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** Sensational Civil War death explored in 3 exhibits
Col. Elmer Ellsworth's death on May 24, 1861, while removing a flag from the top of the Marshall House hotel in Alexandria caused a sensation throughout the nation, prompting thousands of men across the northern states to enlist for the Union cause and go to war against the South
** Turkey takes care of Ottoman legacy abroad
In recent years, a growing number of historic buildings in Central Asia, the Balkans, Europe, the Middle East and Africa have been restored and renovated
** Space Station Technology Benefits Fine Art
Paintings damaged by everything from lipstick to soot from a fire now have a safe method of restoration available, thanks to information originally intended for the building of the space station
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** "Miracle On Hudson" Plane Gets Stuck In Burlington County
U.S. Airways Flight 1549, the plane that made a miracle landing on the Hudson River in 2009, was being transported to a museum in North Carolina, and while en route, the craft got stuck turning a corner in Moorestown, Burlington County
** Einstein exhibition off Shanghai museum's calendar
A plan to bring an Albert Einstein exhibition to Shanghai was shelved after the Chinese museum suggested merging it with one on Confucius, a Swiss museum director has said
** Wild wolves inhabit the Burke Museum
Staring into the eyes of a wolf on display at the University of Washington's Burke Museum - part of a new exhibit, "Wolves and Wild Lands in the 21st Century" - it's hard to comprehend the virulent strain of hatred that most European settlers once felt toward this creature
** Greenland cold snap linked to Viking disappearance
The report, reconstructing temperatures by examining lake sediment cores in west Greenland dating back 5,600 years, also indicated that earlier, pre-historic settlers also had to contend with vicious swings in climate on icy Greenland
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** Absorb the art, not filters, Musée director urges
If Anne Baldassari had her way, visitors to the Picasso exposition at the de Young Museum would forgo the audio guides and signs on the wall and just put themselves in front of Picasso's paintings, drawings and sculptures
** Sobibor museum saved from closure
The museum at the Nazi death camp at Sobibor will remain open, after intervention by the Polish government that followed the museum's announcement it would close due to a shortage of funding
** 'Avatar' gets top billing at Seattle museum
A music and popular culture museum in Seattle is banking on fans of the Oscar-winning film "Avatar" to take in a new exhibit on how director James Cameron brought Pandora and its inhabitants to the big screen
** Roman ship had on-board fish tank
Italian researchers now suggest that the pipe was part of an ingenious pumping system, designed to feed on-board fish tanks with a continuous supply of oxygenated water
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** Site Of Interest - The Museum Of Me
Facebook users who want an interesting (and perhaps creepy) visualization of their activity on the world's largest social network can get it with the help of Intel's new Museum of Me application
** The Stuff of Nightmares
Transforming the gallery into a creepy forest of unlimited possibilities based around the Brothers Grimm's Fundevogel fairytale, the Museum of Childhood's next show is one of abduction, fear, evil, revenge, friendship and redemption, realised by some of the finest new artists around
** Greek cutbacks leave cultural treasures locked out of sight
The greatest repository of ancient Greek art - the National Archaeological Museum of Athens - has become the latest victim of the economic crisis engulfing Greece, with visitors getting only a peek at its renowned collections
** Curator's Choice
Staff at the National Museum of the Royal Navy at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard are marking Portsmouth's enduring naval legacy, by choosing their favourite museum items to celebrate the centenary year of a significant Naval Museum in the Dockyard
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** 'Lost' Tube artworks go on display
Unclaimed and often unnamed artworks including paintings, photos and other objects left on London's transport network are to be exhibited
** Museum Offers Real (Human) Guides Online
Using your computer, you "capture" a live guide and, your arrow keys, direct him or her to explore the museum for you in real time
** This Week's Horoscopes
Scorpio - It's true that just one more cookie won't hurt, as the volcanic activity that will soon render all your earthly concerns irrelevant has been building up for months now
** National Gallery lays off 5 curators
Five curators at the National Gallery of Canada are losing their jobs as part of cost-cutting measures, but the museum's CEO says it will be hiring again around the end of the year
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** Tsunami-struck museum starts recovering collection
A pile of small display cases lies in the dirt outside the Rikuzentakata City Museum; with their glass tops smashed into a thousand shards that reflect the sunlight through a layer of dried mud, it's difficult to make out the crushed wings of the small butterflies still pinned inside
** Stolen 14th century Italian art found in US museum
A stolen 14th-century panel painting depicting the Virgin Mary with a child has been recovered at a Kentucky art museum, which agreed Monday to return the piece to Italian authorities
** Landmarks: People and Places across Australia
The National Museum of Australia has opened a major new permanent gallery, Landmarks: People and Places across Australia. Bringing together more than 1500 objects, Landmarks explores Australian history since European settlement.
** International Conference on "Participative strategies"
Invitation to the annual meeting of the ICOM committees COMCOL, CAMOC and ICOM-Europe
** EVA London 2011
Wednesday 6th July - Friday 8th July 2011.Venue: British Computer Society, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7HA
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