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week's edition include:
** Architecture museum lays off staff
The Canadian Centre for Architecture, the pioneering Montreal museum founded
in 1989 by architect-activist Phyllis Lambert, fired 42 of its 160 staff
yesterday
** Rembrandt's Hidden Self-Portrait Sees Light of Day
The 1634 self-portrait - concealed for more than 300 years beneath a
painting of a Russian aristocrat by an unknown artist - was displayed for
the first time at the Rembrandt museum
** The mystery of the 'Poe Toaster'
In a nearby, drafty old church, 16 people feel the chilly air penetrate
almost to the bone as they huddle near arched windows, pressing their noses
against the freezing glass
** Exhibit on Nazi Art Looting Canceled
The photos likely would have included pictures of Adolf Hitler examining
looted art works and pictures of the places where Nazis stored such
treasures
** Police Bust Naked Man At Museum
He wasn't exactly the caped crusader, but police in Bakersfield said that a
cape was about the only thing a man was wearing
** Fossil find stirs human debate
Remains from the Sterkfontein Caves near Johannesburg suggest our ancestors
were less chimp-like than we thought
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** Rare china cat poised to make £30,000
The little pottery cat had used up several lives, and all the glaze on its
ears, sitting on a mantelpiece in Warwickshire
** Gujarat museum still roofless 2 years after quake
With birds flitting from room to room, the Aina Mahal - or Palace of
Mirrors - museum is still without a roof
** Stolen Matisse Shocks Venezuela Museum
The 1925 painting of a topless, raven-haired woman kneeling on a floor was
stolen as long as two years ago and replaced by an imitation
** Enter the dragon
Melbourne's Chinese Museum has taken delivery of a new dragon in time for
today's Chinese New Year
** Treasury puts $30m price tag on treaty
A consultant to Sotheby's who specialises in Western manuscripts, Dr
Christopher de Hamel, had the job of assessing its value
** Largest-ever Incas exhibit at the Peabody
On the high-tech side, there is a three-dimensional model of Machu Picchu as
well as an interactive computer walkthrough
** Rubens masterpieces reveal cost-cutting skill
The Flemish painter economised on the cost of models by recycling several of
from one work to another
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** Experts Hail 'Major Archaeological Discovery' in China
Preliminary research showed the bronze pieces belonged to a family with the
surname of "Shan" believed to have lived during the reign of King Zhouxuan
in the Western Zhou Dynasty
** Lions developing a taste for humans
The duo conducted a comprehensive review of scientific literature, game
department records, unpublished journals and museum specimens
** 'My holidays in the axis of evil'
Iraq should be popular as Egypt as a tourist destination; it's got the
Garden of Eden, the first ever city, the Hanging Gardens, yet hardly anyone
visits
** Bravo to Ford Museum for Rosa Parks exhibit
The 1948 public-transit vehicle was hardly what one would call a classic
automobile - it was rusty and dented
** Museum foundation to promote junior golf
The non-profit foundation was established in 2000 in an effort to create a
golf museum of international stature in the Coachella Valley of southern
California
** Following the Wright Brothers
But their test flights carry something of a warning: while the Wrights'
plane was a work of genius, it was terribly unstable in the air
** Singletons unite for love fest
1,500 men and women singletons packed into the Vinopolis wine museum in
Southwark for Chemistry, Britain's biggest ever dating party
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** Ringing In the Visitors
Due to high demand, The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy - The
Exhibition has been extended until 30 March 2003.
** The Museum as a 'Firm': from Conservation of Value to Creation of Values
** Disaster Preparedness
** Authentic Places and Memorials as an Open-Air Museum
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