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 ** Museum Inferno: Lessons from the Hellish Devastation at National Museum of Brazil Even in times of budgetary constraint, cultural institutions must not be short-changed when it comes to financial support for their most basic function-the protection of the irreplaceable objects of cultural and scientific importance that are in their care. ** Famed Viking ship museum to be torn down due to rising sea Culture Minister says Denmark's national museum for prehistoric and medieval ships, seafaring and boatbuilding in Roskilde, 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of Copenhagen, can be removed from the list of building to be preserved. ** Louvre Abu Dhabi postpones display of Leonardo's Salvator Mundi The Louvre Abu Dhabi has indefinitely postponed the unveiling of Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, the world's most expensive painting, which has been the subject of intense speculation over its acquisition and authenticity. _______________________________________________________________________ ARE YOU ONE OF THE 4,413? 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Science museum educates pre-schoolers Museums thinking about hosting an early childhood classroom should assess whether their exhibits are appropriate for preschool children. ** Filmmaker Is Curating a Massive Museum Show In the hands of any curator this sounds like an almost impossible task, and there's every reason to be sceptical of novices turning their hands to exhibition making. ____________________________________________________________________________ __ Add Us To Your Google+ Circles - 190,837 in Circles. 14,441 in Community so far - <https://plus.google.com/109387399901726606466> https://plus.google.com/109387399901726606466 ____________________________________________________________________________ __ ** Old Stone Drought Warning Resurfaces in Europe: 'When You See Me, Cry' The idea was that if water levels dipped low enough to reveal an old carving, it would signal to locals that dry, hungry times - similar to those experienced in the marked year - were coming. ** How to clean a pilot whale's teeth Conservator Robert Clendon is undertaking the bizarre job of cleaning the teeth of a southern pilot whale and then gluing them into position so they don't pop out while on display. ** Georgia returned a painting that was looted by the Red Army to Germany The Red Army's so-called trophy brigades brought some 2.5 million artifacts from eastern Germany to the Soviet Union in the aftermath of World War II. ** Is There Too Much Money in Art? 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