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links) in this week's edition include:
** Mubaraks pocketed revenue from artifact exhibits abroad
Since 2002, revenue from overseas exhibitions of rare artifacts has gone to
the family of toppled President Hosni Mubarak, an Egyptian antiquities
official has alleged. See also Zahi Hawass Discusses His Departure
** Atheist group sues over cross at Sept. 11 museum
The group says the museum is a public institution and should not reflect a
specific religion
** The Habsburgs shaped the story of Europe - and of its art
The recent burial of Otto von Habsburg - his body in Vienna, his heart in
Hungary - drew attention to one of the most powerful families in European
history
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** Yorkshire Museum bags £35,000 sapphire ring
The gold ring, declared as treasure after being found by a metal detectorist
in 2009 and described as holding national importance, is made of gold,
prestige glass and a central sapphire - materials which museum archaeology
curator Natalie McCaul admitted would make it "incredibly difficult" to date
** Carracci's celebrated ceiling to be cleaned
Annibale Carracci's ceiling frescoes in the Palazzo Farnese are considered
by many to be one of the most influential Renaissance commissions in Rome
** Artist donates bus to museum in Kenya
It took several mural projects at various museums around the country and
three years - due to her work schedule - to earn the $10,000 needed to
purchase the bus
** Mexico City's Modo Museum whets the collecting appetite
Among the many items the woman possessed were several 19th century,
German-made porcelain dolls -- dressed in silk dresses and coifed with human
hair; dozens of hand-painted porcelain Rosca de Reyes muñequitos; an Art
Deco Bakelite radio and Victor V phonograph, both in perfect working
condition; an assortment of old, rare musical instruments; and pulgas
vestidas -- or dressed fleas, in top hats and umbrellas (requiring a
magnifying glass to see them)
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** Freud Museum London celebrates 25th anniversary
Freud's much-loved figurines and objects from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome
and China, reflect his interest in religious beliefs and the supernatural
** Site of interest - Bushrangers
The Irish were generally well behaved when they arrived but several
bushrangers had Irish roots, including Kelly and Martin Cash; the National
Museum collection includes material relating to Kelly and bushrangers
including Ben Hall, Frank Gardiner, Johnny Gilbert and Jimmy Governor
** Life and Laughs of Phyllis
At the center of the display is the gag file, a steel cabinet with 48
file-drawers containing more than 50,000 jokes and gags typewritten on index
cards by Diller during her career
** Our Ancestor Climbed Like an Ape but Walked Like a Man
Our ancestors may have spent most of their time in the trees, but their feet
were made for walking 2 million years earlier than thought
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** Museum rediscovers its antique instruments
The recent rediscovery of a collection of more than 800 antique musical
instruments, stored beneath the Cincinnati Art Museum and largely forgotten
for decades, has caught the attention of curators in some of the nation's
top museums
** A kaleidoscope of caterpillars
The Readville resident is sharing his childhood fascination with six-legged
larval Lepidoptera through stunning photographs in an informative and
engaging exhibit at the Boston Children's Museum
** Make Lace Not War
134 artists from 20 countries unleash their passion for lace in this
spectacular exhibition of winning entries and finalists in the Powerhouse
Museum International Lace Award
** Museum memorializes mineral water
Before indoor plumbing went mainstream, Mineola residents, like many others
during the turn of the century, gathered at the city water well
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** Ludwig Museum in Budapest Looks at Itself in the Mirror
Since the beginning of the 20th century, artists have been criticizing this
canonizing function of the institute of the museum, while at the same time
they (or many of them) are longing to get into the museum themselves
** Owney the postal dog delivers
Owney was a fearless stray dog who wandered into the Albany, New York, post
office in 1888 and began hopping on trains that carried bags of mail around
the country
** The World as America Dreamed It
The first thing we see on entering the new exhibition at the Smithsonian
American Art Museum here is a life-size painting of a formally dressed,
graciously welcoming, aged gentleman
** National Museum of Scotland to reopen after £47m refit
Sixteen new galleries take visitors on a journey through the wonders of
nature, the cultures of the world and through to science and discovery
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** Textile Museum announces partnership with George Washington University
The projects underscore a new affiliation between the two institutions,
fusing the ability of university researchers to access a collection of rugs,
clothing and other textiles that date as far back as 3000 B.C.
** Spiraling Solar-Powered Museum of Civilizations
Hailed as a design equivalent to the Tjibaou Cultural Centre in New
Caledonia, the Museum of Civilizations on the island of la Réunion east of
Madagascar is now said to be moving forward
** Small Museum Association: 2012 Annual Conference Call for Proposals
Visit SMA's brand-new website: www.smallmuseum.org
** Exploring Maps: History, Fabrication and Preservation
Presented by the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts.
Philadelphia, PA - November 2 and 3, 2011
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