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11:53:04 PM Islamic Galleries at the Met Have a Grand Re-Opening
Voice of America - USA

Now, New York's Metropolitan Museum is re-opening its enormous collection of Islamic art in a grand new setting. The objects span nearly 13 centuries and many cultures - and include items ranging from paintings to architectural works to medieval Kora [more]

11:53:04 PM Paul McCartney will pay for the restoration of Motown's historic piano.-
Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,USA

Detroit Free Press Paul McCartney (left) with Motown Museum curator Lina Stephens in Motown's studio control room. McCartney toured the museum before his Comerica Park concert in July. The museum announced Friday that the former Beatle is financing r [more]

10:15:51 PM The Museum As Transcendent Space
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

Eager to locate an antidote, I hailed a cab uptown to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to walk through the Modern and Contemporary collection galleries. Encountering many "old friends" -- works by Mark Rothko, George Segal, Barnett Newman -- I instantl [more]

10:15:51 PM Wells Fargo treasures sparkle in new museum
CharlotteObserver.com - Charlotte,NC,USA

By Mark Washburn 10/20/11- Wells Fargo employees and invited guests got a chance to get a sneak preview of the Wells Fargo Museum. T.Ortega Gaines - ogaines@charlotteobserver.com Beverly Smith, Wells Fargo historian, with stagecoach exhibit in the .. [more]

10:15:51 PM Assessing a decade of art at the Milwaukee Art Museum
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee,WI,USA

The once agile, regional museum known for its astute eye, particularly for modern and contemporary art, was larger, twice as expensive to run, and thrust into the international spotlight by its famous building. Now, 10 years after opening of one of t [more]

8:10:05 PM Kevorkian suicide machine, paintings in NYC sale
The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine and 17 paintings tied up in a legal dispute with a suburban Boston museum are among the assisted-suicide advocate's possessions going on the auction block on Friday. The paintings, including one .. [more]

7:02:26 PM Stripping Down For Art In The Naked City
ABC News - United States

Höller's project comes to Manhattan at a time when museums across the country are making fresh efforts to bewitch a new generation of art enthusiasts. Their promise: Be brave, be open, and you can join the pageant. Put simply: Please touch the art! . [more]

7:02:26 PM Brooklyn Museum Is City's Latest Cultural Institution to Hike Admission
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WNYC By Annmarie Fertoli : Assistant Producer, WNYC/WQXR News The Brooklyn Museum announced a $2 hike in its suggested admission rates on Friday — up to $12 for adults, and $8 for students and seniors. The Brooklyn Museum is among a number of New Yor [more]

7:02:26 PM Group Delphi and GGE Merge
MarketWatch - USA

As a combined entity, Group Delphi and GGE will continue to provide comprehensive solutions for trade shows, events, museums and retail environments throughout the world. Their capabilities range from creative development and design to fabrication an [more]

5:28:07 PM Spend a night at the museum
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

Even before the Ben Stiller fantasy comedies about after-hours life in museums, a number of institutions hosted nights for children to tuck in next to a T-rex. And the programs, which run from just after the museum closes until just before it opens t [more]

4:13:54 PM Interactive Exhibit Tests Museum-Goers
Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA

By Rebecca Horne On Oct. 25th, at the German artist Carsten Höller's exhibition “Experience” at the New Museum in Manhattan, I was handed a two-page waiver. After signing the waiver, I was a given red bracelet not unlike the kind put on unaccompanied [more]

4:13:54 PM Famed northern spotted owl named Polka that bred in captivity dies at
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Washington Post A famed northern spotted owl named Polka has died at Oregon's High Desert Museum in Bend. Polka and his mate, Dot, who died last year, drew attention whenever Dot laid eggs. Their owlets were released into the wild or sent to other pr [more]

4:13:54 PM Kiowa County Historical Museum set for grand opening
Dodge City Daily Globe - Dodge City,KS,USA

The Kiowa County Historical Museum is housed in the new Commons Building, which is also the home of the Kiowa County Library and the Media Center. The museum is planning a grand opening for Tuesday. By Don Steele Greensburg will reach another milesto [more]

3:13:43 PM Aztec dancers to perform during 'Day of Dead' at state museum
Nevada Appeal - Carson City,NV,USA

Children make and decorate skeletons during a previous year's Day of the Dead celebration at the Nevada State Museum. This year's celebration will be from 10 am-4 pm Nov. 5. The public is invited to celebrate El Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, .. [more]

1:53:18 PM China's Ai Weiwei gets "absent" exhibition in Taiwan
Reuters - NY,USA

TAIPEI (Reuters) - A museum in Taiwan will host dissident artist Ai Weiwei's first major exhibition in the overseas Chinese world from Saturday in a move that could upset Beijing. Ai, famed for his work on the "Bird's Nest" Olympic Stadium in Beijing [more]

