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News From Monday, January 03, 2011
10:34:53 PM Art Institute of Chicago to end free Thursday evenings this year
Time Out Chicago (blog)

After May 26, 2011, its Target Free Thursday Evenings—which let us visit the museum for free on Thursdays from 5–8pm—will be no more. This is a ... [more]

8:37:46 PM Florida museum showcases Tiffany glass works
Reuters - NY,USA

"Laurelton Hall was not simply another house that he did," said Laurence J. Ruggiero, the director of the museum. "Tiffany saw this as a statement about art ... [more]

6:55:59 PM City Council resolution aims to keep Washington State History Museum open
Tacoma Daily News - Tacoma,WA,USA

Chris Gregoire unveiled a proposed biennium budget that would save $5.2 million by closing the history museums in Tacoma and Spokane, ... [more]

5:33:48 PM National Pinball Museum Features Lights, Buzzers and a Slice of American
Voice of America - USA

Voice of America Washington DC is filled with some of America's best known museums and many more less famous ones. Take a look inside one of those lesser-known ... [more]

4:54:06 PM Dali Museum closes, prepares for re-opening
MyFox Tampa Bay - Tampa Bay,FL,USA

PETERSBURG - The Salvador Dali museum closed its doors Sunday with a toast to its old and new locations. The museum shut down its old building on 3rd Street ... [more]

3:37:24 PM First Family: This Week in Books and Museums
Express from The Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

If you only have time for quick lunchtime drop-ins to the Smithsonian, their tiny exhibits are best. They've just opened a gallery of nine photographs ... [more]

3:13:49 PM Human rights film fest at Peabody Essex Museum
Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin - Plymouth,MA,USA

By Anonymous Peabody Essex Museum will host the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival Saturday, Jan. 15 and Sunday, Jan.16, 1-6:30 pm, ... [more]

2:38:16 PM Adena Mansion one of six Ohio sites to earn their first accreditation
Chillicothe Gazette - Chillicothe,OH,USA

CHILLICOTHE -- Adena Mansion & Gardens has been awarded its first national accreditation, joining an elite group of museums across the nation. ... [more]

1:52:03 PM Cats Guard Art At St Petersburg Museum
Sky News - Isleworth,UK

St Petersburg's famous museum, known for the world's most admired art collection, is also home to some surprising residents. To view this content you need ... [more]

11:44:42 AM Sisters share dolls from mother's collection with museum
Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis,IN,USA

Dolls that June Wood (left) and Margaret Mardis offered for display at the Johnson County Museum of History in Franklin span about 200 years. ... [more]

10:13:34 AM Take a Field Trip via you phone! Museum Apps
Appolicious

Dinosaurs: The American Museum of Natural History Collections Learn all about dinosaurs and excavating bones and fossils with this official app from The ... [more]

9:53:08 AM N. Ind. museum plans display on namesake astronaut
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA

AP The Grissom Air Museum plans to add a display on Virgil "Gus" Grissom, the southern Indiana astronaut it's named after. Executive Director Jim Price says ... [more]

7:30:30 AM Robyn Blumner: Get your golden ticket to museum heaven
Pocono Record - Stroudsburg,PA,USA

When was the last time you went to a museum? They've changed, you know. No longer are museums the stuffy pretension palaces of your youth, where curators ... [more]

6:38:15 AM Temporary Closure at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum
580 CFRA Radio - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada

The Canada Aviation and Space Museum will be temporarily closed through the month of January. The museum says it will be closed to the public from January ... [more]

5:16:19 AM Museum making changes
Ledger Independent - Maysville,KY,USA

The Kentucky Gateway Museum Center announced early in December it would be reducing the number of days the museum will be open during the winter months. ... [more]

3:39:33 AM Still a masterpiece, even on closing day
Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg,FL,USA

PETERSBURG — On the last tour of the last day of the old Salvador Dalí Museum, veteran docent Janice Embrey wove the same path through the halls of surreal ... [more]

1:51:43 AM Dali Museum closes doors at current location
ABC Action News - Tampa,FL,USA

The Dail Museum in St. Petersburg closed its original doors for the last time Sunday. But, it's set to re-open soon in a brand new $36 million building, ... [more]

1:02:07 AM Holiday Attendance Spikes at Area Museums
13WHAM-TV - Rochester,NY,USA

Rochester, NY -- The Rochester Museum and Science Center has seen a dramatic increase in visitors over the holiday weeks. Museum officials say over the last ... [more]



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