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week's edition include:
** Museum Director helps nab the bad guys
When dogs began to sniff and signal that something else was afoot, the
packages revealed more quizzical evidence: Clinging to some of the artefacts
was human hair
** Dublin sends gold map home Down Under - 143 years late
Formed from colour prints of engraved copper plates, the map of Victoria
dates from the era when the gold-rush state was the country's richest and
most populous colony
** Shipwreck may hold key to Turks and Caicos' lineage
A pair of glass-eyed idols led marine archaeologists to the wreck of a
Spanish ship that once carried an illegal cargo of African slaves believed
to be the ancestors of many of today's inhabitants of the British colony of
Turks and Caicos
** Pumpkin drop at NY museum draws smashing crowd
Several hundred rotting pumpkins - and a few miscellaneous gourds - were
dropped over about 20 feet to ground at the Cradle of Aviation Museum
** Researchers find oldest-ever stash of marijuana
The cache of cannabis is about 2,700 years old and was clearly "cultivated
for psychoactive purposes," rather than as fibre for clothing or as food
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** A rare glimpse into a forgotten Hindu world
Not even specialized scholars had set eyes on the 60 works from the Marwar
area, now part of the state of Rajasthan, that are preserved in the
Mehrangarh Museum in the Fort of Jodhpur
** Looted Matisse goes to UK charity
A painting by Henri Matisse, which was stolen from a German Jewish family by
the Nazis, is to be given to a British charity
** Musical swan is back on display
An 18th century musical silver swan, which has taken three months to
restore, is back in operation at the Bowes Museum in County Durham
** Cardinal asks gallery for artwork
The Archbishop of Westminster has urged the National Gallery to give up a
Renaissance masterpiece, calling it "a work of faith" rather than art
** City mummy inspires imaginations
There were others at the unwrapping, including a linen manufacturer who
wanted to see what type of linen could last for thousands of years
** Titanic museum gets go-ahead in Belfast
The museum will be in Belfast, on the site of the shipyard where the ship -
which sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean, killing
some 1,500 passengers and crew - was built nearly 100 years ago
** Museum, Russian church dispute moving icon
A Moscow museum refused a request by the Russian Orthodox Church to allow a
historic icon to be moved to a monastery 50 miles away for a religious
celebration
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Smithsonian hawks know that in many cases within the recent history of the
Smithsonian Institution, it has been public support - and the strings that
come attached - that have led to programming frustrations
** Doha museum stakes cultural claim
A few years ago, prices in London auction houses went through the roof - not
for the classic modern or contemporary art, but for works from the Islamic
worlds
** Cheeseburgers Get Into the Mix in the Italian Debate on Museums
The deepest concern in art circles centres on the government's apparent
shift from a constitutional mandate to protect Italy's cultural heritage
toward an entrepreneurial model that exploits it
** Endowment Drying Up, a Museum Seeks Help
The museum's troubles and its search for a rescuer come as museums around
the country are tightening their belts because of the global financial
downturn
** Global Exchange, Early Version
Only the Met has the resources to pull off such projects, which depend as
much on diplomatic clout as on cash, and which always carry the risk that
long-made plans will capsize on the shifting tides of international
politics.
** Remarkable Invention Saves Australia from the Cane Toad
A bushie's amazingly simple and uncomplicated invention is being credited
with rescuing Australia from the Cane Toad swarm
** Zoo pulls Creation Museum promotion
Most of the protests echoed the same theme: the Creation Museum promotes a
religious point of view that conflicts with the zoo's scientific mission
** Online Advent Calendar & E-Cards
National Museums Liverpool is also celebrating Christmas virtually with an
online advent calendar
** Half a Century of Track Racing Motor Sport Goes on Display
Three New Exhibits for Brooklands Museum
** Media in Transition 6: stone and papyrus, storage and transmission
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