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week's edition include:
** Split on Las Vegas Mob Museum idea
Locals may have concerns, but tourists appear eager to see a historic
downtown building converted into a tribute to the history of organized crime
** Rare Religious Books Stolen in Utah Found
Police have arrested a man and recovered 11 of 13 rare religious books
stolen from the Daughters of Utah Pioneers museum
** Greek villa cache suspected hub for artefact smugglers
Police and archaeologists are searching through hundreds of ancient relics
discovered in a luxury villa on a tiny Greek island that some say could have
been the hub of a huge antiquities smuggling racket for years
** Thrilled to get 'Smasher'
When you're in the museum business, achieving a new connection to history is
like a child getting a shiny new bike for Christmas
** Museum claims to offer 1st digital docents
The museum, located in Ueno Park, Tokyo, will place electronic tags on its
exhibits, which include Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" and Claude Monet's
"Water Lilies," which will provide information on the works via mobile
electronic terminals
** More than 70 Munch works are missing
Conservators at an Oslo museum say they can't locate more than 70 paintings
by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch needed for a comprehensive catalogue of
his works
** Museum sparks controversy over children's sex education
China's first private sex museum in Shanghai has sparked a row over plans to
encourage admission to young people and public statements on sex education
for children.
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** U.S. admits military damaged Babylon ruins
Col. John Coleman, former chief of staff for the 1st Marine Expeditionary
Force in Iraq, said that if the head of the Iraqi antiquities board wanted
an apology, and "if it makes him feel good, we can certainly give him one."
** Fossils fill gap in human lineage
Fossil hunters have found remains of a probable direct ancestor of humans
that lived more than four million years ago
** Smithsonian hopes new collection can 'make sense of a mess' called
Katrina
Trudging through the hurricane-devastated Gulf Coast last fall, David Shayt,
a curator with the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American
History, searched for artefacts that would preserve the story of Hurricane
Katrina
** Into Africa: British Museum's reply to ownership debate
A circumcision mask from western Kenya and a headdress made from human hair
from Uganda are among 140 artefacts from the British Museum that have gone
on show in Nairobi - the first time the museum has lent objects to Africa
** China Digs Into Mystery of Missing Peking Man Fossils
Despite long odds, a new committee hopes to track down the artefacts, which
disappeared in 1941 amid a backdrop of war and intrigue
** This Week's Horoscopes
Virgo August 23 - September 22. During your visit to Guatemala this week,
you will uncover a series of frightening Mayan tribal masks, all of which
date back to the late 1980s and bear an uncanny resemblance to former
president Ronald Reagan.
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** MoMA Gives Tours for Alzheimer's Sufferers
Similar types of programs are in place at other museums, such as the Museum
of Fine Arts in Boston and the Bruce Museum of Arts and Science in
Greenwich, Conn
** Da Vinci's genius on show
The notebooks even contain a grocery list and a lament about the effects of
drinking too much wine
** Museum and pub open for business
An artefact possibly used by monks for an illicit tipple is among objects on
display for the first time at a 12th Century abbey
** Restoration complete for Star-Spangled original
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has announced that the
eight-year project to conserve the original Star-Spangled Banner is complete
** Smithsonian's Showtime deal under fire
Hundreds of filmmakers, TV executives and academics are demanding the
Smithsonian Institution end its joint venture with Showtime Networks
** Civilization museum to welcome Beijing treasures
The Canadian Museum of Civilization, in partnership with the National Museum
of China, have announced that a new exhibition, Treasures from Beijing,
would bring artefacts never before been seen outside China to the Gatineau,
Que., institution
** Exhibition of Modern Tapestries Weaves Together Old and New
** Major Maya Exhibition at Metropolitan in June
** Treasures on Paper from the Lloyd: Plants and Fungi
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