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Monthly Archives: March 2012
“Oldest US Natural History Museum Offers Rare Peek”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/03/24/national/a092521D66.DTL Although I would love to take this tour at the same time it makes me very uneasy for the collections department there. The article makes it sound like this development is driven by financial and relevancy needs. Do y’all … Continue reading
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Essay #3
My apologies for missing class yesterday. I would have liked to have an opportunity to answer your questions about the next essay. I have posted the prompt to Blackboard. An earlier draft of the assignment had the incorrect date. The … Continue reading
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Van Gogh still life confirmed
Here is an article about a Van Gogh that a museum has confirmed is real. http://www.wral.com/news/national_world/world/story/10878501/
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Looted item story right here in Texas
Here is a wonderful article about the lotted Byzantine Frescos from Cyprus that have been in Houston for the past 15 years in the Menil collection. They are going home now and their story offer a great solution to collectors … Continue reading
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Sarbanes Oxley for museums?
To follow up on last Thursday’s final discussion of looting and how museums can create more checks and balances in their acreditation and audits. As Kyle pointed out, Sarbanes Oxley was the result of the Enron scandal. To summarize the … Continue reading
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Speaking of antiquities….
If anyone is in the Houston area, the King Tut exhibit (http://mfah.org/tut/) is at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston until April. I’m pretty sure it’s not looted (at least recently) but should be interesting none the less. There’s also a Q&A … Continue reading
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9/11 Human Remains Debate
I felt this was an interesting twist on the subject of proper treatment of human remains. Quite frankly, I am not really sure why someone thought this was a good idea to begin with. . .
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Tuesday discussion of Loot – Please read
In the introduction to Loot, Sharon Waxman tells her readers that rather than focus on every instance of looting she has instead opted to focus on four source countries: Egypt, Turkey, Greece, and Italy. Waxman selected these four source countries … Continue reading
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interesting hulu documentary that ties in with Loot!
I do not own a television, but I do get my “tv fix” from hulu!! I subscribe to a program on there called “great museums televison.” I noticed this week that there was an episode about the Met, specifically about … Continue reading
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