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The international headlines (FOR THE FULL STORY VISIT THE SITE at this address http://www.globalmuseum.org and click on the news links) in this week's edition include:
** Museum fined after youngster maimed by exhibit's fan blades
Called Floating On Air, the gravity-defying exhibit was part of the museum's Science Maze, designed to educate children in the basic principles of physics
** Bronze age violent death investigated at museum
The mystery of a violent death on the Isle of Man 3,000 years ago is the subject of a new exhibition
** From The Blogs - Archeopteryx; The Fossil that Proved Darwin was Right
Archeopteryx had three main hind toes pointing forward and a smaller toe pointed inward – the bird pattern, not the five-toed hind paw of a typical reptile
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** Egyptian papyrus found in ancient Irish bog
Irish scientists have found fragments of Egyptian papyrus in the leather cover of an ancient book of psalms that was unearthed from a peat bog
** A light at the museum
Despite recent budget cuts which leave the museum without a curator of exhibits or any budget beyond salaries and utilities, and despite inhabiting a building with a sinking foundation, Glassey is not only committed, she is excited about the future of the Museum
** 200-year-old beer bottles found during Baltic Sea salvage
Divers have salvaged what is believed to be the world's oldest preserved beer from a 200-year-old shipwreck, the government of the semi-autonomous Aland Islands in the Baltic Sea between Finland and Sweden have said
** Officials to stand trial over Van Gogh theft
Eleven employees of the Egyptian culture ministry are to stand trial in connection with the theft of a Vincent Van Gogh painting from a Cairo museum last month
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** WTC steel columns to be installed at 9/11 museum
Two 70-foot columns taken from the wreckage of the north tower are being permanently installed Tuesday at the entrance to the Sept. 11 museum
** It's a masterpiece, whatever that means
Critical reactions to the show include proclamations that it's the most impressive assembly of 20th century art in all of Europe and accusations that it's so confusing and anti-hierarchical as to be meaningless
** Guild of American Papercutters National Museum promotes art form
The craft of paper cutting is centuries old, according to museum literature, and it has been practiced by nearly every culture
** Historic buildings need expert help
Teams of heritage experts and volunteer architects and engineers have gathered to devise repairs to some of Canterbury's most treasured landmark buildings, which were severely damaged in Saturday's earthquake
** Hatch taken from protected sub
It was during a licenced dive in June by the Nautical Archaeology Society, of which Beattie Edwards is Programme Director, that divers realised the hatch could be missing
** Endangered plants you'll likely never see
In 2008, in search of rare plant subjects, she ventured to Hawaii where, by chance, a critically endangered scentless Hawaiian mint was on the cusp of blooming
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** Mobile phone to the rescue of lost paintings
Two historically important paintings depicting the origins of the Australian army has come to light in England with the aid of a smartphone
** Ellis Island immigrants' oral histories go online
One of the subjects who's still alive, Isabel Belarsky, was a few months short of her 10th birthday when she and her parents arrived at Ellis Island from the Soviet Union in February 1930
** 6-month restoration ends of Van Gogh's "Bedroom"
Vincent van Gogh must have been horrified when he returned from the hospital to his studio in Arles early in 1889 to find one of his favorite paintings damaged by moisture
** What the Locals Ate 10,000 Years Ago
If you had a dinner invitation in Utah's Escalante Valley almost 10,000 years ago, you would have come just in time to try a new menu item: mush cooked from the flour of milled sage brush seeds
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** After fire, Phillips Collection to reopen Saturday
The staff moved the paintings to storage as soon as the fire was detected and the fire doors to the two connecting buildings were closed
** Hoover’s limousine up for auction; Museum wants it
Hoover had the Cadillac delivered to the White House with blue-walled wheels, matching the blue body, though that was later changed to cream-colored
** Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival
CBMM hosts 28th Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival on October 2
** Wedgwood and Tea
The Wedgwood Museum, which opened in 2008, is a treasure trove for those interested in ceramic, social, industrial and art history.
** Woman as Muse, 1900-1950
The Herakleidon Museum from September 3rd until November 21st 2010 will present the exhibition with the title: "Woman as Muse, 1900-1950"
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