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The headlines this week:
** Divisions Run Deep Over Protecting The Titanic
Finders keepers. For generations, this simple maxim has fueled the ambitions
of the treasure hunters who troll the high seas in search of sunken ships
** Around the World in Eighty Clicks
Around the World in Eighty Days told the story of Phileas Fogg's dramatic
dash to win a bet. Thanks to the internet, Simon Crerar retraces Fogg's
route, measuring his progress in clicks rather than days
** Dazzling diamonds
The Yomiuri Shimbun and the National Science Museum in Tokyo will organize
a cutting-edge diamond exhibition this autumn called "The Nature of
Diamonds.
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** Germany Marks 100th Birthday of the Zeppelin
Germany marked the 100th anniversary of the zeppelin Sunday with a parade of
airships watched by aviators nostalgic for an era when zeppelins ruled the
skies
** Maximum house at minimum cost
The Weizmann House is one of the loveliest and most luxurious homes in
Israel. It is a veritable palace
** Mammals curator wants more controls over tuna farming
There's a call for greater regulation of tuna farming... to protect the
future of dolphin populations off Port Lincoln
** Russian Royal Collections on Show
Stroganoff is one of the most familiar names in Russian history, that of an
extraordinary family whose impact over five centuries included aggressive
entrepreneurship as well as social vision and patronage of the arts
** Geologist, museum curator dead at 52
Thomas Lugaski, the curator of the W.M. Keck Museum at the University of
Nevada, Reno, died of an apparent heart attack at his home
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** Gallery missing work by Picasso
Although it was not quite the same as shoplifting a pair of jeans from the
Gap, the same principle was at work when someone walked off with a $3,000
work by Pablo Picasso
** Egyptologists Doubt Desert Discovery
Cave drawings an Iowa pilot stumbled on in the Egyptian desert and experts
initially said could date back to 7000 B.C. are now considered suspect
** Major Van Gogh Exhibition Coming to St. Louis Next Year
The exhibit is organized around four themes that reflect these artists'
interests and ambitions: the urban landscape of Paris; entertainment and
nightlife; portraiture and landscape.
** History of Presidential Campaign Advertising
``Madison Avenue Goes to Washington: The History of Presidential Campaign
Advertising,'' goes on view July 21 at the Museum of Television & Radio in
both New York and Los Angeles
** Equal Access
Can't move close enough to read the label on a painting? Having trouble
making out the shape and color of those disease germs on a slide?
** U.S. eatery has big Louvre plans
Yet more American cultural imperialism to drive the French nuts
** Library of the Future Gets Technology of the Future
Leading the way into the 21st century, the Cerritos Millennium Library will
be the most state-of-the art library in the country when completed in July
2001.
** 25 Thoughts To Get You Through Almost Any Crisis
"Never wrestle with a pig: You both get all dirty, and the pig likes it" and
more good professional development advice!
** Boca couple wants to move tiny museum to South Florida
They've got the Vatican, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, an 18-karat gold
train with a diamond-encrusted engine and O.J. Simpson in the courtroom --
all at about one-twelfth scale
** 'King of all baseball cards' up for auction
The baseball card equivalent of the Hope Diamond is being auctioned on the
Internet
** Guggenheim's Motorcycle Show May Go to Vegas
The Guggenheim Museum already has a branch in the real Venice -- so why not
an exhibition at the Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino?
** Mayan Stone Tablet Depicts Horror
An ancient Mayan scene of terror emerged from the Guatemalan jungle as
archaeologists unearthed a 3,000-pound limestone panel
** Folk Lore Conference
** New ICOM Guidelines
** Cultural Resource Management Program
** AVICOM - AUDIOVISUEL ET NOUVELLES TECHNOLOGIES
** KRISHNA - THE BLUE GOD. FOR EVERYONE
** WILLIAM WEGMAN TAKES ON FASHION
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