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" - User Feedback *** Four Pages of the Latest Museum News & Free Online subscription. http://www.globalmuseum.org ** Master-forger Han van Meegeren's death mask bought as reminder that the best museums can be fooled Van Meegeren's was the most scandalous and most famous forgery case in the 20th century, making several Vermeer fakes and selling them to the most prominent museums and collectors of the time ** Chinese museum closed down over 'fake' exhibits Police shut down Lucheng museum in Liaoning after finding a third of 8,000 items on display are not genuine, report says ** International Civil Rights Museum pays tribute to Dr. Maya Angelou The International Civil Rights Center and Museum would not be complete without words from Dr. Maya Angelou _______________________________________________________________________ ARE YOU ONE OF THE 2,930? 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Join Today at http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Globalmuseum-3968927 ________________________________________________________________________ ** Excavation of a Viking-age Cemetery at Cumwhitton Little did Peter Adams know, when he pulled a metal object from the ground in 2004, that he had made one of the most exciting discoveries in Viking-age archaeology in England for many years ** The Museum of Beautiful People It turns out, looking at beautiful people isn't so easy in a society where objectification is a dirty word and people are trained to avoid eye contact ** Space museum ready for new Titusville location Spacesuits, launch consoles, photos and complete pre-construction models of shuttle processing facilities and launch pads are some of the items now displayed in a building three times the size of the old site ** Brussels Jewish Museum killings: Suspect 'admitted attack' A Frenchman being held over a fatal shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels has admitted the killings in a video ____________________________________________________________________________ _______________ Follow Us On Twitter - http://twitter.com/globalmuseum 113K Museum News Tweets from around the Globe, 3,891 Followers worldwide and growing fast ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________ ** More than 400,000 pieces from the Metropolitan Museum of Art are available for download online Scarcely two weeks has passed since we celebrated the partial digitization of the Museum of Natural History's jaw-dropping collection, and already another museum is liberalizing its own policies online ** International conference "Museum and Politics" The plenary session of the conference will be held in the recently renewed General Staff Building of the State Hermitage Museum, which celebrated its 250th anniversary in 2014 ** The 'world's craziest, beautiful cars' Even if automobiles aren't your thing, the Firebird's bizarre wings and bubble cockpit are worth a peek and it's among 17 "concept cars" on exhibit at Atlanta, Georgia's High Museum of Art. ** Museum launches tree identification app A free app for iPhone created by the Museum, using technology similar to facial recognition software, enables users to take a simple photo of a leaf and have it matched to a database of 156 tree species ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________ Become a Facebook Follower - Join 1,760 of us who Like Global Museum on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Global-Museum/129179522574? ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________ ** Mackintosh drawings saved after huge blaze at Glasgow School of Art Precious artwork and artefacts locked in a vault at the Glasgow School of Art survived the massive blaze that ripped through the historic building ** Curator Finds Murphy Bed's Place in American History The Murphy Bed was born of necessity-the inventor had a driving desire to hide his bed, so he could entertain his lady ** Top 10 regional museums in England The UK has some of the world's greatest museums; we look beyond the well-known national collections to select 10 gems from around England. ** A Glimpse of Old Hong Kong "A Glimpse of Old Hong Kong" mobile application. ____________________________________________________________________________ __ Pin Us on Pinterest. 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