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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 links) in this
week's edition include:
** Ex-accountant indicted in $973K museum theft
According to her indictment, which was unsealed Monday in Pima County
Superior Court, Sons stole money from the museum's payroll and operating
accounts, gift shop account and petty cash
** Quang Dat and the movie museum
Nguyen Duc Dat also owns unique objects, including a Lambretta Special
motorbike with 447 signatures, including that of President Nguyen Minh
Triet, a wood pen with the signatures of 99 journalists, three old cameras
with 99 signatures of cameramen; 99 shoes of artists which symbolise the
"footsteps of arts"; 99 signatures of martial arts instructors on a tunic;
99 knives of 99 regions; and nine helmets with 600 signatures of traffic
police officers from throughout the country
** Museum open times remain stuck in past
Only one Irish museum has extended its opening hours more than a year after
the government asked cultural institutions to end their "traditional and
often rigid nine-to-five" timetables
** Exploring The Art of the Samurai
The exhibition, which includes 81 objects from the Tokyo National Museum, is
divided into two thematic sections illustrating multiple aspects of samurai
life
** Shipwreck Museum showcases artefacts found off Jersey Shore
No one knows how many ships wrecked off New Jersey, with nor'easters helping
earn the state a reputation for being among the top 10 most dangerous
passages in the world
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** Philippe de Montebello Testifies at Brooke Astor Money Swindling Trial
Former Metropolitan Museum of Art head honcho Philippe de Montebello showed
up in an usual place this week, in a New York courtroom testifying as part
of the ongoing legal battle surrounding the fortune of deceased socialite
Brooke Astor
** Babylon Ruins Reopen in Iraq, to Controversy
After decades of dictatorship and disrepair, Iraq is celebrating its renewed
sovereignty over the Babylon archaeological site - by fighting over the
place, over its past and future and, of course, over its spoils
** Billionaire gives art to Auckland gallery
American billionaire Julian Robertson is gifting 15 major works of art -
including paintings by Paul Cezanne, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Paul
Gauguin and Piet Mondrian - to the Auckland Art Gallery
** Old Japanese maps on Google Earth unveil secrets
The company is now facing inquiries from the Justice Ministry and angry
accusations of prejudice because its maps detailed the locations of former
low-caste communities
** British Museum unveils its treasures in Victoria
Since last August, more than 35 carpenters, artists, printers, painters,
carvers and furniture makers have worked to magically transform an empty
10,000-square-foot gallery into a scaled-down replica of the British Museum
** Research subjects sue Author and Professor, for $10-Million
A lawyer has filed a $10-million defamation claim in a New York court on
behalf of two Papua New Guinea men whom Mr. Diamond described as active
participants in clan warfare during the 1990s
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** David Hockney unveils iPhone artworks
The 71-year-old painter said invested in the popular, high-speed
internet-enabled, media-playing, touchscreen cellphone just four months ago,
but has created a host of drawings - including landscapes, portraits and
images of flowers - on it
** Radio station plays Beyonce joke at museum
Originally believing that Beyonce sent a double so that she could go
shopping, the museum had said it would protest to the star's management
** Armed robbers steal paintings from Dutch museum
Police said several robbers threatened a guard at the Scheringa Museum for
Realism in Spanbroek with a gun before making off with two paintings
** From The Blogs - More on mummies
The first step before travelling the mummies to the hospital is an
examination to determine if they are stable and in a state of preservation
that makes CT scanning worth the effort
** Is UNESCO damaging the world's treasures?
Since its inception, 37 years ago, Unesco World Heritage has become a global
brand whose seal is slapped on the planet's most precious places
** This Week's Horoscopes
Scorpio Oct 24 - Nov 21. Do not believe those who tell you they can see your
future. They are merely preying upon your ignorant, fearful, superstitious
nature
** National Trust for Scotland 'in jeopardy' after £21m Robert Burns museum
The National Trust for Scotland has been forced to deny it is on the brink
of collapse amid claims that a £21 million museum dedicated to Robert Burns
has helped bring the charity "to its knees"
** Museum-goers rub shoulders with robots
Since opening last year, the new California Academy of Sciences building in
San Francisco's Golden Gate Park has attracted attention for its commitment
to science
** Humble Fabric Takes Centre Stage
Its fairly unadulterated natural ingredients were and remain animal wool,
soap and water mashed into a kind of pulp (initially by bare feet), then
dried under pressure and made into everything from caps to rugs and capes to
yurts
** Rediscovering the Historic House: Creating a New Model for the Visitor
Experience Stratford Hall, Stratford , Virginia
** Black Hole Horizons: Professor Fulvio Melia
Auckland Museum
** Small French Paintings
The National Gallery of Art Web feature takes a closer look at these
paintings of modest scale and high quality
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