Welcome back to GLOBAL MUSEUM, your award-winning & free webzine compendium, read weekly by 7,400 readers in more than 110 countries *** "As far as I am concerned it is the best source for museum professionals in search of employment " *** Free Online subscription. http://www.globalmuseum.org 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 facing allegations PNG artefacts were stolen Officials at San Francisco's M-H de Young Museum are examining a collection of rare tribal artefacts from Papua New Guinea to determine if they were stolen from the impoverished island nation ** Researchers probe ghost sightings on ship A five-member team from the Rhode Island Paranormal Research group visited Mystic Seaport on Friday night to spend time on the Charles W. Morgan, a wooden whaling ship where several visitors have reported seeing the apparition ** Visit to museum a sobering experience In 1993 the National Museum of Chernobyl in Kiev, Ukraine, opened its doors to welcome visitors and tell them the story of the world's worst nuclear-power disaster ** Jason's 'Argo' to be recreated in Greece Shipbuilders in the small Greek port of Volos are struggling with handmade tools and methods used millennia ago to recreate the Argo, the legendary vessel of Jason and the Argonauts ** Canada's 'unique treasures' gather dust Thousands of artefacts showcasing Canada's achievements in science and technology are gathering dust in rented warehouses while the Canada Science and Technology Museum waits for the government's green light to build a new museum ** Stolen art haul worth £80 million The true value of art and antiques stolen from property tycoon Harry Hyams' country mansion is believed to be £50 million higher than was first estimated ** Ceramic works of Renaissance remain vivid today Inspired by Islamic-produced wares from the Ottoman Empire, Maiolica ceramics emerged in Europe during the Renaissance ** Cool job - Art museum registrar Matthew Leininger grew up hearing his mother imploring him not to touch items on store shelves ** Monet talks But what is it that's so appealing, so comforting, about waterlilies and poppy fields, about hazily rendered girls with big hats and flouncy cuffs? ________________________________________________________________ **** GREAT FARES & DEALS FOR 2006! **** MUSEUM-TRAVELLER.COM - Global Museum's Travel Service For Business and Pleasure - the leading provider of online museum travel, established in 1998. 40,000 in over 8,000 cities worldwide. 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Provider is a member of I.A.T.A. ________________________________________________________________ ** Modern building rises in heart of ancient Rome Renowned U.S. architect Richard Meier was on hand for the inauguration of the Ara Pacis museum, a steel, glass and marble structure that has fired Roman passions with one critic comparing it to a giant petrol station ** State museum to return sacred Kenyan artefact A kigango, the singular of vigango, generally is not erected immediately after someone in the Gohu Society dies, but after there is ill fortune in the household of the deceased male ** Skeletons reveal secrets of 9,000-year-old dentistry Treatment was carried out in an area of what is now Pakistan, using tiny, flint-tipped wooden drills, that rotated at about 20 times a second, say scientists who reconstructed the implements ** $15 million super museum for MCG This will make the MCG not only the greatest arena in Australia, but the greatest historical sports trust in Australia and one of the greatest tourist attractions ** This Week's Horoscopes Aquarius January 20 - February 18. Your 10-hour shift would go by a lot faster if you didn't keep looking up at the clock every five minutes, but as head surgeon, it's your responsibility to record the time of death of patients. ** Oldest FA Cup presented to museum The oldest surviving FA Cup trophy, made for the 1896 final, is to be handed to the National Football Museum in Preston ** Death camp museum cancels rock opera plans The museum at former Nazi death camp Majdanek in Poland has cancelled plans to host a production of Jesus Christ Superstar after criticism of the idea ________________________________________________________________________ GLOBAL PANDEMIC NEWS - live news feeds & information on the spread of Bird Flu" http://www.pandemic-news.info ________________________________________________________________________ ** Broken hearts welcome, and spare limbs too Zagreb's new Museum of Broken Relationships houses love letters, engagement rings, massage oils, a scooter and even an artificial leg ** Stolen cannon turns up in storage A 200-year-old cannon reported stolen from outside a Hampshire military barracks has been found after a council admitted it had been put into storage ** Nazi secret files open After decades of refusal, German Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries announced her country would work with the US to open the World War II archives ** DNA Technologies for Chinese Herbs Authentication ** ACA Workshop - Awareness And Advocacy ** NYCMER Annual Conference - Changing Communities, Changing Museums: Educators Respond All this and more for you at Global Museum - See the latest museum JOBS, BOOKSHOP, RESOURCES, HOT JOB TIPS, great people posting their RESUMES, FORUM, Cheap and reliable WORLD TRAVEL, Podcasts, Museum Accredited Courses, Products & Services. http://www.globalmuseum.org First published on the Web in 1998 and going strong! 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