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week's edition include:
** Canada geese tour the Norton Simon Museum
They didn't have memberships, but when a gaggle of Canada geese came
knocking at the front door of the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena the other
day, staff let them in
** Palace unveils historic hoard of a sticky-fingered prelate
Archbishops acquired many lavishly illustrated manuscripts and books, dating
from the 9th century, including Elizabeth I's personal prayer book
** Planters averted worse damage at museum
The UPS truck that smashed into a lobby window of the Smithsonian
Institution's Hirshhorn Museum ploughed through five of the building's
1,200-pound cement security planters, but the planters slowed the runaway
vehicle and prevented more damage
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** Eleven-foot 'giant herring' found off Sweden
The last time we saw a King of Herrings in Sweden was in 1879, says the
House of the Sea museum in Lysekil, where the fish was taken
** Taiwan artist sees the world in a grain of sand
When Taiwanese artist Chen Forng-shean paints and carves, he needs to hold
his breath and use a magnifying glass because of the materials he works
with - hair strands, ant abdomens and sesame seeds
** Ancient plaster falls off Coliseum
A slab of ancient lime plaster fell off the Coliseum, one of Rome's most
popular tourist sites, yesterday but visitors were not at risk
** Newly identified ichthyosaur was the king of Nevada seas 240 million
years ago
Judging by the size and sharpness of its teeth, the recently-discovered
ichthyosaur was a fierce predator that ate various prey including its fellow
fish-lizards
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** Work begins to preserve QAR artefacts on ocean's floor
Wilde Ramsing said 2018 will mark the 300th anniversary of the sinking of
the Queen Anne's Revenge and an ultimate goal is to celebrate with the
opening of a QAR exhibit hall at the museum's Gallant's Channel annex
** Britain's cultural cathedral marks decade of triumph
Take the descending ramp, enter the vast soaring empty cathedral-dimensioned
foyer, and, whatever else might follow, this already makes the visitor feel
grand
** The Coy Art of the Mystery Bidder
Was it a Russian oligarch who didn't want to call attention to himself, for
fear of home invasion or too much unfriendly attention from Vladimir Putin?
** Museum sues airline for lost...fish
The American Museum of Natural History is suing American Airlines for
purportedly dumping two barrels of fish, according to documents filed in a
Manhattan federal court
** At the Burnt Food Museum, serving up life's little defeats
In its gallery, singed, scalded and seared food is an art of accident; a
curious memento to look at and tell stories about; a whimsical treatise on
the inevitable imperfections of humanity
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** Indonesia To Build Maritime Museum
Fadel said that Indonesia's waters have treasures and artefacts from sunken
ships that were operated by Arabian, Chinese traders and the Dutch colonial
administrator that ruled the country a hundred years ago
** 'Fake' Raphael turns out to be worth £25m
A portrait of a young woman, which had been dismissed as a fake Raphael and
lay forgotten in the basement of an Italian palace for 40 years, has been
confirmed as genuine by art experts and could be worth up to £25 million
** Suspicious SUV sparks bomb scare at American Museum of Natural History
A dopey BMW employee parked a running SUV outside the American Museum of
Natural History on Sunday, prompting Manhattan's third headline-grabbing
bomb scare in just over a week
** The Top Ten Most Embarrassing Moments of Ohio History
The Cuyahoga on fire became a part of American myth, inspiring songs by
Randy Newman and R.E.M. and decades of jokes by late-night talk show hosts
** Museum Denies Buying Bugatti
The Mullin museum, which celebrated its grand opening recently although it
is not yet open to the public, said it has had contact with the Atlantic's
buyer, who is amenable to having the Bugatti shown on a limited basis
sometime this year
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** Nazi control room reopens as Topography of Terror museum in Berlin
Adolf Hitler's elite killers, the SS, the Gestapo secret police and the
Reich Main Security Office ran their central operations from the site,
making it the main cog in the Nazi regime
** Brooklyn Museum Flaunts American Fashions
As a complement to the Met show, "High Style" reintroduces a trove of
material that was in storage for a decade, including 85 dressed mannequins
in various shoes, hats, and other accessories, plus sketches and other
sundry objects
** The London haunts of VI Lenin
Lenin came to London six times, spending a lot of time at the British
Library, where for the first time he got access to Karl Marx's works
** Seeing Is Believing: New Technologies For Cultural Heritage
University College London, UK
** Biodiversity in Hong Kong
Hong Kong's biodiversity remains remarkable despite its tiny landmass and
the huge changes that man has made to its landscape over the centuries
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