Welcome back to GLOBAL MUSEUM, your award-winning & free online compendium, read weekly since 1998 by 8,000+ readers in more than 201 countries. <http://www.globalmuseum.org/> http://www.globalmuseum.org ** 20 Million Artifacts Lost In Brazil Museum Fire We Brazilians have only 500 years of history. Our National Museum was 200 years old. Our memory is small, but that's what we had, and it is lost for ever ** New Global Museum Site! Enjoy the new Global Museum web site design | Museum News, Views and Vacancies | Since 1997 ** Museum tours linked to easing chronic pain Viewing works of art can have an analgesic effect on chronic pain and alleviate feelings of isolation for patients who suffer from it, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, Davis. _______________________________________________________________________ ARE YOU ONE OF THE 4,410? 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I wonder how many of the 7 million people who visit the National Air and Space Museum on the Mall each year know that there's another, arguably better and definitely bigger Air and Space Museum just 26 miles away. ** China's Museums Rewrite History to Boost Xi Renovations in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen add displays that extol Xi, while diluting Deng's prominence in party lore. ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________ Become a Facebook Follower - Join 2,385 of us who Like Global Museum on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Global-Museum/129179522574?> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Global-Museum/129179522574? ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________ ** Capturing the Spirit of the Field Museum Because part of the Field Museum's mission is to collect, discover, document, and research specimens, and to conserve our world's resources, we wanted our new food service to be environmentally sound. ** Incredibly Preserved, 40,000-Year-Old Extinct Baby Horse Has Been Unearthed Scientists in Siberia have made an extraordinary find: the fossilised remains of an extinct baby Palaeolithic horse, in almost perfect condition. ** Ethereal underworld: exploring Helsinki's colossal new art bunker It is a suitably truculent metaphor for this forthright city, which in 2016 turned down the prospect of having its own Guggenheim Museum, after five years of bitterly contested public debates. ** Dundee hopes V&A's spectacular museum will reconnect the city to its creative past That day dawns in September when the V&A Dundee opens and the world will see Mackintosh's lost masterpiece for the first time in 50 years, as well as a world-class collection of art and artefacts. ____________________________________________________________________________ __ Pin Us on Pinterest. 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No one knew how the painting had ended up in the hands of Jerry and Rita Alter-a retired professional musician-turned-band teacher and speech pathologist, respectively-and the couple was no longer around to provide an explanation. ** The World's Largest Speedo Collection Almost Oozed Away In 2012, Australia's Powerhouse Museum discovered that something strange was happening with some of their swimsuits. ____________________________________________________________________________ __ Add Us To Your Google+ Circles - 190,865 in Circles. 14,449 in Community so far - <https://plus.google.com/109387399901726606466> https://plus.google.com/109387399901726606466 ____________________________________________________________________________ __ ** Epcot Just Got a New Smithsonian Museum Exhibition Worlds apart yet sharing so much, the two vacation destinations collaborate to bring scholarship and authenticity to Disney audiences. ** A New Family of Mammals Discovered A new family of mammals discovered by the Royal Tyrrell's Curator of Fossil Mammals provides insights into the evolutionary relationship of eutherian mammals. ** Construction of Hong Kong's M+ Museum will not be delayed after main contractor fired The authority has now paused construction and closed the site for six to eight weeks while recruiting a new contractor and while negotiating to maintain HCG's subcontractors. ** LA's Bizarre Museum of Jurassic Technology Celebrates 30 Years It's certainly America's most underappreciated museum, and L.A.'s most frequently overlooked one, but even calling it a "museum" raises its own set of questions. ____________________________________________________________________________ _______________ Follow Us On Twitter - <http://twitter.com/globalmuseum> http://twitter.com/globalmuseum 196K Museum News Tweets from around the Globe, 4,728 Followers worldwide and growing fast ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________ ** German Farmer Awarded Almost $1 Million For Ancient Roman Find After the man learned that this was no ordinary find, he sued the government to get his fair share of the value. ** A Definitive Introduction To Maritime Curatorship A major new edition of the definitive handbook introducing the many fascinating aspects of maritime curatorship has been updated and is now available online. ** Te Papa Botanists Searching in Needles And Haystacks In January 2018, Te Papa botanists Heidi Meudt and Antony Kusabs took part in an epic 14-day forget-me-not field work adventure. ** International Forum for Young Museum Professionals ICOM and ICOM China, Fuzhou, China 23-26 November 2018 ** Donation of Wu Guanzhong's paintings and personal archives The Hong Kong Museum of Art has announced that the family of celebrated artist Wu Guanzhong has generously made another round of donations of Wu's invaluable works to the museum for its permanent collection. ** The 8th International Symposium of Dinosaur Eggs and Babies Hubei, China ** Head On Pike Really Pulling Together Castle's Look Visitors and residents remarked this week that the severed, pike-mounted head of Duke Robert de L'Alsace, which was installed overlooking the moat outside the western portcullis of Castle Colgrave "doth quite pull together the castle's look." 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