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The international headlines (FOR THE FULL STORY VISIT THE WEBZINE at this
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week's edition include:
** Mystery Insect Bugs Experts
The identity of an insect discovered on the grounds of the Natural History
Museum is bugging the experts
** Ulcers Discovered in Mummies
The mummies for this research were recovered in a funeral cave of La
Ventana, in the Chihuahua State desert, and in a cave in the state of
Durango
** Split mars awards as artists pull work
A bitter split has emerged in Australias most prestigious Aboriginal art
competition after several works shortlisted for the final round were
withdrawn one month before the announcement of the winners
** A list of recommended museums in Beijing
For many overseas visitors to Beijing for the Olympic Games, it may be a
good and meaningful arrangement to insert some trips to local museums
between sport matches. See also Palace Museum below
** School sack races cancelled by health and safety - because the children
might fall over
Teachers at John F Kennedy Primary in Washington, Tyne and Wear, dropped the
popular events after discussions with Beamish Open Air Museum, where an
Edwardian-themed sports day was held
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** In restoring diners, juvenile offenders work on themselves
These were places where Americans dawdled, debated and dated, kibitzing over
sliders (sausage patties), sinkers (donuts), and Adam and Eve on a raft
(poached eggs on toast)
** Australia assists to conserve textile and batik in Pekalongan
Australia has sponsored a week-long Textile Conservation Workshop at the
Batik Museum in Pekalongan, Central Java, to help conserve Indonesian
traditional textiles and batik
** Unveiling the World's Most Famous Anonymous Artist
The reclusive street artist has collected several celebrity fans, including
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and Christina Aguilera
** Introduction to the Palace Museum in Beijing
The Palace Museum in the centre of Beijing is historically and artistically
one of the most comprehensive museums in China, and uses as its foundation
the Forbidden City, a palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1840), and
their collection of treasures
** Merseybeat exhibit opens in city
A new exhibition marking 60 years of Merseyside's contribution to popular
music has opened in Liverpool
** Hundreds see huge squid dissected at Melbourne Museum
Nature lovers and the morbidly curious turn up as much as two hours early,
and some hold children on shoulders
** This Week's Horoscopes
Scorpio. October 24 to November 21 - Sometimes the truth can be difficult to
hear. Thankfully, a battery-operated megaphone will make your past failures
crystal clear
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** The Harley Museum Goes the Whole Hog
The Harley-Davidson Museum was designed and curated by New York's Pentagram
and is intended as a mecca for motorcyclists, housing artefacts such as the
hogs owned by Elvis Presley and daredevil Evil Knievel as well as the
company's earliest and rarest models
** Ancient Rome's she-wolf statue not so ancient?
In a front-page article in Rome daily La Repubblica, Adriano La Regina, who
for decades headed the national archaeological office for Rome, suggested
that the Capitoline Museums was reluctant to release test results indicating
the bronze was medieval
** Researchers open secret cave under Mexican pyramid
Archaeologists are opening a cave sealed for more than 30 years deep beneath
a Mexican pyramid to look for clues about the mysterious collapse of one of
ancient civilization's largest cities
** Survey shows Russian museums missing 50,000 items
Former Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered the survey after his
government was deeply embarrassed in 2006 by hundreds of thefts from the
crown jewel of Russia's art world, St. Petersburg's Hermitage gallery
** Art to wear, if you dare
Think of Alexander Calder, and the first thing to come to mind would likely
be the suspended abstract sculptures that silently orbit above the heads of
museumgoers around the world
** Head of Hadrian to be put on public display at British Museum for first
time
It is part of a sculpture of the enigmatic Second Century emperor, excavated
from Sagalassos in south-west Turkey last August, that originally stood more
than 15 feet high
** Call for Papers: Classical Collections and British Country Houses and
Gardens
Papers are invited for a one day research seminar on 'Classical Collections
and British Country houses and Gardens' to be held at in the Arts Faculty,
the Open University in Milton Keynes on Friday 12 December 2008.
** Snapshot of Aussie Greek café culture
A photography exhibition exploring an important chapter in the development
of Australian culture, Selling an American Dream: Australia's Greek Café,
has opened at the National Museum of Australia.
** Call for Papers - NAWCC Symposium
The NAWCC Symposium is an annual meeting of National Association of Clock
and Watch Collectors (NAWCC)
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