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week's edition include:
** Musician's salt-stained violin the most important relic from the Titanic
A rosewood violin played by bandmaster Wallace Hartley on the Titanic deck
as the ship sank has been confirmed as authentic by investigators, and could
soon be brought to auction
** First Celtic High Cross reassembled on Scottish island of Iona
The world's first Celtic High Cross, made with the lavish funding of an 8th
century King, is having its five elaborately chiselled pieces reassembled in
Scotland, replicating the stone formation quarried from the Ross of Mull at
the behest of the clan of a missionary monk
** Old dog learns new tricks: George W Bush turns his hand to painting pets
One commentator said the painting was symbolic of the former president
trying to wash off the sins of his administration
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** 600 Year Old Chinese Coin Found on Kenyan Island
Emperor Yongle, who started construction of China's Forbidden City, was
interested in political and trade missions to the lands that ring the Indian
Ocean and sent Admiral Zheng He, also known as Cheng Ho, to explore those
shores
** Art Gallery of South Australia triples return on investment
The cultural, social and educational benefits of the Art Gallery are clear
to the people of South Australia, but now with the completion of this
report, it can be demonstrated that the institution offers the South
Australian Government a significant return on its investment
** Jewish Museum in Poland Unveils Synagogue Roof
A Jewish history museum in Warsaw has unveiled a reconstructed synagogue
roof with an elaborately painted ceiling modeled on a 17th-century
structure, presenting the first object that will go on permanent display in
the highly awaited museum
** Ansel Adams' son on why the British landscape wasn't 'dramatic enough'
for his father
How glorious would the British countryside have looked through the lens of
Ansel Adams? The Glenfinnan viaduct swooping through the Highlands, the
ancient crags of Dorset's Jurassic coast, the rocky valleys of Snowdonia,
the volcanic patchwork of the Giant's Causeway - oh for exposures of them to
have passed through the darkroom of the world's greatest landscape
photographer
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** Archaeology Department is in grip of mafia, my life is in danger:
Director
Addressing a gathering of scholars attending the function to mark the
completion of the 125 years of the Epigraphy Branch of the Archaeological
Survey of India, Mr. Gopal became highly emotional when he said the
department was in the grip of the mafia
** David Copperfield's secret museum
Illusionist David Copperfield gave USA TODAY an exclusive look at his magic
museum and warehouse in this video
** Why The Happy Show Is The Feel-Good Museum Exhibition of 2013
Sagmeister, best known for his album covers for Talking Heads and The
Rolling Stones, among many others, draws inspiration here from positive
psychology rock stars like Harvard's Daniel Gilbert (Stumbling on Happiness)
and The Righteous Mind author Jonathan Haidt
** MOCA Trustees: Beware of Vanishing Museum Merger Promises
So, with a few strokes of a pen, the Board handed over to the Autry what has
been called possibly the world's finest collection of Native and
Meso-American artifacts and a museum building listed on the National
Register of Historic Places
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** Minnesota immigrant plans U.S.'s first Somali museum
The museum will be the first to showcase Somali culture and artifacts
outside of Mogadishu (which is no longer in operation), and the only one of
its kind in the United States and the world
** Museum of Flight adds new spyplane
During the war in Vietnam, a forward observer used a downward-facing
periscope equipped with night vision and infrared capabilities to spot
activity on the jungle floor and direct artillery fire
** International Museum of Women is virtual
Just as Internet companies such as Facebook and Google reach users around
the world, interim executive director Catherine King says the museum's
online-only model allows it to have a much broader and more global influence
than if it were only housed in the city
** Brain comparison suggests that Neanderthals lacked social skills
A comparison of Neanderthal and human brains has revealed it was a matter of
allocation: Neanderthal brains focused more on vision and movement, leaving
less room for cognition related to social networking
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** Carlos Slim's Museum, The Museo Soumaya, Glistens In Mexico City
Having once again claimed the number one spot on the Forbes Billionaire
list, Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecommunications mogul certainly enjoys the
finer things in life; and a few years back decided to showcase his extensive
art collection in a sparkling new museum, the Museo Soumaya, named after his
late wife who passed away in 1999
** This Weeks Horoscopes
Taurus - Remember: Some people were put on this earth to achieve great
things. Other people, like you, are just here to help with exposition and
backstory
** Thieves Steal $1 Million Worth of Historical Artifacts
Two Halifax, Nova Scotia men have been arrested for stealing nearly $1
million worth of historical artifacts over a period of two decades and
displaying them in one of the men's homes
** Lincoln Under Glass
The 17-by-21-inch negative showed a seated Lincoln resting his left arm on a
marble-top table; it was made using the wet plate collodion process, an
innovation in photography in the mid-1800s
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** Great East Japan Earthquake Archive now online
Newly added data include moving images by the National Diet of Japan,
Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission,
bibliographic data about 1995 Kobe Earthquake, Japan, by the Great
Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection in Kobe University
Library
** FBI says it has identified the thieves in Gardner Museum heist;
paintings' location still unknown
In a stunning twist in a case that had frustrated investigators for decades,
federal law enforcement officials said today that they had identified the
people who stole $500 million worth of masterworks in a daring heist from
the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990
** Burgess Shale Worm Provides Crucial Missing Link
Discovery pushes fossil record back 200 million years
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** Museums (Memory + Creativity) = Social Change
The 23rd ICOM General Conference. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
** Cerámica de los Ancestros: Central America's Past Revealed
The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian and the Smithsonian
Latino Center in Washington, D.C., present "Cerámica de los Ancestros:
Central America's Past Revealed"
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