VENICE.- In autumn 2010, Műcsarnok / Kunsthalle Budapest announced a competition for curatorial commission and exhibition at the Hungarian Pavilion for 2011. The members of the jury, invited by the then national commissioner Zsolt Petrányi, were …
Scientists from the George C. Page Museum Dig for Ice Age Fossils in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA (AP).- With a dental pick in hand, Karin Rice delicately scraped off a clump of asphalt from a pelvic bone belonging to a horse that roamed Los Angeles tens of thousands of years ago. Like many unsuspecting creatures of the last Ice Age…
The Famous Thames Whale Goes on Display at the Natural History Museum at Tring
HERTFORDSHIRE.- The latest temporary exhibition at the Natural History Museum at Tring, The Thames Whale Story, opens on the 22 January. The exhibition marks the five-year anniversary of the now-famous northern bottlenose whale that found its way into …
The Famous Thames Whale Goes on Display at the Natural History Museum at Tring
HERTFORDSHIRE.- The latest temporary exhibition at the Natural History Museum at Tring, The Thames Whale Story, opens on the 22 January. The exhibition marks the five-year anniversary of the now-famous northern bottlenose whale that found its way into …
Eight-Person Crew at Ohio History Museum Puts a 10,000-Year-Old Mastodon on the Move
COLUMBUS, OH (AP).- A 10,000-year-old mastodon was mostly cooperative Thursday as an eight-person crew at the Ohio Historical Society began the delicate operation of taking the skeleton apart so it can be reassembled in a more flattering position —…
Jewish Museum in Warsaw Now Half-Complete
WARSAW (AP).- Officials say construction of a major new Polish museum on the history of what was once Europe’s largest Jewish community is now half-finished. The Museum of the History of Polish Jews is a skeleton of concrete walls and white winding tub…
Woman Pleads Not Guilty in Colorado to Art Damage
FORT COLLINS (AP).- A Montana woman accused of taking a crowbar to controversial artwork for religious reasons pleaded not guilty Friday in Colorado. Kathleen Folden, 56, a truck driver and grandmother from Kalispell, Mont., declined to comment during …
Fossil of Giant, Bony-Toothed Bird from Chile Sets New Record for Wingspan
DEERFIELD, IL.- A newly discovered skeleton of an ancient seabird from northern Chile provides evidence that giant birds were soaring the skies there 5-10 million years ago. The wing bones of the animal exceed those of all other birds in length; its wi…
Fossil of Giant, Bony-Toothed Bird from Chile Sets New Record for Wingspan
DEERFIELD, IL.- A newly discovered skeleton of an ancient seabird from northern Chile provides evidence that giant birds were soaring the skies there 5-10 million years ago. The wing bones of the animal exceed those of all other birds in length; its wi…
Skeleton of 18th Century Whale Found by Archaeologists in London
LONDON (REUTERS).- The skeleton of a huge whale, thought to have been butchered for its meat, bone and oils 300 years ago, has been discovered by archaeologists on the banks of London’s River Thames. The remains of the headless beast, the now rare Nort…