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week's edition include:
** Art loaned by U.S. falls in Paris museum
Two fragile artworks on loan from the United States slid from the walls of
Paris' Pompidou Centre and shattered
** Dog destroys Elvis' teddy bear at museum
A guard dog has ripped apart a collection of rare teddy bears, including one
once owned by Elvis Presley, during a rampage at a children's museum.
** Getty chairman to leave early
The chairman of the J. Paul Getty Trust, the U.S.'s third largest private
philanthropic foundation, said on Friday he would resign more than eight
months early following controversies over art looting
** Excavation of China's only empress' tomb in dispute
All historical attempts to rob the tomb ended in failure which lent even
more mystery to Qianling
** Pokies, soaps and socks
It was only when I was berated by security staff for locking the front doors
and turning off the heating that I realised not all of the knobs and dials
are for the public's use
** Butterfly man
Although he eventually gained worldwide fame as a writer - especially after
the publication in 1955 of his scandalous best-selling novel "Lolita" - he
also maintained a lifelong passion for lepidopterology, the branch of
entomology that focuses on moths and butterflies
** Tate masterplan for a glittering future
The London proposals are unique and at first glance absurd, a tottering
stack of boxes piled like a ziggurat memorial to art
** Meet the Pillage People
'The only things missing are the smells and the flies,' Bjarne said. 'We
used to chuck old bones and refuse outside the houses like the Vikings did,
but the environmental health people insisted we dispose of them properly.'
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** World's Biggest Nazi Archive Is Opened Up After Protocol Signed
The world's biggest archive of Nazi documents, containing details on
millions of victims of the Third Reich, is to be opened up to researchers as
11 nations amend a 50-year-old agreement to allow wider public access to the
files
** Wikipedia Celebrates 750 Years Of American Independence
According to our database, that's 212 years older than the Eiffel Tower, 347
years older than the earliest-known woolly-mammoth fossil, and a full 493
years older than the microwave oven
** Canary Islands cave art museum reopens
A museum with cave paintings that may date from the sixth century has
reopened in the Canary Islands after a 24-year closure, providing a rare
glimpse at the art of the Spanish archipelago's early inhabitants
** 1,200-year-old Book of Psalms unearthed in Irish bog
Ireland's National Museum say that a 1,200-year-old Book of Psalms found by
a construction worker in a bog was comparable in archaeological significance
to "an Irish equivalent to the Dead Sea Scrolls." Irish museum clarifies
mix-up
** How Tut beats the heat at the Field
It blends old-fashioned ice cooling - think Curly of the Three Stooges
schlepping a block of ice to fill an early 1900s icebox - with sophisticated
piping systems
** African moth that flew 1,400 miles to Ulster
Entomologist Brian Nelson from the Ulster Museum said Diane had correctly
identified the insect as a humming bird hawk moth
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** Doyenne of rich 'kept in squalor'
Mrs Astor gave millions to the New York Public Library, Metropolitan Museum
of Art, Carnegie Hall and Museum of Natural History
** Disaster prevention photos shock Chinese public
With a new clutch of storms lashing southern China, the National Museum has
opened a disaster prevention and reduction photo exhibition to show the
public the terrible effects of disasters
** Berlin to Return 1913 Kirchner Painting
A 1913 painting by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner depicting a lively Berlin street
scene will be returned to heirs of the Jewish family that was forced to hand
it over to the Nazis before World War II
** Daughter sues museum
The daughter of late baseball star Ted Williams is suing the San Diego Hall
of Champions Sports Museum in a bid to retrieve several trophies and
memorabilia items she claims she owns
** Restroom Art Gallery Opens in Ohio Village
Anyone who uses the public restrooms inside a replica of the 1880 train
station in this southwest Ohio village will be treated to a display of
original paintings on the walls
** Museums Association Conference and Exhibition - 23-25 October 2006, BIC,
Bournemouth
** DEMHIST Workshop 2006 - Second Call
** Accomplished Past. Challenging Future
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