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11:05:24 PM Police: Brownsville museum director found dead in apparent homicide
Monitor - McAllen,TX,USA

However, emergency medical personnel received a call about 1 pm Saturday from a museum employee who said he found Horn's body at the museum director's home ... [more]

10:17:39 PM Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts director killed
KGBT-TV Presents VALLEYCENTRAL.COM - Harlingen,TX,USA

AP Video Authorities are investigating the death of Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts Executive Director Barry Horn. Investigators said Horn's body was found ... [more]

9:28:48 PM Museum of Aviation Brings in Scale Models
13wmaz - GA,USA

The Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins celebrated its 25th anniversary in a small way. They sponsored a scale model contest. The event featured multiple ... [more]

8:40:28 PM Duesenberg museum nixes event due to flu worries
Victoria Advocate

AUBURN, Ind. (AP) — The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum has canceled its "Trunk or Treat" event because of concerns about swine flu and other ... [more]

7:33:33 PM Studebaker museum offers Halloween mystery
Victoria Advocate

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A spooky Halloween exhibit at the Studebaker National Museum comes with a mysterious twist this year. Archivist Andrew Beckman says ... [more]

2:45:02 PM Illness derails Halloween event at ACD Museum
News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA

The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum has cancelled its “Trunk or Treat” scheduled for Sunday because of the number of children absent from local ... [more]

12:50:51 PM Making historical inroads
Buffalo News - Buffalo,NY,USA

The Pierce-Arrow Museum, which is in the process of being expanded from its current 20000 square feet to a campus of buildings totaling 80000 square feet, ... [more]

11:08:34 AM Experts to talk about museums
Iowa City Press Citizen - Iowa City,IA,USA

Two experts will discuss the future of university art museums during a presentation today at the Old Capitol Museum on the University of Iowa campus. ... [more]

9:20:37 AM Council to host 'Museum party!'
Iowa City Press Citizen - Iowa City,IA,USA

The Members Council of the University of Iowa Museum of Art will host the sixth annual "Museum party!" from 8 to 11 pm today in the Oakdale Ballroom of the ... [more]

6:54:21 AM Booth's Cowboy Festival and Symposium this weekend
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA

You'll recognize some of the info from an earlier blog post, but this includes more comments from the museum director and visitors and points out again ... [more]

6:09:05 AM 'Harry Potter' & the green machine
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

There's a flurry of clothes in local museums right now - “Rare Bird of Fashion,'' the Iris Apfel exhibition at the Peabody Essex, “Mary McFadden: Goddesses ... [more]

5:40:55 AM Historic school returns as children's museum
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

By ALLAN TURNER East Columbia's Rosenwald School will begin a new life today as a children's museum at its new site at 247 E. Brazos in West Columbia. ... [more]

4:35:07 AM Events in Connecticut
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

Stamford Museum and Nature Center, 39 Scofieldtown Road. (203) WALLINGFORD Chevrolet Theater The Wiggles, family pop and rock concert. Ages 3 and up. Nov. ... [more]

1:32:48 AM Nelson-Atkins Museum Announces Unprecedented Gift of American Indian Art
Art Daily - Eastport,Maine,USA

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art today announced an extraordinary gift from longtime Museum patrons Estelle and Morton Sosland, which will bring one of the ... [more]

12:30:28 AM Legoland scouting Atlanta sites. Is a wax museum next?
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscripition) - Atlanta,GA,USA

The company that will develop it – Merlin Entertainment Group of the United Kingdom – may also seek to bring its wax museum brand -- Madame Tussauds -- to ... [more]

12:26:24 AM Minimal Troubles at Ulster Museum
Irish Times - Dublin,Ireland

The refurbished Ulster Museum's planned Troubles exhibition is much smaller than expected. Is it a case of 'don't mention the war'? ... [more]



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