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11:51:02 PM Smithsonian Hosts Special Exhibits for Inauguration-Goers
FOX News - USA

The Smithsonian Institution will keep its museum doors open through Inauguration Day, and has extra security staff on hand to accommodate the expected crowd ... [more]

11:47:36 PM SC museum with Wyeth work mourns artist
WBTV - Charlotte,NC,USA

AP - January 16, 2009 5:45 PM ET GREENVILLE, SC (AP) - A South Carolina museum that has 1 of the largest collections of Andrew Wyeth's work is mourning the ... [more]

9:12:08 PM Obama Wax Figures Debut
CBS News - USA

As you'll see in the first two shots, workers at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Amsterdam elected to place a wax likeness of President George W. Bush outside ... [more]

7:22:52 PM Andrew Wyeth, painter of American landscapes, dies at 91
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

Wyeth, who was 91, died in his sleep in his home in Chadds Ford, Pa., after a brief illness, the Brandywine River Museum said in a statement. ... [more]

6:09:09 PM Artist Andrew Wyeth dies at 91
The State - Columbia,SC,USA

Starting in 1978, the Greenville County Museum of Art was home to a collection of Wyeth paintings owned by Arthur and Holly Magill. ... [more]

4:28:34 PM Painter Andrew Wyeth Dies at 91
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

He died in his sleep at his home in the Philadelphia suburb of Chadds Ford, according to Hillary Holland, a spokeswoman for the Brandywine River Museum, ... [more]

2:21:47 PM Pictures at the Prado Museum Google-style
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA

I salute the folks at Google and the museum directors at the Prado who have had the foresight and the imagination to bring wonderful art in a brilliant .... [more]

1:27:28 PM Camp Shelby museum honors donors
Hattiesburg American - Hattiesburg,MS,USA

By TERRY L. JONES • January 16, 2009 Part of the reason the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum at Camp Shelby has been able to expand throughout the years is ... [more]

12:40:05 PM Museums partner for canal commemoration
Newark Advocate - Newark,OH,USA

By TIFFANY AUMANN • Advocate Reporter • January 16, 2009 NEWARK -- Several local museums will celebrate America's fleeting but transformational canal era ... [more]

9:40:12 AM Kimbell Art Museum hires Eric Lee as director
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA

By MICHAEL GRANBERRY / The Dallas Morning News Eric Lee, who distinguished himself for two years as director of the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati, ... [more]

7:21:32 AM Black History, Alive in Washington
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

A quilt, part of the exhibition “Jubilee: African American Celebration,” at the Anacostia Community Museum. By HOLLAND COTTER In 1957 Washington officially ... [more]

6:45:19 AM Fort Worth's Kimbell Art Museum picks Ohio leader to be new director
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA

By GAILE ROBINSON FORT WORTH — Eric McCauley Lee, the 42-year-old director of the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati, has been selected to become the new ... [more]

6:28:41 AM New Director Named for Kimbell Museum
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

By CAROL VOGEL; Compiled by JULIE BLOOM After searching for a year and a half, the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth has appointed Eric McCauley Lee, .... [more]

5:48:10 AM DC set for inaugural chill
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

Smithsonian Institution museums will open at 10 am to accommodate crowds looking to warm up. The National Museum of American History and the Smithsonian ... [more]

1:00:20 AM In Capital Museums: That Patriotic Spirit
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

By CAROL VOGEL Buying a lot more toilet paper is generally not an issue for a museum director, but in these unusual times Susan Fisher Sterling, ... [more]



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