> 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: > > ** Museum worker 'took 100 exhibits' > The curator of a Copenhagen art museum has been charged with stealing 100 > exhibits from the museum, worth a total of one million Kroner > > ** Georgians Claim to Unearth Ancient Skull > Archaeologists in the former Soviet republic of Georgia have unearthed a > skull they say is 1.8 million years old - part of a find that holds the > oldest traces of humankind's closest ancestors ever found in Europe > > ** Museum's official reopening > Convict life from the landing of the First Fleet to the 21st century is on > display at the new Department of Corrective Services Museum > > ** Police in Norway hunt eight new suspects in "The Scream" heist > Norwegian police said they were hunting for eight new suspects believed to > have been involved in the spectacular heist of Norwegian painter Edvard > Munch's world-famous painting "The Scream" a year ago > > ** Commissioners angered by late investigation of museum director > The failure to deliver the long-awaited investigative report on the Douglas > County Museum caused Commissioner Dan Van Slyke to call for the firing of > the attorney conducting the inquiry > > ** Museum gets 1,800-year-old pan > Buried only a foot underground, the so-called Staffordshire Moorlands Pan > was unearthed in 2003 by Uttoxeter metal detector salesman Kevin Blackburn > and three friends > > ** WWII Prison Kids Revisit China War Camp > The local government has converted part of the facility into a museum to the > internment camp, with books, photos, clothing and other items donated by its > survivors > > ** All discoveries no longer transferred to Museum > For several years, newly discovered items which are considered part of the > national heritage and representative of Iranian art have not been > transferred to the museum, the curator of the National Museum of Iran says > > ** Record price despite tale of dog's paws > The paw prints are still visible on the work, which is expected to sell for > up to $1.2 million, setting a new record for indigenous art > > ** Flights of fancy for fragile museum insects > Over the next few months more than 28m dried and pinned specimens, including > some that are more than 300 years old, will move out of their dark > storerooms in the Natural History Museum to make way for a £66m building > programme > > ** Museum's million milestone > The Imperial War Museum North has welcomed the millionth visitor through its > doors since it opened three years ago > > ** Herreshoff museum hosting regatta and clambake > The Herreshoff Marine Museum and America's Cup Hall of Fame is inviting > members and friends to the Herreshoff Regatta 2005 > > ** Records show financially troubled museum paid bonuses to four > The Milwaukee Public Museum paid $47,500 in bonuses to four vice presidents > as its finances deteriorated during the last two years and is scheduled to > hand out another $7,500 to two of them, even though they have been laid off, > records show > > ** A Look at the Past Recounted in Miniature > The sleeper hit in New York this summer is "Cameo Appearances," an > exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art > > ** Tony Blair waxwork sheds suit for casual holiday look > British Prime Minister Tony Blair's holiday destination is being kept under > wraps, but that hasn't stopped Madame Tussauds wax museum imagining him on a > sun-dappled beach > > ** Moscow air force museum burning out of control > Over 300 sq.m. of the Central Air Force Museum in Monino is on fire, an > ITAR-TASS correspondent was told by the Moscow Region fire service > > ** Rare Jewish relics on display > One of them, an ancient menorah, provides historical evidence that supports > the theory that Jews were brought to the Slovak territory some 2,000 years > ago as slaves > > ** Wartime Letters Tell Similar Stories > The Civil War era letters are hard to read, with aging paper, occasional > poor spelling and grammar, and words wrapped in the formal cursive of the > time. > > ** Bulgarian archaeologists uncover treasure of thousands of golden > ornaments > Archaeologists working a dig in central Bulgaria have unearthed some 15,000 > miniature rings and other gold ornaments that date to the end of the third > millennium BC - a find they say matches the famous treasure of Troy > > ** Riding for the Brand > In the course of her 30-year career fighting archaeological crime, Lynell > Schalk showed grit and determination in her mission to preserve this > country's Native American cultural heritage > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . 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