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address http://www.globalmuseum.org and click on the NEWS button) in this
week's edition include:
** How Mondrian was on right lines and fakes cannot fool the eye
"I suspect that Mondrian had good days and bad days," Professor McManus said
** 1941 minisub's owner yet to be decided
After years of searching, the University of Hawaii's found the Japanese
"midget" submarine that became the first casualty of the Dec.7, 1941, attack
on Pearl Harbor
** Display canoe stolen
It had been cut from guide wires, taken down and removed through the front
doors as evidenced by a trail of dusty debris from the canoe
** Lest we forget ... it's Fatso on a stick
Games Memories, as it is somewhat unimaginatively called, may become the
Olympic museum you have when you don't have an Olympic museum
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** The Policy of Blood and Mysticism
At first they thought that it was an ancient Scythian graveyard. Then,
someone saw a medallion of a German soldier in one of the coffins
** The world's sexiest animal is revealed
A tiny relative of the water fleas that readily breed in suburban garden
ponds is thought to be the world's sexiest animal
** Skilled Roman Workers Lived Well
Roman emperors knew how to treat their skilled workers, paying them high
wages and providing them with a diet that would not go amiss in a modern top
class restaurant
** Fast food ruins American flavors
Historic "foodways" and measurements will be the focus of her presentation,
including how and why guestimates evolved into precise proportions
** The Real Face of King Tut Unmasked During the First-Ever Criminal
Investigation Into the Death
Why would a privileged young man die so prematurely, and why would a living
god be rushed through Egypt's vital passages of mummification and burial?
** Winners and losers in tussle for tourists
Edinburgh's leading tourist attractions have had a roller-coaster summer
with some of the city's biggest draws seeing wild fluctuations in visitor
figures
** Victoria is fit for a queen: B.C. museum exhibit sets table for royal
visit
Those who can't get close to the 76-year-old queen during her visit still
can revel in the monarchy at a special exhibit at Victoria's Royal British
Columbia Museum
** The Real-Life Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
How to endure karaoke, blood pudding, Billy Bob Thornton, red wine stains on
white rugs
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** Sovereign Hill finds new leader within
After two months searching the nation for someone to replace its executive
director, Sovereign Hill has turned inwards to find a new leader
** The remains of those days
Recreating King Farouk's Cairo resthouses as museums is a step towards
preserving a part of Egypt's history
** Tall Ships Arrive
The museum's newest acquisition, the 145-foot topsail schooner Californian,
will be among the ships participating in the festival
** In industrious Japan, a lazy hero ambles to the top
Pooh-san, as he is known here, might seem an unlikely hero in a country
known for overachievers
** Découpage exhibition: cut by the royal hand
Queen Margrethe began her casual output of collage art a decade ago,
decorating everyday household objects, boxes, and letter trays for friends
and family with fanciful combinations of art and myth-laden imagery cut out
from auction catalogues and art journals
** Spy museum intrigues thousands
The museum foyer is the "checkpoint" where a sign reminds you that entry is
on a "need to know" basis and that unseen ears are absorbing what you say.
** Institute Founded to Study Historic Site in North China City
Apart from the study of the imperial summer resort, the researchers will
study a group of lamaseries, the imperial huntingfield, and collect and
rescue valuable historic relics
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** Zookeepers tailor diets as they learn about animal nutrition
The mongooses at Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence like peanut butter,
and get especially frisky when searching, treasure hunt-style, for the treat
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** Conservation of Cultural Materials (CCM) and Cultural Heritage
Management
** "Reflections on Freedom," essays are now on display at the National
Museum of Health and Medicine
** "Bones of the Earth"
** Stunt Master Coming To Town!
** Tracking The Dragon in NSW Seminar
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