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In your international museum ezine this week:

**  The gallery of Obscure Patents  **
Check out the motorised icecream cone for "imparting rotation upon the cup
and rotationally feeding its contents against a person's outstretched
tongue" and other goodies!


**  The Art of Invention:   Leonardo and Renaissance Engineers  **
The Science Museum extends the duration of this exhibit until August 31st.
The London show marks the logical conclusion of a long program of research
and exhibitions on Renaissance engineers begun in 1985


**  A triumph for history  **
A dark, unwanted episode has reached a good and just end. David Irving
wanted Britain's High Court to rescue his reputation. Instead it trashed it.


**  Cut above the rest  **
Mino (now Gifu Prefecture) was a center for sword production in the 15th and
16th centuries. Several swords and sword fittings produced there, as well as
items from Toyama and Ishikawa prefectures, are currently on display at the
Japanese Sword Fittings Museum


**  PM Goh treated to rich culture of Xian  **
Yesterday afternoon, Mr Goh received another similar honour when he became
the second foreign dignitary to visit the ancient murals in the Shaanxi
National Museum


**  China to Lend U.S. National Zoo Pair of Pandas  **
Nearly five months after the National Zoo's last beloved giant panda was put
to sleep, the Chinese government has agreed to lend a pair of the rare
beasts to the zoo for 10 years


**  Chicago Museum Puts Holocaust Art Questions on Web  **
The Art Institute of Chicago on Wednesday posted a list of more than 500
works on its Internet site in an effort to determine if any of them was
Holocaust loot stolen by the Nazis


**  Legal Battle Brews Over 'Nude on a Black Armchair'  **
A bitter battle over Picasso's famously erotic ``Nude on a Black Armchair''
has gone to court in San Francisco, where two prominent families are
squaring off over allegations of a broken promise


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**  Spectacularly Dirty Pots Yield Archaeological Insights  **
The last thing most people want is food-encrusted pots, but to one Penn
State archaeologist, burned-on, crusty old food may be a key to determining
the origins of the Iroquois


**  Rockefeller lends dad's gear to artifact hunt  **
In addition to a rifle, Rockefeller intends to loan the museum a letter his
father wrote to his mother while he was in the service and a pair of socks
that she sent to his father


**  Hometown Exhibit on Elian  **
It began with the poems, letters and signs deposited on the museum steps:
Discarded tributes to Elian Gonzalez. The donations kept coming


**  Sub inventor gets day in the sun   **
The first submarine he tested in 1878 was a bust, sinking within minutes in
the Passaic River because workers had forgotten to rivet three bolts.


**  Thieves target spear points from museum  **
A huge collection of Native American spear points, many dating back 6,000
years, was stolen last weekend from the Seminole County Historical Museum


**  Germany, Russia to Swap WWII Art  **
Germany and Russia will exchange art looted by Nazi and Soviet troops during
World War II, including pieces from a Russian czarist palace's legendary
Amber Room


**  The Dark Sucker Theory  **
For years, it has been believed that electric bulbs emit light, but recent
information has proved otherwise. Global Museum investigates


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**  Ever thought of visiting Pasternak Country? **
Experiencing land of Dark Secrets and White Snow? Want to discover the life
and culture of the ethnic groups of Central Asia? One of our regular GLOBAL
MUSEUM correspondents is returning to these parts and is looking for a
travelling companion.
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