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** Marion True Does Not Deserve Our Sympathy

What Marion True’s return to the public eye ought to do is spur governments and art-world organizations to finally get serious about identifying and punishing those who participate in the trade of looted antiquities

** George Cross of WWII heroine Violette Szabó goes on display

She is one of the most famous heroines of Second World War whose courageous exploits and untimely death at the hands of the Nazis in Ravensbruck Concentration Camp in 1945 inspired a film and several books

** A Fervour to Glimpse ‘China’s Mona Lisa’

Since an exhibition celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Palace Museum opened in early September, people have been waiting for up to 10 hours to see this 17-foot-long masterpiece attributed to the painter Zhang Zeduan, an intricate ink-on-silk tableau of life in the Northern Song dynasty capital, Kaifeng

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** Paintings reveal what people in 1900 thought the year 2000 would look like

Some are actually surprisingly accurate visions of our current era, including farming machines, helicopters, and what looks like a precursor to the new robot vacuum, the iRobot Roomba vacuum

** A history of images exposed in Dubai museum

From Arab scientist Ibn Al Haytham’s camera obscura in the 11th century AD, the fascinating story of the moving image can be seen at a unique museum in the Middle East

** Protests Target Renoir at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts

In their view, the long-dead French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who painted “treacle” and “deformed pink fuzzy women,” is overrated, overvalued and should not be taking up gallery space here or anywhere else

** Beirut's legendary museum rises from the ashes

In the 1960s, the Sursock Museum was the centre of Beirut’s cultural life, its salons awash with poets, playwrights and petrodollars

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** Paris exhibition explores wide-reaching influence of Pablo Picasso

A major exhibition exploring, for the first time, the wide-reaching influence of Pablo Picasso on everything from painting and sculpture to film and advertising has opened at the Grand Palais in Paris

** First-ever cannabis museum exhibit to explore complex issues surrounding marijuana

California is on the verge of making important decisions around marijuana that will impact people living in the state and OMCA is a place where people can come together to learn, question and add their voice to the different points of view around this topic at a very critical time in public decision making

** Colonel Biggs paintings of ‘incalculable’ value discovered in unmarked envelope

Unexpected discovery of four rare paintings by renowned 19 century artist depict picturesque South Australia scenery

** Foot fossils of human relative illustrate evolutionary 'messiness' of bipedal walking

A new study on Homo naledi, the extinct human relative whose remains were discovered in a South African cave and introduced to the world last month, suggests that although its feet were the most human-like part of its body

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** Singapore Museum's first-phase revamp almost done

A striking new entrance overlooking the Singapore River, a new gallery and wing, as well as expanded permanent gallery spaces, are among the highlights of the Asian Civilisations Museum's (ACM) ongoing revamp

** To boost visits, Israel’s museums must change with the times

We see ourselves as a center of culture, and while the main draw is the exhibits, we can’t ignore the fact that museums do a lot of things, more than what they did in 1965

** Munich bomb can't be defused on scene

Police in Munich say that a bomb found in the Deutsches Museum must be moved to a safe location before experts can defuse it

** Ancient Artifact Goes On Display After Museum Deal With Smuggler

Should museums make deals with smugglers and looters in order to protect and preserve history?

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** Mammoth Discovered In Michigan Was Likely Butchered By Humans

Three large boulders could have been used as anchors to keep the mammoth carcass stored in a pond—a method of meat preservation Fisher says he has seen in other prehistoric civilizations throughout the world

** Putting the pieces back together again

The Smithsonian is often referred to as “America’s attic,” but if you walk into the National Air and Space Museum right now, the main entrance hall, known as the Milestones of Flight Gallery, looks more like a workshop than an attic or a museum

** Museum prepares to send heart of Romania's Queen Marie to castle where she died

A museum in Bucharest is preparing to send the preserved heart of the last queen of Romania to its final resting place — the castle where she died

** Holocaust Museum exhibit features Danish rescue boat

Over three weeks, Christian Danes risked their own lives to hide and safely ferry 7,200 Jews to Sweden, along with 700 of their non-Jewish relatives

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** Court battle over collection of firearms & artifacts

The foundation alleges gross neglect in its suit, claiming in 2008 that the collection contained melted gun butts, rusted guns and swords, and moth-eaten military uniforms, and that the museum failed to store firearms and other artifacts in an environmentally safe manner

** National Council on Public History Awards Call for Nominations

Help recognize those making a difference in our field!

** Haunted Historical Village

Auckland's Howick Historical Village has long been renowned for their ghostly encounters.

** Heritage and Subversion in Contemporary Africa

Call for papers at The Association of Critical Heritage Studies Conference in Montreal, Canada

** Old Patterns, New Order: Socialist Realism in Central Asia

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