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Provider is a member of I.A.T.A. ________________________________________________________________ ** Iran wants $300,000 in British Museum antiquity row The dispute over the so-called Cyrus Cylinder, named after the Persian ruler's 6th century BC conquest of Babylon, is a further sign of deteriorating relations between Tehran and London ** Museum to collect gay and lesbian artefacts The Kansas City Museum has joined forces with the UMKC Library and the Jackson County Historical Society in collecting artefacts from Kansas City's gay and lesbian communities ** 'Sorceror' Hew Draper's Tower of London graffiti: a black art indeed The spectacular astrological engravings carved by Hew Draper into his Tower of London cell offer a glimpse into Britain's magical past ** Secret Jackie Kennedy interviews revealed Half a century on, new light will be shed on John F. Kennedy's tragically curtailed presidency by his widow Jackie Kennedy, the person arguably closest to him, who during her later life virtually never spoke publicly on that subject or any other ________________________________________________________________________ ARE YOU ONE OF THE 518? Join the Global Museum Social Network - Meet & Make Friends, Share Photos & Videos, Blog, Use the Forum, Join A Group. Become one of our first 600 members - 518 have already met online. Join Today At http://globalmuseum.ning.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ** Britain's National Gallery to show its forgeries A collection of paintings that have caused art aficionados to turn a deep shade of purple and have provoked upset and anger throughout the art world are to go on show ** Fossil 'gold mine' illuminates ancient Wyoming warming About 55 million years ago, the world went through a hot spell to kick off the Eocene epoch, an estimated 11-degree Fahrenheit increase in average temperatures over 20,000 years in the midst of a warm phase that lasted about 6 million years ** This Week's Horoscopes Aries: Mar 21 to April 19. Clear and direct communication is key to a successful marriage. Try ending all of your domestic exchanges with "Roger that, good buddy." ** The discovery of Lady Jane - rolled up under the table With flood water pouring into the Tate's basement, reaching a height of nearly 3m, many works had been lost or damaged, including some by Martin's contemporary, the great artist J.M.W. Turner ** Christie's sells 'fake' vintage wine, claims billionaire Mr Koch's complaint says that he didn't discover his wine may be counterfeit until 2005 when he was asked for a photograph of his bottles for a catalogue for a Boston museum ____________________________________________________________________________________________ TWEET TWEET - Follow Us On Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/globalmuseum. 11,202 News Tweets, 848 Followers worldwide and growing fast ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ** Big dig at navy museum site uncovers moa bones The Austrian-born geologist Ferdinand von Hochstetter recorded references made by local Maori in the late 19th century to a large pa and settlement that had been established in the area centuries before ** Stalagmite Reveals Carbon Footprint of Early Native Americans A new study led by Ohio University scientists suggests that early Native Americans left a bigger carbon footprint than previously thought, providing more evidence that humans impacted global climate long before the modern industrial era ** Aleutian war exhibit opens "Kiska and Adak: War in the Aleutians" includes wartime artefacts from the museum's collection, photographs taken by American and Japanese soldiers on the islands and evocative contemporary photos of the battlefields ** Grace Kelly's Life Featured One of the most iconic Hollywood figures of all time, Kelly's simple but elegant fashion sense is chronicled in "Grace Kelly: Style Icon" _________________________________________________________________________________________ Become a FAN - Join 337 of us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Global-Museum/129179522574? _________________________________________________________________________________________ ** Visitors groping live nude artists in New York Museum of Modern Art Visitors to the eyebrow-raising new exhibit at MoMA got a little too grabby with the show's naked performers; an unspecified number of patrons were ejected for groping performers but none were arrested, and there were no calls made to police ** Archaeology on the front line In the months preceding the war, antiquities experts asked the Pentagon and the British government to ensure the safety of Iraqi museums, monuments and historical sites from combat and plunder, but they didn't ** New Monuments in the Middelheim Museum Thirteen Belgian artists focus on the future of the monument ** MESDA Conference on American Material Culture October 28-30, 2010 ** The Best in Heritage "The Best in Heritage" (Dubrovnik, 23-25 Sept) has, for the past 9 years been the only annual survey of the best museum, heritage and conservation practice in the world. 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