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Thanks!" - User Feedback *** Free Online subscription. http://www.globalmuseum.org The international headlines (FOR THE FULL STORY VISIT THE WEBSITE at this address http://www.globalmuseum.org and click on the news links) in this week's edition include: ** Detroit museum says it will act to protect art The Detroit Institute of Arts says it remains committed to taking action if city-owned parts of its collection are threatened by the city's bankruptcy ** Assistant to Accused Antiquities Smuggler Pleads Guilty One of the items Mr. Freedman is accused of helping steal and conceal is valued at $15 million and is among the rarest and most cherished statues missing from India ** Artist as entrepreneur: the American model or same old American dream? As European-style government funding for the arts is unlikely to continue even in Europe, and as the idea of the American model of arts funding is promoted abroad, it seems ever more urgent that we have a conversation about the strengths and weaknesses of arts funding in America and how to bring coherence, sustainability and resilience to the cultural ecology _______________________________________________________________________ ARE YOU ONE OF THE 2,560? Now on the LinkedIn Platform - Join the Global Museum Social Network - Meet & Make Friends, Share Photos & Videos, Blog, Use the Forum, Join A Group. Become one of our first 3000 members. Join Today at http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Globalmuseum-3968927 ________________________________________________________________________ ** Mummy Mystery: Multiple Tombs Hidden in Egypt's Valley of Kings Multiple tombs lay hidden in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, where royalty were buried more than 3,000 years ago, awaiting discovery, say researchers working on the most extensive exploration of the area in nearly a century ** She's behind you: The 'hidden mothers' on the late-19th century equivalent of the selfie Most draped the "ghostmothers" in black sheets, lace curtains, or even some incongruous damask; though some photos show the odd nose, lowered eyelids, and arm after arm propping up the infants, most important was that these "ghosts" held their babes perfectly still ** Cristiano Ronaldo is building a museum to himself in Portugal Ronaldo said he would be there in person on December 15 for the opening of the museum in Madeira's capital Funchal, which will showcase memorabilia including footballs, photographs and trophies ** German industrialist gives collection of postwar art to British Museum Count Christian Duerckheim is giving 34 modern German drawings and loaning a further 60 prints and drawings for an exhibition that will be staged at the museum next year _________________________________________________________________________________ Follow Us On Twitter - http://twitter.com/globalmuseum 106,249 Museum News Tweets from around the Globe, 3,624 Followers worldwide and growing fast ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ** Field Museum science show host airs her frustration about sexist comments The spunky, 20-something science show host wasn't joking when she went online last week to blast the sexist "honking" coming from some of the males of her own species ** A Century of Museum Records Reveal Species' Changing Lives Museums hold hundreds of thousands of specimens and observations collected around the world for centuries - even in places that lack other conventional, modern record-keeping ** Is This New York's Most Underrated Museum? The Queens Museum was first constructed as the New York Pavilion of the 1939 World's Fair-and is the only building still standing from that exposition ** Egypt museum hurt by political turmoil Inside the Egyptian Museum, there are 200,000 items showing the splendor of the country's history - and few tourists to see them _________________________________________________________________________________________ Become a Facebook Fan - Join 2,391 of us who Like Global Museum on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Global-Museum/129179522574? _________________________________________________________________________________________ ** Opening the Mona Lisa at the end of WWII, 1945 On the eve of World War II, curators at the Louvre swathed the museum's most priceless painting - the "Mona Lisa" - in layers of waterproof paper, boxed it up, and spirited it to the French countryside for safekeeping ** New Museum Taps Techie The incubator is intended to serve this cohort - designers, artists and technologists fresh out of school - a group for whom there is not enough support ** Humans Are Becoming More Carnivorous The study estimates that humanity's global median trophic level was 2.21 in 2009, which puts us on a par with other omnivores, such as pigs and anchovies, in the global food web ** Sweet Architecture: Gingerbread Art Museums The two food artists built recreations of 7 famous museums including the Guggenheim in New York, the Tate Modern in London, the Louvre in Paris, the Karuizawa Museum in Nagano, Museum Aan de Stroom in Antwerp, the Maxxi in Rome, and Museo Soumaya in Mexico City ______________________________________________________________________________ Pin Us on Pinterest. Global Museum's Pinterest Boards - Enjoy! 877 Pins, 197 Followers http://pinterest.com/globalmuseum/museums/ ______________________________________________________________________________ ** Baffling 400,000-Year-Old Clue to Human Origins Until now, Denisovans were known only from DNA retrieved from 80,000-year-old remains in Siberia, 4,000 miles east of where the new DNA was found ** How British Empire's dirty secrets went up in smoke in the colonies As the sun finally set on the Empire, diplomats scurried to repatriate or destroy hundreds of thousands "dirty" documents containing evidence that London had decided should never see the light of day ** Oakland Museum's resident 'de-bugger' saves art Burke and a student helped craft the now widely used insect eradication method called modified atmosphere treatment, which drains the bugs of oxygen ** Sharjah Car Museum touts vintage car history While car lovers nowadays pay more attention to a vehicle's specifications such as horse power and engine and rim sizes, they can now acquire a better understanding of the historical value behind a collection of cars dating back to the 1900's at the Sharjah Classic Car Museum ______________________________________________________________________________ Add Us To Your Google+ Circles - 531 in Circles, 903 in Community so far - https://plus.google.com/109387399901726606466 ______________________________________________________________________________ ** Biologist Completes 5-Minute Study Of Pathetic Organism In Mirror Based on previous findings, the research took a detailed look at the bipedal sad sack's anatomy, making note of its receding hairline, distended gut, double chin, and weak facial features that identify it as a highly undesirable mate (satire) ** 80 Female Skulls Found in Neolithic City Were Human Sacrifices Archaeologists in China have discovered the skulls of 80 women who were used as human sacrifices in the Shimao Ruins, the country's biggest Neolithic city ever found ** Volunteers Build Replica of Bell X-1, Speed of Sound Aircraft A replica of the Bell X-1 aircraft flown by Captain Chuck Yeager on October 14, 1947, and which broke the sound barrier, now hangs above visitors at the San Diego Air and Space Museum ______________________________________________________________________________ Looking for a Special Gift for a Special Person? 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