http://www.globalmuseum.org In your Free Museum ezine GLOBAL MUSEUM this week: **Jesuits' Painting Identified As a Tintoretto A religious painting that hung for decades in the dark hallway of a Jesuit center and was believed to be a reproduction has been authenticated as an original work by Tintoretto, the 16th-century Venetian artist **Museum Defends Closing Installation Officials at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) on Monday defended their decision to shut down an exhibition after museum officials failed to reach an agreement with the artist about changing potentially offensive pieces **Five oil paintings stolen from Rome museum Five oil paintings, including two by the 17th century Italian master Guercino, have been stolen from Rome's Capitoline museums **Scotland Wins Battle to Keep Botticelli Painting Scotland has won a transatlantic battle for a little known masterpiece by early Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli after paying more than $16 million to keep the picture in Britain. **Soccer-Barcelona museum racks up one millionth visitor of year Barcelona may be struggling on the pitch at the moment -- but there is no let-up in their attraction and allure off it. For on Monday the one millionth visitor of the year walked through the doors of the club's museum at the Nou Camp museum **Britain to Clinton - Hands off our marbles British officials said on Saturday U.S. President Bill Clinton should keep out of Britain's dispute with Greece over ownership of the 2,500-year-old Elgin Marbles **Methane Explosion Theory Cited for Dinosaur Demise A vast methane firestorm ignited by a huge asteroid that hit the Gulf of Mexico 65 million years ago could have hastened the demise of dinosaurs on earth, New Scientist magazine said Wednesday **Streisand to auction rare cabinets Barbara Streisand plans to auction two Gustav Stickley oak cabinets, despite the protests of a museum that wants the pieces. **NASA official to head Air and Space Museum Gen. John R. Dailey, a top National Aeronautics and Space Administration official, has been named the new director of the National Air and Space Museum, the Smithsonian Institution said Wednesday **Czech museum wants anti-Gypsy wall in exhibit A museum in a northern Czech town asked municipal authorities Thursday for part of the controversial wall erected to separate Gypsies from other residents in the town ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eurorail passes, hotel reservations, airline discounts, weather forecasts, car rentals GLOBAL MUSEUM TRAVEL -advertisement ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ **Now where did I put that?: Time capsules are lost to time The '70s must have been very good to the people of Fillmore, because no can seem to remember where the town's 1970s-era time capsule is buried **Guide dog ban at zoo challenged: Policy angers blind woman Mary Dignan's Saturday was off to a cheerful start. A visit to the California State Railroad Museum, then lunch at La Bou **Timely Exhibit at US History Museum It was the recent invention of the stopwatch that made it possible in 1855 to determine that the stallion Lexington had set a record of 7 minutes, 19.75 seconds for a four-mile race PLUS the very latest Museum CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, FORUM, BOOKSHOP, PRODUCTS, GLOBAL MUSEUM MALL, GLOBAL MUSEUM TRAVEL & More! Now read in 68 countries around the Globe 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).