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** £8m Michelangelo unearthed
A Sotheby's art expert, flicking through an album of drawings for a routine
insurance valuation at Castle Howard, the mansion near York ,has uncovered a
lost early Michelangelo, valued at up to £8m
** Five T-rex skeletons found at fossil site
Five tyrannosaurus rex skeletons, one of which could be the biggest ever
found, were unearthed by archaeologists in a single dig in America
** Here's looking at me
Forget Damien Hirst's exhibition - the talk of New York is a show of
photographs of a 19th-century countess that reveals a curiously modern
obsession with celebrity
** The Enigma riddle
Codewords, encryption and chauvanism are all involved in the theft of the
Enigma machine
** Crew recalls historic Northwest crossing in bid to restore old schooner
Billy Cashin climbed gingerly on to a waterfront pier Tuesday to vividly
recall the day 56 years earlier when he set off on an historic journey
through the Northwest Passage
** Museum proposal draws fire
The Danish Culture Minister wants museums to reflect the nation's changing
population, but critics warn that legislation is not the answer
** Graffiti Artists Arrested at Show
Two New York artists setting up an exhibition of graffiti-inspired works
were arrested on graffiti charges
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** Ulster expert proves Italian violin is not a classic fiddle
An Ulster violin expert was part of a team which proved the world's most
celebrated violin was authentic
** Picasso has second thoughts
Creativity itself was the theme of Picasso's art in the last two decades of
his life
** Art History on the Auction Block
When a cargo ship loaded with 15th and 16th century Vietnamese ceramics sank
to the bottom of the South China Sea 500 years ago, a key piece of artistic
heritage sank with it
** Fossil with an unrelated tail is a mistake, not a fraud
The fossil specimen of Archaeoraptor liaoningenis is not a fraud just
because its tail doesn't belong, says Alberta's best-known paleontologist
** Congressional Panel to Investigate Old Parker Mansion
The panel is urging Congress to increase federal funding for the expedition,
which will require a length of rope, extra flashlight batteries, three
bottles of grape soda, and a jackknife. As of Tuesday, the trio had
collected from Congress $4.74 million and a slingshot.
** Orlando Science Center takes major hit
The Orlando Science Center suffered a significant hit Tuesday when Orange
County commissioners voted not to give the financially beleaguered center
$300,000 to help keep its doors open
** Museum Web Site of the week
The Western Center for Archaeology and Paleontology, a museum to be
completed in early 2001, a Museum Research and Education Center for the New
Millennium in Southern California
** Curator dreams of strange creatures
Languishing in glass boxes just five minutes from busy Byres Road in the
West End of Glasgow sit a collection of bemused frogs
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** Hyena den is peephole on Stone Age Britain
A hyena den littered with bones from long extinct animals has been unearthed
on an English hillside, giving a rare glimpse into life in Stone Age
Britain.
** Museum chronicles the adventures of African explorers
Chanute's historic Santa Fe train depot has been renovated to house the
public library and Safari Museum
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** Sky's the limit at antique warplane show
A Bay of Pigs bomber will be one of the special aircraft on display at the
third-annual Antique, Classic and Warbird Fly-In on Saturday and Sunday at
the Weeks Air Museum
** First Flight of GRAF ZEPPELIN
On October 12, 1928, the Graf Zeppelin, the first commercial dirigible to
cross the Atlantic, embarked on its maiden voyage
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** ICOM seeks new Internet Domain for Museums
** The Visual Resources Association will hold their 19th Annual conference
** Museum for John Lennon to open in Saitama
** Melbourne Museum's Live Internet Broadcast
People all over the world can be a part of Australia's Melbourne Museum
opening festivities, performances and events at this site on Saturday 21
October.
** The 2001 Conservation Assessment Program (CAP) applications
** The New York City Museum Educators Roundtable
** Museum to Review Collections Management
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