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In this week's bumper edition of GLOBAL MUSEUM:
** Pie in face mars museum opening day
The successful opening of Melbourne Museum was marred when Premier Steve
Bracks was hit in the face with a cream pie by a man claiming to represent
S11 protesters (see also the two stories below)
** Museum fails to get extra $10m
Museum director George MacDonald said the government's decision was not the
end of the world. "We wanted $10 million more (in annual funding), we felt
it justified more, but we have to cut our cloth to fit now," Dr MacDonald
said
** Cultural icons have their day at new museum
Gone are the rows of stuffed animals - with the notable exception of a horse
that won a few races during the Depression
** Gladiators and Caesars, the power of spectacle in ancient Rome
A breathtaking exhibition illustrates the power and attraction of
spectacular mass entertainment in the Roman world
** The Winnie The Pooh Museum
There are no admission fees to this online museum, but for every visitor
Pooh gets a tiny bit of hunny. Hear a Tiggersong
** Oldest lunar calendar identified
What could be the oldest lunar calendar ever created has been identified on
the walls of the famous, prehistoric caves at Lascaux in France
** Global Museum's Web Site of the Week
Black Hills Institute fossil and mineral preparation techniques are
recognized worldwide, as the best work of this kind, done anywhere. Their
site offers many of their more common original fossils for sale, as well as
high quality replicas of their finest material.
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** To Ur is Human - Exhibit Digs Deep Into Ancient City
Because Ur was one of the very first cities, dating to the beginnings of
recorded history, the contents of the royal tombs are also among the most
scientifically valuable in archeology
** Moving Buildings
A study of issues surrounding moving buildings of heritage value for use in
outdoor museums in Queensland, Australia
** If They Mated? ( Genetic modification gone mad! )
They possess computer technology so sophisticated it could be used to help
cure cancer or bring about world peace, but they're using it for this. See
what could happen, "If They Mated."
** Leaving Las Vegas, a saved treasure makes its debut
Sealed in a stainless-steel and glass case, the nugget will be shown at the
South Australian Museum for two months, then in Canberra in March at the
Gold and Civilisation exhibition at the new National Museum
** Ancient Canoes' Antiquity Confirmed
The Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research confirmed the canoes range
from 500 to 5,000 years old, with most built between 3,000 and 5,000 years
ago
** Tate success
More than three million people have visited the new Tate Modern art gallery
in its first 165 days. It had been forecast to attract two million in its
entire first year
** Large number of dinosaur prints found in South Korea
The largest number of dinosaur footprints ever found in South Korea have
been discovered on four islands off the country's southern coast
** Secret World of the Forbidden City: Splendors from China's Imperial
Palace
A magnificent exhibition that allows a rare glimpse of the opulence and
historical heritage of the Chinese imperial court under the Qing Dynasty
(1644 - 1911).
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** Mystery collector gives away masterpieces
A mysterious art collector has donated more than 100 of the world's greatest
works of art to France
** Smithsonian breaks ground on Air and Space annex
The Smithsonian Institution broke ground Wednesday on a 710,000- square-foot
building that will showcase 200 aircraft and 100 space artifacts
** New ROM director shares bold vision
William Thorsell, who was appointed head of Canada's largest museum four
months ago, wants to strip away decades of alterations that have left the
original galleries a dark shadow of their former selves
** Looted Treasures Returned to Italy
The single biggest cache (300 amphora, vases, terra cotta statues and other
objects) had been smuggled into the United States by a U.S. citizen using a
pasta import company as cover
** New Library Rising in Alexandria
It has been over 2,000 years since scholars at this city's ancient library
calculated the circumference of the Earth, isolated the function of the
heart and came up with the concept of leap year
** The Digital Divide: Museums and Libraries Meet the Needs Through
Digitization
3rd Annual Colorado Digitization Project Leadership Seminar
** 3 Day UCLA Extension Course in Document Imaging - Document Management:
Summer, Fall 2000, Winter 2001
** Third Conference on Partnership Opportunities for Federally Associated
Collections
** Exhibits Workshop
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The results of GLOBAL MUSEUM'S CAPTION CONTEST ! Plus a new challenge
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** Two new travelling exhibitions, funded by the MAP (Museum aid program
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New Book featured: "Caring for Your Family Treasures: Heritage Preservation"
Few of us think to preserve our family treasures until it's too late. Now,
this practical guide shows just how to safeguard cherished photo albums, a
fragile wedding dress, antique furniture, and numerous other precious family
heirlooms for future generations.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0810929090/drdrumsnotforpro
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** RITUAL, RECEPTION, RESPONSE: THE VILLA OF THE MYSTERIES REVISITED
** 8th Surrey Tourism Group Forum
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