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The international headlines (FOR THE FULL STORY VISIT THE WEBZINE at this
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week's edition include:
** Archaeologists Find 2,000-Year-Old Shoe
Archaeologists said Tuesday they found a 2,000-year-old shoe hidden in a
hollow tree used to construct an ancient well near Wellington in southwest
England
** Californian files suit against Spain, museum over looted painting
For the first time since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that foreign
governments can be sued in American courts for art looted during the
Holocaust, a California man on Tuesday sued the kingdom of Spain and a
museum it controls for a painting he values at $20 million
** Met Under Siege
Guests who attended the Costume Institute gala report that the Metropolitan
Museum of Art was infested with furry little rodents who had snuck in with
the 4,000 pounds of boxwood hedge used to decorate the bash
** Insurance costs keep veteran World War II bomber grounded
The owners of Sally B, the last airworthy Flying Fortress in Europe, were
forced to cancel 60th anniversary VE Day weekend appearances at the Imperial
War Museum's Victory in Europe Air Show and a flypast in Southampton
** China recalls Japanese germ warfare experiments
A grey sculpture depicts Japanese soldiers holding a Chinese man down as an
army doctor injects him with what could be bubonic plague, cholera or
anthrax virus
** Billionaire bids adieu to Paris and takes collection elsewhere
Pinault, 68, whose corporate empire includes Christie's, Gucci, Yves Saint
Laurent and three chains of department and media stores, said this week he
was reluctantly giving up the museum project because it was five years
behind schedule
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** Archaeologists celebrate dig which led to paradise
A team of Danish archaeologists, some of them very ancient, made a
pilgrimage to the small island of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf last week
** Met gain for National Galleries' art restorer
A top city art restorer is bound for the Big Apple after being headhunted by
one of the most famous art museums in the world
** War Museum opening draws thousands
If the crowds lined up for yesterday's open house at the new Canadian War
Museum are an indication, there is a reawakening of interest in Canada's
military history
** An N.Y.C. museum to call their own
Four generations of Ukrainian-Americans have worked to relocate the museum
from its old 2,400-square-foot space at 203 Second Ave. to the new
24,000-square-foot facility
** Fourth suspect held in 'The Scream' theft
Norwegian authorities have arrested a fourth suspect in the theft of "The
Scream," Edvard Munch's iconic painting of modern terror
** First Iranian Garden Museum
Iranian sculptor Parviz Tanavoli, who was in charge of establishing the
museum, spoke at the ceremony saying that the garden can be a good example
for metropolises like Tehran, which has been poorly decorated with no sign
of Iranian traditional art
** Brothel museum to shut down
The historic Dumas Brothel Museum, once one of this city's longest operating
houses of ill repute, is closing permanently because the building is falling
down and the owner is ill
** China to build giant panda museum
China plans to build a new giant panda museum which aims to be the biggest
of its kind to introduce efforts to save the endangered animal and its
habitat
** Man Killed, Boy Injured After Warbird Museum Accident
One person died and another is listed in critical condition after an
accident Saturday at the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum in Titusville
** Shanghai to open 100th museum this year
In 2000 the municipal government set a target of 100 museums in Shanghai by
2005, an aspiration which has since been updated to 150 by 2010
** Exhibit of Rare Bohemian Garnets
A once-in-a-lifetime exhibition of priceless antique and modern Bohemian
garnets from Prague is on display now at the National Czech & Slovak Museum
& Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
** Quarry poses a threat to museum
The proposed quarry in the Gunung Jerai Forest Reserve in Kedah poses a
serious threat to the Bujang Valley Archaeological Museum where several
ancient candis (temples) have been reconstructed
** Museum Rescues 'Endangered' Recordings
Today this technology is as imperilled as an endangered species, such as the
panda or snow leopard
** UK science museum joins Hollywood for space journey
Now with the release of a film, Britain's Science Museum has joined forces
with Hollywood to bring The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to life and a
new generation of fans
** Museum's bugs to get new digs at KU
The fuzz and the buzz are moving to a new home at Kansas University
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** Theoretical Approaches to the Interpretation of Flaked Stone Assemblages
** Leading Voices - Roger Tomlinson visits Australia
** Titanic and Lusitania
** SPECTRUM, the documentation standard for museums.
** International Museum Day 2005, HK opening ceremony
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