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News From Wednesday, January 25, 2012
11:39:08 PM Seaport Museum Sets Sail, Again
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

And the museum remains easy to miss, wedged in among restaurants and retail stores. But when the South Street Seaport Museum reopens on Thursday, after nearly a year of being closed, its new leaders will have tried to address some of the problems tha [more]

11:39:08 PM Plea hearing scheduled in Va. for ex-Marine accused of shooting at
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Washington Post An ex-Marine from Virginia is expected to enter a guilty plea related to charges that he fired shots at the Pentagon, the Marine Corps museum in Quantico and other military-related targets. Court records show a plea-agreement hearing  [more]

11:39:08 PM New exhibit explores Jefferson's slave ownership
FOX News - USA

That contradiction between ideals and reality is at the center of a new exhibit opening Friday as the Smithsonian Institution continues developing a national black history museum. It offers a look at Jefferson's Monticello plantation in Virginia ... [more]

11:39:08 PM Laguna Art Museum Glams Up For 2012 Art Auction
Laguna Beach Independent - Laguna Beach,CA,USA

The Laguna Art Museum Art Auction 2012: California Art Lounge will feature 100 works of art by a blue-chip roster of California artists. But, this year organizers have changed the usual auction format of food and cocktails, silent auction, live biddi [more]

11:39:08 PM Space Cruising: The American Museum of Natural History Unveils a
Price

WNYC (blog) By Carolina A. Miranda Through the Wormhole: The museum's dome-sized video game was developed by Ivan Safrin and the team at indie game group Babycastles. (Carolina A. Miranda) File this under things that will make you say, Duuuuude. [more]

9:34:28 PM Labor Dispute Looming for Whitney Museum Art Handlers as Biennial Approaches
The L Magazine

But before they start training for the 2012 Art Handling Olympics (yes, they're happening), the Whitney Museum's ten full-time, unionized art handlers need to finish renegotiating their contract—the current one expires on January 31st. [more]

9:34:28 PM Palpable possibilities: Berkeley Art Museum's home awaits
Berkeleyside (blog)

The old printing plant in downtown that will one day be home to the Berkeley Art Museum. All photos: David Stark Wilson Call it “beautiful decay”: these stunning photographs, taken by David Stark Wilson, show the interiors of the future home of the . [more]

9:34:28 PM A Real "Red Tail" for The National WWII Museum
MarketWatch - USA

25, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- With George Lucas' Red Tails soaring at the box office, The National WWII Museum announces its acquisition and restoration of a P-51 Mustang, the aircraft depicted in Hollywood's drama about the courageous fighter  [more]

9:34:28 PM 'Hang on to Your Hats' opens tonight at museum
Fort Morgan Times - Fort Morgan,CO,USA

By JENNI GRUBBS Times Staff Writer Fancy women's hats of yesteryear are featured in this display case as part of the "Hang on to Your Hats" exhibit at Fort Morgan Museum. The simplest among them may have been a utilitarian head covering to ward off t [more]

9:34:28 PM The Curious Case of the Closure of the Charles Dickens Museum
PopMatters - Chicago,IL,USA

Is it such a problem that the London museum dedicated to him will be closed for the bicentenary? The Charles Dickens House Museum, 48 Doughty Street, represents the preservation of the author's London home and proudly advertises the fact that it hous [more]

9:34:28 PM Hajj exhibition at British Museum
Guardian - UK

Objects banal and beautiful have been brought together by the British Museum in an exhibition tracing the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, including priceless manuscripts and textiles, a Victorian Thomas Cook train ticket and blue plastic razors distributed [more]

8:16:34 PM Soon-to-Rise African-American History Museum Claims Spot on Nation's
PressZoom (press release) - Amsterdam,Netherlands

PressZoom (press release) That story soon will be expanded with a new chapter: a museum telling the story of African-Americans, their accomplishments and contributions. (PressZoom) - January 24, 2012 — The National Mall in Washington, DC, is the focu [more]

