Global Museum, your award-winning webzine read in more than 87 countries each week. FREE online subscription. http://www.globalmuseum.org The international headlines in this week's (for the full story visit the webzine) edition include: ** Te Papa's storm in a T-shirt The Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa, has placated a group of high-profile companies by removing three controversial items from an art exhibition Te Papa brings back controversial T-shirts ** 'Buddha's hair' found in China Archaeologists in China say they have unearthed a miniature gold box believed to contain the hair of the Buddha ** Museums facing closure threat - report Many museums are in danger of being forced to close because they can no longer meet running costs, says a new report ** So, this is Australia? As you bid farewell to the dinosaurs, on your right you will see a display of Great Australian Dicks, fittingly housed in the Long Room ** Don't Pack Your Bags For The Tea Museum He then founded the Bramah Museum of Tea and Coffee in an area of London that has been the heart of the tea trade for centuries ** Lover of Pakistani birds spied for US During his spy work, he had kept up his passion for bird-watching, and one day while taking a shower in Sri Lanka, he had detected a bird through cracks in the bathroom door that he had been trying to collect ** State of the Art It's the age of museum-not the musty kind, but ultramodern showplaces that are betting on big on marketing culture to middle America ____________________________________________________________________________ ______ Global Museum Travel for affordable Conference Travel and Hotels Rail passes, hotel reservations, airline discounts, weather forecasts, car rentals. . 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CLICK http://www4.wave.co.nz/~jollyroger/travel1.html ____________________________________________________________________________ _____ ** Iron Age burial chariot unearthed Archaeologists who removed the chariot from its shallow grave confirmed that a fragment of tooth enamel, believed to be human, has also been retrieved from the site at Newbridge, near Edinburgh ** Project Strives For A Positive Greenhouse Effect In an abandoned china clay quarry near the southern coast of Cornwall, a former music producer and songwriter has built a modern, $120 million Garden of Eden ** Gallery digs plan for giant artwork Diggers will move in next month to create an earth sculpture which is 9m high and larger than a football pitch ** Dive team finds explorer's shipwreck Australian divers have found the wreck of the ship commanded by the man who explored the continent's west coast 80 years before James Cook sailed south in the Endeavour ** Fort Jesus museum nominated UNESCO monument list Built in 1593 to guard the entrance of the old harbour in Mombasa against onslaughts by the Omani Arabs, the monument survived numerous sieges over the ages until it was taken over by the British in 1895 and made a prison ** Carolina parakeet exhibit displays extinct bird The conversion of freshwater wetlands to rice paddies and the spread of agriculture led to the brilliantly colored bird's demise ** Museums 'must merge or close' The UK has too many museums and some must merge or face closure, according to research ** Local Libraries: A Bureaucratic Nightmare Spreading knowledge to the masses was one of the primary goals, and also one of the major achievements, of the Soviet state. ____________________________________________________________________________ _____ ADVERT: AMERICA'S #1 TOURING SCIENCE MAGIC SHOW - THE DR. WILDERNESS SHOW is now booking our "performance exhibit" for FALL 2001 and SPRING/SUMMER 2002. EMMY AWARD WINNING WWW.DRWILDERNESS.COM or [log in to unmask] ____________________________________________________________________________ _____ ** The Unplanned Freefall; Tips For A Safe landing Let's say your jet blows apart at 35,000 feet. You exit the aircraft and begin to descend independently. Now what? ** Our Web Site of The Week Something positively medieval from NewYorkCarver.com. Interesting 'portal' with a good representations of major museums. ** Sketches for 2001 found space in the garage The drawings by Harry Lange, a former section head of Nasa's Future Projects Staff, show that Kubrick was relying on the views of space programme insiders, rather than the film set designers, to shape his vision of space travel Radio, TV stars of museum You might ask why there's a museum dedicated to something most people are exposed to every day, but television and radio can be more than a source of entertainment ** Museum Heist Paints a Picture of Swedish Naivete ** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST ** L I S A 2 0 0 1 (Liverpool Interdisciplinary Symposium in Antiquity) ** Classroom Collections Creating Collections with Young Children ** Literacy Activities in Museums ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ Global Museum's extensive site dedicated to the 2001 Barcelona & St Louis Conferences: Local History, Travel Reports, Accommodation Options, Airfares, Climate, Newspapers, Radio & Television, Car Rental, Online Maps. 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