Welcome back to GLOBAL MUSEUM, your free webzine and museum compendium read
weekly by 6,000+ readers in more than 105 countries . Free Online
subscription. http://www.globalmuseum.org
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:
** Bones rattling in museum saga
The man widely touted as the white knight of the troubled Australian Museum
might have skeletons rattling in his own closet, says paper
** Picasso at last gets hometown museum
Thirty years after his death, Pablo Picasso finally has a showplace for his
works in his hometown of Malaga, Spain.
** World's oldest condoms set to leave UK
The five contraceptives, which were excavated from a medieval toilet in
Dudley Castle in 1985, are believed to date back to the mid 17th century
** Dramatic rescue snatches back Mayan altar
He persuaded the local drug lord not to intervene, only to find he was
murdered hours later, and took up the case with the Guatemalan authorities
** Moon rock thief gets more than eight years in prison
As part of his plea, he also admitted stealing dinosaur bones and fossils
from a museum at his school, the University of Utah
** Leading Swiss gallery hit by financial crisis
It may still be pulling in the crowds but Switzerland's leading private
museum, the Beyeler Foundation, is in big financial trouble
** Hunt for Lost City of Atlantis
A team of experts believes it could be close to unravelling the
millennia-old myth of the Lost City of Atlantis and is launching an
expedition to the seas west of Gibraltar to test its theory
_______________________________________________________________
GLOBAL MUSEUM TRAVEL - For Business and Pleasure - the leading provider of
online museum travel, established in 1998. 40,000 in over 8,000 cities
worldwide. Discounts up to 65% off. Rooms for sold-out dates. Group
Reservations. CLICK HERE http://www4.wave.co.nz/~jollyroger/travel1.htm
Provider is a member of I.A.T.A. Weather, Destination Guides and more!
http://www4.wave.co.nz/~jollyroger/travel1.htm
_______________________________________________________________
** No illusion: It's an M.C. Escher museum
The surrealist Escher has landed squarely among the ranks of the great Dutch
masters such as van Gogh and Rembrandt - 31 years after his death
** Versailles to undergo 17-year restoration
The 17th century home of Louis XIV is about to embark on an ambitious
renovation set to last 17 years and cost 390 million euros (270 million
pounds), which will turn areas of the chateau into a building site for
months or years at a time, but will not close
** The Witch Dungeon Museum
Although Proctor was convicted on this irrefutable evidence, she lucked out
by being pregnant, with the hanging judges of Salem reticent to execute
mother and child
** Seattle's Museum of Flight to receive Concorde
"This exciting airplane represents the pinnacle of technological achievement
in commercial air transportation, and it is highly fitting that this
historic type joins other airliners in our world-class collection"
** Museum drowning in debt
Organizers of Iowa's largest county museum plan to pay off money they owe
and keep the building open
** Austria returns stolen 17th-century Buddha idol to Nepal
Austria's ambassador to Nepal has handed over a 17th-century idol of the
Buddha which was stolen near Kathmandu last year and seized when a German
art dealer tried to sell it in Vienna
** Argentina trying to stop trafficking in archeological treasures
Experts at the National Museum of Anthropology and Latin American Thought,
or INAPL, responsible for protecting such cultural treasures, maintain that
Argentina is a link in an international chain of illegal traffic in cultural
treasures
** Damien's dentist drills his way into art's power list
The cabinet is among a number of pieces by Hirst and Tracey Emin given to
the dentist who became the tooth-fixer of choice for an exciting, suitably
mouthy generation of young British artists
___________________________________________________________
Advertisement - Fundraising Opportunity: ULTIMATE IMPOSSIBILITIES - Join
professional stage magician and science lecturer Khevin Barnes in an
astonishing presentation . Amazing science facts, unusual phenomenon, wacky
observations, theories and insights and some good old fashioned fun. He
puts the MAGIC back in to FUNDRAISING - 50% of the profit from tickets sold
goes back to your Museum. Discover more at
http://www.drwilderness.com/id3.htm
___________________________________________________________
** Museum staff's 2-week deadline to accept deal
Glasgow's museum staff have been given an ultimatum to accept new contracts
or face the axe, unions claim .
** Ridiculous Small-Business Plan Encouraged By Friends
She made a large batch of what would become "Grandma Sabin's Low-Fat
Biscuits For Particularly Finicky Dogs," and sent samples to six of her
dog-owning friends.
** Cultural relic protection faces severe situation in China
Cultural relics protection is under severe threat in China as criminals
still seek profits from relics and city reconstruction poses a menace to
urban cultural heritage
** Swedes first to agree to send Aboriginal remains back home
Sweden has become the first European country to offer to repatriate
Aboriginal remains and sacred objects held by its museums
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** The 2004 recipients of the Smithsonian Fellowships in Museum Practice
** Rare film footage shot in the aftermath of the 1917 Halifax Explosion.
** she came, she saw, she chose.
** Making the Means Transparent: research methodologies in archaeological
heritage studies
** From Yoker to Easterhouse, Springburn to Castlemilk -TheGlasgowStory
unfolds
All this and more for you at Global Museum - See the latest museum JOBS,
BOOKSHOP, RESOURCES, HOT JOB TIPS, great people posting their RESUMES,
FORUM, Cheap and reliable world TRAVEL, MALL, Museum Accredited Courses, a
Health Store, Traditional Toy Store, Products & Services, Classical Music
store, and a Jazz Emporium. http://www.globalmuseum.org
=========================================================
Important Subscriber Information:
The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes).
If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).
|
