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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:

**  Museum restores USS Monitor's steam engine
When Navy divers and NOAA archaeologists recovered the USS Monitor steam engine from the Atlantic in 2001, the pioneering Civil War propulsion unit was enshrouded in a thick layer of marine concretion

 

**  2,400-year-old soup found in NW China
Archeologists lifted the bronze tripod's lid and discovered it was half full of liquid and animal bones; verdigris had turned the soup and bones a murky green

 

**  Museum of Contemporary Art commissions, then paints over, artwork
In the strange case of a massive antiwar mural that made a brief appearance downtown last week, it was the Museum of Contemporary Art that both commissioned and removed the works
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**  Art school reject wins Turner
An art school reject who once sang over the public address system at a branch of Tesco has won this year's Turner Prize

 

**  The A-listers' antique shop and the fakes made from wardrobes
From behind his discreet shopfront in London's Belgravia, John Hobbs spent two decades selling high-end antiques with six-figure price tags to a glittering array of clients that ranged from Gianni Versace to Jennifer Aniston

 

**  From the blogs - Installing the Delhi Durbar Painting
The painting commemorates the coronation of King Edward VII, which was celebrated with a procession led by the Viceroy Lord Curzon and his wife, then followed by the Duke of Connaught and his wife, and then the Maharajas in order of importance

 

**  Memories of the high seas
We went along to the Voyager New Zealand Maritime Museum in the Viaduct on a Sunday afternoon and found ourselves transported back in time to a different world when New Zealanders were utterly dependent on boats for everything they needed
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**  China-Italy cultural coup
In a major stroke of cultural diplomacy, the Chinese government gets its own long-term exhibition space in the heart of Rome under a new agreement; an Italian exhibition hall will likewise open in the National Museum of China in Beijing after Italian culture minister Sandro Bondi and his Chinese counterpart Cai Wu signed a cultural co-operation deal in Rome

 

**  Bell and Drum hutong safe from wrecking ball
Construction of the Beijing Time Museum near the Bell and Drum towers began late last week, finally burying a previously proposed plan for a massive redevelopment of the ancient area

 

**  Apron exhibit draws on memories
For those of a certain age, the rope line itself triggers nostalgia of "washday Mondays" and a family's weekly laundry hanging in the yard to dry in a warm breeze

 

**  Lost Civilization Under Persian Gulf?
Jeffrey Rose, an archaeologist and researcher with the University of Birmingham in the U.K., says that the area in and around this "Persian Gulf Oasis" may have been host to humans for over 100,000 years before it was swallowed up by the Indian Ocean around 8,000 years ago
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**  Giant Storks May Have Fed On Real Hobbits
In the "Lord of the Rings" books, hobbits were rescued by giant eagles, but real-life hobbits might have been hunted by giant storks, scientists find

 

**  The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913
A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court

 

**  Met Museum Sued Over Cezanne Painting Stolen by Bolsheviks
A Parisian engineer is suing New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art to recover a Paul Cezanne painting that he says the Bolsheviks stole from his great- grandfather during the Russian Revolution

 

**  Canadian scientists using ancient coins to map trading routes
Canadian scientists probing the metal content of coins exchanged thousands of years ago in Mediterranean Europe have discovered a new way to map ancient trade patterns, to retrace economic ups and downs at the dawn of Western Civilization and even to shed new light on the collapse of the Roman Empire 
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**  Museum put on new war footing with £71m rebuild
With the death of the last of the First World War veterans last year, the museum wants to revisit the way it explains the Great War to future generations

 

**  Nudity courts controversy in Qatar's new museum
With exhibits showing nudity and politically radical ideas, Qatar's brand new modern art museum may raise a few eyebrows in the traditionally conservative Middle East

 

**  Scent As Art Form
The Center of Olfactory Art dedicated to scent as an art form was launched at the Museum of Arts and Design on Thursday

 

**  Jewish museum in Warsaw now half-complete
The Museum of the History of Polish Jews is a skeleton of concrete walls and white winding tubes on a vast square in what was once the heart of the Warsaw Ghetto

 

**  Rare window into life of tsarist Russia
A rare window into life in imperial Russia is due to open on Monday, when hundreds of letters, postcards, photographs and even menus from the court of Tsar Alexander III are put up for auction in Geneva

 

**  Audience research in an age of austerity: Ensuring continued support for the visitor voice
Visitor Studies Group AGM 2011 and Conference, Weston Theatre, Museum of London

 

**  Australia's National Museum acquires racing treasure
One of Australia’s earliest sporting trophies has been added to the collection of the National Museum of Australia.

 

**  On the Surface: The Heritage of Mines and Minings
14-16 April 2011, Innsbruck, Austria.From pre-historic times to the present, the Earth has been mined for a vast variety of minerals and geological materials

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