Welcome back to GLOBAL MUSEUM, your free webzine and museum compendium read weekly by 6,000+ readers in more than 105 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 ** Global Museum Celebrates Chinese New Year Receive a FLASH ecard and greetings for Year of the Monkey. Gong Xi Fa Cai ! ** Chinese family visits ancestral home, now in Salem museum As Huang Qiuhua, now 36, stood outside the home, since moved piece by piece to the Peabody Essex Museum, it felt foreign and out of place in its new setting * Letter Mentions Van Gogh Family Tragedy A recently discovered letter by Vincent van Gogh on display for the first time speaks of a tiny grave and his father's grief over the loss of his first child ** Thief of dreams strikes - and strikes out Who would want to steal Sydney's dreams? That is what the creators of the Museum of Dreams are wondering after a video camera was stolen from inside the installation ** State Museum not in crisis but needs help State Museum Director Willie Calloway says his agency is not in crisis, but Calloway says the museum needs help ** Dinos unaffordable after $46 gorillas The Royal Ontario Museum, huge chunks of which are shut down for a massive construction project, is cheap right now _____________________________________________________________ GLOBAL MUSEUM TRAVEL - For Business and Pleasure - the leading provider of online museum travel, established in 1998. 40,000 in over 8,000 cities worldwide. Discounts up to 65% off. Rooms for sold-out dates. Group Reservations. CLICK HERE http://www4.wave.co.nz/~jollyroger/travel1.htm Provider is a member of I.A.T.A. Weather, Destination Guides and more! http://www4.wave.co.nz/~jollyroger/travel1.htm _____________________________________________________________ ** Show to `Speed' ahead In spring 2005, the MFA will fill its second-floor galleries with classic cars owned by fashion designer Ralph Lauren ** Unseen Hopper Paintings to Star in London Show Hopper's works, which featured everyday images of American life, were inspired by the romantic painters of Europe from Vermeer to Degas ** Delhi's envy, LA's pride: A museum of er*tica Simply put, if Los Angeles ' Er*tic Museum can become a tourist attraction, why can't Delhi host a similar museum in India ? ** Music played on as artists died The orchestra's pianist Alexander Kamensky kept his hands warm by placing two scorching bricks on both sides of the instrument to radiate some heat ** Museum chief admits rare bird trafficking A glowing tribute in the Smithsonian Magazine noted his talents as a flamenco guitarist, his fluency in four languages and - above all - his "breathlessly beautiful" collection of Amazonian tribal artefacts ** Museum compromises on controversial exhibit The Israeli ambassador, Zvi Mazel, on Friday vandalized an art installation that featured a portrait of a suicide bomber. ** Belgium to Hand Back Dunkirk Naval Plaques The crest & footplate from HMS Wakeful were brought to the surface by divers during recent work on the ship's superstructure to safeguard the busy shipping lane _______________________________________________________________ Advertisement - Fundraising Opportunity: ULTIMATE IMPOSSIBILITIES - Join professional stage magician and science lecturer Khevin Barnes in an astonishing presentation . 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Discover more at http://www.drwilderness.com/id3.htm _______________________________________________________________ ** Rock Museum Singing the Blues The latest round of job cuts leaves the museum with 214 employees, including administrators, marketing and educational personnel as well as waiters and chefs at the museum's Liquid Lounge nightclub, down from an initial staff of over 500 ** Complete mammoth skull unearthed The specimen was discovered in a gravel pit in the Cotswolds and is estimated to be about 50,000 years old ** Parking Fee Surprises Some Museum Visitors Besides the parking fee, some have also complained about the traffic around the museum when it first opened ** Museum experts clean up on aid The Conservation Centre, in Whitechapel, Liverpool, has received worldwide recognition for its use of laser technology, producing replicas of complex structures using scanning, as well as cleaning sculpture and other artefacts ** Big chill killed off the Neanderthals They say Neanderthals simply did not have the technological know-how to survive the increasingly harsh winters graphic ** Riverfront museum hall could be sinking "I don't use the word 'sinking,'" said Jim Reid, senior manager of capital planning for the Park District, which owns Riverfront Museum Park ** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST ** Digitization for Cultural and Heritage Professionals 2004 ____________________________________________________________ Advertisement: Join Art World Excursions at TEFAF Maastricht, March 6-13, 2004 Fine dining and fine art, what could be better? 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