GLOBAL MUSEUM http://www.globalmuseum.org In your free International Museum EZINE this week: ** The World's Best-Preserved Giant Squid ** It may have arrived in New York in a box labeled ``seafood,'' but this squid isn't your ordinary calamari. ** Australian death machine set for British museum ** The designer of a ``death machine'' used in the world's first legal mercy killings said on Wednesday it would be exhibited in London after political pressure ended moves for a permanent display in Australia. ** Dave fished out of 110 million-year slumber ** A Barramundi fisherman has stumbled across the remains of a 110 million-year-old, long-necked sea monster in north Queensland ** Trial over $2.7 billion trust opens in Bermuda ** Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kaszon, patriarch of one of Europe's wealthiest families, began on Monday a court battle with his eldest son to regain control of the family's $2.7 billion business empire. ** Mummy takes its curse to Paris ** An Egyptian mummy, complete with a suspected curse, was on its way yesterday from Tyneside to the Louvre Museum in Paris ** Building the impossible ** The dome of Florence Cathedral is the result of an untried architect's refusal to accept the wisdom of his time ** Europeans Are Sitting Ducks For Yankee Birds ** They're overfed, oversexed, and over here. But this time it's not American soldiers fanning out in Europe. It's American ducks ** Art Buyer Nets Hockney Gem With Old Kitchen Blind ** The man who owns James Bond's Aston Martin, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Batmobile, Wednesday bought an old kitchen blind covered in pictures by David Hockney for $18,200 ** Millennium Discovery Centre loses £27m grant ** PLANS to build a national museum of discovery collapsed yesterday when the Millennium Commission withdrew its offer of a £27 million grant, saying that the scheme was unviable ** WYLAND paints 84th Whaling wall ** The New Zealand National Maritime Museum in Auckland is the site of the latest WYLAND whale mural. The artist and his team completed the project within a week ** Relics of Iraqi Queen On Display ** Some experts doubt the authenticity of the house in the ancient ruined city of Ur, sometimes called the birthplace of the patriarch Abraham, that Pope John Paul II wants to see next year on a pilgrimage to Iraq. ** Benezra To Leave Hirshhorn ** The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden's Assistant Director Neal Benezra surprised museum trustees and staff yesterday by announcing he will leave Washington at the end of the year for the Art Institute of Chicago ** Discovery & Science museum garners praise, $750,000 ** It began in 1977 as a small children's museum that leased space in a historic downtown hotel. ** Mother of all dinosaurs discovered in Moroccan mountains ** A Dinosaur skeleton found in Morocco has been identified as the previously unknown ancestor of giants of the Jurassic age All this plus the latest Museum JOBS and Forum in GLOBAL MUSEUM. Now read and 'dissected' in 64 countries each week ! http://www.globalmuseum.org ____________________________________________________________________________ ____ GLOBAL MUSEUM Rail Passes - discover them in the NEWS section of GLOBAL MUSEUM Train travel in Europe is relaxing, comfortable, convenient, and so efficient that it is the perfect mode of transportation.You can enjoy the passing scenery, take a nap, or chat with your fellow travelers.You will arrive on time, rested, refreshed, and right in the heart of town, where most European train stations are located. GLOBAL MUSEUM News section offers three types of rail passes http://www.globalmuseum.org ____________________________________________________________________________ ____ ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ museum-l.html. You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).