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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 button) in this
week's edition include
** Gone from the Barnes Foundation
A Steinway piano, a work by Henri Matisse, a ceramic vase by filmmaker Jean
Renoir, a collection of spirituals on sheet music - "hundreds of things are
missing," executive director
** Leader cries racism over Casey's exit
Professor Dodson said Ms Casey, who is of Irish and Aboriginal descent, had
lost her job because she had upset the white Anglo-Saxon establishment
** Farmers seek recognition over terracotta warriors
Five of the farmers have since died and the petition was handed over to the
museum and local culture bureau by three of those still alive
** Thieves Steal Horn From Stuffed Rhino
Thieves broke into the Bergen Museum on Norway's west coast and used an
angle grinder to remove the horn from the Rhino
** Steam museum in road sign row
The owners of a steam engine museum claim they are losing out on visitors
because no one knows they are there
** Sigourney donates 'Aliens' egg to museum
Weaver donated the egg to the Museum of American History, where it'll be
kept deep in the dark basement until the Smithsonian finds some room to put
in on display
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** Rembrandt's Night Watch Painting Leaves Rijksmuseum
The painting was shielded by a cover containing Kevlar, a carbon fiber that
is used in bullet-proof vests and protects against fire
** Golden oldies bound for Capital museum
Spectacular gold pieces, urns and life-sized sarcophagi will go on display
in Edinburgh next year when the Royal Museum's next "blockbuster" exhibition
opens to the public
** Hidden treasures shown in restored British Museum
Five thousand treasures long hidden in the vaults of the British Museum go
on display for the first time tomorrow in newly restored galleries that once
housed the library of King George III
** Telling the Wrights to go fly a kite
Lawrence Hargrave's box kites brought stability and lift to aviation, and
his work indirectly influenced the Wright brothers in their famous first
powered flight
** Rescued Treasure
Sergei Korneyev, a senior researcher at Moscow's Institute of Archeology,
was digging through some dirt back in 1985 when he stumbled across a garden
hoe
** Judges Announced for The Gulbenkian Prize for Museum of the Year 2004
The UK shortlist of 12 museums and galleries will be announced on January 16
2004, and the four finalists will be announced in mid-March
** Museum reports longest recorded migration of tagged bird
An Arctic tern found dead in Southern New Zealand flew 25,000 kilometres
from Sweden, a museum spokesman said
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** Mysterious Javanese Coins Found in London Mud
A bundle of 17th century coins from Java, Indonesia, has been found buried
in mud on the banks of London's River Thames.
** Marsupials evolved 50 million years earlier than previously thought
It would have lived alongside ancient reptiles and amphibians when feathered
dinosaurs, flying pterosaurs and giant plant-eating sauropods dominated the
landscape
** Travolta Attends New Air and Space Museum
He was one of 2,000 people at the dedication Thursday of the huge hangar,
which exhibits such treasures as Amelia Earhart's flight suit and the
Enterprise space shuttle
** Rembrandts go in $700,000 heist
Two rare Rembrandt etchings valued by experts at $700,000 have been stolen
from a Melbourne home, sparking an international art alert
** The CIA and the Cultural Cold War Revisited
One of the most important and fascinating discussions is about the fact that
CIA and its allies in the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) poured vast sums of
money into promoting Abstract Expressionist painting and painters as an
antidote to art with a social content. Book Details
** Earl of Elgin: "Mine's a large one..."
Ever wondered what Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841) was doing
when he was not desecrating the cultural heritage of the ancient world
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** Vuillard: From Post-Impressionist to Modern Master
** Call for papers for 2005 American Historical Association Conference
** Council of American Jewish Museums Conference 2004
** UMAC's next conference will be in Seoul during the triennial ICOM
Conference and General Assembly
** The Society for American Archaeology calls for nominations for its Award
for Excellence in Public Education
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