
** The squeegee that helped six escape World Trade Center goes to the
Smithsonian
It's just a squeegee, but it's going to a major U.S history museum. And what
a story goes with it.
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** Greek Dolls Named Olympic Mascots
The dolls are based on a 7th century B.C. figurine believed to be one of the
first Greek toys and exhibited in the National Archaeological Museum in
Athens
** The Search for Amelia Earhart
The disappearance of Amelia Earhart, during her highly publicized attempt to
fly around the world, is one of the most compelling mysteries of the
twentieth century. AUDIO
** Lord Nelson Had Passionate Side
Admiral Horatio Nelson's steamy love letters to his mistress proved too hot
for Victorian biographers
** New Orleans pushes for Grammy museum
The site has become a symbol of New Orleans' questionable record at
protecting its renowned musical heritage
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** 1st International Symposium of Museology
** A new museum of immigration in Hackney opens April 22nd
** ICOM Asia Pacific Regional Assembly Preliminary Announcement Theme:
Museums, Intangible Heritage and Globalization
** The Fifth Annual Community Forum on Historical Records, Documenting
Underdocumented Populations & Communities
** The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of
Mississippi archaeological field school
** The international conference in Lodz, Poland will take place on 18-20 of
September this year.
** The deadline for the 2nd Dinosaur Illustration Contest
** Seeking Speakers For ICOM-MPR 2002 - Mexico City
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