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address http://www.globalmuseum.org and click on the NEWS button) in this
week's edition include:
** Welcoming cast of his hand was Pontiff's wish for museum exhibit
A bronze cast of the hand of Pope John Paul II, designed to be touched by
visitors as a sign of his greeting, is among the most personal of the
objects that will be displayed when the travelling exhibit "Saint Peter and
the Vatican: The Legacy of the Popes" comes to the Milwaukee Public Museum
in February, 2006.
** Mona Lisa gets new home in the Louvre
The Salle des Etats has been completely renovated since being closed in 2001
in a bid to provide a suitable home for Leonardo Da Vinci's portrait of the
woman with the enigmatic smile which has captured people's imaginations
through the centuries
** A great show of Hans unfolds
An ice maiden, a little mermaid and an emperor without clothes revelled with
royals and celebrities as Denmark marked the 200th birthday of Hans
Christian Andersen
** Chemists probe secrets in ancient textile dyes
Travelling along the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang Province (China), two
Boston University researchers found ancient fabrics - and hit upon a
research adventure that combined chemistry, archaeology, anthropology,
botany, and art
** Museum display traces explorers' journey west
Of all the fanciful notions that filled President Jefferson's head before
sending Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to reveal the mysteries of the
West, the idea that others would be analysing his thoughts some 200 years
later probably was not among them
** Wallace's sword is sent to do battle in America
One of Scotland's national treasures, the sword wielded by William Wallace
in battles against the English, left the country yesterday for the first
time in 700 years
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** Museum exhibits a high-tech future
High up on the Wiltshire Downs in south-west England, Wroughton Airfield is
home to one of the world's largest collections of scientific relics
** National treasure imperial tablet unearthed in Beijing
The Beijing Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage has finally
unearthed a stone tablet inscribed with Qianlong Emperor's calligraphy in a
food factory
** Faberge Egg Bought by Vekselberg Is Fake, Expert Says
Russian jewellery expert Valentin Skurlov says a Faberge egg from the Forbes
Collection sold in February 2004 to Russian oil-and-metals billionaire,
Viktor Vekselberg, is a fake
** Art Experts, Deconstructed
Verbal diarrhoea like this wouldn't matter if academic art historians gave
the impression that they used their eyes, and if the emphasis they placed on
theory weren't at the expense of what might be called the sharp-end of art
history
** Gold love ring is treasure trove
A collection of artefacts dating from the Bronze Age to the 1600s has been
declared treasure by a coroner's court in Cardiff
** Between Exhibits, a Plate of Buffalo Chilli
Richard West Jr., the museum director, said, "We decided we really wanted to
represent native contributions to American cuisine."
** Fractured Leg Bone Not The End Of Tutankhamen Mystery
Original X-rays of Tutankhamen's body, taken by scientists at the University
of Liverpool, could throw new light on the mystery of the young King's death
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** Timeless Coggeshall Farm survives modern money woes
He rises with the sun, feeds the sheep, pigs and oxen at Coggeshall Farm
Museum, lets some of the animals out of their pens to graze and then has his
breakfast before it's time to focus on the rest of his chores for the day
** This Week's Horoscopes
Libra: (Sept. 23 - Oct. 23) The proper course of future action becomes clear
this week when the stars in your sign mystically align and spell out, "You
still owe Evan 10 bucks."
** Britain Stops Export of Blake Paintings
The government's action gives any potential British buyer until May 30 to
raise the purchase price of $16.5 million to keep the watercolours in
Britain
** Indiana museum tells story of windmills
At the Mid-America Windmill Museum, 50 windmills perched atop a hill squeak
and groan as the breeze spins their blades
** Archaeologists Seek Prison Break Site
While searching for the tunnel used during an infamous 1945 prison break,
archaeologists found an intriguing potential clue: a nickel from that very
year
** The Met's Magnifying Glass on a Single Chinese Emperor's Court
When it comes to Chinese art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art can think big
or small with equal effectiveness
** Searching for answers to age old question
The world's leading palaeontologists will try to determine what caused the
extinction of Australia's megafauna 50,000 years ago
** Fetus Stolen From L.A. Museum Exhibit
The fetus, its tissues infused with polymers in a process called
plastination, which prevents decay indefinitely, was part of a travelling
display entitled "Body Worlds 2: The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human
Bodies." See the security video
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** Politics and Positioning 1-4 May 2005
** The world did not come to an end at the new millennium, but did the 20th
century museum?
** Musifications - House to Museum in Italy, 1500 to the Present Day
** Intrigue among the papers.an intimate look at The Colt Family
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