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week's edition include:
** Getting the picture, China bans portrait auction
In China, an outcry over the sale of a painting of the late leader shows he
is still widely respected, despite being officially "30 per cent" wrong
** Where can we see a live Mammoth?
The bones, teeth and giant curving tusks of woolly mammoths can be found in
abundance in Alaska, and the fossils of the elephant-like beasts are
routinely - if not always legally - turned into jewellery and other curios
** Smithsonian balks at call for entry fee for museums, zoo
Free admission to the Smithsonian Institution's museums and National Zoo
stands out in the District, where everything has its price
** Psychiatric museum houses unusual items
It's one of two such museums in the country and houses such items as "Bath
of Surprise," a giant patient treadmill and the "Tranquilizer Chair."
** Indonesian quake causes "extensive" damage to ancient heritage
The land around Yogyakarta is also home to Borobudur, Kalasan, Sari and
other holy temples, constructed by the rulers of the ancient Javanese
kingdoms
** Croesus's broach, coin, smuggled to New York and returned to Turkey, are
fakes
At least two pieces from the treasure of King Croesus that had been
plundered from Turkey, displayed at the Metropolitan Museum in New York,
then returned to Turkey after a long legal battle, have been stolen and
replaced with fakes, Turkey's culture and tourism minister has confirmed.
Museum boss detained over fakes
** War heroes at heart of new museum
When the museum, the National Purple Heart Hall of Honour, opens in
November, visitors will be able to search out facts and stories about
soldiers wounded or killed
** Ms Magdalen Condemns The Da Vinci Code
She did not dismiss the possibility of filing a lawsuit and said she would
be calling 1-800-Lawyers to inquire about her rights
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** Success for tin mining museum bid
Geevor is a key element of the bid to gain World Heritage Site status for a
network of mining sites spanning the length and breadth of Cornwall and West
Devon
** Estrada builds his tomb at spectacular museum
Former president Joseph Estrada has built his tomb in a 30 million peso
museum and library on his 19-hectare estate in suburban Rizal, where he has
been held under house arrest for a $78 million plunder two years ago
** New Singapore art-science museum a key part of successful Sands bid
Safdie, who designed the National Gallery of Canada and the new Holocaust
History Museum at Israel's Yad Vashem memorial, said his 6-million square
foot (560,000 sq. meters) design represented "the spirit of Singapore."
** Hobbit Species Discovery Challenged
The surprising discovery of bones heralded as a new, hobbit-like human
species may turn out to have simply been the remains of a human suffering
from a genetic illness that causes the body and brain to shrink, according
to researchers challenging the original report
** Defusing an ugly incident
On the eve of the opening of the King Tut exhibit at the Field Museum last
week, Egypt's bombastic chief of the modestly named Supreme Council of
Antiquities demanded that Rowe turn over the sarcophagus to the Field Museum
or Egypt would sever ties with the museum for all time, and withdraw its
support of the Tut exhibit
** Beijing Capital Museum opens with call for better Chinese exhibition
spaces
The cultural relics housed in the museum recorded the 500,000-year human
history of Beijing, the city's 3,000-year history and its eight centuries as
the capital of China
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** Museum drowns in sprinkler mishap
A fire sprinkler went off and sprayed water for 10 to 15 minutes into the
upstairs art gallery at the museum, said the finance/operations officer for
the Benton County Historical Society
** Mercedes-Benz car museum opens in Stuttgart
DaimlerChrysler said the showcase, set to attract 1 million visitors
annually, was the world's biggest automotive museum
** Museum drops honouree for his Nazi past
The New Mexico Museum of Space History has removed an honouree from its hall
of fame after revelations about his Nazi past
** Museum rolls out remote working
The Natural History Museum is introducing teleworking technology to allow
employees to work remotely
** Brutal lives of Stone Age Britons
A survey of British skulls from the early part of the New Stone Age, or
Neolithic, shows societies then were more violent than was supposed
** Passionate Pursuits - History in the Collector's Eye
** Morris Museum presents sculptures by New Jersey artist
** Directors Forum
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