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11:24:21 PM Laurie Hawn and the missing RAM millions : A Wrinkle in Time
Edmonton Journal (blog)

Ever since the Alberta government abruptly announced that it was mothballing plans for a new Royal Alberta Museum – on the grounds that the federal government had failed to come up with $92.5 million in promised funding – Laurie Hawn, ... [more]

9:39:48 PM Gary Bogue: Lindsay Wildlife Museum: We need museum & museum needs us!
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

At the end of the first week of our 8-week fundraiser, the Lindsay Wildlife Museum has received 92 donations totaling $5771! The City of Walnut Creek will give the Lindsay Wildlife Museum $75000 if the museum matches that amount with new or increased [more]

7:02:33 PM Museums are Tampa's trustworthy treasures
Brandon News and Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA

Yet one institution our citizens continue to trust and support is the nation's museums. A recent national survey found America's museums and libraries to be the most trusted sources of information by the public. That's why the popularity of museums . [more]

4:43:28 PM Former Beatle Paul McCartney to help restore 1877 Steinway grand piano used
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Washington Post Undaunted, the legendary roll and roller from England told museum officials following a July concert at Comerica Park that he wanted to help restore it. On Monday, the piano will be picked up from the Detroit museum and shipped to Ste [more]

4:43:28 PM New York City Health Officials Warn Museum About Skinny-Dip Exhibit
FOX News - USA

Oct. 28, 2011: A New Museum employee in the “Psycho Tank,” a part of an adult art exhibit in New York City. The New York City Department of Health warned a local art museum Friday that it can no longer have more than one visitor at a time splashing . [more]

2:06:19 PM Ai Weiwei solo exhibition gets limited turnout on opening day
eTaiwan News

Taipei, Oct. 29 (CNA) The solo exhibition of outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei drew a small and reserved crowd of visitors at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum Saturday, the opening day of the three-month show. Dubbed "Ai Weiwei Absent," the exhibition dr [more]

9:53:27 AM Squabbling over museum could undermine project
Edmonton Journal

Though it's unclear who is at fault for a funding fiasco on the Royal Alberta Museum project, federal and provincial politicians must end their squabbling and find a way to get the museum built, a city councillor says. "Quite frankly, we don't know w [more]

9:53:27 AM NC Museum of Art predicts Rembrandt exhibit will be one of its biggest
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA), located here in Raleigh, has made history. On Sunday, October 30, the NC Museum of Art will reveal the largest collection of Rembrandt paintings in the special exhibit Rembrandt in America. ... [more]

9:53:27 AM Nevada State Museum opens at new home
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA

Steven Aguilera, his 10-year-old daughter, Yesenia, and his wife, Claudia, look at one of the exhibits Friday at the Nevada State Museum in the Springs Preserve. » Buy this photo The skeleton of a woolly mammoth, which is part of the permanent displa [more]

9:53:27 AM Fruitlands Museum in Harvard hosts an evening of art
Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin - Plymouth,MA,USA

Curator Mike Volmar in the gallery at Fruitlands Museum which has recently been expanded and renovated. It has a new exhibit, "New England Impressionists Rediscovered.''? By Staff reports Fruitlands Museum will host a cocktail reception and art sale  [more]

9:07:11 AM Abu Dhabi museum island hit by more delays
Sacramento Bee - Sacramento,CA,USA

By ADAM SCHRECK AP Business Writer DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Officials in Abu Dhabi say that branches of the Louvre and Guggenheim museums planned for Abu Dhabi could now open at least a year later than planned. The new timetable revealed on ... [more]

8:06:29 AM Museum director search starts over
News-Leader.com

The Springfield Art Museum is still in search of a director to replace Jerry Berger. / Dean Curtis / News-Leader With none of three finalists offered the job, the search for a new director of the Springfield Art Museum continues. ... [more]

6:03:43 AM Kevorkian suicide machine, disputed paintings don't sell in NYC auction
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Washington Post Images of the paintings were displayed instead of the actual works because the Armenian Library and Museum of America has refused to surrender them. Roger Neal, a spokesman for the Kevorkian estate, said he was not surprised that the  [more]

6:03:43 AM SCAD Museum of Art opens to the community
Savannah Morning News

”Jewel Boxes” built out of the Savannah College of Art and Design Museum of Art's exterior help bring the gallery outside along Turner Boulevard. By Jenel Few Remnants of a crumbling National Historic Landmark railroad warehouse that the city once .. [more]

6:03:43 AM Toledo museum | Special exhibit
Youngstown Vindicator - Youngstown,OH,USA

To commemorate the 400th anniversary of a publishing milestone, the Toledo Museum of Art is displaying its two first-edition copies of the King James Bible. Admission to the museum is free. Nov. 6 lecture: "The King James Bible, the Toledo Rubens and [more]

5:59:10 AM Wells Fargo treasures from cellar shine in new museum
CharlotteObserver.com - Charlotte,NC,USA

By Mark Washburn A restored 19th-century Wells Fargo stagecoach wagon is among the exhibits at the bank's new Charlotte museum, opening today at 401 S. Tryon St. Ribbon cutting is at 9:30 am T. Ortega Gaines - ogaines@charlotteobserver.com Today's .. [more]

3:10:18 AM Funding flap shouldn't stop Royal Alberta Museum project, councillor says
Edmonton Journal

By Keith Gerein October 28, 2011 8:06 PM EDMONTON — Though it's unclear who is at fault for a funding fiasco on the Royal Alberta Museum project, federal and provincial politicians must end their squabbling and find a way to get the museum built, ... [more]

2:52:24 AM Museums of money
MENAFN - Middle East

Wells Fargo opened the latest repository of the region's sparking past on Saturday, a museum on South Tryon Street that traces the bank's roots from the Old West to the modern days. Charlotte's place in the world of money is intertwined among the ... [more]

12:24:04 AM Art Museum shakes things up in first gallery
Cincinnati.com - Cincinnati,OH,USA

Visitors to the Cincinnati Art Museum will now have a dramatically different experience as they walk into the first gallery of the museum. For nearly two decades, museum visitors saw ancient works from Rome, Greece and Egypt on display in the long, . [more]



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