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In this week's edition of GLOBAL MUSEUM http://www.globalmuseum.org
** Exhibiting leadership qualities
A display case may be the place for some of our museums' bosses, argues Dr.
Des Griffin, former Director of the Australian Museum in Sydney
** Black Sea find may explain Noah's flood
New archaeological finds from beneath the Black Sea hint that the Tigris and
Euphrates may not have been the birthplace of civilization
** Maharashtra to build Vikrant museum
The Maharashtra government has finally decided to turn the country's first
aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, into a maritime museum at a cost of Rs 1
billion
** The Landscape of an American Original
His grandparents were slaves. What jobs he held were menial --hotel porter,
warehouseman, gatherer of junk
** University Recreates Golden Grog of King Midas
Science may never produce the nectar of the gods but a team of U.S.
archaeologists has managed to recreate the golden grog of the legendary King
Midas.
** Mold Threatens China's Terracotta Warriors
China's Terracotta Army is facing its first attack in 2,200 years. The
lifesize warrior models entombed in an imperial grave are threatened by mold
** Gorbachev Opens Exhibit About Wife
With tears in his eyes, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Tuesday
opened a museum exhibit about his wife, Raisa
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** American History Museum Gets $80 Million Gift
Real estate magnate Kenneth Behring has lived the "American dream" and now
he wants to give something back to the country he loves, announcing on
Tuesday an $80 million gift to Washington's National Museum of American
History
** Monet Painting Stolen from Museum
The painting ``Beach in Pourville'' by French impressionist Claude Monet,
has been stolen from a museum in western Poland
** This Week's Horoscopes
Aries: (March 21--April 19) When you get up tomorrow morning, ask yourself
if you really want to throw yourself into the engine of a moving 747. The
answer may surprise you.
** Evidence, Not of Crime, but of Forgetful Paleontologist
Neighbors remember that he spent time studying Native American bones and his
house often was cluttered with bones.
** Sculptor is accused of stealing cave bones
AN award-winning British artist has been questioned by Spanish police after
he was accused of using stolen bones in one of his sculptures
** North's war museum takes shape
A dramatic new museum, funded without a penny of lottery money, was topped
out on the banks of the Manchester ship canal
** Rakow Research Library Opens at N.Y.'s Corning Museum of Glass
The Juliette K. and Leonard S. Rakow Research Library, the world's most
comprehensive library on the art and history of glass, has opened at the
Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York
** Hands-on science at buzzing Derry festival
Bugs you can pet, a planetarium show, hands-on science exhibits and classic
sci-fi films are just a sample of what is on offer at Derry's Millennium
Festival of Science and Innovation
** The bottle banker: One man's obsession with glass containers
This is Taichi Shoji's private collection, exhibited at his own Bottle
Theater museum, a never-never land for bottle lovers from around the
country.
** Korean printing heritage on view at Chongju
The host city is home to a medieval printing yard where the world's oldest
extant documents were produced with movable metal types
** Guggenheim Museum will open gallery at Venetian
The Guggenheim Museum has confirmed its intent to open a gallery at the
Venetian hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip
** Two big photo museums to stage joint exhibitions
As The George Eastman House, the world's oldest photography museum, is
teaming up to stage joint exhibitions with the International Center of
Photography
** Spain Finally Releases 'Bushman' for Burial in Botswana
The controversial 'bushman' from Africa, which has been lying in a Spanish
museum since 1880 will return to the continent 4 October to be buried in
Botswana
** International Cultural Exchange for Fulton County Artists
** Hunting the elusive Yowie: Tips for gaining a successful sponsorship!
** Fundraising Training Day
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