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In your FREE Museum Ezine GLOBAL MUSEUM, this week:


*U.S. air museum chief Engen dies in glider crash

*Shock, sadness, disbelief over Kennedy loss
Huddled in front of their television sets, radios and computers or just
going about their daily lives, many Americans are shocked and saddened by
the death of John F. Kennedy, Jr. in a plane crash

*Noteworthy: Divining the music's future
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is currently presenting a thought-provoking
exhibit, ``Cosmos; From Romanticism to the Avant-garde,'' which traces
artists' attempts to comprehend the universe and humanity's future in it

*Givenchy designer trades models for mannequins
British designer Alexander McQueen traded live models for plastic mannequins
rising up to the stage from trap doors when he presented his haute couture
designs for the fashion house of Givenchy

*French police have no leads in Rembrandt theft
Police said on Thursday they had no leads in the theft of a Rembrandt
painting from a southern French museum but speculated it may have been
stolen on orders from an art expert or admirer of the Dutch master.

*Waratha mystery solved as wreck found off S.Africa
South African explorers have solved one of the sea's most enduring
mysteries, finding the 90-year-old wreck of the liner SS Waratha off the
country's ``Wild Coast'' between East London and Durban

*MIKE PARR LECTURE

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY 29 JULY, 6PM
Australian artist Mike Parr presents a survey of his work in the second
lecture of the Chartwell Lecture Series on Thursday 29 July at 6pm in the
Auckland Art Gallery auditorium, as well as a floor talk on Saturday 31 May
at 1pm in the New Gallery.

*Over 3 Million Youths Online in Britain

In the UK, over 3 million Internet users are aged 17 or under, according to
a report by NOP Research. This represents an increase of 12 percent in the
six months since January 1999

*A Truly Surprising Y2K Story
an April Fools joke in order to test the gullibility of the public

*ICTOP Resolutions

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