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week's edition include:
** Diplomatic whirl
The curators hope the show will highlight the Persian king's religious
tolerance and his close relations with the Jews in particular, and that this
may help improve ties between America and Iran
** Man cuts up elephant's tusk with chainsaw in Paris museum
Paris police have arrested a man for breaking into the Natural History
museum in Paris's Jardin des Plantes and setting about an elephant's tusk
with a chainsaw
** A Spanish Dance on American Shores
This exhibition is the first of the New York's own flamenco history, and it
reveals how central episodes of the history of flamenco itself have often
occurred in the city
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** Richard III Burial Challenged on Human Rights Grounds
The debate over the reburial of English King Richard III is heating up, with
a group of the monarch's supposed descendents challenging the University of
Leicester on the plans for reinterment, basing their argument on human
rights violations
** Casino magnate who tore masterpiece with his elbow sets record price for
artist
The Las Vegas casino magnate finally closed the deal this week, selling the
painting Le Rêve to the same buyer, and charging an extra $16m on top of the
original asking price to take the total to $155m
** Rembrandt's 'Night Watch' returned to Amsterdam museum
Rembrandt's iconic masterpiece the "Night Watch" has been painstakingly
returned to the main building of Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum before its
re-opening next month after a decade of renovations
** Jewish Museum asks questions about living history
A high point of the exhibition, in answer to the oft-asked question "Are
there still Jews in Germany ?" comes in the form of the Jew in the Showcase,
a glass vitrine in which a different Jewish man or woman sits on a pink felt
cushion each day to answer the public's pressing queries in person
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** Artifacts Shed Light On Social Networks of the Past
The advent of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter have made us
all more connected, but long-distance social networks existed long before
the Internet
** First Love Child of Human, Neanderthal Found
If further analysis proves the theory correct, the remains belonged to the
first known such hybrid, providing direct evidence that humans and
Neanderthals interbred
** National Museum of Scotland top 20 world attraction
We were absolutely delighted with the recent news that the National Museum
of Scotland was the first Scottish attraction to make the UK top ten, but
for a Scottish museum to be in the top 20 most visited museums and galleries
in the world is nothing short of remarkable, particularly when you consider
the population of Edinburgh in comparison to the other cities and
attractions on the list
** Historic NYC fireboat becoming Greenport museum
A veteran of New York City waterway fires and the Sept. 11 terror attacks,
when it and two other FDNY fireboats supplied water to lower Manhattan, the
Fire Fighter was retired from active duty in 2010
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** Tribal museum opened in Kanha
A one-of-its-kind venture, the Tribal Museum promises to provide authentic
information about the Baiga and Gond tribes of Central India to the tourists
visiting Kanha Tiger Reserve
** Field Museum again offers its curators early retirement
The Field Museum is offering scientists early retirement packages for the
third time in five years as the institution struggles to cope with flat
revenues and a high debt burden
** New museum director overshadowed by controversy
Following the death of previous Director 15 months ago, the San Francisco
socialite has come under fire over the departure of some staff members and
for, some say, overstepping her bounds, all of which she denies
** Fire engulfs 107-year-old London museum
Cuming Museum, which was founded in 1906 with the Cuming family's private
collection, has artefacts from all over the world, including objects from
Roman London, Chinese ornaments and African tribal costumes; it also houses
a permanent exhibition on the history of Southwark
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** A Museum With a View: Exploring Hong Kong's World of Water
The newly reopened Hong Kong Maritime Museum explores East Asia's
inextricable link to the water, putting Hong Kong's maritime story into
context regionally and internationally, as the museum puts it
** Egypt revolution brings golden age for tomb raiders
Of course tomb robbery has been going on since ancient times, but Kent
Weeks, Professor of Egyptology at the American University of Cairo says the
past two years have seen a dramatic increase in such crimes
** Dead bird flies museum coop
The neo-tropical birds no longer live in Nebraska, according to the Cornell
Lab of Ornithology, but migrate from breeding grounds in the Arctic Circle
to warm coastal water where they eat invertebrates, including the west coast
of South America up through and across Canada
** Sleeping In A Glass Box At The Museum Of Modern Art
Ah, the wonders of New York's Museum of Modern Art. Van Gogh, Picasso, Tilda
Swinton sleeping in a box...
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** Pop-up prison museum spotlights rare inmate artifacts
Other highlights: a set of mini cutlery carved by an inmate from tiny bones
plucked from his soup; an 8-pound key from the original 1829 front door,
which some poor guard had to carry on his belt; an assortment of prison
crafts, such as an ornate collage made of tinfoil; and the ever-popular
inmate-crafted model ship, which, for some reason, has long been a staple of
prison craft shops
** Site of Interest - Three Kings Islands Marine Expedition
In the lead up to Auckland Museum's major mid-year 2013 exhibition Moana -
My Ocean, the expedition to the Three Kings Islands is the first in a series
of projects giving people the chance to learn more about our ocean and the
incredible marine life that lives there
** Collaboration in Eastern Europe during World War II and the Holocaust
International Conference - December 5-7, 2013
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** Textiles Close Up
Textiles Close Up is an exciting new series of study-workshops that will
provide opportunities to examine first hand, textiles in leading museum and
private collections, guided by renowned experts.
** Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums 2013
Annual Meeting and Conference
On June 14-18, 2013, Hale Farm & Village will host the 2013 ALHFAM Annual
Meeting and Conference.
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