Welcome back to GLOBAL MUSEUM, your free webzine and museum compendium read weekly by 6,000+ readers in more than 106 countries . *** Best Museum Professionals Site, Museums & the Web 2004 *** 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: ** Hawaiian groups to demonstrate at Bishop Museum The Hawaiian groups allege that the museum improperly is holding 100 human remains and is trying to reclaim remains and funerary items reburied at the Big Island's Kawaihae cave ** Museum fumes make students ill A group of students and chaperones fell ill Thursday after inhaling toxic fumes while visiting the National Gallery of Art ** Museum hosts Warplane Dedication The ceremony commemorates the newest displays in the museum's Air Park - a Hawker Hurricane Mk J and Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX acquired from the Canadian Fighter Pilots Association by the museum ** Restored lion's head is museum's mane attraction Two halves of a rare terracotta lion's head dating from 5BC have been reunited thanks to a Swiss art collector after spending centuries apart ** Dumpy, Waxy, Poisonous and Jumpy, Frogs Invade a Museum If fairy tales are windows into the secret heart of our culture, the one about the prince and the frog should worry us all ** Historic Cow Shed moved to Museum of Welsh Life It might not be a mighty castle, stately home or a once-thriving factory, but this small, white, minimalist cow byre from Waunfawr offers a very real connection to the traditional way of life in the shadow of Snowdon _________________________________________________ Planning on Travelling? 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Provider is a member of I.A.T.A. _________________________________________________ ** London blaze destroys scores of Brit Art pieces Art collector Charles Saatchi, whose controversial exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art in 1999 raised the fury of then-Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, lost about 100 iconic works of contemporary British art in a warehouse fire late Monday ** Hair tells the whole story, say scientists "Your hair tells what you eat, where you live, your lifestyle and habits," said Emma Freeman from London's Natural History Museum ** American Revolution history - by cell phone Strolling on ground where Minutemen and British regulars once skirmished, visitors to Minute Man National Historical Park no longer have to depend on the occasional mounted sign ** Detroit Museum Gambles on Lynching Exhibit Will people flock to an exhibit that examines the lynching and terrorism aimed at black people during one of the most disturbing periods in American history? ** Sleek, comfy, but who has time to lounge? The Museum of Fine Arts has some ornate examples, with curlicued lines and bright silk upholstery, that date from around 1800 ** APOLLO 9 module arrives at Aerospace Museum The Apollo 9 Command Module arrived safely at its new home at the San Diego Aerospace Museum ** Phoenix Art Museum given $3M gift The gift from the Dorrance Family Foundation, heirs to the Campbell Soup fortune, includes $2 million for the design and construction of a secured outdoor sculpture court ** Horse Museum opens in Tehran Various equestrian devices such as ancient chariots of Qajar era, saddles, stirrups, taxidermized horse heads & objects decorated with images of horses will be showcased ** Abu Ghraib destruction dismissed Mahmud Othman, said that he wanted the prison to be turned into a museum to the crimes that took place there under former president Saddam Hussein's regime and US guards ** London Gay Museum? The leading candidates to be Mayor of London have all pledged to open a Lesbian and Gay Museum in the city ** Michelangelo's 'David' emerges from 8-month bath "An invisible cleaning," Antonio Paolucci, the superintendent of Florentine art, said reassuringly, "like washing the face of a child." ** This Week's Horoscopes Virgo: (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The discovery of long-lost aviatrix Amelia Earhart will leave you with a hell of a lot of explaining to do ** Berlin Nazi Crimes Museum Hits New Snag New bids will be invited for the design of the Topography of Terror museum on the site of the former Gestapo headquarters because the original plan has become too expensive ** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST ** The Mysteries of Venus: Exploring Our "Sister Planet." ** "STEMS: Science Teaching Enhanced with Museums and Surveys" ** Spettacoli - Letters, narratives and chamber music ** Archaeology For All - Take Part In National Archaeology Days ** Subsistence and Technological Change in the Eastern Woodlands ** World Heritage in Korea All this and more for you at Global Museum - See the latest museum JOBS, BOOKSHOP, RESOURCES, HOT JOB TIPS, great people posting their RESUMES, FORUM, Cheap and reliable world TRAVEL, Museum Accredited Courses, Products & Services, Classical Music store, and a Jazz Emporium. http://www.globalmuseum.org First published on the Web in 1998 and going strong! ______________________________________________________________ What our readers say: ** Thanks for all the good work! 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