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: ** Pharaoh gets his eye back Switzerland is to return a pharaoh's "eye" stolen 36 years ago from the ancient Egyptian statue of King Amenhotep III ** Theory of Flightless Birds Shot Down Ostriches, emus, kiwis and other winged non-flyers might seem to be birds of a feather, sharing similar evolutionary origins, but the story could turn out to be much weirder with perhaps numerous flying ancestors ** NYC's design museum gets collection of jewellery designed by tribal artisans The Museum of Arts and Design has received a donation of 800 pieces of silver jewellery designed in the 20th century by tribal and ethnic artisans from around the world ** Philadelphia museum seeks chemical attraction Contemporary works of art are paired with each molecule, including larger-than-life sculptures of genetically modified rats - their deformities based on real-life experiments - accompanying the molecule for DNA ________________________________________________________________ **** GREAT SITE, HAPPY TRAVELLERS - BEST 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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Provider is a member of I.A.T.A. ________________________________________________________________ ** Children's Museum board member nabbed in prostitution sting A man who was a DuPage Children's Museum Board member was one of 11 men arrested and charged ** Vast model ship armada on display in Germany For Peter Tamm, the passion that launched a thousand ships - and Hamburg's newest museum along the port city's old docks - began with a gift from his mother in 1934 ** Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art opens major railroad exhibition With depictions of the railroad from its early 19th-century beginnings to the 1960s, the exhibit chronicles artists' responses to one of the defining developments of the modern age ** The sad wreck of our maritime heritage The chosen wrecks - selected mainly on the basis of age, rarity and historical importance - are legally shielded from the predation of divers and salvage crews such as those who pulled two rare bronze cannon from HMS London, a 17th-century warship in the Thames ** I used to be a bloke but I'm all right MIAOW There are also distinctly British pieces, including a 13ft replica of London's Tower Bridge made from matchsticks, a Swarovski-covered crystal Mini and models of the royal family made from giant ants ** Ripper 'claimed earlier victims' Jack the Ripper may have killed his first victim 25 years earlier than previously thought, a retired murder detective has claimed in a new book ** Tracing A Father's Steps On China's Long March It's been nearly 75 years since the Long March, the epic trek by Red Army soldiers that gave birth to the new People's Republic of China ________________________________________________________________________ Join The 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/ ________________________________________________________________________ ** Bad Boy Makes Good If it meets expectations, the sale could put about $120 million into Hirst's already well-lined pockets, a payday unlike anything any living artist has seen ** Museum Thief Impaled A man who attempted to break into the East London Museum got more than he bargained for when he impaled himself on a security fence ** How outsiders get a raw deal This attitude is also found in public galleries that have acquired vast quantities of work by insiders such as Mike Parr, who strive to emulate the unselfconscious creative processes of outsiders ** World's deadliest delicacies Dr. Leo Smith, assistant fish curator at the Field Museum in Chicago is a leading researcher of poisonous and venomous fish, and says that while snakes are more often associated with venom, there are far more poisonous species of fish ** Hi-tech centre brings abbey alive Holograms, a virtual reality tour and 3-D goggles are being used to bring a 14th Century abbey back to life ** A slice of history chugs in for Dasara Evoking images of a bygone era, the vintage classic Fairy Queen, which is the oldest running steam locomotive in the world, arrived in Dasara for the celebrations ** A natural history museum of our own Last week, the scientific community in Malaysia celebrated a long-awaited milestone - the completion of a comprehensive blueprint for the development of the Natural History Museum in Malaysia (NHM Malaysia) ** Bridging Continents - New Initiatives and Perspectives in Natural History Collections For the second time in history the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) is coming to Europe. ** MW2009 Call For Participation: Deadline September 30, 2008 Museums and the Web 2009 the international conference for culture and heritage on-line ** Small Museum Association Scholarships & Awards Awards Program & Nominations 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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