Welcome back to Global Museum, your free webzine and museum compendium read weekly in more than 91 countries . Free Online subscription. http://www.globalmuseum.org 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: ** With Rug Pulled From Under Its Feet, Museum Is Reeling The Museum of the City of New York, which had staked its future on a move to the elegant, expensively renovated Tweed Courthouse downtown by City Hall, faces uncertainty ** Faberg* Easter egg given by tsar is likely to fetch £4m The world's most expensive Easter egg, originally given by Tsar Nicholas II to his mother, is to be auctioned next month with an estimate of £4m ** Move to take the sex out of ships sparks a mutiny Seafarers everywhere were outraged yesterday by the news that ships are to be unsexed ** New Scientific Discoveries Yield Further Insight Into the Circumstances Of Otzi the Iceman's Death Scientists working on the preservation and study of the world's oldest mummy, announced new findings ** Hull splashes out on tanks, coral and sharks - but don't call it an aquarium An elaborate "submarium" featuring 35ft fish tanks populated by baby hammerhead sharks will be unveiled in Hull today ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________ Global Museum Travel: Hotel reservations, airline discounts, weather forecasts, car rentals. . 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Destination Guides and CONDOS ____________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________ ** Primitive horned dinosaur was a real pussy cat The dinosaur takes its name from the Chinese province and village - Liaoning and Yanzigou - in which it was discovered ** Our Feature Site: The Workhouse The workhouse was often a grim and brutal place, but its story is also a fascinating mix of social history, politics, economics and architecture ** Populist confirmed as new head of National Gallery The new director of the National Gallery in London is to come from the institution next door ** Forbidden City to Start Large Repair Project A monumental repair project to restore the grandeur and magnificence of Beijing's world-famous Palace Museum will soon be underway ** Criticism of Giotto Restoration From the stubble on a donkey's chin to tears staining a mother's face, a just-completed cleaning has revealed telling new details in the frescoes of Italian artist Giotto ** Unitas hands off to Ruth Museum Johnny Unitas has donated his personal collection of football memorabilia to the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum in Baltimore ** Longitude clock comes alive One of the most famous clocks ever built is running again this week - the first time it has done so in over a decade ____________________________________________________________________________ __________________________ Advertisement: THE DR. 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For schedules and rates (50% discount to nonprofits) click this link : www.drwilderness.com ____________________________________________________________________________ __________________________ ** Freighting a precious cargo One regular passenger flight from Italy to Australia in recent days carried an irregular passenger ** Gaining insight into the Great Auk Researchers at the Royal Ontario Museum's Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology have been extracting DNA from the bone of the Great Auk ** Innovative building to show dinosaur stampede A $2 million building in western Queensland is set to break new ground in the display and preservation of the world's only recorded dinosaur stampede ** Whew! Stealth asteroid nearly blindsides Earth A sizable asteroid zipped near our planet this month without anyone noticing because it travelled through an astronomical blind spot ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________ Advertisement: Public Relations for Non-Profit Organizations . Learn innovative public relation techniques to use in your community and on the Internet. Author Michelle Bacharka shows you how in her book and workshops. Visit www.prblackbooks.com for more info . ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________ ** Museum problems are closer to home Its excessive caution in rejecting the opportunity last year to exhibit the Dead Sea Scrolls did its credibility no favours ** World trade in bodies is linked to corpse art show As shock art it's hard to beat but behind the controversial travelling corpse show, Body Worlds, just opened in London , lies a morbid international trade in cadavers ** Copper ingots from wreck return to Cornwall Five ingots of Cornish copper are returning to their home county after lying on the seabed for 120 years ** Clamour over Il Duce's Bed Part of Benito Mussolini's private compound in Rome was opened up as a museum and is already ruffling feathers in a country still trying to come to terms with its fascist past ** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST ** "Longfellow: The Man Who Invented America" opens at The Center For Maine History Museum at Maine Historical Society ** Australian Archaeology Conferences 2002 ** Archaeology and Heritage in Flanders, Belgium: A Multi-Cultural European Past ** Midwest Archives Conference spring meeting +++++ PLUS +++++ The latest museum JOBS, BOOKSHOP, RESOURCES, Hot JOB TIPS, great people posting their RESUMES, FORUM, Cheap and reliable world TRAVEL, MALL, Museum Accredited Courses, a Health Store, Traditional Toy Store, Products & Services, Classical Music store, and a Jazz Emporium. http://www.globalmuseum.org ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . 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