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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:
** Technology sinks modern mutinies
The last mutiny in the Royal Navy, according to the National Maritime
Museum, was in 1970 aboard the minesweeper HMS Iveston
** Unique Nelson and Napoleon Exhibit Planned
Previously unseen material and personal items will go on display in a
special Nelson and Napoleon exhibition next summer
** Scientists clash over origin of 'the Great Dying'
It was the greatest catastrophe the Earth has ever experienced - but
scientists who study such events are in sharp disagreement over what caused
it
** USS Arizona Memorial Center Sinks, Cracks
Portions of the shoreside building and plaza have settled as much as 30
inches and are still slowly sinking, and the concrete structure is cracking
** Giuseppe Verdi's house for sale
The owner said she decided to sell the palazzo because she didn't have the
money to fix it up and was unable to secure outside funds
** Mrs. Gardner's holiday table set for eight at her museum
A typical menu would include oyster soup, melon, flounder, mutton cutlets,
rock quail with watercress, fried celery and potatoes
** Controversial London wax museum nativity scene damaged in attack
A London wax museum says a nativity scene featuring soccer star David
Beckham and his wife Victoria as the parents of Jesus has been damaged in an
attack
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** Museum casts aside 4,500 exhibits
Up to 4,500 objects are being removed from the National Maritime Museum as
part of a huge clear out
** Egypt Unveils 2,500-Year-Old Tomb, Mummies
Archaeologists unveiled the tomb of a member of a powerful family that
governed a swath of western Egypt about 2,500 years ago, along with a dozen
recently discovered mummies from Roman times
** Clinton Among Museum-Store Customers
Clinton placed a phone order from Chappaqua, N.Y., calling museum store
manager Connie Fails to order, among other things, Air Force One toys that
emit the sound of plane engines when squeezed, neckties, stuffed donkeys and
a Socks the Cat doll that says "meow."
** Ancient Gold Mask to Be Returned to Peru
A gold mask dating back more than 1,000 years to a pre-Inca civilization in
northern Peru will be returned home next year after being turned in to
police by a collector in Italy, a museum official said on Friday
** Historic shipwrecks found in Hudson River
"It's an extraordinary selection of North American shipwrecks that had not
previously been studied," said Cohn, who has charted and explored shipwrecks
on Lake Champlain for the past 30 years
** Cabinet auctioned for $48.5 million
A billionaire prince who rules one of Europe's tiniest nations paid £19
million ($48.5 million) for the world's most expensive piece of furniture at
an auction at Christie's in London
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** Ice-Age Ivory Flute Found in German Cave
A 35,000-year-old flute made from a woolly mammoth's ivory tusk has been
unearthed in a German cave by archaeologists
** Crowds Not as Hoped at New Air and Space Museum
The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center has drawn more than 1.7 million visitors -
just over half the 3 million initially predicted at its Dec. 15 opening
** 1934 portrait of FDR missing from Hyde Park museum
A portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt is missing from the FDR Library and
Museum - ironically, at the same time the artist's grandson is researching a
book about missing documents
** Museum thief spirits away old crystal ball
A rare 16th-century crystal ball that belonged to a maverick consultant to
Elizabeth I has been stolen from the Science Museum in London
** World's Scientists Admit They Just Don't Like Mice
Nearly 700 scientists representing 27 countries convened at the University
of Zurich Monday to formally announce that their experimentation on mice has
been motivated not by a desire to advance human knowledge, but out of sheer
distaste for the furry little rodents
** Speaker at museum's event admits lying about wartime exploits
When confronted with discrepancies in his stories, Holden admitted he lied
about his exploits in an effort to boost children's appreciation of the
nation's combat veterans
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** Who are Britain's best-dressed men? Which look best defines the essence
of British style?
** The Ruins of Modernism: Japan and the visual arts in the sixties
** One Woman's Journey From the Himalayas to Buddhism in New Zealand
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** Season's Greetings to all our Readers !
As this is the last news posting for the year we would like to say what a
pleasure it has been to bring you more than 1,100 museum stories in 2004.
The readership continues to grow with each posting and we always enjoy
getting feedback from the 'Global Museum Regulars' .
We are taking a short break and will be back with more items of interest at
the beginning of 2005.
Happy Xmas Everyone!
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