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** V&A guards 'too drunk to stand
Security was so haphazard that at one private party visitors were seen
sniffing cocaine off the base of Canova's sculpture, The Three Graces
** Wreck-plunder divers advise on war graves
Wreck Respect, a group set up by sports divers to protect their interests,
is participating in a Ministry of Defence consultation into how to protect
underwater war graves
** Just like that, garden shed unearths classic Cooper
The earliest known TV footage of Tommy Cooper performing on stage has been
unearthed, after lying in a garden shed for more than 50 years
** Malta heritage site destroyed
Vandals have attacked a world heritage site in Malta, toppling huge stones
which have stood for more than 5000 years
** Forgotten painting 'has trademarks' of Hieronymus Bosch
A painting that has been hanging anonymously in the Museum of Fine Art in
Valenciennes, France, for 200 years is undergoing intense scientific
scrutiny amid speculation that it is a lost masterpiece by Hieronymus Bosch
** Famed photography archive bound for underground storage
A vast collection of photographs encompassing the history of the 20th
century, is being consigned by its owner, Bill Gates, to subterranean
storage where its 17 million pictures may be less accessible to scholars,
historians and editors
** Archeological museum to come up soon in Bihar
Bihar is soon to have a modern archeological museum at the site of the
ancient university of Vikramshila at Bhagalpur
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** Scientist Sees Bugs As Tax Write-Off
Each year about a dozen people looking for a tax write-off donate insect
collections to the Georgia Museum of Natural History, and it's Smith's job
to give them a price tag
** Tokyo exhibit for Zeus' foot unearthed in Afghanistan
A Greek stone figure unearthed in Afghanistan some 40 years ago but taken
out of the country amid armed conflicts will be on display in a Japanese
museum in the near future
** Bullock's dream of state museum realized
The results include three floors of state-of-the-art exhibits and 17
different media and interactive experiences that trace Texas history from
before European exploration to recent times
** Museum has huge hopes for dinosaurs
"We're envious," said Raymond Rye, a dinosaur expert at the Smithsonian
Institution in Washington. "It's kind of Guinness Book of World Records
stuff "
** For a magical medical mystery tour
A medical museum with a difference - that's the impression first-time users
get when they step into the newly-established museum in Bukit Jalil,
Selangor
** U-boat loo surfaces during amnesty
A German U-boat lavatory is among the treasures found during a unique
amnesty for unregistered wreck finds master
** This Week's Horoscopes
Sagittarius: (Nov. 22--Dec. 21) You will be struck with an incredible flash
of near-divine insight next Tuesday, suddenly making you aware of the reason
the chicken crossed the road
** The Edible Monument: Our Web Site of the Week
Ornate edible architecture and sculptures were often created for
celebrations in the cities and courts of early modern Europe
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** $lump Hits City Hotels, Museums
Quicker than you can say MoMA, the lines at the big-draw museums have gotten
shorter
** Brain tissues found in exhumed Yayoi-era human skulls
Brain tissues have been found in the skulls of three second-century people
exhumed last year in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan
** Looters of Afghan art: Suddenly respectable
In the scented alleys of this fabled bazaar, they profit shamelessly from
looting and smuggling
** 21 million years on, sea giant surfaces
It may look like an odd collection of rocks but SA Museum paleontologist Ben
Kear immediately identified them on Friday as remains of a 120
million-year-old ichthyosaur
** Battle to preserve Britain's archaeology of the air
One of England's leading Roman scholars has shifted his focus forward in
time by a millennium and a half to unravel the archaeology of the air
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** 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.
** Storage Planning For Cultural Facilities
** Cuba: Simposio Internacional sobre Rehabilitacion de Centros Historicos
** Archaeology of the Eurasian Iron Age and field methods in archaeology.
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