A Very Happy New Year from GLOBAL MUSEUM. We are delighted to be the first
International Webzine to great the dawning of 2001 !
http://www.globalmuseum.org
Simply go to Global Museum's INTERNATIONAL NEWS section and click on the
links for the full articles. In the headlines for this week :
** Mummy with Wooden Toe Uncovered
As if building the great pyramids was not enough of an accomplishment, the
ancient Egyptians may have pioneered the techniques of amputation as well
** Line blurring between art and commerce at U.S. museums
"Malls aren't my thing; everything's the same," the 40-year-old woman said
as she made her way through one of the Philadelphia Museum of Art's three
bustling museum stores
** Procession of plunderers erase a cultural history
There is not much left to see inside Kabul museum these days, even if you
manage to get inside the normally locked front door
** The Disaster Of War
While Goya was in Madrid engraving the first plates of the series, the
population of the town underwent a notable increase
** English villagers keep ancient history buried
English villagers have opted to rebury their unique Bronze Age timber circle
under the beach where it was found rather than put it in a museum
** Sun to set on ranch museum
Despite the coloured lights, wood cutouts of Santa Claus and elves placed
outside, the Western Heritage Centre is decidedly lacking in holiday cheer
** Mohri leaves NASDA for museum
Japanese astronaut Mamoru Mohri, who participated in U.S. space shuttle
missions in 1992 and in February this year, is retiring from the National
Space Development Agency of Japan to head a science museum
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** Gallery Web sites list possible loot
Nearly 130 beautiful mysteries appeared on-line yesterday as two prominent
Canadian art galleries posted works in their possession that the Nazis may
have looted during the Second World War
** Ever passed on a Joke by Email?
In the Middle Ages, often by the time that a scriptorium or monastery
finished copying and illuminating a joke, several years had passed, the
subject of the joke had been beheaded, and the whole premise was sadly dated
** Talk like an Egyptian
In a quiet corner of the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum at Cultra lies a
remarkable essay written over 25 years ago by the Folk Museum's expert on
language and dialect, Brendan Adams
** All-Night Marathon As De Young Closes
Marathons have been run through Golden Gate Park, but the one this weekend
in the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum requires a different kind of stamina
** Civil Rights Museum Vandalised, Photos Of '65 Clash Destroyed
About 10 days ago, someone entered the museum overnight and took a Ku Klux
Klan hood that was on display
** Beverly Hills museum cars tell L.A. story
Automotive museums can be awesome for car-enthusiasts but tedious for family
members who tend to take cars for granted
** Iliescu Decries Anti-Jewish Acts
President Ion Iliescu condemned acts of vandalism in a Jewish museum Friday
and called on authorities to investigate the incident.
** In London, Treasures of Catherine The Great
Catherine the Great was perhaps not a model wife. She first cuckolded, then
overthrew and finally condoned the murder of her unfortunate half-witted
husband, Peter.
** Information Technology, 2500 B.C.
This New Year's we will consider another crucial millennium long ago, the
one during which prehistory became history itself, and look back from the
best-informed viewpoint of 2500 B.C.
** Our Web Site Of The Week
Visit the Ordrupgaard Museum in Copenhagen and enjoy a slide show of their
Impressionist collections
** Everyone wants a slice of the pie
We've never had it so good. Never has so much been spent on the arts in this
country - every second week a new theatre seems to open, or some grandiose
plan is floated to refurbish/relocate one of the existing cultural
institutions
** Shrine to the Boxers aims to lure tourists
A tourist destination dedicated to the Boxer fanatics who butchered hundreds
of Europeans, including women and children, a century ago is being built in
north-east China
** Best of Munnings in free exhibition
The largest exhibition for almost 50 years of works by the renowned horse
painter Sir Alfred Munnings opens in London next Friday
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New book by Head of Conservation at the Victoria & Albert Museum
Jonathan Ashley-Smith's new book Risk Assessment for Object Conservation
gives clear guidance on reduction of risks to exhibits. It is a must-have
purchase for all conservators, curators and administrators of historic
artifacts at both student and professional level .
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0750628537/drdrumsnotforpro
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** Returning in 2001 by Popular Demand - The GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** Hair Raising Experience at Museum
** 2001 Professional Development Seminars
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New Book: " You Cant Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum"
Jacqueline Weitzman is brilliant! I love the way everything is connected.
Every page grabs and holds your attention Reader from PA
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140568166/drdrumsnotforpro
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