Global Museum, your award-winning webzine read in more than 82 countries
each week. FREE online subscription. http://www.globalmuseum.org
The international headlines this week (for the full story visit the webzine)
include:
** D-Day Piper Donates Famed Instrument
Pvt. Bill Millin, the only man in the invasion wearing a kilt, bravely
played the pipes during the 1st Commando Brigade's landing at Sword Beach
** After 13 years, protester still stands her ground at museum
A woman who has demonstrated for 13 years outside the National Civil Rights
Museum, urging passersby to boycott the exhibit, was arrested by police
Monday
** Fossil record supports co-existence of dinosaurs and man
The truth is, the fossil record actually does contain plenty of astonishing
evidence of this very thing that evolutionists so vigorously deny --
dinosaur and human bones, footprints, and the like existing in the same rock
strata
** Museum 'deceived' over portico stone
The British Museum "was deceived" by the company which supplied French stone
for its new South Portico instead of Portland stone
** Would-Be Presidential Bed Now Art
Constructed of Brazilian rosewood, poplar and pine by a Philadelphia
craftsman, the bed features intricate carvings on a high-backed headboard
and four towering posts for the canopy
** Cincinnati family gives $1 million to creationist museum
A Cincinnati family has anonymously donated $1 million toward a creationist
museum being built by the Florence, Ky.-based ministry Answers in Genesis
** Was Eve Really a Sheila?
Were the first Australians related to the rest of humanity, or a breed
apart?
____________________________________________________________________________
___
NEW GLOBAL TRAVEL DESTINATION GUIDES:
http://content.travelnow.com/home.asp?cid=1527
____________________________________________________________________________
___
** Chirac to reopen Paris' Asian art museum
"The museum had become a monster," explained curator Jean-Francois Jarrige.
"When I was nominated to the job here, there were 40 good reasons to close
it down."
** Scientists' Discovery Shifts Sands Of Time
Their stunning discoveries--that the grain contains evidence of liquid water
and continental crust--are shaking up long-accepted notions of the fledgling
world
** Anthropologists study 1791 ship wreck
After catching 14 mutineers in Tahiti, the ship was homeward bound when it
struck a reef and sank, killing 31 crew members and 4 prisoners
** Company's spy museum to unravel secrets of espionage world
The secret is out: Some of James Bond's biggest fans were KGB agents
** Expatriate Scots Forced Into Haggis Smuggling
Refusing to see a 200-year-old ceremony succumb to the 21st century's taste
for food scares, many haggis lovers aching for the authentic taste of their
homeland are setting up their own clandestine shipments
** Slab of moss identified as world's oldest shoe insole
A piece of flattened moss discovered under a main road on the shore of a
Swiss lake had archaeologists puzzled -- until they discovered that it
contained the imprint of a foot
** Butterflies die mysteriously in Milwaukee museum exhibit
A significant number of the butterflies in a museum exhibit died
mysteriously late last week, museum officials acknowledged
** Stripper at Michelangelo's David
A man who shed the female clothes he was wearing in front of Michelangelo's
David while his friends filmed and photographed the performance was fined
400 000 lire
** St. Louis artifacts back in Philippine shores
Home at last are some 557 artifacts that once belonged to Major General
Harry Hill Bandholtz, whose collection of Philippine crafts and weapons were
exhibited at the infamous St. Louis Exposition of 1904
** Antarctic photos cast shadow on Scott's heroics
Scott subsequently lied about the rescue and deliberately wrote out of the
history books the man who saved him
** Two Scottish museum curators go head to head for top V&A post
Timothy Clifford and Mark Jones are on three-name shortlist for one of the
most high-profile positions in British cultural life
** Chaplin Statue Stolen in Sweden
A bronze statuette of movie legend Charlie Chaplin has been stolen from a
museum in the Swedish city of Uppsala
** Toilet museum flush with lottery cash
The Gladstone Pottery Museum in Stoke-on-Trent has secured the money plus an
additional £350,000 from the European Union for what it calls a "celebration
of the toilet".
** This Week we feature the YEAR OF THE WHITE SNAKE Chinese New Year
commences January 24th and GLOBAL MUSEUM includes a special section on this
major event in the Chinese calendar. What special customs are observed?
Snake personalities? New Year greetings.
** GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** THE NEW YORK CITY HISTORY FESTIVAL
____________________________________________________________________________
____
ADVERT: Stay at the HOTEL WOOLACOTT located in the center of New York City.
It is within walking distance to the Empire State Building, United Nations
Building, Macy's, Circle Line, convention and meeting locations, theaters,
and public transportation. The hotel offers clean, comfortable, and modern
accommodation in an old world atmosphere at reasonable prices year round.
FOR DETAILS & RESERVATIONS
http://www.travelnow.com/hotels/hotelinfo.html?cid=1527&ID=130157
____________________________________________________________________________
_____
** 4TH CAMBRIDGE HERITAGE SEMINAR THE CONDITION OF HERITAGE
** American Federation of Arts announces FIRST ANNUAL CURATORS FORUM
** SHOT Dibner Award
** "Camping With the Sioux
** Accessible Practices Workshop
** The Seventh World Forum of Motor Museums on 24 September - 1 October
2001.
** A New Equestrian Exhibition in Riyadh
** The New Museum -Cairns Australia September 15-16 2001
____________________________________________________________________________
___
Global Museum Travel recommends you stay at the Flag Inn Club Crocodile
Hides Hotel during your trip to Cairns. Central location. Complex dates back
to 1885 and combines the charm of a restored heritage listed building with
Colonial Verandah and modern room facilities. Friendly - smiling staff.
CLICK HERE
http://www.travelnow.com/hotels/hotelinfo.html?cid=1527&ID=145769
____________________________________________________________________________
___
** MAI-Tagung "Museums and the Internet" Fachtagung am 28. und 29. Mai
2001
+++++PLUS+++++
Chat in real time, the latest museum JOBS, BOOKSHOP, RESOURCES, Hot JOB
TIPS, great people posting their RESUMES, FORUM, Cheap and reliable world
TRAVEL, MALL, Museum Accredited Courses, a Health Store, Toy Store, Trade &
Exchange, Classical Music store, and a Jazz Emporium
ALL FREE AND AVAILABLE AT http://www.globalmuseum.org THE AWARD-WINNING
INTERNATIONAL WEBZINE - Share the address with a friend !
Like This Internet Resource? Click
http://www.recommend-it.com/l.z.e?s=745541
=========================================================
Important Subscriber Information:
The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes).
If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).
|
