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Why tourists should pay to visit museums in the UK It’s only right that tourist parties should stump up the entrance fee mooted by the British Museum; our superb institutions are staring into a financial abyss ** The Harvard Man Who Secretly Made Life-Size Dolls What kind of a man would devote years of his life - from 1936 to 1963, approximately one year per doll - to such an uncanny passion? ** Underwater world An incredible £98million museum in Alexandria is planned beneath the sea allowing tourists to view more than 2,500 pieces of Egyptian stonework & relics resting in the murky Mediterranean depths _______________________________________________________________________ ARE YOU ONE OF THE 3,317? Our Community 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 4,000 members. Join Today at http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Globalmuseum-3968927 ________________________________________________________________________ ** Part Dr. Seuss, Part Jurassic Park The American Museum of Natural History's proposed center also solves humdrum but critical layout problems, integrating dead-end galleries and bringing public spaces, classrooms and research together in a single, soaring, canyonlike, central hall, behind an undulating stone-and-glass facade ** The magnificent Musée Rodin reopens in Paris – with a chocolate surprise The once shabby mansion in Paris where the sculptor Auguste Rodin worked until his death in 1917, reopens to the public this November – and it is now so chic, warm, accessible and elegant that the artist would surely have been astonished ** Cartoonists a casualty of China's intolerance of dissent Cartoons used as political satire have been rare in China since the 1949 Communist Revolution, though some began gaining notice about three years ago ** Hidden Poop Joke Found in 17th-Century Art Owned By Queen Elizabeth This isn't the first time the Queen's art restorers have uncovered art booty, although another "restored" Dutch painting features a tavern sign that depicts two squatting buttocks ____________________________________________________________________________ _______________ Follow Us On Twitter - http://twitter.com/globalmuseum 129K Museum News Tweets from around the Globe, 4,381 Followers worldwide and growing fast ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________ ** We’re going to need a bigger door The British Museum is considering widening its entrance to get visitors inside more quickly, while the Sistine Chapel is experimenting with a digital replica of its famous ceiling ** Landmark pterosaur museum to showcase fossil-rich region Some of the pterosaur fossils and eggs being exhibited were unearthed from a site 100 kilometres south of the prefecture, which, according to scientists, is the best site for pterosaur fossils in the world ** V&A unveils new Japanese display with ancient treasures and a Sony Walkman But the most striking talking point must be a kimono made for a young boy in the 1930s, which marks the first aeroplane flight from Japan to England ** Russian Gallery Owner Evicted After Hosting Auction for Political Prisoners It is not the first time cultural institutions in Moscow have faced difficulties because of their political activities ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________ Become a Facebook Follower - Join 2,086 of us who Like Global Museum on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Global-Museum/129179522574? ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________ ** Gaudi’s Basilica: Almost Finished After 132 Years Gaudí famously believed that his client, God, was in no hurry, and over its long gestation period La Sagrada Família has acquired a bounty of fantastic descriptors, with citizens, tourists, and critics debating whether it’s a work of genius or garishness ** Ancient British tree undergoing 'sex-change' A British tree thought to be up to 5,000 years old has started to change sex, a "rare and unusual" phenomenon not fully understood by scientists ** DNA samples from the remains of Tsar Alexander III Russian investigators began examining the grave of Tsar Alexander III ahead of his exhumation in a probe looking to finally identify the remains of the last tsar Nicholas II and his family ** Recollections from the Guggenheim’s Director of Graphic Design From the beginning, the Guggenheim has trusted me to do things I’ve never done before. 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Global Museum's Pinterest Boards - Enjoy! 1.5K Pins, 307 Followers http://pinterest.com/globalmuseum/museums/ ____________________________________________________________________________ __ ** Trove of modernist art from Tehran museum may travel to the U.S. A trove of modern art, some of which has been in storage since the Iranian Revolution, will emerge over the next year, when works from the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art go on exhibit in Berlin and possibly other cities ** Museum snubs offer to display Margaret Thatcher's wardrobe More than 300 of the former Tory leader's possessions were turned down after bosses say they are only interested in items of “outstanding aesthetic or technical quality” ** New Bat Species Found In 30-Year-Old Natural History Museum Alcohol Jar Dubbed as the Francis's Woolly Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus francisi), zoologists found this unique bat in the vaults of London's Natural History Museum ** Showcasing state's rich cycling culture Exhibit features historical bicycles and artifacts, images and interactive components that explore the growth and development of cycling from the late 1800s — the era at the core of “Wheel Fever” — through today ____________________________________________________________________________ __ Add Us To Your Google+ Circles – 198,500 in Circles. 8,925 in Community so far - https://plus.google.com/109387399901726606466 ____________________________________________________________________________ __ ** Bugs collected on rooftop for 18 years reveal climate change effects A volunteer registration of insects for 18 consecutive years on the Copenhagen roof of the Natural History Museum of Denmark has revealed local insect community turnover due to climate change ** Problems and Development Perspectives of Post-Soviet Countries Museums The International Scientific conference to be held in Tbilisi, at Georgian National Museum ** The Award for Innovation in Museum Education This new award recognizes, encourages, and celebrates innovation in museum education ** UMAC’S Annual Award for University Museums & Collections UMAC is delighted to announce an annual award for the most significant innovation or practice that has proved successful in a university museum or collection ** Magic, Color, Flair The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA, is pleased to present Magic, Color, Flair: the world of Mary Blair. ** This Week's Horoscopes Capricorn - Your plan to dig an escape tunnel over the next three years using only a spoon stolen from the cafeteria will utterly dumbfound everyone else at the office. 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