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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:
** Museum hid losses, county says
"Either, a, they were not being very careful; b, they were intentionally
misleading me; or c, they were in such disarray that they didn't know what
the hell was going on"
** Museum gets $4 million to train more photo conservators
The rapid advent of digital technology in the 21st century gives photo
conservation a new urgency
** Law: Museum can't return Nazi loot
Vice Chancellor Sir Andrew Morritt ruled in the High Court that the British
Museum Act - which protects the collections for posterity - cannot be
overridden by a "moral obligation" to return works known to have been
plundered
** Seventeenth-century Islamic brassmakers were far ahead of European peers
Brian Newbury said the high zinc content in astrolabes fabricated in Lahore
proves that brass made there in the early 1600s was produced by a co-melting
technique that was not developed in Europe until the 19th century
** Cannon Raised from Sunken Ship of Dread Pirate Blackbeard
Researchers raised another cannon from an underwater site two miles
offshore, and hope it will help prove the sunken wreckage was once the
flagship of the notorious pirate Blackbeard
** Gurning and embroidered knickers
The rise of curators and "super-curators" hasn't come out of the blue
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** 'Disabled' da Vinci may explain picture
An Italian academic claims to have new evidence about why Leonardo da Vinci
did not complete the Mona Lisa
** Historical society lays off 17 ahead of renovation
Beset by a drop in attendance and escalating expenses, the Chicago
Historical Society cut 17 workers Wednesday
** Australian scientists stunned by crab invasion
Museum Victoria scientists said they filmed the mass gathering, which was up
to a meter (3.3 feet) deep in places, with crabs piled 10 high
** Canadian Museum of Civilization must get off privatization bandwagon,
stop cutting services
The damage caused by the gradual privatization of the Canadian Museum of
Civilization can already be seen - fewer services to visitors, a trend
towards a reduction in the quality of exhibitions and increased reliance on
temporary staff from private agencies
** Butte Museum Robbed of Rare Brothel Artefacts
Thieves broke into the historic Dumas Brothel museum in Butte and stole what
the owner described as irreplaceable items, including rare sex toys
** Coal Mine Wins Lucrative Museum Prize
Judges praised the museum for "keeping the story of British coal alive,
particularly for the generations born after the closure of the mines."
** New study out on chaotic origins of solar system
But the scenario also adopts the controversial position that the solar
system started out as only a small area, no larger than a box of breakfast
cereal
** Living Museum Opens Up Wartime Experience To All Generations
The 'Living Museum' in St James's Park, open from 4th-10th July 2005 as part
of the WWII Commemorations, has been conceived as a place where the memories
of the past can be kept alive in the minds of the young
** Chinese shoes culture museum opens to public
The Red Dragonfly Chinese Shoes Museum, covering an area of 1,500 square
metres, is divided into "traditional shoes culture" and "modern brand
culture"
** German u-boat centre of new museum display
A German World War II submarine captured in 1944 has been refurbished and
restored for public viewing at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry
** Smithsonian Inundated With Leaks
So far, "structural deterioration" and "chronic leaks" have closed some
buildings, restricted access to others and damaged some collections, the
report says
** Albanian swaps rare, 800kg turtle for Mercedes
The deal provoked the despair of Albanian Natural Science Museum director
Idriz Haxhiu, who has personally rescued 450 turtles caught in fishing nets,
in a programme that has the support of the United Nations
** Earliest combatants in sexual contests revealed
Horny male trilobites may have been fighting it out over the females
hundreds of millions of years ago, making them the earliest combatants known
to take part in such sexual contests
** Artist expelled by Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts has voted to expel former head of schools
Professor Brendan Neiland, the first member to be expelled in more than 200
years
** Toy museum moves to Penang
The Malaysia Book of Records had certified Loh's Toy Museum as the first toy
museum in the country and with the largest toy and figurine collection
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** The Wisconsin State Historical Museum presents: A Pesticide
Contamination of Museum Collections Workshop
** Atlanta College of Art Gallery proudly presents...Maximum Flavour
** Cotton in PA German Life Symposium
** MCN's 33rd Annual Conference Preliminary Conference Program
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