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The international headlines (for the full story visit the webzine) in this
week's edition include:
** 'Pharaoh's Curse' Feared as Young Girls Swoon
Italy's top Egyptian museum sought to quell fears it had fallen foul of a
Pharaoh's curse, as young girls once again swooned
** 'Lost City' Found Near Cuba?
Researchers said they filmed over the summer ruins of a possible submerged
"lost city" off the Guanahacabibes Peninsula
** Museum of Modern Art to Relocate
The museum closes its headquarters in midtown Manhattan on May 21 and will
reopen on June 29 as MoMA QNS in a 160,000-square-foot renovated staple
factory in Queens
** Thalassemia an ancient scourge
Excavations and archaeological finds in Al Ain reveal the presence of
thalassemia and a high mortality rate among infants about 4,000 years ago
** Former museum director convicted of stealing Civil War uniform
A former museum director was convicted Friday of stealing a Civil War
uniform from a historic house owned by his distant cousin
** Museums act to stop Lewis Carroll's photos of Alice going to US
If they succeed, the unique mixture of stills and glass negatives will form
the focus of a rotating collection based at a proposed £2m Lewis Carroll
Centre in Oxford
** Smithsonian head criticized over corporate donors
Incensed by the apparent power of corporate donors at the Smithsonian, a
group of 170 leading U.S. scholars and activists is campaigning for the head
of world's biggest museum and research complex to be fired
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** Museum Company's Woes Signal Trouble
The first national retail chain to file for bankruptcy protection was the
Museum Company Inc., a seller of art-related gift items.
** Despite rebuff, Greece sees Marbles progress
On Tuesday, British Museum director Robert Anderson ruled out lending the
sculptures to Greece
** Stolen Paintings Found in Uzbekistan
Authorities by chance found five stolen paintings worth $2 million during an
unrelated police raid in Uzbekistan's capital
** Archaeologist Tired Of Unearthing Unspeakable Ancient Evils
"It's true, I've got to stop reading the inscriptions on ancient door seals
out loud," Whitson said
** Cops take gory art of mayor
Cynthia Miller, director of the Art and Culture Center, reacted with
surprise to the latest clash
** Pink Flamingo Fans Urge Boycott
Some, including the Museum of Bad Art and The Annals of Improbable Research,
are calling for a boycott of the new, bare-butted bird
** Fantasy to Reality: The Evolution of Theme Park Design
Have you ever been to a theme park, and wondered how all the attractions
were created?
** Experts Restore Bosnian Jewish Relic
Experts have finished the months-long restoration of one of Bosnia's most
valuable relics - a 600-year-old Jewish manuscript called the Sarajevo
Haggadah
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** Louvre report reveals the fine art of slacking
The most prestigious museum in the country - and possibly the world - is
plagued by poor working practices, sloppy security and the privileged
positions of the civil servants who run it
** National Archives Brings "American Originals" to Chicago
"American Originals" showcases original documents that have charted the
course of American history
** Exhibit shows 'Tragedy' of McCarthy
The exhibit also includes his military footlocker and its contents - dress
shoes, dress hat, machete, Japanese flag, a decoder and a pair of women's
earrings
** NYC Nazi exhibit triggers debate about 'art'
An exhibition set to feature Holocaust-related artwork such as a Lego
concentration camp kit and a ``Giftgas Giftset'' of designer poison gas
canisters is generating controversy
** Drachmas to Euro, Money Exhibit Opens at NY Fed
The Federal Reserve is hoping the power of money will lure visitors to a
lower Manhattan exhibit even as attendance at other downtown museums has
dropped by half since the attack on the World Trade Center
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** The Changing Research and Collections Environment: The Information
Commons Today
** Current Issues in Collections Stewardship: Mastering the Essentials
** Who Will Live and Who Will Die? Dilemmas Faced by Orthodox Rescue
Activists in the United States During the Holocaust
** Electronic Outreach: Museum Programming on the Web for professionals in
museums, heritage planning and related organizations.
** Exit Surveys, Focus Group discussions and Observation Methods.
** Pompeii 2002
** Grand Opening Weekend of the new ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center
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