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News From Monday, October 24, 2011
11:34:49 PM Washington joins the dog fight over the Space Shuttle
TheNewsTribune.com (blog)

Seattle's Museum of Flight won a consolation prize in that contest, a training mockup of the shuttle to display in a newly built display structure adjacent to Boeing Field. But with the news that both the New York and Los Angeles museums are having . [more]

9:35:36 PM The return of the Rose Art Museum
Art Newspaper - UK

Like Lazarus rising from the dead, the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University will reopen this week (26-27 October) after a four-month renovation with two celebrations that university president Frederick Lawrence says are heavy with significance for  [more]

8:07:31 PM County honors museum volunteers
South Fork Tines - South Fork,CO,USA

DEL NORTE – The Rio Grande County Commissioners held a dinner honoring the volunteers at the Rio Grande County Museum. Through the efforts of the many volunteers the doors of the Rio Grande County Museum stayed open for the public throughout the summ [more]

6:18:27 PM Abu Dhabi vows to open Louvre branch in 2013
The Associated Press

Officials at the Louvre in Paris referred questions about the project to the Agence France-Museums, or the French Museums Agency, which was set up to coordinate to coordinate France's involvement with the project. No one there could be reached for .. [more]

6:18:27 PM Berlin's Jewish Museum exceeded expectations
Deutsche Welle - Bonn,Germany

The museum was a success even before it was finished. Nearly 350000 people visited Berlin's Jewish Museum when it was just an empty structure, and more than seven million have come since it opened in 2001. Usually museums are built to display existin [more]

6:18:27 PM Ruler of Sharjah inaugurates Sharjah Museums Department's new headquarters
AME Info - United Arab Emirates

His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, in support of the arts, culture and heritage, inaugurated the Sharjah Museums Department's (SMD) new headquarters in Al Layyah area. ... [more]

4:44:59 PM Monster Mash: Guggenheim's Abu Dhabi project; Ai Weiwei's Taiwan show
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

Jeopardy: The future of the planned Guggenheim Museum in Abu Dhabi appears uncertain after a company working on the project dropped plans to award a major construction contract. (Associated Press, via NPR) Sending a message: The Taipei Fine Arts Muse [more]

4:44:59 PM Abu Dhabi govt cancels Guggenheim Museum tender
Ahram Online

Reuters has announced that Abu Dhabi's state-owned Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC) has cancelled its tender to build a Guggenheim Museum in the oil-rich Emirate. After TDIC had called for bids, a number of contractors had submitted  [more]

4:44:59 PM Museum Annnounces Top 10 Toys For 2011
Inside INdiana Business (press release) - Indianapolis,IN,USA

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is out with this year's list of the top 10 toys for the holidays. Each fall, the museum holds its annual Kid-Tested, Kid-Approved poll allowing children to try out the newest toys and vote on their favorites. ... [more]

2:51:21 PM Buckingham Palace 'could be turned into museum when Prince Charles becomes
Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK

Telegraph.co.uk The Prince of Wales is considering uprooting the Royal family from Buckingham Palace and turning it into a museum when he becomes king, a new book claims. By Andy Bloxham Andrew Marr, the BBC broadcaster and author, claims that the Pr [more]

2:51:21 PM Indianapolis Museum of Art CEO leaving for Dallas
Auction Central News - New York,NY,USA

Written by AP INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Indianapolis Museum of Art leaders say they plan a national search to replace the art director and chief executive who is leaving to become director at the Dallas Museum of Art. Maxwell Anderson has led the ... [more]

2:51:21 PM Abu Dhabi firm backtracks on Guggenheim contract
BusinessWeek - USA

The state-run company building a branch of the Guggenheim museum in Abu Dhabi has temporarily called off the awarding of a construction contract, raising questions about the future of the high-profile project. The Tourism Development and Investment . [more]

2:51:21 PM Sale of painting highlights Phila. museum's woes
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA

With little fanfare, the Atwater Kent Museum closed for a major $5.9 million renovation in January 2009, saying it would reopen in fall 2010. It remains closed, and officials say it probably won't reopen until June 2012, a year and a half late. ... [more]

2:51:21 PM Aviation museum opens at former air station in Weymouth
The Patriot Ledger

Previously, the Shea Field Naval Aviation Historical Museum, 495 Shea Memorial Drive, at the closed air base could be viewed through appointment only. The nonprofit Patriot Squadron, an affiliate of the national Association of Naval Aviation, ... [more]

2:51:21 PM The Rubin Museum Launches Visionary Circle
Joonbug.com

At the end of September, I attended the Fall Kickoff for the Rubin Museum of Art's young patron's group, Visionary Circle. After learning about Visionary Circle at their pre-launch event, I was eager to return to this tranquil space that creates a .. [more]

