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week's edition include:
** Museum of Contemporary Art fires chief curator
Although many people have known that Schimmel and Deitch barely spoke and
disagreed over what course the museum should take, others still expressed
surprise at Schimmel's firing
** Field Museum hopes to catch a green wave
One of the challenges is to preserve the image of a museum at the cutting
edge of research, even though it has some displays that are 50, 60 or 70
years old
** Moscow's monuments under threat
The controversial destruction of monuments has contributed to recent
anti-government protests in Russia, even though a number of preservationists
believe that Moscow's authorities are doing a better job of saving landmark
buildings under Sergei Sobyanin, who was elected as the city's mayor in
2010, than under his predecessor Yuri Luzhkov, who was notorious for
allowing historical architecture to be demolished
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** Some Prehumans Feasted on Bark Instead of Grasses
Almost two million years after their last meals, two members of a prehuman
species in southern Africa left traces in their teeth of what they had eaten
then, as well as over a lifetime of foraging
** After 28,000 years, Australia's first artists get credit for their work
at last
Examining in his laboratory a sliver of granite, which he had dug up months
earlier, Professor Barker noticed it contained finely drawn charcoal lines
that were subsequently carbon-dated to 28,000 years ago - making it more
than 10,000 years older than the country's previously oldest-known art
** Latest bugs sent to Museum for identification
It's National Insect Week and so the perfect time to take a look at the
latest bugs sent in to the Natural History Museum's Identification and
Advisory Service (IAS)
** The Exhibitionists and the National Museum Wales
Cwmni Da approached the museum back in September last year about the
possibility of working in partnership with them on a television series,
which gave members of the public access to the national art collection
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** India man sets up museum of rare musical instruments
A music lover in India's Rajasthan state has created a private museum at
home with a rare collection of more than 600 traditional musical instruments
on display
** Reflected Infrared Light Unveils Never-Before-Seen Details of
Renaissance Paintings
To refine what can be seen during the restoration process even further, a
team of Italian researchers has developed a new imaging tool that can
capture features not otherwise detectable with the naked eye or current
imaging techniques
** Custer's Beaded Leather Gauntlets Donated to Custer Battlefield Museum
The founding director of the Custer Battlefield Museum has announced that
General George Armstrong Custer's red, white, and blue beaded, buffalo hide
gauntlets, which were removed from Custer's body following the Battle of the
Little Bighorn, have been donated to the Museum's collection for permanent
display
** Swedes Find Stolen Atlas in New York
He was entrusted to guard Sweden's cultural heritage, but instead this
senior librarian spent years surreptitiously stealing and selling scores of
its rare and precious books
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** For Arts Institutions, Thinking Big Can Be Suicidal
The study, "Set in Stone," examined the cultural building boom between 1994
and 2008, when museums, performing arts centers and theaters in the United
States got swept up in new construction or major renovations
** The Olympics - ancient and modern
The Olympic Games of AD165 ended in a horribly spectacular fashion; Just a
couple of miles from the main stadium, watched by a large crowd, an old man
called Peregrinus Proteus - an ex-Christian convert, turned loud-mouthed
pagan philosopher and religious guru - jumped on to a blazing pyre to his
death
** Spies, Traitors, And Saboteurs: Fear And Freedom In America
The exhibition explores the vital question of how should the United States
balance civil liberties and individual rights during times of conflict,
crisis and fear and offers an unprecedented perspective into the stories of
espionage, treason, and deception that Americans have contended with since
the founding days of the republic
** Mysterious structure found on ancient lake - so what is it?
Archaeologists have unearthed the foundation of what appears to have been a
massive, ancient structure, possibly a bridge leading to an artificial
island, in what is now southeast Wales
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** Massive boulder art rolls into place at L.A. museum
The rock was the star as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art pulled the
covers off artist Michael Heizer's latest creation -a 308-tonne boulder
positioned to appear as though it's floating in midair
** Missing Link For Wonky-Eyed Fish Discovered
The face of a flounder, sole, halibut or other flatfish looks like a
hodgepodge of mismatched puzzle pieces forced together, with eyes that don't
seem to match one another nor the orientation of the animal's mouth
** Tea Party museum reopening in Boston, in time for election year
Perhaps it's just a coincidence, but a museum dedicated to the 1773 Boston
Tea Party that has been dormant for more than a decade is set to reopen this
week, in time for the presidential election year
** This Week's Horoscopes
Scorpio - Your radical theory about a mysterious group of cleaners who
appear at night to tidy up your office is strikingly close to the truth, but
don't worry: You're in no danger
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** A Shipwreck as a Portal for an Aquarium Exhibit
Plans call for a main tank that will house 115 native species of fish and 25
species of shark, including white-tip, nurse and sand tiger, and a smaller
tank depicting a "typical" shipwreck to illustrate the state's industrial
past and its biological present
** From the donkey thief to the drunk who wouldn't leave the pub
Records of more than 67,000 Victorian criminals, detailing crimes ranging
from petty theft and drunkenness to arson and murder, have been published
online
** Bridges and Boundaries: Reframing Professional Education for Museums +
Heritage
ICTOP Annual Conference, Amsterdam Sept. 13-15, 2012
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** Home and Hearth: Regional Museums and Gastronomic Heritage
ICR annual conference in Serbia 22-29 September 2012
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