Welcome back to GLOBAL MUSEUM, your free webzine and museum compendium
readMacon County Historical Society subscribed <[log in to unmask]>
weekly by 6,000+ readers in more than 103 countries . Free Online
subscription. http://www.globalmuseum.org
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:
** Art World Up In Arms Over David's Facelift
Michelangelo's white marble David has survived lightning, medieval riots,
and a dousing in acid so you would hardly expect a light cleaning ahead of
his 500th birthday to raise alarm
** Insect museum must count exhibits
The head of a German insect museum has been told to count every one of his
thousands of creepy crawlies
** Waxwork Cowell judges the public
A waxwork Simon Cowell that can judge pop star hopeful's vocal efforts has
been unveiled at London's Madame Tussauds
** NZ Kauri Reveal Climate History
New Zealand's magnificent kauri trees are helping scientists understand more
about the disruptive weather pattern known as El Niņo
** Police investigate break-in at Earp birthplace
Birthplace curator Melba Matson says the thief made off with a 44-calibre
Smith and Wesson revolver replica and 12 arrowheads in a frame
** 1,000-year-old giant sequoia falls, crushes vehicle
A 200-foot-tall giant sequoia tree fell along Sequoia National Park's main
road, crushing a vehicle into a pile of crumpled metal
** Kelly gang cooked up own armour
Nuclear science has finally proved Ned Kelly and his gang were smart enough
to have fashioned their famous suits of armour themselves
_________________________________________________________________
GLOBAL MUSEUM TRAVEL - For Business and Pleasure - the leading provider of
online museum travel, established in 1998. 40,000 in over 8,000 cities
worldwide. Discounts up to 65% off. Rooms for sold-out dates. Group
Reservations. CLICK HERE http://www4.wave.co.nz/~jollyroger/travel1.htm
Provider is a member of I.A.T.A. Weather, Destination Guides and more!
http://www4.wave.co.nz/~jollyroger/travel1.htm
_________________________________________________________________
** Evolution takes a toll on Museum of Natural History
The museum has been stumbling financially and has been beset by a revolving
door of executive directors, internal disagreements and the loss of many
staff
** Nassau Employee Stole from County Museum
Kappeler, who worked in the system's storage facility at the Sands Point
Preserve, first came under police scrutiny in summer 2001 after his
estranged wife told them he had been removing items from the storage site
** Inside a tomb, has a scientist found Nefertiti?
The 37-year-old expert on Egyptian hair has a curly mop of flaming red locks
reminiscent of Little Orphan Annie, as well as a decidedly un-Annie-like
pierced nostril.
** Museum Director fights back after no-confidence vote
The man in charge of one of the nation's leading scientific institutions,
the Australian Museum, is fighting back against claims that he has plunged
the organisation into crisis
** Enola Gay Goes on Display
The restoration, the result of 300,000 hours of work over nearly 20 years,
made the B-29 bomber look as it did on Aug. 6, 1945 when it dropped an
atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
** Curator become Ministry of Transport Inspector to save Museum
When the Haynes Motor Museum was turned down flat for lottery funding its
curator became an MoT inspector
** Nation's biggest diamond unveiled
The rough diamond is on display in its only Australian showing, at the
Museum and Art Gallery of the NT, until Sunday August 31
** Inside story of Enigma theft disclosed in new book
The Second World War decoding device was stolen from under the noses of
museum curators at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, on April Fool's Day,
2000
** Secrets of death
The fruit of his excavations are headed for a repository of artefacts from
the so-called Death Railway, which spelled death to about 100,000 Allied
PoWs and Asian slave labourers
______________________________________________________________
Advertisement - Fundraising Opportunity: ULTIMATE IMPOSSIBILITIES - Join
professional stage magician and science lecturer Khevin Barnes in an
astonishing presentation . Amazing science facts, unusual phenomenon, wacky
observations, theories and insights and some good old fashioned fun. He
puts the MAGIC back in to FUNDRAISING - 50% of the profit from tickets sold
goes back to your Museum. Discover more at
http://www.drwilderness.com/id3.htm
______________________________________________________________
** Dark future for Universe
Astronomers have confirmed by a new method one of the saddest stories of the
Universe - one day the stars in the sky will all stop twinkling
** Unusual Collection of the week - The Foreign Groceries Museum
Customer Research consultant, Steve, features his a odd online collection
including the Phileas Fogg Delhi poppadums!
** Glasgow City Council solves museum storage dilemma
The Open Museum will be just that - some 200,000 objects previously
languishing in the dark basements of the Kelvingrove galleries are to be
relocated to a massive garden shed surrounded by a two-foot high fence hung
with signs saying "If you borrow anything, please bring it back."
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** Storylines A Symposium
The Darlington Centre, University of Sydney
** Two Washington Preservation Initiative workshops have now been opened
for registration
** Doing More with Less: Museum Leadership in Times of Crisis
** September 11 as History: Collecting Today for Tomorrow
** From Manga to Shakuhachi, the Art Gallery of New South Wales's Wednesday
night programme Art After Hours
All this and more for you at Global Museum - See the latest museum JOBS,
BOOKSHOP, RESOURCES, Hot JOB TIPS, great people posting their RESUMES,
FORUM, Cheap and reliable world TRAVEL, MALL, Museum Accredited Courses, a
Health Store, Traditional Toy Store, Products & Services, Classical Music
store, and a Jazz Emporium. http://www.globalmuseum.org
=========================================================
Important Subscriber Information:
The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes).
If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).
|