2:25:29 PM Exhibit opening first in NC examines American interest in Rembrandt;
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Washington Post “Rembrandt in America” opens Oct. 30 at the museum, then travels next year to Cleveland and Minneapolis. The 30 paintings are from private collections and more than two dozen American art museums. The exhibit also includes works no lo [more]

2:25:29 PM Museum's vintage clothes giveaway
BBC Sport - UK

By Carl Yapp BBC Wales News For a lover of vintage clothes Margaret Evans's vast collection is a dream come true, but it has turned into something of a headache for one museum. Extending to 17000 items, it is being broken up and some of it is being . [more]

2:25:29 PM Milwaukee exhibit looks at impressionist drawings
msnbc.com - USA

The two museums bet on the outcome of the Super Bowl game earlier this year when the Green Bay Packers beat the Pittsburgh Steelers and the painting was the prize. Winters said she hopes the exhibit changes the conversation about art history. ... [more]

2:25:29 PM Museums looking for your votes ahead of national awards
Stoke & Staffordshire - Stoke-on-Trent,England,UK

The city's four museum are looking for local people to vote for them as they bid to become the nation's favourite family friendly museum. The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Gladstone Pottery Museum, Etruria Industrial Museum and Ford Green Hall are  [more]

2:25:29 PM Plans begin for children's museum in Potsdam
Watertown Daily Times - Watertown,NY,USA

By MATTHEW BULTMAN POTSDAM — A group of local educators is working to bring a children's museum to Potsdam. Sharon V. Williams, a professor at SUNY Potsdam, and her colleague April Vasher are leading a group of St. Lawrence County educators intent on [more]

2:25:29 PM Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas Art News - Dallas,Texas,USA

Dr. Alessandra Comini, University Distinguished Professor of Art History Emerita at Southern Methodist University (SMU), who gifted the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) with the sculpture Lady Godiva by Anne Whitney, will discuss women sculptors from Ameri [more]

7:39:12 AM Museum delayed for contract re-bidding
The National - Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates

Bidding has been halted for the main construction contract on the Guggenheim Museum on Saadiyat Island, raising questions about the timetable for one of Abu Dhabi's flagship projects. Project paradise Explore the changing landscape of Abu Dhabi's ... [more]

7:39:12 AM Out with the old, in with the old: Livingston museum renovated; grand re ...
Billings Gazette

Director of the Yellowstone Gateway Museum Paul Shea tours the renovations being made to the Park County Museum. LIVINGSTON -- Sheets of plywood were laid over the stairs to ease removal of artifacts. Tables stacked with cans of paint crowded the ... [more]

7:07:33 AM Museum to Capture Latino Experience in US
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

By Mary Moreno Latinos' contributions to the development, welfare and culture of this country have been largely overlooked, and are not properly reflected in our nation's museums. But that could soon change with the creation of a museum dedicated to  [more]

7:07:33 AM Museum of Spanish Colonial Arts exhibit offers rare chance to glimpse ...
Santa Fe New Mexican.com - santa fe,new mexico,United States

Today he owns 30 pieces, including nine that are in an exhibit that opened last month at the Museum of Spanish Colonial Arts. The exhibit, New Mexico Collects: Private Treasures, features pieces from 10 private collections in New Mexico. ... [more]

2:22:16 AM Harvard Art Museums Receive Gift of Outsider Art from Didi and David Barrett
Art Daily - Eastport,Maine,USA

The Harvard Art Museums announce a gift of 38 drawings, paintings, and sculpture from Didi and David Barrett's 20th-century American Collection of Self-Taught, Folk, and Outsider Art. The gift comprises works by 24 American “outsider” artists, ... [more]

2:22:16 AM Aspen Art Museum presents exhibition of the work of Rhode Island artist
Art Daily - Eastport,Maine,USA

Art Daily The Aspen Art Museum presents an exhibition of the work of artist Don ZanFagna, on view from Friday, October 21, through Sunday, November 20, 2011. Since the 1950s, Don ZanFagna has been creating stunning works that examine the creative pot [more]

2:22:16 AM Military museums sneak history into preschoolers' safety lessons
Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

That's why few would normally expect four- to six-year-olds to be an enthusiastic group of museum-goers, especially Canadian military history museum-goers. But The Military Museums of Calgary have designed an ingenious program that teaches kids about [more]

1:33:06 AM Native Montana Museum aims to share culture with Great Falls community
KRTV - Great Falls,MT,USA

When a building across the street from the Charlie Russell Museum in Great Falls went up for rent eight months ago, James Parker Shield knew it was time to act on his dream. "I mean who else would say, 'I'm going to open up an art gallery in the midd [more]

12:19:01 AM PAF Museum reopens for public gatherings
The News - International - Pakistan

The Pakistan Air Force Museum has reopened for recreational activities after it was shut down for public in May this year when the Pakistan Naval Station (PNS) Mehran came under a brazen attack by extremist militants. The authorities claim to have .. [more]



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