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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:
** Museum Ethics Inquiry 'Travesty'
A state inquiry into science ethics allegations at the New Mexico Museum of
Natural History and Science was one-sided and, therefore, inadequate, a
group of scientists said in a formal response sent to state officials
** Eskisehir Museum to get a new face
Turkey's Eskisehir Archaeological Museum, the restoration of which started
in 2001 but was halted two years later due to a lack of funds, will be
demolished and rebuilt by a sponsor company
** Beef ban leaves cow art in a pickle
A cow preserved in formaldehyde, one of British artist Damien Hirst's most
famous works, ran into an unlikely obstacle on its way to a Tokyo museum:
Japan's import ban on British beef.
** Soviet space shuttle chugs up the Rhine
Three Rhine barges are hauling a former Soviet space shuttle on a roughly
600 km journey up the river to a museum in western Germany because the
spacecraft is too unwieldy to be transported in any other way
** Blasphemous Works Removed from Atheist's Exhibition in Vienna Cathedral
Museum
The work that drew the most complaints was the painting of the Last Supper
that depicted Christ and his Apostles in a homos*xual *rgy
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** Burke & Wills artefact unearthed in the Australian outback
Almost 150 years after they set off on their ill fated journey to try to
cross the continent the legend of Burke & Wills continues to fascinate
historians
** Scientists find bizarre lungless frog
Scientists first saw one of these frogs 30 years ago, but due to their
rarity, just one other specimen had been collected since then and neither
had been dissected
** Archaeologists start Stonehenge dig
Some of England's most sacred soil was disturbed Monday for the first time
in more than four decades as archaeologists worked to solve the enduring
riddle of Stonehenge: When and why was the prehistoric monument built?
** Fire guts historic Quebec armoury
One of the most historic buildings in Canada's Quebec City has collapsed
after being swept by a massive fire
** Beware falling grapes! The signs that are driving France round the bend
Two other incomprehensible signs indicate that you are approaching "a museum
certified as a Museum of France" and "the entrance area of a sensitive
natural space".
** Museum sued over "loss" of Iwo Jima photos
A man is suing a New York museum claiming it lost several of his Second
World War-era photographs, including the famous shot of the U.S. flag being
raised on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima
** Thousands sign up to save Museum
The Shire horses are just stunning so it would be such a shame if one big
American company which doesn't seem to care about local heritage, sold them
off
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** A colossal private sale by the heirs of a dealer
In what experts described as the largest private sale of art ever, the heirs
of the legendary dealer Ileana Sonnabend have parted with some $600 million
worth of paintings and sculptures in two transactions to cover their estate
taxes
** This Week's Horoscopes
Cancer June 22 to July 22 - While no man controls his own destiny, a little
self-restraint might keep you from ending up inside that bakery three nights
a week
** Museum storage areas flooded
Scores of artefacts stored in a transport repair area and nearby garage at
the Otago Settlers Museum were damaged after a water main burst and water
flowed inside
** Thieves strip museum's wiring
Copper thieves have mined the electrical system of a regional coal museum
and caused thousands of dollars in damage
** Talking To Mona
Only in Korea - A new exhibit of talking art works feature in this video
** Marie-Antoinette watch unveiled in Basel - just 200 years late
Time waits for no man, or woman - even a queen, as Marie-Antoinette found to
her cost amid the tumult of the French Revolution in the late eighteenth
century
** Assessing and Managing Risks to Your Collections
An Interactive Training Workshop
** The Necessity of Making the Invisible Visible: The Role of Museums in
Formal Education
The Smithsonian Centre for Education and Museum Studies
** Museums, tourism and the visitor experience
Rotorua, New Zealand - 24-28 November 2008
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