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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 claims 1874 cannibal did not kill his meals
Delving into one of the most infamous episodes of the Wild West, a museum in
western Colorado claims to have unearthed evidence exonerating Alfred Packer
of mass murder
** Museum Reopens after Toxic Spill
A flagship museum has reopened to the public today after it was evacuated
when eight people were taken to hospital following a toxic chemicals
** Past and present in Hungary's House of Terror
As visitors to Budapest's newest museum wait to buy tickets, a video clip of
a sobbing man plays over and over again
** Korea Foundation to protest N. K. exhibits at British Museum
It found that several exhibits, including a hanging scroll with calligraphy
wishing the late North Korean founding father Kim Il-sung immortality,
carried ideological messages
** Paxman returns Nazi code machine to museum
Jeremy Paxman is to return the Enigma machine to its home at Bletchley Park
exactly two years after it was stolen
** Fashion museum allows common woman to strut
They can even play at being catwalk supermodels for the French couture king
who is famous for his overtly sexy and androgynous outfits
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** Lesson No. 1: Shed your Indian identity
A major exhibit explores the legacy of forcing native American children into
boarding schools in the 1900s
** Of hummingbirds and elephants
Though it was 2002, the dark cluttered workshop, filled with a zoo's worth
of exotic specimens, resembled a Victorian curiosity cabinet
** Museum gives Qantas flying start
It's a debate that has had aviation fanatics, Queensland councillors and pub
bores arguing for decades: where is the birthplace of Qantas?
** Musee saved - 3 cheers for all of us
As more than 20,000 people have already testified, when it comes to San
Francisco's beloved Musee Mecanique, it's best not to play games.
** In search of the Asian yeti
Cambodian folklore has long made reference to a mysterious ox-like animal
whose horns cure snakebite
** Herman the rap-loving 'human' cow goes back to work
He will star at a permanent biotech exhibition in Naturalis, a natural
history museum in the Dutch city of Leiden
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** Death duties force German prince to sell Renaissance masterpiece
A German prince is to sell one of the most important pieces of his country's
Renaissance art to pay £8m inheritance tax
** Beetle Bailey creator selling cartoon museum
The creator of the Beetle Bailey comic strip is selling his bankrupt
International Museum of Cartoon Art building for $2.75 million
** Orkney tribute to Italian PoWs who became part of the family
The exhibition, at Stromness Museum, marks 60 years since the arrival in
Orkney of the Italian contingent who formed a lasting bond with their
temporary home
** Historic sites watch funds dwindle away
At Stagville, one of the largest historic plantations in the state, the
grass will start growing soon, and that has the manager worried.
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** Popular art deco advertising posters say a lot about China's past
When the pictures were made, Shanghai had already gained the reputation of
being the "Paris of the East."
** Derby's Darwin Comes Out Of Shadow
Among his inventions were a vertical windmill for grinding pigments for
Wedgwood pottery, a speaking machine and letter copier
** Villagers' victory over Pictish site
A tug-of-war developed last year over the recently discovered base of the
8th century Hilton of Cadboll cross slab stone carved by Picts in Easter
Ross
** Feature Site - The Doomsday Book
It is Britain's earliest public record, the foundation document of the
national archives and a legal document that is still valid as evidence of
title to land
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** "Library Networks: Dinosaurs or Agents of Change"
** Annual Conference is April 28-29, 2002 in Ithaca, NY
** Building Bridges Through Communication: Within your Organization,
Between Institutions, and Into the Community
** Islands of Vanishment conference at Port Arthur in June 2002.
** Disaster Recovery: The Pentagon Library Experience
** The Southern California Online Users Group Spring Workshop 2002
** Audiovisual Collection Management
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