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The international headlines in this week's (for the full story visit the
webzine) edition include:
** Motorbike art pulls into Vegas
Two new Guggenheim museums open on the Las Vegas strip with exhibitions
combining motorcycle chrome and fine art with the glitzy casino scene
** Mystery 200-Year-Old Box Found Under Street
The sealed container was discovered at a central Dublin site where a
monument to English naval hero Horatio Nelson once stood
** The History of Halloween
Halloween's origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain
(pronounced sow-in)
** West Point opens bicentennial exhibit
The exhibit marks the beginning of the bicentennial celebration at West
Point
** Local nonprofits hurt as stocks plummet after attacks
The Hyde Collection museum in Glens Falls, for example, derives about half
its $1.4 million annual budget from returns from its endowment fund
** Maritime museum poised to be largest on Great Lakes
In addition to having more space, the museum will have new interactive
displays that are designed to catch the interest and attention of younger
children
** Is the roof falling in on the British Museum?
It's losing millions, its key staff are going and visitor numbers are down
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** Collector of old patent models thinks big
The contraption looked like a bottle opener that took steroids and married a
slingshot
** Expert critical of Duchas work on fort
Part of the fort was damaged during construction work undertaken by the
State service, according to the archaeologist
** New museum in full flush
A museum display is offering the public the chance to experience the sights
and smells of toilets through the ages
** The royal bedwarmers
Beauty is a dangerous condition - hazardous to the onlooker, treacherous to
the owner, a fleeting cultural whim masquerading as something timeless
** Why pigs are crucial in German culture
To find out more about this Teutonic institution, I visited the German Pig
Museum on the outskirts of Berlin
** Einstein's diary of Japan visit found in N.Y.
Until now it was thought that the originals of Einstein's diaries were
missing, although copies were stored on microfilms and in other secondary
forms
** Chinatown Museum is moving
Ninety percent of the 42,000 Chinese who came to the islands by 1900 were
men, and they married Hawaiian women
** Chubby Checker wants his statue in Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame
Chubby Checker is demanding a statue of himself in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of
Fame
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** This week's Horoscopes
Sagittarius: Though it's certainly admirable to want to stay informed, your
worship of Peter Jennings is beginning to affect your ability to function in
daily life.
** Heritage Dream weavers
The Ibans are gifted mat-makers, making different mats to suit the various
functions, such as the sleeping mat, the wrapping mat or mat for drying
products
** Sue the T-rex was battle-scarred survivor
The most complete study of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton has shown it was a
battle-scarred survivor
** Museums Struggle to Recoup With Attendance Down
With attendance down since the terrorist attacks, museums are planning
special programs to regain their audiences
** Chinese Man Recreating Afghan Buddha
A Chinese entrepreneur is making a copy of a huge ancient Buddha statue that
was blown up earlier this year by Afghanistan's ruling Taliban
** Assisting Cultural Organisations Extend Ebusiness Solutions
** 2001 Corporate Women's Lunch
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** Jheronimus Bosch revealed? The painter and his world.
** Digital Delirium: Digital Imagining in Museums
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