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Dear Readers,
It has been a pleasure bringing you Global Museum these past ten years, from
the comfort on my study in New Zealand. I am relocating to Singapore over
the next few weeks and plan to be resettled by early October. This means
that the stories below will be the last offering until that date. My
apologies for those of you who enjoy our regular weekly offering - be
assured, we will return!
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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:
** Harvard gets pictures by Jack the Ripper suspect
The paintings are by impressionist Walter Sickert, who Cornwell claims in
her controversial book is the person who stalked and murdered prostitutes in
London more than a century ago
** 'Hobbit' was a disabled caveman
New analysis of the 3ft skeleton, nicknamed the "hobbit", along with other
remains found at the site, has indicated they probably belonged to an early
human suffering from microcephaly, a condition that causes an abnormally
small head and other deformities
** Kandinsky's daring artistry, nursed by a gathering rage
Very little seemed to destine this son of a Siberian tea merchant, born in
Moscow in 1866, to become a painter, let alone a leader of the German avant-
garde movement in Munich
** Exhibition on ceramic traditions of Pakistan
While the ceramic tradition of some countries has been comprehensively
documented by historiographers and photographers, the regions that make up
Pakistan have largely been overlooked
** Archaeologists find animals buried alive 1,700 years ago alongside man
Chinese archaeologists have unearthed skeletons of six animals from a tomb
that dates back 1,700 years, which they believe shows that animals used to
be buried alive to keep human beings company in the grave
** Plan to put state treasures on show
Museum Victoria director Dr Patrick Greene and his board are drawing up
plans to develop Australia's first display-oriented collections centre, to
be situated on a 4.75-hectare site now covered by old factories next to
Scienceworks
** Former Getty chairman returns part of book fees
The former board chairman of the J. Paul Getty Trust has returned nearly
$100,000 of the book deal he received to write about the history of the
famed arts institution
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** How to build a museum, Aomori style
In Aomori the contract went to Jun Aoki - one of the big names in the
current generation of Japanese architects, and the man responsible for the
Louis Vuitton stores in Omotesando and Ginza, Tokyo, among other
high-profile works
** Ancient 'exceptional' seal found
A medieval artefact found by two metal detector users in Shropshire may be
bought by the county's museum service
** $500 Million Needed to Improve Museum Security
After the Hermitage museum theft and the Yakov Chernikhov works theft, the
Russian culture minister requested around $487 million to improve security
and staff salaries at Russian museums
** Bear Breaks Into Mr. Ed's Elephant Museum
Apparently, the scent of roasted peanuts attracted the bear to the museum,
which is about 12 miles west of Gettysburg
** This Week's Horoscopes
Virgo (August 23 - September 22) Creative inspiration will strike you when
you least expect it, which could pretty much be anytime between now and
March of next year
** Museum workshops help visitors dig archaeology
Visitors will get the chance to explore Roman ruins, Scottish Viking and
Iron Age settlements during the month-long programme at the Royal Museum on
Chambers Street
** The Fun of Collecting
Around 1,000 articles of historical and contemporary significance in export
silverware, card cases, depression-era glassware and Chinese hair ornaments
will be on show at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum until April 2, 2007
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** Through a Lover's Eye or As Witness
A blockbuster exhibition at the National Gallery in Melbourne, Picasso: Love
& War 1935-1945, studies the period of Picasso's life when he was involved
with surrealist photographer Dora Maar
** MFA's new spin on pop art - Ads at $500 a pop
The museum recently started selling the heavy vinyl banners for the "David
Hockney Portraits" exhibit, which ran until May, on its Web site
** Art boom creates fertile climate for fakery
This has caused a serious crisis for public museums, because more and more
public collectors push their collections on to museums and place outrageous
conditions on the museums, while using their services
** Recovered after 20 years, £1m 'Mona Lisa of Peru'
A 1 million gold headdress - considered one of Peru's most prized artefacts
and missing for more than two decades since being looted from an
archaeological dig - has been recovered in a raid on a London law firm
** Workmen discover secret chambers
The secret living quarters belonged to John Heathcote, a man who invited the
fury of the Luddites after inventing a lace-making machine in the early
1800s
** Preservation Maryland Colleagues Workshop - "Match making:" An Insider's
Guide to Matching Grant Funds
** 2007 ARSC Conference - The 41st annual ARSC Conference in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
** Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) Conference, 15-17 December 2006,
University of Exeter.
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