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** Trump budget cuts could shut great art out of museums

The NEA’s Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Program has saved museums hundreds of millions in insurance premiums and made possible countless high-profile exhibitions that couldn’t have happened without it.

** Gorilla Skulls Are Scientific Treasures and a Symbol of Fossey’s Fight

At first glance, the two gorilla skulls on display in a new exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History are unremarkable, except for maybe their size.

** Aristotle Was The Great-Grandfather Of The Computer Revolution

Aristotle’s logic, presented in his six-part book The Organon, occupied a central place in the scholarly canon for more than 2,000 years.

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** Prosecutors seek 4 years for ex-Field Museum worker who stole nearly $1 million

A former data specialist at Chicago's famed Field Museum stole nearly $1 million from museum coffers and used it to fund a "lavish lifestyle," including luxury cars, jewellery and even to pay rent for a friend's South Side apartment.

** Art museum directors speak out in support of cultural agencies

Museums offer art programs to help teachers and home schoolers prepare lessons, to train medical students to be better doctors, to ease the suffering of veterans with PTSD, and to share with people across the country the best of creative achievement.

** So Is ‘Mona Lisa’ Smiling? A New Study Says Yes

If the "Mona Lisa" was showing a few teeth, Leonardo da Vinci’s 16th-century masterpiece might not be quite as famous as it is.

** Aviation Toy Museum shares wonders of flight

When Deborah Scheetz earned her private pilot's license, her friends gave her toy airplanes as a gag to make up for the real plane they couldn't buy her.

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** Gender Gap Persists at Largest Museums

A gender gap persists at the largest museums — those with budgets of $15 million and higher, where just 30 percent have female directors.

** Ancient Naval Base for Epic Greek Battle Found

Greek archaeologists have found the ancient military harbour of the island of Salamis — the very physical space from which the largest and most decisive naval battle ever fought in antiquity was launched.

** How the Cleveland Museum of Art restores world-renowned art

Walking through the conservation department in the newly renovated 18,000-square-foot laboratory space, a visitor can find a conservator in one of the seven labs closely examining a unique 15-century engraving, re-layering silk paper on a 12th-century East Asian painting and carefully preparing objects such as vases and chandeliers to travel.

** Laurel art forger cons local museums

The American painter's mother was a volunteer for the museum, but some believe she had no clue what her son was doing.

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** Terracotta Warriors’ museum in battle over copyright with Chinese amusement park

The Emperor Qin Shihuang Mausoleum Site Museum in north-central China has accused an amusement park that features replica warriors of violating its registered copyright.

** Inside a Met Director’s Shocking Exit and the Billion-Dollar Battle for the Museum’s Future

After the storied museum and its provocative director announced they were parting ways, William D. Cohan examines how a former wunderkind—and his mission to modernize—became a toxic mix for one of the world’s most powerful cultural institutions.

** Workers discover hidden murals in MoBot Museum Building

As they knocked out more plaster, they found a portrait of Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish researcher who lived in the 1700s and is known as the father of modern taxonomy, or the system of classifying and naming organisms.

** Comic-Con Museum to open in Balboa Park

The non-profit group will operate permanent museum to be called the Comic-Con Center for Popular Culture with rotating exhibitions — something convention enthusiasts might see as putting down roots.

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** Trump’s proposed budget will eliminate funding to museums, libraries, and artists

A fight in Congress is certainly in store, as many of the agencies and organizations have indicated that they will be taking their case to the Senate and House of Representatives to make the case for their very existence.

** Fish Changed in a Surprising Way Before Invading Land

As the eyes swelled in size, they also moved to the tops of their owners’ heads, allowing them to peer out of the water surface like crocodiles do today

** Archaeologists Have Found Evidence of Cannibalism in Spain 10,000 Years Ago

Times were tough in Stone Age Europe, so it's not surprising that every now and then we find ancient Homo sapiens bones sporting signs of being gnawed on by other humans.

** Welcome To The Frog Museum

The Frog Museum in Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland is a collection of 150-year-old satirical tableaus of domestic life in the 19th century — all involving stuffed frogs.

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** Why this striking rainbow may carry a hidden message

A mystery surrounding one of John Constable's most emotionally-charged landscapes may finally have been solved – by a meteorologist.

** The National 2017: New Australian Art

The first of three biennial surveys presenting the latest ideas and forms in contemporary Australian art

** Call for Papers ‘The evolution of the museum’

Science Museum, London, 13-14th July 2017

** ICOM-US Statement

The International Council of Museums National Committee of the United States (ICOM-US) made a statement in response to the release of the proposed federal budget

** Archaeologists Uncover Last Human To Die Happy

Carbon dating concluded that the fossilized skeleton is that of a Palaeolithic man—nicknamed “Felix” who died perfectly contented and unencumbered by regret roughly 30,000 years ago

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