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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:
** Former museum worker accused of stealing Wright Brothers model
A fired museum worker already charged with stealing 103 artefacts was
indicted Thursday in the theft of an early 1900s Wright Brothers model
airplane
** Generals object to torture museum
Three generals, including the head of the military's strategic intelligence
unit Jorge Cabrera, and a colonel were so incensed they tendered their
resignations
** Magicians Protest Museum's Houdini Display
A small museum in Harry Houdini's boyhood hometown, Appleton, revealed plans
to unveil the tricks of the magician's signature stunt
** Museum Owner Kept Bizarre Human and Animal Exhibits
He said he had got the monkey skulls in his suitcase after travelling on
safari in Gambia where he went into the jungle and traded pens
** Nabokov Museum is no Bestseller
The Nabokov faithful - along with the great man's Scrabble board, his pencil
stubs and butterfly-hunting jacket - are facing eviction
** Prehistoric DNA to Help Solve Human-Evolution Mysteries?
It may be possible to extract DNA from the bones of human ancestors and
other hominids who died up to one million years ago, researchers believe
** eLearning Expert Teaches Museum Educators How to Create Online Courses
Stretching the reach of museums from the physical into the virtual world,
Lisa Neal will present an e-learning workshop at Museums and the Web 2004
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** From the hub of a dynasty
While it is not nearly as well known as the Forbidden City in Beijing, the
Chengde Summer Palace complex is enormous, involving 124 groups of buildings
and a huge variety of temples
** Record numbers flock to Dead Sea Scrolls at Canadian Museum of
Civilization
The Canadian Museum of Civilization (CMC) is reporting a 20 per cent
increase in the number of visitors and attributing it to the extraordinary
success of the exhibition Ancient Treasures and the Dead Sea Scrolls
** Rare 7th-century Buddha goes on display in Britain
The statue of a standing figure of the Buddha Sakyamuni has been acquired by
London's Victoria and Albert (V and A) Museum and the British Museum for
850,000 pounds
** Bishop Museum to hold party for planet-viewing
Islanders have an unusual night-time opportunity through the first week of
April to see five planets grouped in the same part of the sky
** In a piano's journey, a hidden family history
After the piano is restored at the Blüthner factory near Leipzig, she
planned to give its first concert in Germany since the 1930s, at the Jewish
Museum
** Museum visitors draw bead on history
The beads were tiny and made of glass, yet they saved lives and purchased
properties, historians say
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** A passion for postcards
"We had made phone calls and had written a number of the museums - a handful
of museums - and for the most part there was lukewarm interest"
** Romany show vies for prize
A Romany history show - with a Gypsy caravan as its centrepiece - and a
project said to have brought many children from Northumberland into museums
for the first time, are competing to win art's richest prize
** Coke-Sponsored Rover Finds Evidence Of Dasani On Mars
"This discovery is so exciting, because it indicates that the Red Planet may
have once hosted a healthy, active, fun-filled microscopic life"
** Only existing First Temple relic may be forged
Investigators for the Israel Antiquities Authority have been informed that a
precious Ivory Pomegranate, on display at the Israel Museum since 1988, is a
forgery
** Cinema India Exhibition at Birmingham Museum
The show of more than 100 posters and hoardings captures the excitement and
glamour of Bollywood, and documents the vibrant visual culture of Indian
film
** Spain recovers 5,000 looted artefacts
Spanish authorities have uncovered an illegal archaeological museum
featuring more than 5,000 priceless artefacts looted from Phoenician,
Iberian, Roman and Islamic sites
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Harbour and the Hudson River
** The Big Picture: Evaluating Programs, Place & People
** Preserving Historic Trees: A workshop on the specialized techniques
needed to care for aged trees in cultural landscapes
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