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week's edition include:
** Centipede dubbed 'killing machine'
Scientists have discovered a new species described as a "mindless killing
machine" in New York's Central Park.
** ROM is on the road to hell
Vatican show is enthralling, but copies have no place in a museum
** Ceramic collection broken up
One of Britain's greatest collections of ceramics was split up at an auction
in London yesterday despite last-minute attempts to keep it together for the
nation
** England's Virgin Queen Back to Life 400 Years On
England's Virgin Queen Elizabeth I returns to life next year in a major
exhibition on the ruler who was once the world's most powerful woman
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** Grad Student Deconstructs Take-Out Menu
Jon Rosenblatt, 27, a Harvard University English graduate student
specializing in modern and postmodern critical theory, deconstructed the
take-out menu of a local Mexican restaurant "out of sheer force of habit"
** Relics of a Scots war hero
A bloody handkerchief and a lock of hair taken from the body of one of
Scotland's greatest military heroes have gone on display at Edinburgh Castle
** Children's Museum banking on moms
The Children's Museum of Cleveland has placed its hopes for survival on the
shoulders of stay-at-home moms and a young, energetic management consultant
** Indian chief buried 169 years on
An Indian chief taken by a French tycoon in 1833 to be exhibited in a cage
in Paris has received a hero's burial in his native Uruguay
** Safety Harbor handles museum dustup well
The museum director accused the board of trustees president of mishandling
funds and being abusive to the two paid staff members
** Museum Uncovers History of Toilets
Six toilets-including an 1800s model called an earth closet - are on display
at the Neville Public Museum in a new exhibit called ``Privy to the Past:
Inside America's Most Private Room.''
** Insects On The Menu
A British museum is serving up the crunchy cuisine, including crickets,
locusts and grubs
** Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan
Using the traditional home of Mongolian nomads as backdrop, the exhibition
invites visitors to experience 20th-century Mongolian life and discover
Genghis Khan's lasting legacy
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** Plot twist uncovers Austen brother's portrait
It has only been on display once in 200 years, when it was loaned to an
Austen exhibition where it was seen by Peter Russell-Jones, a trustee of the
museum
** Hotspots found in search for sunken treasure
Experts searching for £2.5 billion worth of sunken treasure lost at sea
during the English Civil War have found nine sites for further exploration
** Rare space rock 'a gem'
British scientists have confirmed that one of the rarest meteorites ever to
fall to Earth is from a time when the Solar System was born
** Gestapo's torture tools come to light
A box containing torture instruments used against civilian Norwegians by the
Gestapo in Kristiansand during World War II has been turned over to a local
museum
** Park sends ancient shields to Navajo Tribe
The Navajo Tribe is poised to gain control of three of the oldest known
North American Indian shields over the objections of descendants of the
shields' discoverer
** Holy Calamari! Humongous Squid Washes Up on Australian Beach
The 550-pound creature was found dead Saturday on a beach in Hobart in
Tasmania state and was transported today to the Tasmanian Museum.
** Gypsy Graves returns to Dania archaeology museum she founded
"I feel like I'm back at home,'' says the 72-year-old scientist, who left
the museum five years ago after a dispute with its board of governors
** Take me to your dodo
The Ashmolean was once sneered at as a cabinet of curiosities, full of
country bumpkins gawping at plum stones and bits of amber
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** "The Best in Heritage"
** Opportunities for Historic House Museums and Historic Sites at the
National Preservation Conference
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