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11:33:12 PM Bowers Museum brings back Terra Cotta Warriors
OCRegister - Orange County,CA,USA

'Warriors, Tombs and Temples' at the Bowers Museum showcases Terra Cotta Warriors and Qin, Han and Tang dynasties. 50% off! Two Public Skating Admissions with Skate Rentals for $12 By RICHARD CHANG / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER In 2008, ... [more]

9:30:25 PM Roger Kennedy dies at 85; former National Park Service director
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

He disapproved of such ideas, arguing that the national parks were no less repositories of American cultural and historic treasures than museums and ought not to be sold. He maintained a solidarity with park service employees, unusual in an executive [more]

9:30:25 PM Long-Secret Fallout Shelter Was a Cold War Camelot
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

The museum has been running at a loss for years now, Mr. Miller said, and the curators are embroiled in a decade-long tussle with a few Palm Beach County commissioners to open a full-service restaurant, as many museums do, to help them foot the bill. [more]

7:50:55 PM Houstonians in Congress try to wrest Shuttle Enterprise from New York City
Houston Chronicle (blog)

Houston Chronicle (blog) Texas lawmakers are reopening efforts to persuade the Obama administration to allocate the test-bed spacecraft for public display at NASA's Johnson Space Center following a published report that New York City's USS Intrepid S [more]

5:56:34 PM Connecticut Museums Good Option When Rainy, Cold
Patch.com

Museums in and around Fairfield County provide locals with a fun time that serves a historical purpose. Apple-picking is fun and visiting a pumpkin patch in search of the Great Pumpkin can bring the inner Linus out in each of us—but with in the ... [more]

4:41:47 PM Hairy, crazy ants invade from Texas to Miss.
CBS News - USA

In this Oct. 7, 2009 photo provided by the Mississippi State Entomological Museum, Nylanderia pubens (ants) and their larvae are seen in Starkville, Miss. Hairy crazy ants are on the move in Florida, Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana. ... [more]

4:41:47 PM Plane, Train, and Automobile Museums
Patch.com

By Cathryn J. Prince This week, Patch takes a look and some of the museums in and around Fairfield County devoted to transportation design, delivery, and delights. Danbury Railway Museum: Danbury may still be waiting for branch line improvements, ... [more]

4:13:16 PM YHT Harlem: Oliver Hardy Museum
WJBF-TV

All proceeds benefit the Laurel and Hardy Museum. WJBF News Channel (more) If you walk the streets of downtown Harlem, you'll notice street signs, paintings outside the theatre, and a museum dedicated to Stan Laurel and – Harlem native Oliver Hardy.  [more]

2:27:26 PM Henry Ford museum presents Oz-themed exhibit for kids
Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,USA

ASSOCIATED PRESS Kids who visit The Henry Ford museum in Dearborn starting this weekend will be given the opportunity to go off to see the wizard. The Wizard of Oz Children's Educational Exhibit opens at the museum today and is scheduled to run throu [more]

12:36:36 PM Phoenix Firehouse museum makes headway with help of fish fries, local grants
Chillicothe Gazette - Chillicothe,OH,USA

2 Museum President Don "Yogi" Roush, seated, and trustee Gary Hoffman show the recently renovated bedroom area on the upper floor of the firehouse. Hoffman said the area originally stored hay and feed for horses until 1921 and served as bedroom space [more]

12:28:14 PM The Buzz: It's official -- dead mountain lion can get defrosted
Sacramento Bee - Sacramento,CA,USA

Jean Fuller of Bakersfield, to let museums and other nonprofits display dead mountain lions. The bill amends a ballot initiative, so it needed a four-fifths vote. That's far more than the two-thirds vote needed for a tax increase Brown's signing ... [more]

10:51:46 AM Museums of All Kinds Within Driving Distance
Patch.com

This week, The Hub wants to let readers know about all the museums in and around Fairfield County devoted to transportation's design, delivery and delights. Danbury Railway MuseumDanbury may still be waiting for branch line improvements, ... [more]

10:29:17 AM For Transportation Museums, Getting There Is Everything
Patch.com

The Hub invites you the reader to share your favorite transportation-themed museums with Patch. By Cathryn J. Prince Apple-picking is fun, and visiting a pumpkin patch in search of the Great Pumpkin can bring the inner Linus out in each of us—but wit [more]

9:17:34 AM Intrepid Museum Offers Activities in Honor of Disability Awareness Month
Broadway World - New York,NY,USA

In honor of Disability Awareness Month in October, the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is launching a month's worth of activities and events that will bring together families, children and adults with special needs. From children and adults who are, [more]

6:42:36 AM Roger George Kennedy, 1926-201: Ex-head of National Park Service was a ...
Santa Fe New Mexican.com - santa fe,new mexico,United States

In substance, he favored untold history, particularly the narratives of minorities long overlooked by many museums. Leading up to the Constitution's bicentennial in 1989, the museum opened the exhibit A More Perfect Union, about the internment of the [more]

5:33:20 AM His Innovations Got Americans Talking About Their History
Wall Street Journal - USA

By STEPHEN MILLER Roger Kennedy transformed the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, renovating the "nation's attic" to create a forum for conversations about US history. Roger Kennedy, during his stint as head of the National Park Servic [more]

2:15:36 AM Sotheby's to Sell Artworks From Israel Museum
Wall Street Journal - USA

AP Sotheby's in New York will be selling works from the Israel Museum in the coming months. Sotheby's in New York will be selling works from the Israel Museum in the coming months. The auction house said Friday that René Magritte, Camille Pissarro an [more]

2:15:36 AM Museum helps lure prestigious Kirkland auto show to Tacoma
TheNewsTribune.com - Tacoma,WA,USA

One of the nation's most prestigious automotive competitions, the Kirkland Concours d' Elegance, moves to Tacoma's LeMay – America's Car Museum next fall. One of the nation's most prestigious automotive competitions, the Kirkland Concours d' Elegance [more]

12:17:45 AM Jerry Brown tweaks 'bipartisan' legislators again
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

By Steven Harmon A stuffed mountain lion at the Santa Cruz Natural History Museum. The animal, shot in 1981 under a California Department of Fish and Game depredation permit, was an old male with an injured foot. It was thought that it was killing .. [more]

12:05:23 AM New Mississippi River tourism trail announced
CBS News - USA

The trail is made up of existing tourist attractions along the Mississippi River, including museums, parks, historic homes, nature trails and Civil War sites. About 60 markers will line the trail, suggesting that visitors exit their cars and spend .. [more]

12:05:23 AM Grand Rapids Art Museum ArtPrize entries are 'island of convention'
MLive.com - MI,USA

The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com By Guest writer Cory Morse | The Grand Rapids PressPeople are pictured through the case surrounding David Huang's "Numinous Community" at the Grand Rapids Art Museum on Friday. By Anya Zentmeyer In a city full of ma [more]

12:05:23 AM Fruitlands Museum names interim director
Taunton Gazette - Taunton,MA,USA

By Anonymous Fruitlands Museum has named Susan Davy to serve as interim director until 2012 when a new executive director is selected. Davy takes over Saturday, Oct. 1, following the resignation of Tim Firment, who left his position in early Septembe [more]



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