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week's edition include:
** British Museum finds relics of 39 saints after 100 years
The new medieval gallery at the British Museum is full of beautiful images
of saints in ivory, stone, gold and wood - but invisible to visitors, it
also holds the bones of 39 real saints, whose discovery came as a shock to
their curator
** Imprisoned museum head wants new deal
John S. Carter was one of the biggest white-collar criminals in Philadelphia
history, systematically looting the Independence Seaport Museum of $1.5
million to support a lavish blue-blood lifestyle of exquisite boats, pricey
paintings, expensive clothes, and elegant residences
** $100 million renovation of Israel Museum to double display space for art
and artefacts
The Israel Museum, with a collection that includes Picasso sculptures,
Chagall paintings and the Dead Sea Scrolls, is barely visible behind a
jumble of cranes dotting its campus on Jerusalem's Hill of Tranquillity
** Museum of Human Disease takes grim message to public
While the museum's jars have been the subject of scientific research and
school assignments, they may also point people in healthy directions
** Getty Ex-Curator Testifies in Rome Antiquities Trial
Ms. True was speaking in the Rome courtroom where she is on trial with the
American antiquities dealer Robert Hecht on charges of conspiracy to traffic
in antiquities looted from Italian soil
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** San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Offers Blueprint for Surviving
Economic Uncertainty
The director then took a deliberate tack of slowing the pace of exhibitions
and stretching his resources, rather than shutting down activities
** Swords and fire power add to new-look museum
A spectacular Arms and Armaments Gallery is the latest addition to the
National Museum of Colombo , under its ambitious refurbishment programme
** Stolen statue of saint and Pope tracked to couple's home in US
A 350-year-old statue of a saint and former Pope, taken from an Italian
church nearly two decades ago, has been found in the home of a North
Carolina couple who had no idea it was stolen
** A museum tested by the rain
This object was sacred for China, Egypt, India and Japan and they all
claimed responsibility for its origin
** Fraud claim over Wallace art treasures
The Wallace Collection, housed in Hertford House in London's Manchester
Square, is internationally renowned and justly proud of its works, but a new
book based on previously unseen French archives suggests that the creator of
the collection inherited the priceless works through fraud - and that France
was deprived of its share of the collection
** History extracted from teeth of Christopher ' crew
Researchers are now extracting history from the teeth of crew members
Christopher Columbus left on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola after his
second voyage to America in 1493-94
** This Week's Horoscopes
Aquarius - Jan 20 to Feb 18. Avoid staring directly at the stars this week,
as a rider in their contract forbids anyone from making eye contact with
them
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** British archaeologists examine mystery site
On a deserted stretch of coastline in the far north-west of Qatar lie the
ruins of an old fort, one of several which lie along the coast between
Zubara and Al Ruwais
** Art Collector's Version of Clue
In the game called "What Would You Decide?" players click on one of four
bug-eyed protagonists and proceed through a series of choices, few of which
have happy outcomes
** Cuban refugee raft on display at museum
The worn raft of Styrofoam and tin displayed at the House of Refuge Museum
is a symbol of the pursuit of the American dream
** Asian Civilisations Museum features Emperor Kangxi
Completed in 1718, the Kangxi dictionary is regarded as the most extensive
dictionary in the history of imperial China and is still used as a reference
today
** Alien spider too big for this dimension
A giant intergalactic spider has been exterminated from a major new Doctor
Who exhibition because the alien is too big to fit into the venue
** Castles and heritage spots don red noses for Comic Relief
Castles across the UK have been illuminated by glowing rays of light and
heritage spots nationwide have donned comical hooters as part of Red Nose
Day 2009
** Dutch to return Ghana king's head
Badu Bonsu II, leader of the Ashanti tribe, is believed to have been
decapitated in retaliation for the killing of two Dutch emissaries
** Holocaust museum to honour Japanese diplomat
Tracing his father's escape during the Holocaust, Rick Salomon found himself
drawn into the story of one of the lesser-known heroes of World War II, a
Japanese diplomat who signed thousands of visas that rescued Jews from
certain death
** Accessibility: Are You Reaching Everyone?
Los Angeles Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and
Technology (LACASIST) presents their 2009 Workshop
** Artefacts and photographs of Madam Soong Ching Ling on display at Dr Sun
Yat-sen Museum
A selection of valuable artefacts and photographs, not only demonstrate the
celebrated love between Madam Soong Ching Ling (1893-1981) and Dr Sun
Yat-sen and her love for China, but also provide a glimpse of the intimate
details of her life
** Museum Kicks Off Derby Weekend In Equine Style
On Friday, May 1st, 2009 the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft will hold the
23rd Annual Oaks Brunch fundraiser, sponsored by Hilliard Lyons, at The
Brown Hotel.
** International Museum Day 2009
AmiICOM and WFFM launch International Museum Day 2009 on "Museums and
Tourism"
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