Welcome back to GLOBAL MUSEUM, your award-winning & free online compendium, read weekly since 1998 by 8,000 readers in more than 201 countries. *** " I love Global Museum! I pull stories for my weekly email to our docents and they enjoy them too. My colleagues even asked to know where I found them because the stories are so interesting. " - User Feedback *** Four Pages of the Latest Museum News & Free Online subscription. <http://www.globalmuseum.org/> http://www.globalmuseum.org . ** UK MPs table Bill to return Parthenon Sculptures to Greece This week a cross-party group of UK MPs, led by Mark Williams, tabled the Parthenon Sculptures (Return to Greece) Bill, calling for a change in the law to allow the British Museum to transfer ownership of the marbles to Greece ** How Much Ear Did Van Gogh Really Cut Off? There’s Some New Evidence Since that fateful event nearly 128 years ago, there has been continuing debate among scholars about the severity of that mutilation, which took place in Arles, France, in December 1888 ** Rio Olympic City museum now features Virtual Reality tours The museum features a number of interactive experiences such as visiting Rio de Janeiro and Olympic venues through virtual reality and the chance to try their hand at different events like Paralympic cycling, rowing and the 100-meter dash _______________________________________________________________________ ARE YOU ONE OF THE 4,041? 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 5,000 members. 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Global Museum's Pinterest Boards - Enjoy! 1.7K Pins, 373 Followers <http://pinterest.com/globalmuseum/museums/> http://pinterest.com/globalmuseum/museums/ ____________________________________________________________________________ __ ** Monkey archaeology: Ancient evidence of tool use found Researchers from Oxford University, working in Brazil, found ancient "nut-cracking tools" - 700-year-old stone hammers that capuchin monkeys used to open cashew nuts ** Interactive Timeline... In Dots! Every dot is a historic event, so you can just imagine how the whole picture looks like if you step back and take a look at Histography; this impressive interactive timeline spans across 14 billion years of history, from the Big Bang to 2015 ** 11 must-see museum exhibits in Europe this summer European museums brim with exciting temporary exhibits during these warm months and on display: ancient history and modern art, studies of celebration and games, and Byzantine culture and Beat culture ** Museum Acquires Original 1888 Roll of Kodak Film While most Americans now carry a tiny camera in their pockets, the oldest roll of the film that started consumer photography now sits quietly inside a New York museum ____________________________________________________________________________ __ Add Us To Your Google+ Circles – 194,434 in Circles. 11, 680 in Community so far - <https://plus.google.com/109387399901726606466> https://plus.google.com/109387399901726606466 ____________________________________________________________________________ __ ** Real cats part of art installation at museum Four cats now call the art museum home thanks to a Cats-in-Residence art installation which brings in cats up for adoption to interact with people inside a "social sculpture ** Hallmarks of Prospering Museums The Welsh Government has awarded AIM £70,000 to enable Welsh museums to participate in AIM’s successful Hallmarks of Prospering Museums programme ** Lost and forgotten Gottfried Lindauer portraits Auckland Art Gallery is appealing to the public to help uncover more Maori and pakeha portraits by artist Gottfried Lindauer. ** Call for Papers - Heritages of Migration: Moving Objects, Stories and Home International Conference Announcement and Call for Papers ** This Week's Horoscopes Libra - The combination of Mars and Venus in your sun sign indicates that love is in your future whether you can afford it or not. 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