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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:
** Raids suggest a deeper network of looted art
Coordinated raids on four Southern California museums early Thursday suggest
that the involvement of art institutions in the purchase of looted objects
is far more extensive than recent high-profile scandals have indicated
** Ancient Maya scarified boys not virgin girls
The victims of human sacrifice by Mexico's ancient Mayans, who threw
children into water-filled caverns, were likely boys and young men not
virgin girls as previously believed
** Toilet museum leaving after 20 years of flushing
Crews will crate up the museum's commodes, urinals, claw-foot bathtubs and
plumbers tools to be shipped to Watertown, where a new museum should open in
the spring
** Historic museum deal ruled illegal
A county government in northern Shanxi Province has been forced to suspend a
controversial plan to allow private investors to manage a famous
two-century-old courtyard seen in Chinese director Zhang Yimou's 1990 film,
"Raise the Red Lantern."
** Islamic treasure fetches 1,000 times estimate in sale
A rare 11th century rock crystal ewer, misidentified as a 19th Century
French claret jug, has sold for 220,000 pounds at auction, more than one
thousand times its pre-sale estimate
** Russian Collectors' Heirs Seek Compensation for Artworks
This is the first statement by Delocque-Fourcaud and Konowaloff after the
two months of uncertainty and tension that preceded the London exhibition's
preparation
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** Museums 'vital to existence'
Mr MacGregor argued that in a world still prone to destructive nationalism
and sectarianism, the civilising effects of museums was needed more than
ever
** Tokyo requests China to tone down contents of Nanjing incident exhibits
He said he told the city and museum officials that the number 300,000 is
stressed more than ever at the memorial, and that China "should listen to
various opinions" about the casualty figure
** Crooks are getting better at faking Christie's decision last February to
scotch the auction of a historically significant race car from the 1930s, a
12-cylinder Auto Union D-type, helped draw attention to the issue of
automotive authenticity
** Rock lobster has her name on it
The fossil, the oldest lobster found in B.C. and a previously unknown
species, will be named Eryma walkerae, after the retired civil servant and
member of the Victoria Palaeontology Society
** New £10m Wedgwood museum unveiled
The Wedgwood House of Treasures in Barlaston, Staffordshire, will house
6,000 Wedgwood artefacts, 75,000 manuscripts and 680 pattern books
** Art Museum Left Hanging
The Chelsea Art Museum is fighting to avoid foreclosure after an ill-fated
attempt to sell its air rights plunged it into financial crisis
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** National parks being looted, items ending up for sale
Looting of archaeological artefacts and fossils from national parks is
increasing as the demand for such items rises on the Internet and the world
market
** Brazilian Museum Declared a Menace
There is an imminent risk to the life and health of museum visitors as well
as to the priceless historic and cultural heritage that the institution's
collection represents
** This Week's Horoscopes
Capricorn. December 22 to January 19 - Your new Vaudeville routine will have
them rolling in the aisles this week, though technically speaking, some of
the credit should go to the fire
** The Civil War Through the Eyes of a Young Sailor and His Family
John Monroe Dillingham of Freeport lost his life at Andersonville Prison in
Georgia, one of thousands of Union soldiers to have died there in the year
before the end of Civil War hostilities.Slideshow
** Money row rocks Robben Island
Two senior managers at the Robben Island Museum have been placed on extended
leave following the discovery of financial irregularities including a
deficit of R25-million at the World Heritage Site
** Best museum restaurants
When the late satirist Peter De Vries launched into a trademark condemnation
of the morganatic marriage between art and food, his appraisal seemed
downright prophetic
** Waxworks from 'worst' museum up for auction
The tourist attraction's 150-or-so life-sized figures are famous for bearing
little, if any, resemblance, to the celebrities they are supposed to
represent
** Textiles as Cultural Expressions
Textile Society of America 11th Biennial Symposium
** Selling or Telling?
Paradoxes in Tourism, Culture and Heritage
** Saturday, February 2nd, sees the start of a year of aviation activity at
Brooklands Museum, to mark the centenary of powered flying in the UK in
general, and the pioneering achievements of A.V. Roe on the Weybridge site
in particular
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