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In the headlines this week:
** Dig Finds Pieces of Lives From Earliest Days of Presidio
Archeologists unearth pottery, toys and other personal items from the
Spanish era and the Civil War period
** View Western masters in out-of-the-way Naruto
Michelangelo's famous fresco, The Last Judgement, was the last thing that I
had expected to see in Japan, least of all in an out-of-the-way city such as
Naruto
** CIDOC 2000 - Sharing Heritage Knowledge for the New Millenium
August 22 to 26, 2000 in Ottawa, Canada.
** Exhibit explores historic disaster
The biggest disaster in Chicago's history was the sinking of the Eastland
in the Chicago River 85 years ago
** Family icon, wedding sari to be presented to Indian Museum
A priceless icon of Lord Vishnu, which used to be a household deity for
generations of a family in Dhaka, will now grace the Indian Museum in
Calcutta
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** Queue long and prosper
Star Trek fans are often dismissed as cranks, but the Science Museum is
hunting out the cream of the crop to help the public understand space age
technology
** The Diamond Makers
Science has finally found a way to replicate in a few days something that
nature has taken millions of years to produce - diamonds
** Caruso sings on at a museum shrine
The music from the antique jukebox that fills the Enrico Caruso Museum in a
small New York house endures around the world
** An Irishman's Diary
"Do they ever come back?" I asked the curator of the Occupation Museum in St
Helier, the capital of the Channel Islands
** Scotland's finest goes on show
An important exhibition of one of Britain's finest art collections starts
today at the Takashimaya department store in Nihonbashi, Tokyo
** In the Line of Fire
The firefighters see only holes in the ground, a pile of rocks or scribbles
on cliff walls. Their companions see something else: The remains of dry
wells, an ancient dwelling, petroglyphs from the past
** London, the stolen art capital of the world, dealers in human remains
and Nazi loot
Britain must introduce a series of measures to combat the growing trade in
illegal artefacts, from the robbing of archaeological sites in the
developing world to the return of objects stolen by the Nazis
** Raja Permaisuri Agong Visits Dress Exhibition
Raja Permaisuri Agung Tuanku Siti Aishah is fascinated by a 19th century
Uzbekistan dress while visiting the Islamic Arts Museum in Kuala Lumpur
** Achieving Excellence: Museum Leadership In the 21st century
September 6-9, 2000 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. A collaborative conference
presented by Intercom, ICOM and CMA
** Stick picked up on dune revealed as rare artifact
Scott McCracken fetched up a rare historic artifact while playing with his
dog last weekend atop a Summer Bay sand dune
** The Professional Wrestling Online Museum
take a tour through the history of professional wrestling, looking at heroes
and villians of the past and future. CLICK to hear Brutus Beefcake in person
!
** Six die in search for Japanese war loot
Six Thai treasure hunters, searching for gold loot believed to have been
buried by occupying Japanese troops in World War Two, have been found dead
** Magnetic shows drawing visitors to San Francisco
With a historic blockbuster exhibition at the Asian Art Museum and unusually
strong shows luring crowds to the city's other three major art museums, the
summer of 2000 looks like one of the most appealing in years
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** Cloning Sheep
The world's scientific community is reeling in the wake of Monday's
announcement that scientists at the University of Guadalajara have
successfully copied a picture of a sheep
** On Gold Mountain
The Autry Museum has developed an exceptional exhibition - the largest of
its kind - exploring the history of the Chinese in America from the 1790s to
the present
** Beware: a hungry, flesh-eating robot called Chew Chew
Could the future of robotics be a toy train with a taste for flesh?
** Museum Computer Network Conference
Don't miss the Museum Computer Network conference at the Four Seasons Hotel
in Las Vegas, NV, September 6-9.
** Museum Principles and Practices Principles and Practices in Heritage
Conservation
** THIRD CONFERENCE on PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES for FEDERALLY ASSOCIATED
COLLECTIONS November 13- 15, 2000 Austin, Texas
** International Museum Day, 18 May 2001
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