8:16:34 PM Revival of Saadiyat museums 'energises Abu Dhabi tourism'
GulfNews

According to the government's announcement, the Louvre Abu Dhabi will be ready in 2015, the Zayed National Museum in 2016, and the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi in 2017. Abu Dhabi: UAE property analysts have welcomed the news that three museums on Saadiyat .. [more]

8:16:34 PM £2m to bring Brighton and Hove museums into new era
The Argus.co.uk - Brighton,UK

By Tim Ridgway » Museum bosses are expecting to receive a £2 million cash boost to bring exhibitions into the 21st century. Arts Council England praised the work Brighton and Hove Royal Pavilion and Museums had done in getting young people involved a [more]

8:16:34 PM British Museum opens biggest exhibition on Hajj
Al-Arabiya

“Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam” opens at the British Museum on January 26, and is intended to improve understanding of the pilgrimage and Islam itself. (AFP) By AFP The British Museum in London opens its doors on Thursday to the first major ... [more]

6:00:49 PM The British Museum's new mission to take us on a journey to Mecca
Evening Standard (blog)

Neil MacGregor, the British Museum's ever-inquiring, ever-thoughtful director, hopes his new exhibition on the Hajj will be the closest a non-Muslim can get to understanding the pilgrimage to Mecca. The ground-breaking show has been created thanks in [more]

6:00:49 PM South Street meets Wall Street
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

“New York has a lot of museums but nothing like what we are doing. We are not an art museum. We tell a part of the story of New York City and there is a massive amount of history in our city.” Also making its debut tomorrow: “Mannahatta/Manhattan: A  [more]

5:58:52 PM DU museum hosting opening reception for new exhibits
Newark Advocate - Newark,OH,USA

"Traveling Through Space" by Zhang Ruiheng will be part of an exploration of 20th century Chinese advertising images, mass media, graphic and product design at the Denison Museum, opening Friday. / SUBMITTED ART Contemporary China is the focus of two [more]

5:58:52 PM Museum to cater for convention business
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand

Christchurch's quake damaged tourism industry is planning ahead to bring convention business back into the city with the help of a $15 million expansion of Christchurch's Air Force Museum. The demolition of the quake-hit Christchurch Convention Centr [more]

5:58:52 PM Exhibit in DC looks at Thomas Jefferson's lifelong slave ownership ...
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

WASHINGTON — As the Smithsonian continues developing a national black history museum, it's offering a look at Thomas Jefferson's lifelong slave ownership through an exhibit that explores the lives of six slave families at his Monticello plantation. [more]

5:58:52 PM 'Ship That Would Not Die' returns to South Carlonia home after repairs
FOX News - USA

MOUNT PLEASANT, SC – With the blare of air horns, cheers and a champagne toast, "The Ship That Would Not Die" returned Wednesday to its home at a maritime museum on Charleston Harbor on the South Carolina coast. Just after sunrise, the World War II . [more]

5:58:52 PM NYC seaport museum reopening
Wall Street Journal - USA

AP NEW YORK — The South Street Seaport Museum in New York City, which closed last year due to financial difficulties, is reopening. The museum is welcoming the public back on Thursday. It shut its doors in March. The Museum of the City of New York .. [more]

4:15:56 PM Cumbrian museums handed £3 million boost
Carlisle News - Carlisle,England,UK

By Matthew Legg Business editor Tullie House, in Carlisle, Cockermouth's Wordsworth Trust and the Lakeland Arts Trust, which runs museums and art galleries in Kendal and Windermere, have received the cash from the Arts Council. [more]

2:37:29 PM Plans for new H'burg art museum gallery approved
Beaver County Times - Beaver County,PA,USA

Local officials have approved plans to move the Susquehanna Art Museum to a new location in Harrisburg on condition at least some of the work is done by city residents. Harrisburg City Council approved a $5.5 million construction project Tuesday nigh [more]

2:37:29 PM Applause greets decision to put museum levy on ballot
Monroenews.com - Monroe,Michigan,USA

7 whether to spend more tax money to fund operations of the Monroe County Historical Museum and maintenance of historic sites in the area, such as the Navarre-Anderson Trading Post and the Martha Barker Country Store. The Monroe County Board of ... [more]

