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Obama: I will come back to Forbidden City

Accompanied by museum curator Zheng Xinmiao, Obama entered the museum from its main entrance in the south, the Meridian Gate (Wu Men) and walked along the museum's central axis, also the axial line of the city, from south to north, about 960 meters

A gala celebration for MOCA

The mood was gay, with more than a hint of self-consciousness (this was a museum back from the brink, after all) at the black-tie soiree, which drew more than 1,000 for a reception, sneak preview and a sit-down dinner, raising more than $3.5 million

Historical plane gets big clean

Over the years it has been piloted by Santa Claus, a mannequin known to staff as Bertie and most recently by Banksy's Guantanamo Bay inmate

London Museum Asks Public What to Pitch

Consider the boring old picnic basket known as the "Agatha Christie basket," which contains fragments of pottery of unknown origins and if it had belonged to the author as its nickname would suggest, it would undoubtedly be a keeper; however, it turns out it belonged to her second husband's second wife, and the university has no idea under what circumstances it was donated

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Climate change catastrophe took just months

He believes the extinction of Neanderthals roughly 30,000 years ago was linked to a series of rapid climate fluctuations that began more than 40,000 years ago

Experts better than machines at reconstructing fossils

A new study pitting academic expertise against a computer in recreating a 425 million-year old jigsaw puzzle has discovered that there is no substitute for wisdom born out of experience

Masters Reopen Music Museum of Iran

Its different sections are now home to a variety of musical instruments such as wind instruments, string instruments, regional instruments and national instruments, a library, an instrument-making workshop, and a gallery

Berlin row over expellee museum escalates

Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle told Der Spiegel that he would not accept the nomination of Erika Steinbach to a board overseeing the museum, which will depict the plight of Germans and other groups forced out of eastern Europe after the war

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As I have learned from said project, carthographic material is very popular and also natural science books have wanted pictures which sometimes are sold seperately. Mrs. Davis of your respected institute is already in contact with a supervisor of...
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Fantastic. I believe we will add a section to the curriculum to cover library and archive theft. I am the Director of Institutional relations for ARCA, a wonderful organization with an educational mission.
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I was contacted by the new director recently in a matter pertaining to ownership of confiscated art by the Bolsjewicks. I proposed a project by myself: http://www.missingmaps.info/index.htm In early February 2008, the International Antiquaria...
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I would ba happy to look at the article. As the Director of Institutional Relations for ARCA, we are actively engaged in this dialogue...you can send it to Colette@artcrime.info Best of luck,
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I attended ARCA's MA in International Art Crime Studies last summer and loved it. It was in Amelia, Italy and the course content was a perfect compliment to my Museum Studies background. The 2010 program prospectus is online at http://www.artcrime...
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Would anyone be willing to give feedback on a possible objective system for repatriation in museums? I have been working this for some time, writing and discussing with various people in different ...

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I am an up-and-coming museum professional (so I tell myself!) and I'm looking for an entry-level position. In the past few months, I have applied for two promising jobs at local museums, one of whi...

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Hey, its me! I was amazed, when I found this site, to see my face (and my friends' faces) on the generic photo that represents the Global Museum's members who dont have a personal one! That corner ...

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The BBC and British Museum Announce "A History of the World" (Art Daily)

View along Montague Place. LONDON.- The BBC and the British Museum have joined forces in an original and unprecedented public service partnership, focusing on world history.

At museum, uncle keeps Elián story alive (Miami Herald)

Delfin González walks around the modest museum he has maintained for years inside his Little Havana home and can't help but grow nostalgic looking at the photographs, toys and clothes that once belonged to his famous nephew, Elián.

The brewing museum is victory at the barley roots | Roger Protz (Guardian Unlimited)

It's about more than just the beer. Coors' decision to reopen a brewing museum shows the power of local action An important part of Britain's brewing heritage has been saved, with the news that the former Bass Museum in Burton-on-Trent will reopen in 2010 , possibly as early as Easter. It's a victory not only for historians but also for grassroots democracy, after a vigorous campaign in the east ...

Five Deserving San Diego Region Students Selected to Receive $500 Scholarships from the San Diego Air & Space Museum ... (Aircraft Maintenance Technology)

San Diego, CA – November 25, 2009 – This year as part of the annual “Green Skills for Life” family day event, the San Diego Air & Space Museum (SDASM) and Ford Motor Company Fund asked San Diego County students to present a green idea they and their friends could do by using the engaging medium of online video.

World history by objects to be launched by BBC and British Museum (Times Online)

The British Museum and the BBC are collaborating on one of the most ambitious public history projects ever undertaken, with a programme of events and activities that has the potential to change the way that people all over the world think about the past.

Dickens helping museum tonight (Barrie Examiner)

BARRIE — The Spirit of Christmas will visit Central United Church in Barrie tonight. The Friends of the Simcoe County Museum will host a fundraising event that centres on a dramatic reading of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.[...]

$10 million renovation for Fort Lewis museum (Seattle Times)

If you've always wanted to check out the huge metal head and sword of Saddam Hussein brought back from Iraq, dioramas of famous battles, the jeep Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf drove when he was Fort Lewis' top officer or any of the other thousands of relics on display at the Fort Lewis Military Museum, you're going to have to wait a while.

Iraq's national museum to lure 'virtual visitors' (CNN)

It houses some of ancient Mesopotamia's rarest artifacts, but what is even harder to find at Iraq's National Museum are visitors.

Molson Coors Reconsiders, Keeps Museum Open (NPR)

When beermaker Coors bought a local brewery in Britain, it decided to shut down the brewery's museum to cut costs. Residents protested. This week the company had a change of heart. Molson Coors agreed not only to maintain the museum, but to fund a National Beer Museum in Burton-On-Trent.

Google to put ancient Iraq museum collection online (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Google is putting thousands of images of ancient artifacts at Iraq's National Museum online, the Web search leader said on Tuesday, part of a U.S. bid to entice foreign firms to invest in Iraq.

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