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week's edition include:
** Pharaoh gets his eye back
Switzerland is to return a pharaoh's "eye" stolen 36 years ago from the
ancient Egyptian statue of King Amenhotep III
** Theory of Flightless Birds Shot Down
Ostriches, emus, kiwis and other winged non-flyers might seem to be birds of
a feather, sharing similar evolutionary origins, but the story could turn
out to be much weirder with perhaps numerous flying ancestors
** NYC's design museum gets collection of jewellery designed by tribal
artisans
The Museum of Arts and Design has received a donation of 800 pieces of
silver jewellery designed in the 20th century by tribal and ethnic artisans
from around the world
** Philadelphia museum seeks chemical attraction
Contemporary works of art are paired with each molecule, including
larger-than-life sculptures of genetically modified rats - their deformities
based on real-life experiments - accompanying the molecule for DNA
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** Children's Museum board member nabbed in prostitution sting
A man who was a DuPage Children's Museum Board member was one of 11 men
arrested and charged
** Vast model ship armada on display in Germany
For Peter Tamm, the passion that launched a thousand ships - and Hamburg's
newest museum along the port city's old docks - began with a gift from his
mother in 1934
** Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art opens major railroad exhibition
With depictions of the railroad from its early 19th-century beginnings to
the 1960s, the exhibit chronicles artists' responses to one of the defining
developments of the modern age
** The sad wreck of our maritime heritage
The chosen wrecks - selected mainly on the basis of age, rarity and
historical importance - are legally shielded from the predation of divers
and salvage crews such as those who pulled two rare bronze cannon from HMS
London, a 17th-century warship in the Thames
** I used to be a bloke but I'm all right MIAOW
There are also distinctly British pieces, including a 13ft replica of London's
Tower Bridge made from matchsticks, a Swarovski-covered crystal Mini and
models of the royal family made from giant ants
** Ripper 'claimed earlier victims'
Jack the Ripper may have killed his first victim 25 years earlier than
previously thought, a retired murder detective has claimed in a new book
** Tracing A Father's Steps On China's Long March
It's been nearly 75 years since the Long March, the epic trek by Red Army
soldiers that gave birth to the new People's Republic of China
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** Bad Boy Makes Good
If it meets expectations, the sale could put about $120 million into Hirst's
already well-lined pockets, a payday unlike anything any living artist has
seen
** Museum Thief Impaled
A man who attempted to break into the East London Museum got more than he
bargained for when he impaled himself on a security fence
** How outsiders get a raw deal
This attitude is also found in public galleries that have acquired vast
quantities of work by insiders such as Mike Parr, who strive to emulate the
unselfconscious creative processes of outsiders
** World's deadliest delicacies
Dr. Leo Smith, assistant fish curator at the Field Museum in Chicago is a
leading researcher of poisonous and venomous fish, and says that while
snakes are more often associated with venom, there are far more poisonous
species of fish
** Hi-tech centre brings abbey alive
Holograms, a virtual reality tour and 3-D goggles are being used to bring a
14th Century abbey back to life
** A slice of history chugs in for Dasara
Evoking images of a bygone era, the vintage classic Fairy Queen, which is
the oldest running steam locomotive in the world, arrived in Dasara for the
celebrations
** A natural history museum of our own
Last week, the scientific community in Malaysia celebrated a long-awaited
milestone - the completion of a comprehensive blueprint for the development
of the Natural History Museum in Malaysia (NHM Malaysia)
** Bridging Continents - New Initiatives and Perspectives in Natural
History Collections
For the second time in history the Society for the Preservation of Natural
History Collections (SPNHC) is coming to Europe.
** MW2009 Call For Participation: Deadline September 30, 2008
Museums and the Web 2009 the international conference for culture and
heritage on-line
** Small Museum Association Scholarships & Awards
Awards Program & Nominations
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