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** Trump budget cuts could shut great art out of museums
The NEA's Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Program has saved museums hundreds of
millions in insurance premiums and made possible countless high-profile
exhibitions that couldn't have happened without it.
** Gorilla Skulls Are Scientific Treasures and a Symbol of Fossey's Fight
At first glance, the two gorilla skulls on display in a new exhibition at
the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History are unremarkable,
except for maybe their size.
** Aristotle Was The Great-Grandfather Of The Computer Revolution
Aristotle's logic, presented in his six-part book The Organon, occupied a
central place in the scholarly canon for more than 2,000 years.
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** Prosecutors seek 4 years for ex-Field Museum worker who stole nearly $1
million
A former data specialist at Chicago's famed Field Museum stole nearly $1
million from museum coffers and used it to fund a "lavish lifestyle,"
including luxury cars, jewellery and even to pay rent for a friend's South
Side apartment.
** Art museum directors speak out in support of cultural agencies
Museums offer art programs to help teachers and home schoolers prepare
lessons, to train medical students to be better doctors, to ease the
suffering of veterans with PTSD, and to share with people across the country
the best of creative achievement.
** So Is 'Mona Lisa' Smiling? A New Study Says Yes
If the "Mona Lisa" was showing a few teeth, Leonardo da Vinci's 16th-century
masterpiece might not be quite as famous as it is.
** Aviation Toy Museum shares wonders of flight
When Deborah Scheetz earned her private pilot's license, her friends gave
her toy airplanes as a gag to make up for the real plane they couldn't buy
her.
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** Gender Gap Persists at Largest Museums
A gender gap persists at the largest museums - those with budgets of $15
million and higher, where just 30 percent have female directors.
** Ancient Naval Base for Epic Greek Battle Found
Greek archaeologists have found the ancient military harbour of the island
of Salamis - the very physical space from which the largest and most
decisive naval battle ever fought in antiquity was launched.
** How the Cleveland Museum of Art restores world-renowned art
Walking through the conservation department in the newly renovated
18,000-square-foot laboratory space, a visitor can find a conservator in one
of the seven labs closely examining a unique 15-century engraving,
re-layering silk paper on a 12th-century East Asian painting and carefully
preparing objects such as vases and chandeliers to travel.
** Laurel art forger cons local museums
The American painter's mother was a volunteer for the museum, but some
believe she had no clue what her son was doing.
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** Terracotta Warriors' museum in battle over copyright with Chinese
amusement park
The Emperor Qin Shihuang Mausoleum Site Museum in north-central China has
accused an amusement park that features replica warriors of violating its
registered copyright.
** Inside a Met Director's Shocking Exit and the Billion-Dollar Battle for
the Museum's Future
After the storied museum and its provocative director announced they were
parting ways, William D. Cohan examines how a former wunderkind-and his
mission to modernize-became a toxic mix for one of the world's most powerful
cultural institutions.
** Workers discover hidden murals in MoBot Museum Building
As they knocked out more plaster, they found a portrait of Carl Linnaeus, a
Swedish researcher who lived in the 1700s and is known as the father of
modern taxonomy, or the system of classifying and naming organisms.
** Comic-Con Museum to open in Balboa Park
The non-profit group will operate permanent museum to be called the
Comic-Con Center for Popular Culture with rotating exhibitions - something
convention enthusiasts might see as putting down roots.
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** Trump's proposed budget will eliminate funding to museums, libraries,
and artists
A fight in Congress is certainly in store, as many of the agencies and
organizations have indicated that they will be taking their case to the
Senate and House of Representatives to make the case for their very
existence.
** Fish Changed in a Surprising Way Before Invading Land
As the eyes swelled in size, they also moved to the tops of their owners'
heads, allowing them to peer out of the water surface like crocodiles do
today
** Archaeologists Have Found Evidence of Cannibalism in Spain 10,000 Years
Ago
Times were tough in Stone Age Europe, so it's not surprising that every now
and then we find ancient Homo sapiens bones sporting signs of being gnawed
on by other humans.
** Welcome To The Frog Museum
The Frog Museum in Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland is a collection of
150-year-old satirical tableaus of domestic life in the 19th century - all
involving stuffed frogs.
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** Why this striking rainbow may carry a hidden message
A mystery surrounding one of John Constable's most emotionally-charged
landscapes may finally have been solved - by a meteorologist.
** The National 2017: New Australian Art
The first of three biennial surveys presenting the latest ideas and forms in
contemporary Australian art
** Call for Papers 'The evolution of the museum'
Science Museum, London, 13-14th July 2017
** ICOM-US Statement
The International Council of Museums National Committee of the United States
(ICOM-US) made a statement in response to the release of the proposed
federal budget
** Archaeologists Uncover Last Human To Die Happy
Carbon dating concluded that the fossilized skeleton is that of a
Palaeolithic man-nicknamed "Felix" who died perfectly contented and
unencumbered by regret roughly 30,000 years ago
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