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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:
** Scientists hope to finally unearth the dark secrets of the Donner party
A newly discovered cache of bones may shed light on one of the most ghoulish
and enduring mysteries of the West - whether members of the Donner party
resorted to cannibalism during their snowbound months of starvation atop the
Sierra Nevada mountains, and if so, how they carried out the macabre deed
** Rice a building block in China
The legend that ancient Chinese craftsmen used glutinous rice porridge in
the mortar while building ramparts has been verified
** Sneaker Tribute
A Los Angeles County social worker says there's a history to sneakers and he
wants to share it with the world
** Curator of Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art resigns
The Persian Service of the Mehr News Agency reports that the reason for his
resignation is not clear yet but noted that the fact that he chose certain
artists and artworks for museum exhibitions and ignored many other art and
cultural activities was a source of dissatisfaction over the years
** The World's Most Famous Teapot Arrives in the USA
Christopher Dresser (1834 - 1904) was one of the most influential designers
of the Victorian age and has a claim to being the first industrial designer
** Thai prime minister orders investigation of golden crown allegedly taken
from temple
Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra orders an investigation into
how an antique crown allegedly stolen from a Buddhist temple and now on
display at a U.S. museum can be returned to Thailand
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** Archaeologists find 2,600 year old mummy
The Australian team digging near the Saqqara pyramids, 25 km (15 miles)
south of Cairo, found three coffins last week dating from the 26th Dynasty
(664-525 BC)
** Prado Museum to Launch Duerer Exhibit
Last week, Austria's Cultural Affairs Ministry said that the Albertina
museum had failed to file the proper paperwork before sending the art to
Spain
** Museum trustees take it personally
They were taken aback by the extent of the request from Mayor Pam Iorio,
namely personal guarantees to cover any shortfalls in operating funds
** UK to train SA museum curators
The British Museum, the Natural History Museum, the Museum of London and the
Horniman Museum in south London have agreed to provide six-month placements
that will help South Africans develop their museum management and specialist
curatorial abilities
** Museum hunts tiger 'witness'
Museum officials are appealing for a man who claims to have recent pictures
of a Tasmanian tiger in the wild to come forward
** Antique Pistols Stolen From Oldest City Museum
St. Augustine police are investigating the theft of two antique handguns
worth more than $5,000 from the oldest city's Heritage Museum
** Portrait of Filipino courage gone from US Army museum
A hero of the historic Los Baņos raid of 1945 raised his concern over the
removal of a painting depicting the heroism of Filipino guerrillas during
World War II from a US Army museum in San Francisco
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** SpaceShipOne: Headed for Air and Space Museum
The record-setting, privately-built suborbital rocket plane- SpaceShipOne-
is headed for a landing at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
in Washington, D.C
** Tito's watches, some 'priceless,' stolen from museum
Two masked robbers broke into the History of Yugoslavia Museum in central
Belgrade and stole about 20 watches and clocks belonging to the late
Yugoslav Communist ruler Josip Broz Tito
** Britain breaks ground at first Cold War museum
Highlights expected to draw the crowd include aircraft used in the Berlin
airlift, in 1948-1949, as well as post-war bombers and newer jet fighters
** Cocktail Museum Opens In Natural Home
The recently opened Museum of the American Cocktail is in a fitting
location, New Orleans' French Quarter
** Mystery of 49 headless Romans who weren't meant to haunt us
One of the victims was buried with thick iron rings around his ankles that
had been forged on to him while he was alive
** Muons in search for hidden pyramid chambers
The researchers hope to find any hidden burial chambers or other interior
features of the massive pyramid, which is about 740 feet on each side and
215 feet tall
** Astronomers Find Absolutely Nothing
The five-year research has involved studying nothing much in particular
throughout the Universe, by looking at the rotation of galaxies and the
speed at which their components moved in conjunction with a poster of
Christine Aguillerra on the wall of the Lab
** The Unique Mosquito Museum of Madurai
A one of its kind, mosquito museum in Madurai town of Tamil Nadu displays a
collection of more than 200 species of mosquitoes found in India
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** Evolution in Print: New Work in Printing History & Practice
** MCN's 33rd Annual Conference Museum Computer Network Boston, 2005
** Architectural Glass Workshops with Amber Hiscott, UK
** Canadian Association for Conservation of Cultural Property 31st Annual
Conference and Workshops Registration
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