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week's edition include:
** New museum examines Lincoln at Gettysburg
The house where Wills lived from 1859 until his death in 1894 is now the
latest addition to Gettysburg National Military Park - a museum focused on
the address and the aftermath of the epic Civil War battle
** Elizabethan treasure uncovered
All three items were found by metal detectors and handed over to Dr Mark
Redknap, curator of medieval and later archaeology at the National Museum of
Wales
** National Maritime Museum exhibition takes you with Darwin on Beagle
The young scientist circumnavigated the globe on the HMS Beagle in the years
1831-36 and the exhibition brings the voyage to life, introducing his
shipboard companions and revealing what they saw
** Stimulus amendment bans funding to casinos, museums
An amendment to the Senate's version of the economic stimulus bill lumps
casinos and golf courses with museums, aquariums and other cultural
resources, calling them "wasteful, non-simulative projects," and bans them
from benefiting from the plan
** The enduring legacy of Soviet Constructivism
At a time when unemployment is soaring and social unrest rising, Saks Fifth
Avenue, the American department store chain, is trying to woo shoppers with
a Constructivist-style advertisement featuring a model raising her arm in a
communist salute and carrier bags bearing the slogan "Want it!"
** Centuries-old legend in Gozo proved true
For a long time the legend was just that, a legend, but the location of the
cave has now been discovered and along with it a treasure trove of artefacts
ranging from Punic to late Roman times
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** Bugs drafted in for battle to save artworks
Biotechnology can unleash a bacillus to "explode the guts" of beetles which
damage paintings, frescos, tapestries and sculptures, a gathering of
scientists and curators in Venezuela have been told
** Nude art clothed in protest against China's Internet crackdown
Images posted as part of the protest include Michelangelo 's statue "David"
shown in a Mao suit while black socks and a strategically placed necktie
were added to the artist's depiction of Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine
Chapel
** Pei-designed Islamic Arts Museum opens in Qatar
The five-story stone building sits atop an artificial island like an
imposing fortress a half-mile off the Qatari capital of Doha
** Sunken vessel yields 168 year-old soft drinks
Carbonated drinks recovered from a vessel sunk off the coast of Sri Lanka
have been confirmed to be 168 years old, say Ocean Archaeology officers
conducting research on items found in the wreck
** Culture chief attacks neglect of leaking building
One of Scotland's greatest art treasure houses is at the centre of bitter
accusations that ministers are allowing it to fall apart while finding
millions to save Titian paintings for the nation
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** The great crash
He tried hard, like his contemporaries in the trade, to find the secret of
fine Chinese porcelain, but in the meantime developed new ceramic bodies -
such as his black basalt in 1768 and the famous jasper, after years of
trials, in 1774
** Infighting spoils Futurism celebrations
The Italian Ministry of Culture's plans to celebrate the centenary of
Futurism (the turn-of-the-century Italian avant-garde movement that was born
100 years ago this month) have come in for heavy criticism, both from within
the committee established to coordinate events, and from independent
curators and commentator
** Armenian museum mired in conflict
When completed, the museum will commemorate the events between 1915 and
1923, when by some estimates upward of 1.5 million Armenians died during the
final years of the Ottoman Empire before Turkey was founded
** Preserving Sarawak's unique tradition
The earliest and best-known museum was created more than 100-years ago in
Sarawak by Sir Charles Brooke, the second of the White Rajahs, who ruled the
territory as if it were their private plantation for about a century until
World War two
** Mon Dieu! Comics On Display At The Louvre
Douar says he wanted to bring the museum into the 21st century and restore
its role as a central part of the contemporary city - in short, to put a
little bounce into the museum's sometimes intimidating marble atmosphere
** Museum Animal Displays Don't Walk the Walk
Lions, horses, cats and dogs all walk in basically the same way, but nearly
half of all depictions of how four-legged animals walk are inaccurate,
including illustrations in some natural history museums and veterinary
anatomy textbooks , a new study finds
** This Week's Horoscopes
Gemini May 21 to Jun 21 - They say you love money more than anything else in
the world, but then, they've never seen you around a stack of pancakes
** Oldest Human Hair Found in Hyena Poop Fossil?
It's not clear which species the newfound human hairs are from, since the
human fossil record for this time span is exceedingly limited
** Renaissance nuns wiped out by plague
Nuns and priests sacrificed their own lives to provide medical care for the
poor in Renaissance France, according to a new study that implicates
exposure to contagious plague victims in the deaths of several religious
order members
** Canadian Art Gallery Educators Symposium 2009
Tools for Change: Meeting Future Challenges
** International Slavery Museum
A small exhibition explores the lives and experiences of people from
Liverpool's Black communities and their relationships with the ever-changing
city
** Herculaneum Project
The Herculaneum Project, a collaboration between the Getty Conservation
Institute and the Herculaneum Conservation Project (HCP), aims to provide
scientific support through analytical investigations that address specific
conservation problems at the ancient Roman site of Herculaneum in Italy
** Ironbridge Archaeology Anniversary Party
In 2009 the Ironbridge Gorge Museum is celebrating the 300th anniversary of
coke-smelting of iron, as well as 50 years since the establishment of the
Museum of Ironfounding
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