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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:
** International Museums Day - May 18th
ICOM list activities from around the world in celebration of Museums and
Universal Heritage
** Margaret Thatcher opens Falklands exhibit at London's Imperial War
Museum
The museum has gathered letters, sketches and memorabilia from survivors and
witnesses to the conflict - a 10-week war in which some 650 Argentine
troops, more than 250 British personnel and three islanders were killed
** Burping bacteria cause La Brea tar pits to bubble
The bacteria in natural asphalt munch on petroleum at the popular site and
burp up methane gas
** Ancient skull arrives at Mesa museum
The ancient cranium belonged to a four-tusked elephant-like creature, called
a Rhynchotherium,that roamed Arizona, scientists said, about 2.4 million
years ago
** Turkish artefacts donated to Islamabad Heritage Museum
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has contributed some valuable
artefacts for display in the Heritage Museum, Lok Virsa
** Iraqi insects brought to museum
Beetles, flies and grasshoppers were among the specimens brought to Cardiff
by a small delegation of curators from the Kurdistan region
** Cracks threaten Rome's majesty
One of the latest closures came in November 2005, when a 16th-Century wall
collapsed without warning in a well-visited area, near the Emperor Tiberius'
palace
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** Hidden gems of Hunterian to go on show for first time
Hunter's wide variety of collections, career and tastes, are evident in a
series of dinosaur exhibits, an armoury of native weapons, a bewil-dering
array of medical specimens in jars, the skeleton of an elephant and the
first scale model of the original neo- classical Hunterian Museum, which
stood on the city's High Street
** Long-stored works part of major Getty restoration
Mark Leonard, head of paintings conservation at the Getty, said the roots of
the project date back to 2001, when members of the Getty staff were invited
to visit several former East German museums
** Egypt expert braves danger to mine the past
His group had wandered into the hiding place of two men on the lam from a
bloody family feud in which they had killed at least a dozen
** Lancaster bomber moved to Windsor Airport
The president of the Canadian Historical Aircraft Association says thousands
of people lined up to walk through the warplane during daily tours which
raised $30,000 toward the restoration of the 62-year-old aircraft
** Meanwhile - The pathos of Napoleon's p*n!s
John K. Lattimer, who'd been a Columbia University professor and a collector
of military (and some macabre) relics, also possessed Lincoln's
blood-stained collar and Hermann Göring's cyanide ampoule
** Painstaking work is journey of discovery
This is the first time that TV cameras have been behind the scenes at the
British Museum and the result is fascinating, not just because of the
incredible range of artefacts at the London museum, but because of the
characters who work there
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** 4,000 artefacts confiscated in Denmark returned to Afghan museum
About 4,000 artefacts seized by border police in Denmark have been returned
to the National Museum of Afghanistan, the Danish prime minister said during
a visit to Kabul.
** Survivors Outraged at Holocaust Museum over Bad Arolsen
Holocaust survivors from coast to coast have exploded with unprecedented
public vitriol against the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
generally, as well and its plans to prohibit immediate offsite electronic
access to the secret records of the International Tracing Service at Bad
Arolsen.
** Precious Chinese artefacts to be exhibited in Canada
The exhibition will feature a dazzling array of 120 objects, including jade
carvings, lacquer ware, paintings, calligraphy, silk textiles, ceramics and
items fashioned from bronze, gold and silver
** Art in the palm of curator's hand
A museum curator has to be as multi-skilled as the next worker in the
contemporary world, but finding a palm tree - a dead and desiccated palm
tree, 12m long - must be one of the greater challenges Tony Bond has faced
** Britain returns remains of Tasmanian Aborigines after 20-year wrangle
Remains of 17 Aborigines have been held by the Natural History Museum since
the 1940s, but will be flown to Tasmania, an island 200 kilometres south of
mainland Australia
** Couple sued for $1.3M by museum
The Mariners' Museum is seeking $1.35 million in damages from its former
chief archivist, who is accused of stealing and selling archived items
belonging to the museum
** Canadian Art Gallery Educators 2007 Symposium - New Content, New
Approaches, New Teaching...New Learners?
** Maryland's Annual Preservation & Revitalization Conference
** 6th Annual Kentucky Art Car Weekend - The Kentucky Museum of Art and
Craft
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