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week's edition include:
** Guggenheim man 'embezzled funds'
The chief financial officer of Spain's Guggenheim museum has confessed to
embezzling almost half a million euros in funds, museum directors have said
** Anzac treasure found in Bendigo
The unique material includes hundreds of film negatives more than 90 years
old that had been stored in an old biscuit tin in a garage since the end of
World War I
** Swiss kill one of last two wild bears
The stuffed body of its brother, lovingly called Bruno by Germans, has been
stuffed and was recently placed in a Munich museum
** Last Parthenon marbles threatened by pollution
A senior Greek archaeologist warned this week that the last original
sculptures still adorning the Parthenon, Athens' iconic ancient temple, face
a major pollution threat and must be removed to a museum
** Museum Houses Oklahoma Bombing Evidence
A twisted scrap of metal that was once the rear axle housing of a Ryder
rental truck is a reminder of the deadly truck bomb that ripped open the
Oklahoma City federal building almost 13 years ago
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** Museum announces 'poisonous' exhibit
"Venom" will explain the difference between poison and venom, educate
visitors on the poisons in their home and give a brief history of poison and
uses of poison in the world
** New Museum Offers the Official Line on Tibet
The historical relationship between Tibet and China is replete with claims,
disputes and caveats but the ruling Communist Party does not hesitate to
eliminate any uncertainty and use history as a political tool to validate
its hold on Tibet
** For you, Colditz, the war is over
They burrowed like moles, made a glider out of bed sheets, hid in laundry
sacks, and abseiled down the steep walls of a fortress that was supposed to
keep the most troublesome British captives under lock and key
** Doctor is an example of art's malady
A greatly unappreciated problem in the debate about high and low culture is
that the popular, as much as the traditional, is damaged by the pernicious
influence of assuming the audience are stupid and need spoon-feeding
** Grenade kills one at genocide museum
A grenade thrown by an unknown attacker has killed a policeman guarding
Rwanda's genocide museum in a rare attack in the central African nation
still mourning the 1994 ethnic slaughter
** Head of Smithsonian Latino Centre resigned after probe
The head of the Smithsonian Latino Centre resigned after an investigation
found she abused her expense account to fund her extravagant use of spas,
luxury hotels and frequent limousine rides, according to a report released
by the institution
** Newly restored Goyas on show at Prado exhibition
The show is one of several events planned in Spain to commemorate the 200th
anniversary of the start of the 1808-1814 War of Independence against France
and a popular uprising in Madrid against Napoleon's troops on May 2, 1808
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** Stolen rhino horns could be deadly
Two 19th century rhino horns stolen from a South African museum could be
deadly if sold as a popular aphrodisiac because they are drenched in poison
** This Week's Horoscopes
Taurus April 20 to May 20 - The brown-throated sloth often emits a loud,
shrill screech during mating season, which explains why so many of them will
gather at your recital next week.
** Police arrest 20 for plundering treasures
A gang allegedly responsible for the plunder and sale of thousands of
archaeological items has been arrested and suspected booty including Roman
and Stone Age pieces seized
** Baby mammoth reveals ancient secrets
Russian scientists say they have obtained the most detailed pictures so far
of the insides of a prehistoric animal, with the help of a baby mammoth
called Lyuba found immaculately preserved in the Russian Arctic
** Ere Babylon was dust
Archaeologists show that Babylon was a centre of innovation, regarding
itself as "the cosmic city", with a history stretching back to the third
millennium BC and lasting until the death of Alexander the Great in Babylon
in 323 BC
** Is new D.C. landmark a museum or news-oleum?
So, is this where an industry goes to die, a gleaming seven-level,
23,225-square-metre mausoleum in the shadow of Capitol Hill?
** Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute Salutes Power of Superheroes
Imagery in Fashion
Gala Benefit May 5, 2008
** Singapore's Newest Museum Opens
Showcasing the finest and most comprehensive Peranakan collection in the
world
** Conservation in Context
Projects, Money, Deadlines, Science and Heritage Projects in Conservation
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