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** Museum must rediscover its mojo
The presentation and discussion left me with the impression the museum has been infected by a disease that is debilitating some other creative sectors
** Titian painting damaged by water in Venice fire
A Renaissance painting by Italian master Titian and other rare canvases have suffered water damage after a fire at the building next to the Venice basilica where the artworks reside
** Wonderful Weevils
With 4,500 different weevil species, the Voríšek collection is the largest of its kind and almost half of the species are new to the Museum’s collections
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** Goober's suit enshrined
Actor George Lindsey's costume attracted overflow crowds at the Andy Griffith Museum, which functions as both a shrine to the namesake favorite son and part of a Mayberry renaissance powering the economy in Mount Airy
** Most Fragile Eggs Belonged to Huge Flightless Birds
o discover which species that other moa eggs might belong to, researchers first analyzed DNA from remains of different species of moa left all over New Zealand
** Art Theft Underworld Frustrates France
The vulnerability of museums and high-end art owners to costly thefts has been a whispered concern in France for years, but two events here are forcing the issue into the open
** Chinese-American Museum reborn after fire
Five tiny, charred doll heads and a two worn silk panels from a 20th century wooden pagoda-shaped lantern lay in a display case, each next to a photo of what the historic artifacts at the Chinese-American Museum of Chicago looked like before they were severely damaged in a fire
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** Paranormal investigators visit old Texas museum
Museum director Rick Villarreal said some visitors have said they sensed a presence at the historic site in the past, but there is little proof that ghosts do inhabit the halls
** British Museum alert will remain mystery
The British Museum has reopened after a suspected noxious substance left visitors with irritated eyes and throats, as managers admitted the cause of the scare will remain a mystery
** Museum and its many bugs under auditors' microscope
The figures are staggering: the Australian Museum in Sydney is home to 300,000 insects, 140,000 of which do not even have names; there are 60,000 items in the Pacific collections and a further 70,000 ornithological specimens
** What have the Romans ever done for us (socks and sandals excepted)?
They gave the world decent roads, indoor plumbing and some of the goriest spectator sports known to man, but now it appears that the Romans made a hitherto secret contribution to global civilisation by pioneering the wearing of socks with sandals
** Drunk US man 'lost' $1.9m artwork
The museum agreed to return "Portrait of a Girl" and dozens of other paintings to a Hammer-related foundation, and the foundation was allowed to sell the Corot canvas and a few others
** Vietnamese culture to be part of South Korea museum
The National Children’s Museum of South Korea will add a section of Vietnamese culture later this month to make Korean children more aware of the 90,000-strong Vietnamese community in the country
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** Broad Collection building design is upside-down
Unfortunately, it appears that architects, who designed the ICA, are about to repeat the error in the museum building they're now designing for the Broad Collection
** Reward Offered in Case of Missing van Gogh Painting
An Egyptian telecommunications magnate has announced he is offering a reward for information leading to the recovery of a van Gogh painting that was stolen from a museum in Giza, while Egyptian authorities said they would improve security measures at all of their museums
** The Punch and Judy archive
The archive traces the development of the format from the earliest restoration-era performances of the marionette puppet Mr Punch, who was controlled using wires and strings
** Cavemen Accused of Wiping Out Cave Bears
Giant cave bears thought to have once dined on each other might have been driven to extinction by the advance of humanity, scientists now suggest
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** Iraq 'bleeding antiquities' as instability continues
As the US prepares to withdraw its last combat troops from Iraq, international cultural experts are warning that the country is "bleeding antiquities" and that artefacts representing the world's cradle of civilisation are still in peril
** Art Experts Victims Of Petra Hoax
Boffins from London's prestigious Courtauld Institute had spent three years cleaning up what they assumed were 2,000-year-old wall paintings at Petra, in Jordan
** £1m for upgrades at Wales' most popular museum
St Fagans opened in 1948 as the first open-air museum in the UK, with the aim of portraying how the people of Wales lived, worked and spent their leisure time over the last 500 years
** M&T MUSE Awards are Calling All Developers
As the MUSE Awards enter into their 22nd year, the American Association of Museum Media & Technology Standing Professional Committee renews its long-standing commitment to these awards by developing the next generation of online MUSE submission entry system. As one of the standing professional committees of AAM, the Media and Technology Committee is committed to supporting the museum field. We would like to collaborate with a developer who interested in supporting our ongoing goal of recognizing the exceptional work that is created throughout our community
worldwide.
** American Painting 1959-2009
Now on view in the East Building's Upper Level northeast galleries, American Painting 1959–2009 includes a broad array of work from the past 50 years.
** THATCamp Chicago
Northwestern University Libraries and Departments of Gender Studies and English in partnership with The University of Chicago Division of the Humanities and The Newberry Library are pleased to announce the first THATCamp Chicago
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