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address http://www.globalmuseum.org and click on the NEWS button) in this
week's edition include:
** Skinned corpse show on its way
Plans are under way for a controversial exhibition featuring 25 skinned
human corpses to tour Australia
** Submarine Restoration Team Wins Award
Restoration work on a century-old submarine which had lain on on the seabed
for 69 years has landed a top conservation award
** How the Greeks jumped to it
Ancient Greek athletes knew how to make their Olympic games go with a swing
** James ossuary in 'great shape' after repairs
"We've worked extensively on the object and now it's in great shape," said
director of collections management at the museum. "It's rock solid."
** Hermitage to Open Branch in Amsterdam
The Amstelhof was built in the 17th century as a retirement home and
continues to serve this function today
** Work yields hundreds of artifacts
Everything from a gold earring to opium pipes to military buttons to an
intact wooden beer keg have come from the layers of dirt that lay for
decades under the old asphalt parking lot
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** Lunch Box Exhibit Evokes Nostalgia
The curator in charge, David H. Shayt of the National Museum of American
History, traces the origin of modern lunch boxes to the large cookie
containers and tobacco tins that workmen used a century ago
** Tickets snapped up for display of Mexican antiquity
Norman Rosenthal, the fiery exhibitions secretary of the Royal Academy,
yesterday threatened to leave Britain to work elsewhere, if the public
doesn't flock to see the Aztecs exhibition
** 'Sensuous and the Sacred' opens in D.C.
This is the first time an exhibit devoted to what are called Chola bronzes
has been assembled in the United States
** Memorabilia fraud becomes big business
American law enforcement agencies and at least one interstate police force
are investigating the fraud, which includes a number of signed items sold at
a charity auction
** Shock of old for young Chinese
Hedda Morrison's images of rickshaws, camel trains and market life are
well-known in the West, where several books of her work and its strong
modernist design have been published
** Experts in row over engraving
An expert from Te Papa says it is not a Hodges original and questions the
Russian findings
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** The Official Museum Directory 2003 (Official Museum Directory, 2003)
The new edition provides comprehensive details for more than 8,100
institutions in the U.S., including art, history, science and children's
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** New York Museum Celebrates Life of Einstein
Albert Einstein is still the hottest scientist around, nearly 100 years
after his groundbreaking discoveries helped revolutionize understanding of
the universe
** Hemingway Memorabilia To Be Preserved
The conservation plan includes restoration of a wooden power boat Hemingway
used for deep sea fishing and occasionally patrolling for German U-boat
submarines
** Museum locks away its horns
A brazen thief apparently walked away with a rhino horn worth about R50 000
after an "investment" of R7 for an entrance ticket
** Thieves take rare Newton book
Thieves have stolen a rare first edition of Isaac Newton's Principia from a
library in St Petersberg
** Greece offers art loan in exchange for Marbles
Museum director Neil MacGregor, however, said the frieze sculptures would
not leave the country
** Love Letter Gives Snapshot of Tudor Court Romance
There is nothing new about servants, royalty and scandal if a ciphered
16th-century love-letter to Queen Elizabeth I is anything to go by
** Cereal museum USA loses crackle and pop
Its interactive exhibits relating to health, marketing and the cultural
impact of cereal attracted 162,000 people in its first year
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** Designing Experience-Based Exhibits
** Using Technology to Enhance Museum Experiences
** Appeal To Assist The National Museum Of Afghanistan
** The Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Annual Lecture
** The Seattle Area Archivists Fall 2002 Meeting
** The Coca-Cola Fellowship for the Study of Advertising and World Cultures
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