1:53:18 PM Simons: Political fight leaves downtown museum plan in limbo
Edmonton Journal

By Paula Simons, edmontonjournal.com October 28, 2011 6:40 AM EDMONTON - In the centre of the Royal Alberta Museum sits a sacred aboriginal relic, a meteorite known as the Manitou Stone. For generations, the stone that fell from the sky was venerated [more]

1:36:00 PM El Paso Museum of History Presents A Veterans Day Musical Salute
Dallas Art News - Dallas,Texas,USA

This performance will take place on Saturday, November 12, 2011, in the lobby of the El Paso Museum of History at 4:00 pm The performance is free and open to all, especially to veterans, currently serving armed forces personnel, and their families. . [more]

9:58:55 AM Museum caught in middle of ugly political cat fight
Edmonton Journal

By Simons Paula, Edmonton Journal October 28, 2011 2:05 AM In the centre of the Royal Alberta Museum sits a sacred aboriginal relic, a meteorite known as the Manitou Stone. For generations, the stone that fell from the sky was venerated by the native [more]

6:51:47 AM At the Metropolitan Museum, a New Wing, a New Vista
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

On Tuesday, after eight years of renovation, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will open its new Islamic wing — the Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia. Below, a tour of some of the collection's ... [more]

4:53:20 AM Smithsonian's American History Museum shows 100 years of electric car
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Washington Post WASHINGTON — The history of electric cars is going on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History with two “electrifying cars” from the early 20th century. A 1904 Columbia electric runabout went on display Thursda [more]

3:11:56 AM Getty Museum acquires sculpture attributed to Francesco Primaticcio
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The Getty Museum said Thursday it has acquired a 16th century bronze double-head sculpture believed to be the creation of artist Francesco Primaticcio. The work, which once belonged to fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, dates from around 1543 and m [more]

2:49:45 AM Lake County Discovery Museum volunteer 'always willing to help'
Chicago Sun-Times

By Beth Kramer ekramer@stmedianetwork.com October 27, 2011 9:22PM Karen Beasley recently won the Volunteer of the Year Award from Illinois Association of Museums for her work at Lake County Discovery Museum. She volunteers every Thursday in the ... [more]

2:49:45 AM Museum of Contemporary Art replaces UBS 12x12 with Chicago Works
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Scott Reeder's Untitled (pictured, 2011), the 14' x 25' painting hanging in the Museum of Contemporary Art's atrium, is so elegant it's hard to believe the River North resident made this magnum opus using spaghetti. ... [more]

1:54:15 AM USS Iowa begins final mission as museum
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

Its sister ships are museums: the Missouri, at Pearl Harbor; the Wisconsin, in Norfolk, Va., and the New Jersey, in Camden. The Navy no longer has battleships in its fleet. "This is the world's last battleship's final voyage," said Robert Kent, ... [more]

1:54:15 AM Heritage Center and Museum exhibit earns top award
Chicago Sun-Times

Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media Award of Superior Achievement from Illinois Association of Museums Oct. 21 Award of Merit from American Association for State and Local History Sept. 2011 An exhibit more than 30 years in the making that is now the ... [more]

12:25:46 AM Where Visitors Take the Plunge, or Plunges
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

Curators tend to place Mr. Höller under the umbrella of “relational aesthetics,” which, as defined by the critic Nicolas Bourriaud, is all about transforming the museum into a “festive, collective and participatory” space. But Mr. Höller's art, ... [more]

12:25:46 AM Alberta museum project on hold in funding dispute with Ottawa
Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

A controversial new $340-million Royal Alberta Museum has been shelved, at least temporarily, after Ottawa's behind-closed-doors promise to foot almost a third of the bill has been yanked, according to the Alberta government. ... [more]

12:25:46 AM A Cosmopolitan Trove of Exotic Beauty
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

On Tuesday the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens a new home for Islamic treasures. More Photos » By HOLLAND COTTER New York City is just days away from a long-awaited Arab autumn. The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, ... [more]

12:25:46 AM Spare Times for Oct. 28-Nov. 3
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

Museum of the City of New York: 'Kevin Roche: Architecture as Environment' (Friday through Thursday) New York sites connected to the 89-year-old architect Kevin Roche — among them the United Nations Plaza, the Ford Foundation building and the ... [more]

12:14:20 AM Hewn, Spun, Joined, Sandwiched, Cemented
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

The resumption of this project, after a decade-and-a-half break, is good news: It signals that the museum's enthusiasm for all things contemporary won't keep it from doing the historical digging and sifting we expect of museums. ... [more]

12:14:20 AM Cannon pulled from pirate Blackbeard's ship, Queen Anne's Revenge
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"We were all so excited," Claire Aubel, a spokeswoman for the North Carolina Maritime Museums, told The Times. She was there Wednesday morning when the crust-covered cannon was pulled dripping out of the water a couple of miles south of Ft. Macon in  [more]



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