Welcome back to GLOBAL MUSEUM, your award-winning & free webzine compendium, read weekly by 7,400 readers in more than 176 countries. *** "As far as I am concerned it is the best source for museum professionals in search of employment " *** 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 directors look like old masters Sometimes a visit to the museum can induce a fit of Stendhal syndrome - the French author famously swooned on confronting the art treasures of Florence ** Theft at museum in high-security zone The Museum is located in a high-security zone - just a stone's throw from the Legislative Assembly and the Police Control Room - but had only six security guards on night duty ** Michelangelo's David set for move David has been in the Academia for 135 years, since it was moved from the Piazza della Signoria, where it originally stood as a symbol of Florentine independence ** Scientists Discover Huge Extinct Rodent Uruguayan scientists say they have uncovered fossil evidence of the biggest species of rodent ever found, one that scurried across wooded areas of South America about 4 million years ago, when the continent was not connected to North America ** German Scholar Says Mona Lisa Really Was a Lisa, del Giocondo Notes from October 1503 in the margin of a book in the library's collection, discovered by manuscript expert Armin Schlechter, confirm the identity of the painting's subject ** A museum of back-slapping will belittle our island story A museum of back-slapping will belittle our island story: The absurd plan for a Soviet-style celebration of Britain's historic glories and empire is no way to forge a sense of heritage ________________________________________________________________ **** GREAT FARES & DEALS FOR 2008! **** MUSEUM-TRAVELLER.COM - Global Museum's Travel Service For Business and Pleasure - the leading provider of online museum travel, established in 1998. 40,000 in over 8,000 cities worldwide. 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New genetic evidence supports the theory that Christopher Columbus brought syphilis to Europe from the New World reviving a centuries-old debate about the origins of the disease ** Underwater city could be revealed Its decline began in 1286 when a sea surge hit the East Anglian coast and it was eventually reduced through coastal erosion to the village it is today ** Steps back in time face future woe They are the world's oldest human tracks, a set of footprints pressed into volcanic ash that have lain perfectly preserved for more than 3.5 million years ** Museum acquires Turner painting The watercolour was commissioned by Sir Walter Scott's publisher to be the cover of a selection of the writer's poems in the early 19th Century ** Museum Attendance Drops in Sweden Visits to Sweden's national museums dropped nearly 20 percent last year after they ended their free admissions policy ** Scientists Create World's Largest Novelty Atom Several admitted that they haven't laughed like this since Hurley and Fredericks rearranged the lab's periodic-table poster in such an amusing fashion that the lanthanides and actinides were replaced with isotopes of alkali metals ________________________________________________________________________ Join The New Global Museum Social Network - Meet & Make Friends, Share Photos & Videos, Blog, Use the Forum, Join A Group. 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Join Today At http://globalmuseum.ning.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ** Maritime Museum tall-ship battles Joining the crew of either ship is a great way to see the San Diego skyline from the water, to experience centuries of tradition in action, and to practice sticking your fingers in your ears - a lot ** Buried treasure Australia's first amber discoveries are proving an unexpected cornucopia of perfectly preserved insects and plant matter - and pockets of ancient air, water and perhaps even DNA ** Bad taste jokes need time to be funny The results emerged from an interactive humour survey at the Science Museum's Dana centre in central London ** Dance fever at museum A recent decision by the museum's board of directors to offer actor John Travolta induction into a new wing, which honours dance and film, is causing a stir at the 22-year-old facility on South Broadway ** Baghdad museum unveils two restored display halls The Islamic and Assyrian halls have been completely restored but will not be opened to the public until security measures can be put in place to prevent a repeat of the looting in which around 15,000 items were stolen ** Norway's Supreme Court increases sentences 2 men in theft of Munch paintings In its unanimous 12-page ruling, Norway's highest court said sentences for two of the men, Petter Tharaldsen and Stian Skjold, were too low considering the "irreplaceable national cultural value" of the paintings ** Behind the scenes at my museum In view of my youth, I was taken on, in 1970, as a junior research fellow - which meant, I think, that if I did not work out, I could be politely escorted out of the cathedral ** Journeys of Expression VII Celebrating the Edges of the World: Tourism and Festivals of the Coast and Sea ** Amazon.com Widgets Tag You're It: A dialog between social tagging and traditional classification ** Three Spectacular Vases Lent by Italy to Metropolitan Museum for Four Years Replace Euphronios Krater As a result of the agreement negotiated the Republic of Italy is lending the Metropolitan Museum three outstanding ancient Greek vases for a period of four years All this and more for you at Global Museum - See the latest museum JOBS, BOOKSHOP, RESOURCES, PODCASTS, HOT JOB TIPS, great people posting their RESUMES, FORUM, Cheap and reliable WORLD TRAVEL, Social Networking, Museum Online Document Store, Podcasts, Museum Accredited Courses, Products & Services. http://www.globalmuseum.org First published on the Web in 1998 and going strong! 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