Welcome back to GLOBAL MUSEUM, your award-winning & free webzine compendium, read weekly by 7,400 readers in more than 121 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 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dear Readers, It has been a pleasure bringing you Global Museum these past ten years, from the comfort on my study in New Zealand. I am relocating to Singapore over the next few weeks and plan to be resettled by early October. This means that the stories below will be the last offering until that date. My apologies for those of you who enjoy our regular weekly offering - be assured, we will return! ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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: ** Harvard gets pictures by Jack the Ripper suspect The paintings are by impressionist Walter Sickert, who Cornwell claims in her controversial book is the person who stalked and murdered prostitutes in London more than a century ago ** 'Hobbit' was a disabled caveman New analysis of the 3ft skeleton, nicknamed the "hobbit", along with other remains found at the site, has indicated they probably belonged to an early human suffering from microcephaly, a condition that causes an abnormally small head and other deformities ** Kandinsky's daring artistry, nursed by a gathering rage Very little seemed to destine this son of a Siberian tea merchant, born in Moscow in 1866, to become a painter, let alone a leader of the German avant- garde movement in Munich ** Exhibition on ceramic traditions of Pakistan While the ceramic tradition of some countries has been comprehensively documented by historiographers and photographers, the regions that make up Pakistan have largely been overlooked ** Archaeologists find animals buried alive 1,700 years ago alongside man Chinese archaeologists have unearthed skeletons of six animals from a tomb that dates back 1,700 years, which they believe shows that animals used to be buried alive to keep human beings company in the grave ** Plan to put state treasures on show Museum Victoria director Dr Patrick Greene and his board are drawing up plans to develop Australia's first display-oriented collections centre, to be situated on a 4.75-hectare site now covered by old factories next to Scienceworks ** Former Getty chairman returns part of book fees The former board chairman of the J. 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Provider is a member of I.A.T.A. ________________________________________________________________ ** How to build a museum, Aomori style In Aomori the contract went to Jun Aoki - one of the big names in the current generation of Japanese architects, and the man responsible for the Louis Vuitton stores in Omotesando and Ginza, Tokyo, among other high-profile works ** Ancient 'exceptional' seal found A medieval artefact found by two metal detector users in Shropshire may be bought by the county's museum service ** $500 Million Needed to Improve Museum Security After the Hermitage museum theft and the Yakov Chernikhov works theft, the Russian culture minister requested around $487 million to improve security and staff salaries at Russian museums ** Bear Breaks Into Mr. Ed's Elephant Museum Apparently, the scent of roasted peanuts attracted the bear to the museum, which is about 12 miles west of Gettysburg ** This Week's Horoscopes Virgo (August 23 - September 22) Creative inspiration will strike you when you least expect it, which could pretty much be anytime between now and March of next year ** Museum workshops help visitors dig archaeology Visitors will get the chance to explore Roman ruins, Scottish Viking and Iron Age settlements during the month-long programme at the Royal Museum on Chambers Street ** The Fun of Collecting Around 1,000 articles of historical and contemporary significance in export silverware, card cases, depression-era glassware and Chinese hair ornaments will be on show at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum until April 2, 2007 ________________________________________________________________________ GLOBAL PANDEMIC NEWS - live news feeds & information on the spread of Bird Flu' http://www.pandemic-news.info ________________________________________________________________________ ** Through a Lover's Eye or As Witness A blockbuster exhibition at the National Gallery in Melbourne, Picasso: Love & War 1935-1945, studies the period of Picasso's life when he was involved with surrealist photographer Dora Maar ** MFA's new spin on pop art - Ads at $500 a pop The museum recently started selling the heavy vinyl banners for the "David Hockney Portraits" exhibit, which ran until May, on its Web site ** Art boom creates fertile climate for fakery This has caused a serious crisis for public museums, because more and more public collectors push their collections on to museums and place outrageous conditions on the museums, while using their services ** Recovered after 20 years, £1m 'Mona Lisa of Peru' A 1 million gold headdress - considered one of Peru's most prized artefacts and missing for more than two decades since being looted from an archaeological dig - has been recovered in a raid on a London law firm ** Workmen discover secret chambers The secret living quarters belonged to John Heathcote, a man who invited the fury of the Luddites after inventing a lace-making machine in the early 1800s ** Preservation Maryland Colleagues Workshop - "Match making:" An Insider's Guide to Matching Grant Funds ** 2007 ARSC Conference - The 41st annual ARSC Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin ** Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) Conference, 15-17 December 2006, University of Exeter. 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