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edition include:
** Florence asks Louvre for Mona Lisa on loan
Authorities
in Florence on Thursday asked the Louvre Museum to loan them Leonardo's
closely-guarded Mona Lisa for an exhibit in 2013 - 100 years since the last
time the work was displayed in Italy ** A heritage ignored no more
The
staff of the 107-year-old museum working diligently to honor those from
other cultures - the backbone of a whaling industry that made New Bedford
the wealthiest city on earth, per capita, in the mid-19th century ** Tiny
camera reveals secrets of 1,500-year-old Mayan tomb
A small,
remote-controlled camera lowered into a 1,500-year-old Mayan tomb in
southern Mexico has revealed an apparently intact funeral chamber with
offerings and red-painted wall murals
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Rare blue lobsters named Kate and William
Two rare blue lobsters caught
off the coast of P.E.I. and currently living in the Rustico Harbour Fishing
Museum in the village of North Rustico, have been dubbed Kate and William
in honour of the royal visit to the province next month ** Van Gogh
Museum closing 6 months for renovations
Dozens of the tormented Dutch
impressionist's finest works will remain on public display, moving across
the Amstel River to the Hermitage Amsterdam museum during the work,
scheduled to last from October 2012 through March 2013 ** Stolen Inuit
remains returned to Labrador
We know that William Duncan Strong knew it was
wrong, and the institution knew it was wrong because they tried to cover it
up and kept it secret...so they had a real awareness the community was
unhappy ** National Museum's monster attractions unveiled
The new-look
National Museum of Scotland has unveiled the first glimpse of a stunning
animal display set to become one of the star attractions when it fully
re-opens next month after a £46.4 million overhaul
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Iraqs Ancient Ur Site in Danger
Standing before the imposing ziggurat which
was once part of a temple complex at the Sumerian capital of Ur, Iraqi
archaeologist Abdelamir Hamdani worried about the natural elements that are
eating away at one of the wonders of Mesopotamia ** Germany Celebrates
125 Years of Car-Loving Tradition
This summer, join in Germany's
celebration of the 125th anniversary of the car by taking part in a
multitude of events on the theme of the automobile with special exhibitions
at three state-of-the-art museums ** Reclusive Art Maven Emerges From the
Shadows in Death
The sometimes-musician and artist was apparently quite the
party girl in the 1930s, but went into relative isolation after the death
of her mother in 1963 ** Ramallah museum to show Picasso for first
time
The 1943 canvas, "Buste de Femme," was loaned by the Van Abbe museum
in Eindhoven, Netherlands, as the centrepiece of the "Picasso in Palestine"
project in which local artists will lecture on the late Spanish painter's
work
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National Gallery of Victoria executive kept quiet on ban
A senior figure at
the National Gallery of Victoria failed to disclose that he had been banned
from running Australian companies until confronted with an anonymous
tip-off two years later ** From The Blogs - We Visit Fishy Relatives,
Geology Wonderland
We got in and discovered beautiful paths with ammonite
shapes carved in and exquisite fish laid out in stones, as well as, you
guessed it: more giant statues of conodont teeth ** Suddenly, Lalique Is
Back in Vogue
French government agencies worked with Art the items
represent significant human spaceflight technologies, processes and
accomplishments from NASA's past and present space exploration programs
** World War II Mystery Solved in a Few Hours
We could see he had amazing
access: taking portraits of Russian and Jewish prisoners one month,
standing just a few feet from Adolf Hitler the next ** The oldest art in
the Americas depicts a 13,000 year old mammoth
Realizing its potential
anthropological significance, Kennedy turned the bone over to experts at
the Smithsonian Museum and the University of Florida, who have now been
able to confirm that this really is authentically ancient, and not just a
clever forgery (making counterfeit mammoth engravings was a big thing in
the 19th century, for whatever reason)
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Some September 11 families angered by museum entry fee
Some family members
of victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks expressed outrage on Wednesday
at a potential admission fee to a National Memorial Museum currently under
construction at the former site of the World Trade Center towers **
Bulger arrest may yield clues on heist
The capture last week of Boston's
most sought-after criminal has given rise to speculation about the
potential return of the city's most sought-after art objects: the 13 pieces
of artwork stolen from Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990 ** Tools
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