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The international headlines (FOR THE FULL STORY VISIT THE WEBZINE at this
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week's edition include:
** Disclosed at last, the embedded messages that adorn museum
Five years after the National Museum of Australia was opened by the Prime
Minister, the text of the subversive messages secretly embedded in the
building has been revealed
** Art blossoms in small Gulf emirate
Over the last decade more than 25 museums and galleries have opened in
Sharjah, even though the population is a mere 600,000
** India's first computer is 'lost' by Museum
It ( the computer ) was 10 feet by 10 feet in size with a 'drum' placed
beside it, which contained its most important part - the memory
** Museums - fantastic displays or storage space?
Letters to The Times - The expense of these high-tech museums puts parents
under pressure and makes the kids whiny and grasping (why can't we go on the
airplane simulation again?)
** Ornate nut-cutters on show
The handles of the nut-cutters, used to slice areca nut for betel chewing,
are in the form of animals, birds, flowers and human beings
** FBI reopens cold case of stolen Rockwell painting
A painting by American artist Norman Rockwell that was stolen more than 30
years ago was sold in 1988, and federal officials now are trying to find out
who bought it
** Collectors enjoy lost art element in classic-car drawings
Connoisseurs of automotive art are drawn both to visionary sketches from
design studios - many of cars that never moved beyond the drawing board -
and to paintings of production models made longer, wider and shinier for
advertisements on the printed page
** Reporter Testifies at Trial of Ex-Getty Curator
In a hearing that almost turned comical because of the poor quality of the
translations of Watson's comments from English to Italian, the court
reviewed a pile of documents provided by the journalist that prosecutors
said showed the link between smugglers and top-line auction houses such as
Sotheby's. More
** Shanghai Wind Power Museum opens
The two-story museum is made up of four exhibition halls including
wind-driven power generation and the relationship between wind power and
people
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** Singing in the pain
It might seem more like tears in their eyes than Stars in their Eyes, but
this was the uncomfortable route to stardom taken by thousands of poor
families who wanted their sons to become rich and famous musical stars
** This Week's Horoscopes
Sagittarius - While pleased with the progress you've been making in your
anger-management course, you will suffer a tremendous setback this week
after realizing it's actually a basket-weaving class you've been attending
all this time
** Renovation begins on royal hall in China's Forbidden City
The grand hall, originally completed in 1420, was rebuilt after several
fires and the current structure is over 300 years old
** How Did Da Vinci Paint the Mona Lisa?
Today after decades of study, years of being snubbed by academic and museum
circles and a stubborn refusal to be sidelined, this bespectacled,
softly-spoken art enthusiast says he has the answer
** Exhibit showcases history of satire
The exhibit examines the long history of satire in the London, with over 350
images from the last three centuries
** That mummy's no daddy
She's a 45-year-old woman who apparently didn't do much manual labour,
judging by the state of the joints in her legs and hips, which show only
normal arthritis and calcification for that age
** Museum bars man who damaged vases
The man responsible for breaking three historic Qing vases at a Cambridge
museum was turned away from a private event to reveal conservation plans Now
Arrested
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** Beetles aid in global warming research
Beneath the lids of large coolers, thousands of tiny bugs devour the
desiccated flesh of mammal carcasses destined for the vast specimens
collection at the University of Alaska's Museum of the North
** Museum exhibit poles apart
Stained and smelling like sea salt and penguin poo, the Canterbury Museum's
latest Antarctica exhibition is truly the real thing
** Sunken treasure at centre of murky Indonesian scandal
Southeast Asia's richest underwater archaeological find in decades is stored
under a leaky corrugated iron roof at a stable in Indonesia's capital,
guarded by marines who claim a solitary gun between them
** Safeguarding Historic Collections Short Courses
** Preserving Photographs in a Digital World
** Museums Aotearoa Conference Showcases Trading Post
** Call for papers - Connections, Communities and Collections
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