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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:
** Elvis memorabilia worth £180,000 stolen in raid on Vegas museum
Chris Davidson, the owner of the Elvis-a-Rama museum, said up to 80 per cent
of the singer's jewellery on display had been taken
** Tabasco Museum aims to bust myths
Secret recipes, cologne bottles and gigantic rodents called nutria have long
been part of the mystique surrounding America's favourite palate-burner:
Tabasco
** First ever Easter egg amnesty
Children will be allowed into the Museum's Science of Sport exhibition for
free if they bring along an Easter egg
** BBQ Museum could be Hot Stuff
Conrad said the museum could hold supplies, tools and memorabilia from
barbecue restaurants
** Complex portrait of Chinese emperor
A suit of armour crafted from 600,000 nearly microscopic plates of steel now
hangs behind glass at the Field Museum, as if awaiting the tall, slender man
it was built to glorify
** Cursed Flying Scotsman set to take another buyer for a ride?
All its owners - apart from British Railways - have found that the engine
makes a massive hole in the wallet
** Early man steered clear of Neanderthal romance
Researchers compared the preserved remains of four Neanderthals and five
early modern humans found throughout Western Europe
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** Astronauts who risked lives for Hubble hope to save it
Harbaugh, now director of the Florida Air Museum, says he felt no more
danger flying to Hubble than anywhere else in space
** Peron Memorabilia Auctioned
The blue-and-white silk shroud that covered the embalmed remains of Eva
Peron sold Thursday for $158,000 - more than three times its estimated
worth - at a disputed auction of memorabilia belonging to Argentina's most
famous first lady and her husband, Juan Peron
** Scientist attacks alien claims on Mars
Recent Mars rover photos include not just rocks, Hoagland and other
contributors maintain, but common objects that might tell of an alien
civilization - a bowl, a stove, a piston
** Stranger in the Night
Like all Mesopotamian antiquities, this precious object comes shrouded in a
certain amount of mystery for nobody knows the identity of the deity
depicted
** Space dust to unlock Mexican pyramid secrets
Remnants of space dust that constantly shower the world are helping unlock
the secrets of a 2,000-year-old Mexican pyramid where the rulers of a
mysterious civilization may lie buried
** Work begins On Clinton Presidential DVD Library
"I know my library is not in competition with the others, but I do believe
Americans will enjoy the experience more than they'd like peering at Gerald
Ford's desk calendar through Plexiglas."
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** Castle masterpiece sold for £8m
One of the most valuable paintings in Wales has been sold for £8.1m and is
going back to the artist's native Holland
** Chinese character museum to be built in Henan
Covering over eight hectares, the museum will house a large collection of
archaeological pieces and pictures of traditional Chinese character
patterns, including inscriptions on oracle bones and ancient bronzes, seal
characters and chancery scripts
** Museum plans dead body exhibit
Britain's Science Museum is considering a particularly gruesome new exhibit,
a report said on Sunday - a decomposing human body displayed in a glass box.
** Switzerland is a nation of museum lovers
Sales of the Swiss Museum Passport - which offers free entry to 300 museums
across the country for an annual fee of SFr90 - rose by 34 per cent last
year
** Cost of museum upgrade up again
More asbestos has been uncovered during refurbishment work at the Coventry
Transport Museum pushing the modernisation project even further over budget
** Science Museum takes a smart look at Einstein
Personal items include a report card, teacups, his 1921 Nobel Prize in
Physics, and a magnetic compass similar to the one he saw as a 4-year-old,
sparking his lifelong interest in natural forces
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** Free Movie Screening Of "Dive Bomber" In April 2004
** Awards for the Presentation of Heritage Research 2004
Sponsored by the Royal Archaeological Institute, English Heritage, Cadw and
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