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Join Today At http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Globalmuseum-3968927 ________________________________________________________________________ ** Pushkin accused of displaying a fake Concerns are growing that a Modigliani painting on show in the "Paris School: 1905-32" exhibition (until 20 November) at the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow is a fake ** The 10 Best British Hands-on Museums The national children's museum has scores of interactive exhibitions, including the Sound Garden and a plant kids can crawl through ** Munch plans in disarray amid political row The plans for a new high-rise building on Oslo's waterfront to house the Munch Museum have been thrown into disarray after the city parliament rejected plans for the project at the end of September ** Electric-blue lobster found in fish market A striking electric-blue lobster has been found in the UK and given a new home at the London Aquarium, after a short stay at the Natural History Museum _________________________________________________________________________________ TWEET TWEET - Follow Us On Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/globalmuseum 61,162 News Tweets, 2,276 Followers worldwide and growing fast ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ** Underneath Mexico City's bustle lie Aztec wonders In the middle of Mexico City's historical downtown, where the modern bustle leaves most visitors in a daze, archaeologists have unearthed something altogether more serene: a potential clue in their quest to find the long sought-after tombs of Aztec emperors ** Saudi artist targeted over Jerusalem show Saudi artists are free to show where they like, yet they may have to contend with indirect pressure from colleagues, family, members of the government, local clerics, prominent sheikhs or, in this case, members of the public via an online petition ** NYC's oldest museum reopens after $65M renovation New York City's oldest museum has shed its vault-like exterior for a luminous façade that invites the public to peer in, explore its vast treasures and experience them like never before through loads of new and fun interactive features ** Another unholy controversy at Brooklyn museum An avant-garde video of ants skittering over the crucified Jesus is enraging Christians who say an upcoming Brooklyn Museum art exhibit is sacrilegious _________________________________________________________________________________________ Become a FAN - Join 1,499 of us who Like Global Museum on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Global-Museum/129179522574? _________________________________________________________________________________________ ** Museum to take major hit The Museum of Aviation, Middle Georgia's showplace and the product of almost three decades of effort and volunteerism, will take significant hits as Robins Air Force Base and the Air Force attempt to accommodate billions of dollars in budget reductions over the next ten years ** This Week's Horoscopes Aries - A shocking revelation will shake you to the core of your being this week, which is odd, because it's merely the fact that the Doobie Brothers aren't actual brothers ** Rare Chinese Papercuts Found in U. of Michigan Storage Room Staffers who were tidying up a storage room found a stunning collection of rare propaganda papercut images from the Cultural Revolution - a period of massive political upheaval in China that began in 1966 and lasted about a decade. ** Ancient Whale Taken Down by Shark, Tooth Marks Reveal The sharp eyes of an Italian stonecutter were the first to spy a new ancient species of whale 40 million years after it was first encased in stone ______________________________________________________________________________ @@@@ The Global Museum Daily Tweet. Global Museum's DAILY NEWSPAPER powered by your museum tweets - Enjoy! http://paper.li/globalmuseum/1288898965 ______________________________________________________________________________ ** 78s, Photos, Even Sweat From Brow of a Legend The Armstrong museum and archive in Queens has received a treasure-trove of rare 78-r.p.m. records, bootleg tapes, five personal letters, candid photographs, European posters, news clippings, discographies, even weight-loss tips - 192 cubic feet in all - from the estate of a Swedish man known as the world's second-largest private collector of Satchmoiana ** Row as France holds on to 'stolen' art The French Government has barred the removal from France of Christ Portant la Croix (Christ Carrying the Cross), a painting by 17th-century Franco-German artist Nicolas Tournier, which turned up in Florence in 2009 after being missing for almost two centuries ** Egyptian 'Ice Age' art confirmed An interdisciplinary team of Belgian scientists cooperating with Yale University (New Haven, USA) has discovered the oldest petroglyphs in Egypt and for that matter the earliest rock art known so far in the whole of North Africa. ** Copying, Replicating & Emulating Paintings in the 15th-18th Century Final Call for Papers and Posters - This is a Call for Papers for the two-day technical art history conference held at the National Gallery of Denmark on 21-22 May 2012. ** Museum Director named "Arab American Businesswoman of the Year" Dr. Anan Ameri, the founding director of the Arab American National Museum (AANM) in Dearborn, has been honored with the Arab American Businesswoman of the Year Award from the Arab American Women's Business Council (AAWBC) at a Dearborn breakfast on Thursday, Nov. 10. 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