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The international headlines (FOR THE FULL STORY VISIT THE WEBZINE at this
address http://www.globalmuseum.org and click on the NEWS button) in this
week's edition include:
** Fire menaces art treasures
Curators must assess effect on stored works but firefighters hope major
damage averted
** Capt Cook beaten to NZ by Chinese eunuch
He claims the Chinese found New Zealand before the Europeans, citing as
evidence a very old Chinese ship wreck at Dusky Sound in Fiordland found 200
years ago
** Tate signs up Chinese artist
The Thames is at last to witness a fireworks display to erase the
embarrassing memory of Peter Mandelson's River of Fire
** U.N. to conserve statues
An effort has started in Afghanistan to preserve the little that remains of
two ancient Buddhas destroyed last year by the Taliban.
** That's one very old dildo
A 2,000-year-old sex aid for women has gone on show in a Hong Kong display
of relics from China's Han Dynasty
** Turbulent priest's gown rediscovered
A cleric's gown, worn by a radical poet priest and friend of Robert Burns,
has been returned to the Buchan church where he worshipped 200 years ago
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** Taiwan to return thousand-year stone Buddha head to Chinese mainland
A precious thousand-year-old stone Buddha head will be returned to its
historic roots in Chinese mainland's Shandong Province
** Broken Wing Pelican Tried Walking South
A white pelican rescued from the cold North this week had a broken wing, but
its sense of direction appeared to be fine
** Literature museum goes into cyberspace
Unlike other institutions, visitors to this new museum don't need to have a
map, know the nearest station or a regular address
** Smithsonian Looks at Black Photography
Divided into three sections, the show features more than 300 images by 120
black photographers, from the early 19th century to present
** Humanizing the Aztecs: a dazzling show
Even three centuries later, when interest in Mexico's pre-Columbian
civilizations revived, it was the Maya, not the Aztecs, who were most
admired
** Bratislava art museum opens
The gallery space in the Mirbach Palace was mostly in darkness, with the
abstract transparent acrylic Water Sculptures that Fleischmann lit up like
jewels
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** Britain to Keep Michaelangelo Drawing
The British government on Thursday blocked the export of an early drawing by
Michelangelo, saying it didn't want the important work of art to be sold
abroad
** Te Papa Asks "Freeloaders" To Pay Up
Te Papa has put its hand out to local councils, asking them to make a
greater contribution to its running costs
** New AMMI exhibit explores digital culture
This hands-on gallery space presenting 15 new media works will allow museum
visitors to interact with the latest in real-time digital moving images
** Cuban leader Fidel Castro visits Ecuador for art inauguration
Castro was a friend of Guayasamin, whose unfinished Chapel of Mankind museum
in Quito is to officially open on Friday
** Enormous Irish Temple Discovered Underground
Museums should stop spending untold sums of money on jagged glass monoliths,
too-new sculptures and exhibits of dubious provenance
** This Week's Horoscopes:
Libra: (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): Much to your consternation, you discover that it
takes more than nudity, llamas, and gin to scandalize the British consulate
** Sheep exhibition could be big in Japan
A sheep-based tourist attraction called Ewe-phoria is set to become big in
Japan
** Big-time burglary at watch museum
Burglars made off with several million pounds worth of watches and jewels
from the Swiss watch museum in Geneva
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** New Travelling Folk Ceramic Exhibit Available
** Campaign To Save Odeon Takes Off Online
** 2003 Visual Understanding in Education Institutes
** Preservation and Access for Electronic College and University Records
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