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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:
** Snake said to be largest in captivity dies
Samantha, a reticulated python, would have been turned into a leather boot,
belt or purse if not for the intervention of a leather dealer in Wisconsin
** JFK assassination film to be restored
The "Muchmore film," as it is known, will be remastered with digital
technology that will stabilize it and restore scratched and damaged images
** British Rail's sandwich secret revealed
The former BR tea boy from Coventry lifted the lid, at the start of an
exhibition in the National Railway Museum
** Food and Art: A Matter of Taste
Food nourishes our bodies, and art nourishes our spirit - the intersection
of food and art thus awakens both sensuous and spiritual pleasures
** Prosecutor may charge suspect as persistent offender
Charged on Tuesday with felony stealing, Smith is accused of stealing the
letters from the rare book room at the university's Kent Library on Sept. 30
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** Exhibit Shows Emergence of Paris
Paris emerged from bloody turmoil in the early 1870s to become the cultural
center of Europe, and an exhibition offers a sampling of the art that
accompanied the transformation
** Little-known museum sports drug-trafficking exhibits
The exhibit shows many common household products such as Coca Cola, with
real cocaine, and Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup containing enough opium to
make a child sleep, often forever
** Steamboat Wreck Sheds Light on Bygone Era
In the muddy bottom of the Missouri River are the remains of the
stern-wheeled steamboat Montana, which sank 118 years ago
** Who Let the Dogs Out?
Research has long indicated that all dogs, from prissy Pekingese to
slobbering St. Bernards, are the domesticated descendants of wolves
** New York Museums Try to Protect Sept. 11 Artifacts
How can they be conserved - ash, debris, toxic chemicals and all - when
typically museums try to clean up artifacts and make them look like new?
** Ancient Documents, Coins Discovered Near Dead Sea
Two papyrus documents and coins with the Hebrew name of Shimon were
uncovered recently in a cave near the Dead Sea
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** Frank Gehry gets nod to redesign AGO
Thomson will help fund the expansion as well as donate a large part of his
art collection to the gallery. SEE VIDEO
** Kindness of strangers
Even his admirers described the eyewash tycoon as a "ruthless, under-handed
son of a bitch".
** Grissom's relatives retrieve property, but spacesuit stays
The Grissoms, who have long blamed NASA for the 1967 Apollo 1 launch-pad
fire that killed Gus Grissom and two other astronauts, said they didn't want
the space agency making money off his artifacts
** SA outback was once a monster nursery
A 120-million-year-old breeding ground for giant dinosaurs like the Loch
Ness Monster has been discovered in central Australia's rugged outback
** Lee Harvey Oswald's jail cell may become museum
The basement hallway where Ruby shot Oswald at point-blank range as Oswald
was being moved remains a blank corridor between a records office and a
garage
** Museum musings
Museums should stop spending untold sums of money on jagged glass monoliths,
too-new sculptures and exhibits of dubious provenance
** German museums to display ancient Chinese art from ROC
According to Jacob, visitors from neighbouring countries such as Belgium,
France and Switzerland are also expected to make the trip to see the unique
art objects
** Museum Guidelines Target Donations
Museums have new ethical guidelines for accepting contributions to ensure
the institutions maintain their integrity and donors don't benefit by giving
** Power company threatens to cut electricity at the Uffizi Gallery
Officials rushed Wednesday to quell fears that one of the world's best-known
galleries, which sees 1.5 million visitors each year, might be plunged into
darkness
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** Act now! The December 1st postmark deadline for Museum Assessment
Program (MAP) grants
** Milwaukee, Wisconsin will be site for the Association of Midwest Museums
and the Wisconsin Federation of Museums annual conference
** 2003 Conservation Assessment Program (CAP) applications are still being
funded so act now!
** Request for participation in CSA-AIA Archaeological Project Survey
** The Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center is offering an innovative
training program for museum professionals and early childhood educators
interested in using objects to teach young children.
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