2:37:29 PM Prada 24 Hours Museum, Paris
wallpaper.com - London,UK

That's more or less the flavour of the 24h Museum, an ephemeral,culturally kooky conceit that will already be halfway over by the time you read this. It's the type of idea that could only be born from a dream team of artist Francesco Vezzoli, ... [more]

2:37:29 PM Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Presents Spring 2012 Tuesday Evenings
Dallas Art News - Dallas,Texas,USA

Dallas Art News To assure seating, free admission tickets can be picked up at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth's admission desk beginning at 5 pm on the day of the lecture. Seating begins at 6:30 pm and is limited to 250. A live broadcast of the l [more]

11:50:20 AM Melbourne museum reports stolen painting, 12 years after it went missing
Telegraph.co.uk

The National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, one of Australia's leading art galleries, has reported the theft of a painting by British landscape artist Richard Parkes Bonington – 12 years after it went missing. By Jonathan Pearlman, Sydney The ... [more]

11:50:20 AM Abu Dhabi sets new timetable for delayed Louvre, Guggenheim museums
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

The museums had been scheduled to start opening this year, but officials had already said that was no longer possible. Wednesday's statement by the Tourism Development and Investment Co. gave no further details into the delays. A national museum name [more]

11:50:20 AM Mr. Potato Head exhibit at Children's Museum celebrates kids' favorite tuber
Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis,IN,USA

'The Adventures of Mr. Potato Head' exhibit at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis celebrates the spud's 60-year history and appeal to three generations "The Adventures of Mr. Potato Head" exhibit at The Children's Museum celebrates the spud's ... [more]

11:50:20 AM Museums miss out on £4.2m grants
The Star - UK

Millennium gallery staff member Rowena Hamilton with the UK Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef MUSEUMS Sheffield has received a 'devastating' blow after missing out on grants which would have been worth £4.2 million over the next three years. [more]

7:42:00 AM Jobs at risk as museum funding bid snubbed
Yorkshire Post Today - Leeds,England,UK

one of Yorkshire's most successful museums has had a bid for more than £4m from the Arts Council rejected in a “disappointing” decision which has prompted warnings over jobs. Sheffield and Hull Museums had funding applications turned down, ... [more]

6:52:37 AM Stolen weapons returned to the veterans museum
Parkersburg News - Parkersburg,WV,USA

PARKERSBURG - The military weapons stolen from the Veterans Museum of the Mid-Ohio Valley in Parkersburg were returned Tuesday morning by the police department. Investigators have completed processing the armaments for evidence, Sgt. Greg Collins sai [more]

6:29:39 AM An Ambitious Arab Capital Reaffirms Its Grand Cultural Vision
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — A long-delayed project to build three colossal museums on an arid Persian Gulf island will be finished by 2017, officials say, realizing the designs of some of the world's leading architects while underlining the ... [more]

4:27:15 AM Swedes save Saab...museum
FOX News - USA

Saab's hometown, Trollhättan's, Sweden, stepped up to the plate and purchased the assets of the Saab museum with a little help from a couple of old friends of the automaker's. Radio Sweden reports that aerospace and defense concern Saab AB and a ... [more]

3:09:07 AM The Harwood Museum of Art, Universtiy of New Mexico Presents "Agnes
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA

PR Web (press release) 25, at the Harwood Museum of Art and will remain on view through Sunday, June 17. The Harwood Museum of Art in Taos, NM, is home to the Agnes Martin Gallery, a permanent exhibition of seven large scale paintings donated by the  [more]

2:58:40 AM Museum Honored at Conference
Patch.com

Bartow History Museum Trey Gaines receives the award at the Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries' annual meeting. Bartow History Museum One local museum was recognized at a statewide conference for museums. The Bartow History Museum received  [more]

2:58:40 AM Closed central Pa. museums to cull collection
Beaver County Times - Beaver County,PA,USA

Officials in central Pennsylvania say they plan to sell or give away some items of two Lancaster County museums. Many of the 3700 items owned by Lancaster city's Heritage Center Museum and its companion Quilt & Textile Museum represent decorative art [more]



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