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address http://www.globalmuseum.org and click on the NEWS button) in this
week's edition include:
** Painting valued at £50 is a Van Gogh
An unsigned painting valued at £50 just days ago by a Japanese art house,
has been identified as a previously unknown work by Vincent Van Gogh.
** New breath of life for extinct mammoths
Scientists nearer to quest to resurrect these tuskers with discovery of
usable living cells from frozen Ice Age remains
** Art thief jailed for four years
A French waiter who stole paintings and artefacts worth more than $1bn
(£614m) has received a four-year jail sentence
** Beijing's museums wait in vain for visitors
The 'No Smoking' signs at the former residence of Chinese revolutionary
writer Mao Dun - one of the least-visited among Beijing's 118 museums - are
hardly needed as there is no-one around to smoke
** Modern art targeted in Guggenheim prank
After passing security checks unnoticed, the two, a young man and woman,
filmed their hoax and sent the recording to a local television channel
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** Bush Seeks $25M for American History
In addition to the history bee, it would provide new training programs for
teachers, support for statewide projects on history and creation of special
museum exhibits
** 20 Matisse lithographs stolen from museum on Greek island
20 original lithographs by Matisse & 18 pages of handwritten notes from a
copy of the book "Jazz" illustrated by the French artist have been stolen
** Family sues over 'negligent treatment'
The 43-year-old, who helped mastermind the museum's success alongside its
founder, ex-RAF squadron leader Berry Savory, has spent every day in a
vegetative state, unable to communicate
** Condom find arouses museum interest
A French letter with a tale to tell has been uncovered among a stash which
could make a shy social historian blush
** Geologists investigate Trojan battlefield
Homer's description of the Trojan battlefield in his classic poem the Iliad
is accurate, say scientists
** Great tiger moth air race celebrates 100 years of flight
This year, the recently-formed Luskintyre Aviation Museum is joining with
the RNAC to run the event
** This Week's Horoscopes
Taurus: (April. 20-May 20): You will never again be able to live in peace
due to the enduring and seductive power of your moose call
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** Ninety-Nines to honor museum curator
Years of service to the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum have earned Louise
Foudray a special award
** Man and Beast exhibition running at German museum
The exhibition investigates and reflects the contradictory relationship
between humans and animals
** A mosaic in beetles enchants Brussels
Well known in Europe for his multifarious and original creations - he once
covered a series of pillars with slices of marbly raw ham - he does not fit
easily into any category
** The Pinta, Santa Maria, and a Chinese junk?
Menzies's tale, which looks at a well-documented voyage by a Ming Dynasty
fleet in 1421, is more specific in its assertions than most theories
** Ice research receives top-notch expertise
The Museum of Natural History operates one of the only feather
identification laboratories in the world and possesses a reference
collection of more than 600,000 birds
** Officials Compete in Dumpling-making in Beijing
The Jintai Art Museum, an institution engaged in non-official international
exchanges, organized the contest to celebrate the Spring Festival with
foreign friends
** Artist gets a kick out of curry
An artist is planning to highlight the problem of anti-social youths - by
kicking a take-away curry carton through a town centre
** World-leading cricket museum launched
The state-of-the-art facility will be one of Australia's most
technologically advanced sporting museums, offering visitors a chance to
test their skills in batting and umpiring.
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** Presentations, papers, and handouts from the VRD 2002 Digital Reference
Conference held in Chicago on November 11-12 are now available
** Scientific Examination of Art: Modern Techniques in Conservation and
Analysis
** Crossing Borders - An International Exhibition on Migration in Europe
** Awards for the Presentation of Heritage Research 2003
** Ethics and Aesthetics
** Facing and Solving the Challenges of historic house museums: Examples
and Models
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