Welcome back to GLOBAL MUSEUM, your award-winning & free web compendium,read weekly by 7,400 readers in more than 197 countries. *** "I'm just always delighted with the content, and therefore save it for my Friday lunch reading. I have learned much, enjoyed much, and continue to do so. Thanks so very much for this wonderful addition to my week(s). By the way - IMPOSSIBLE to choose a category of greatest use/interest" - User Feedback *** 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 links) in this week's edition include: ** Brooklyn Museum’s Populism Hasn’t Lured Crowds The Brooklyn Museum has long faced criticism that its populist tack and exhibitions on topics like the “Star Wars” movies and hip-hop music have diminished its stature ** Exhibit Photoshops Churchill's cigar: PC gone too far? A comparison of the image with the unretouched photo leaves little doubt that someone deemed it prudent to deprive the the great English statesman and military leader of his much-beloved smoke ** North Texas History Center sues over documents damaged at storage facility Thousands of irreplaceable documents and artifacts from the North Texas History Center in McKinney suffered water damage at two self-storage units it was leasing, according to a lawsuit filed by the museum ________________________________________________________________ **** HAPPY TRAVELLERS - BEST FARES & DEALS FOR 2010! **** 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. Group Reservations. CLICK HERE http://www.museum-traveller.com - Use IE browser Airfares, Car Rentals, Accommodation, Destination Guides, Condo's and Cruises! Provider is a member of I.A.T.A. ________________________________________________________________ ** David Hockney drawn to hi-tech The photographs that go on display to the public this week are so large that an iPad would be unable to cope, but Hockney believes that the new Apple touchscreen computer will have a transformative effect on art ** A core sample of grand Europe Along with his art and his splendid house, Staedel left one million guilders to Frankfurt and its citizens ** Guggenheim and YouTube Seek Budding Video Artists The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and YouTube are aiming to short-circuit that exclusionary art-world system, at least briefly, in much the same way that other hierarchical systems have been blown apart in the Internet age ** Leonardo da Vinci – Paleontology Pioneer In a new paper in the journal Palaios, Andrea Baucon shows that he was a pioneer in the study of both “body fossils,” or the remains of once-living organisms, and of “trace fossils,” such as the footprints, burrows and coprolites organisms left behind ________________________________________________________________________ ARE YOU ONE OF THE 536? 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 - 535 have already met online. Join Today At http://globalmuseum.ning.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ** Harvard museum gets its hooks into visitors The Harvard Museum of Natural History’s latest exhibit gives new meaning to the word “horny” ** The woman who captured Robert Capa's heart For decades, their relationship has been a well-kept secret: but now the story of Robert Capa, whose images of the Spanish Civil and Vietnam wars made him one of the greatest photographers of all time and his teenage sweetheart, Kati Horna, can be told ** Skull of 6th Iranian saltman found The fourth phase of the Chehrabad archeological excavations has led to discovery of the skull of Iran's sixth saltman two years after a snowstorm hit its resting place ** Museum shark helps investigate smell A drop of blood a kilometre away is no problem for a shark’s sense of smell and this skill could prove useful to scientists in other areas where detecting chemicals is important, such as underwater exploration, environmental pollution such as gas leaks from underwater pipelines, or even counter terrorism ** Giza pyramids has Ayrshire museum in stitches It's not all about BC items as a set of three jaunty, mini knitted Giza pyramids were recently left on the steps of the Dick (no doubt inspired by the display) ** Curators need to become truly global Part of the problem is that the UK’s public resources—notably the Heritage Lottery Fund—are still devoted almost entirely to buying “heritage” art: little is available for buying contemporary work of any kind ____________________________________________________________________________________________ TWEET TWEET - Follow Us On Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/globalmuseum. 13,772 News Tweets, 904 Followers worldwide and growing fast ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ** The Comedian as Politician, and Often Vice Versa Hope’s quips about politics as a variety of show business and political speeches as a form of fertilizer have almost lost the gentle edge they once had ** This Week's Horoscopes Leo - Despite the offer of a brand new car, an all-expense-paid trip to Greece, and a four-piece living room set, you'll once again go for the box with the question mark on it ** Henry Ford Museum honors auto racing pioneers The Henry Ford showcased plans for a new initiative called Racing in America with hopes of raising $15 million to house a 22,000-square foot exhibition dedicated to telling the story of American auto racing ** Initial stages of new Egyptian museum completed The main achievement so far is the construction of the new conservation centre to restore damaged antiquities and already 122 conservators are restoring and preparing 6800 artefacts that will one day be showcased in the Grand Museum _________________________________________________________________________________________ Become a FAN - Join 454 of us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Global-Museum/129179522574? _________________________________________________________________________________________ ** Galileo's fingers in Florence museum Two of Galileo's fingers, removed from his corpse by admirers in the 18th century, have gone on display in a Florence museum now named after the astronomer ** Mystery solved as Italian masterpiece is unveiled During his long career as one of Victorian England's most acquisitive gentleman explorers, William Bankes rightly gained a reputation for spotting a good bargain ** This Shoe Had Prada Beat by 5,500 Years Perfectly preserved under layers of sheep dung (who needs cedar closets?), the shoe, made of cowhide and tanned with oil from a plant or vegetable, is about 5,500 years old, older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids ** Buy from the new Global Museum Store and Support the Site http://www.cafepress.com/GlobalMuseum ** Canadian War Museum acquires historic Victoria Crosses The Canadian War Museum is pleased to announce the acquisition of two Victoria Cross medal sets of outstanding significance to Canada’s military history and to the Museum’s own collections. One was awarded during the First World War to Lionel B. (“Leo”) Clarke, a Canadian soldier who single-handedly defeated a force of about 20 attackers while armed only with a pistol ** The Smithsonian and Synchrotron Soleil Join to Analyze Antiquities, Cultural Heritage Materials The Smithsonian Institution and Synchrotron Soleil of France announced a new partnership between the organizations to use the power of the third-generation synchrotron to study and preserve priceless collections at the Smithsonian ** Collaboration: Building Bridges in the 21st Century Call for Proposals: Papers, Sessions, and Workshops 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, the GM Social Network, 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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