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week's edition include:
** Macedonian Police Arrest 8 for Big Museum Theft
Police in Macedonia have arrested the head of the country's biggest museum,
a former senior heritage official and six others over the theft of 162
ancient pieces of jewelry from the museum's collections
** Feeling cheated by change in Hollywood museum plans
Less than a mile from the gleaming theater that will host Sunday's Oscar
ceremony lies the parcel that Pritzker Prize-winning architect Christian de
Portzamparc was to have turned into the academy's film museum
** Photographic exhibition traces Pacific history
Points of Focus features images of the British proclamation of a
protectorate in Papua in 1884, colonial and civil war in Samoa in the late
19th century, and Douglas Mawson's first scientific expedition - to Vanuatu
in 1903
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** In Athens, the Last Man Painting
He no longer climbs paint ladders easily, and his arm can tire after hours
of holding a brush but none of that deters the trim, feisty Mr. Dimitriou
** Art Stolen From Museum in Cuba Turns Up in Miami
Nearly 100 works of "important" Cuban art were stolen from a warehouse of
the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana, Cuban officials confirmed
Friday - and it may have turned up in Miami
** Hidden Treasures Discovered by Chance
While walking their dog, a California couple found a hidden treasure lying
in plain sight when they discovered eight cans containing some 1,400 gold
coins dating back to the Gold Rush
** Whale graveyard reveals most ancient mass strandings
Discovered in 2010 during excavations for the road, which links Alaska and
Argentina, the fossil haul includes over 40 large baleen whales, an extinct
species of sperm whale and an extinct walrus-like whale
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** Archaeologists ask robber to return items and receive two-week history
rehabilitation
In an astonishingly generous offer of forgiveness to a thief who swiped
items including an iPad, pottery and a replica body from a van at a
roadshow, one of the country's leading archaeology companies has invited
their light-fingered pilferer to embark on a two-week apprenticeship
** One of most sought-after portrait painters of America's Gilded Age
Over the course of seven extensive visits to the United States, the Swede
Anders Zorn became one of the most sought-after portraitists of the Gilded
Age - rivaling John Singer Sargent in popularity
** Humans May Have Been Stuck on Bering Strait for 10,000 Years
The ancestors of Native Americans may have lived on and around the Bering
Strait for about 10,000 years before streaming into the Americas,
researchers argue
** Banksy mural theft foiled in New Orleans
When he asked the suspects to show him their permits for working on the
building, they could not provide any but told him the building's owners
wanted to send the painting to a museum
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** Samurai collection spawns museum, touring exhibit
Gabriel Barbier-Mueller bought his first samurai armor about 20 years ago in
Paris, sparking a fascination that helped him create one of the most
significant private collections in the world related to the Japanese
warriors
** Gladiator School Discovery Reveals Hard Lives of Ancient Warriors
Ancient Rome's gladiators lived and trained in fortress prisons, according
to an international team of archaeologists who mapped a school for the famed
fighters
** Exhibit spotlights the science of fear
Learning about what triggers your fears is one thing, but facing them
head-on is another and visitors to a new Fort Lauderdale exhibit have a
unique opportunity to do both
** 'Lost' museum gets second life
In 1894, the curator of the Jenks Museum of Natural History at Brown
University was returning to the museum from lunch when he dropped dead on
the very granite steps that led to the institution he loved and tended for
23 years
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** Audubon legacy outshines scandal
Although the naturalist, who died in 1851, had achieved international fame
in his lifetime and remained a figure respected for his groundbreaking bird
illustrations and his scientific contributions to the field of ornithology,
rumors about his lineage and criticism of his work continued to circulate
decades after his death
** Arrgh, mateys! Adventures of a 17th-century pirate alliance
They were a pirate alliance which operated on the southwest coast of
Munster, Ireland, in the early 17th century, and now new archaeological and
historical research reveals new details about their adventures
** Native American site leaves Miami in quandary
At first glance, the site seems like an eyesore, but archaeologists say they
have uncovered a major prehistoric Native American village here, one of the
largest and earliest examples of urban planning ever uncovered in North
America
** This Week's Horoscopes
Taurus - You should really try to live your life so that your happiness
doesn't depend so much on whether or not they find the Higgs boson particle
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** MakerBot and a Museum of Design Team Up to Showcase 3D Printing
MakerBot will showcase the future of everyday household items, such as
iPhone cases and jewelry, using 3D printing in conjunction with the MODA
exhibit in the Museum's "Design Bar," a fun, interactive space
** 10 best US museums for families: Readers' Choice winners
This popular USAToday Readers' Choice contest category was hotly contested,
and in the end, Children's Museum of Indianapolis took the top spot;
followed by nine worthy contenders with their own loyal followings
** Great Gouda! World's oldest cheese found - on mummies
The remains and grave goods were freeze-dried, preserving the light-brown
hair and strangely non-Asian facial features of the dead along with their
felt hats, wool capes and leather boots
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** EMYA 2014
We are delighted to invite you to the European Museum Forum Annual Assembly
and European Museum of the Year Award Ceremony 2014, held in Tallinn,
Estonia on 14-17 May.
** Classical Archaeological University Collections: Present and Future
Possibilities
International conference and workshop on the use and relevance of university
collections in the field of Classical Archaeology, 13.-15. June 2014
** Museums in Transition and Transition in Museums
2014 MAAM Conference Call for Proposals
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