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News From Thursday, October 09, 2008
10:45:59 PM War museum seeks owner of marker
Danville Commercial News - Danville,IL,USA

Dukes said she gave the piece to Michael Mains of Danville who brought it to the Vermilion County War Museum president Harold “Sparky” Songer Tuesday. ... [more]

9:57:26 PM Local artists at the Elliott and Backus galleries
Fort Pierce Tribune - Fort Pierce,FL,USA

By Bill DeYoung Stuart’s Elliott Museum will close in early January for a lengthy renovation. The last exhibition in the existing building, the fifth annual ... [more]

9:50:28 PM OUR VIEW: Marketing the macabrem 10-10-08
Fall River Herald News - Fall River,MA,USA

Now that the fight over who has rights to Lizzie Borden’s name has ended, the two museums purporting to tell “the true story” of Fall River’s most notorious ... [more]

8:26:27 PM 1950s Museum Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Half Price Coupon
eNews Park Forest - Park Forest,IL,USA

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The 1950s Park Forest House Museum, now located at 141 Forest Blvd (at the corner of Forest and Fir) is celebrating its 10th ... [more]

8:13:23 PM ‘3 museums for Punjab’
The Post - Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan

SIALKOT: Punjab Minister for Sports, Culture and Youth Affairs Dr Tanvir-ul-Islam has said three museums are being set up in Gujrat, Multan and Katas Raj in ... [more]

7:34:18 PM School& Surf Artist Gives Museum an Edge
Laguna Beach Independent - Laguna Beach,CA,USA

Billabong will host an exhibition of Wolfgang Bloch's work at Laguna Art Museum on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 11 and 12, in conjunction with Chronicle's ... [more]

6:44:00 PM Art work from U of I Museum of Art back on campus
KCAU - Sioux City,IA,USA

AP - October 9, 2008 8:14 PM ET DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Some of the art work from the University of Iowa Museum of Art's permanent collection has been ... [more]

5:55:05 PM Museums Branch Out
Buzzle - Costa Mesa,CA,USA

A race by Paris museums for the soul of provincial France kicked off yesterday when the Pompidou unveiled its program for its outpost in the city of Metz. ... [more]

4:59:16 PM National Museum of the American Indian and the National Gallery of ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release) - New York,NY,USA

is inspired by the National Gallery of Art’s George de Forest Brush exhibition and the National Museum of the American Indian’s “Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not ... [more]

4:13:06 PM Two in custody in arson at Circus World Museum
Wisconsin State Journal - Madison,WI,USA

Two people were taken into custody Thursday morning in connection with the arson at Circus World Museum earlier this week, according to Baraboo Police Lt. ... [more]

1:52:26 PM Rockwell works to be featured at NC Museum of Art
FayObserver.com - Fayetteville NC,USA

AP The first special exhibition after the North Carolina Museum of Art opens its new building for its permanent collection will tug at heart strings more ... [more]

1:02:36 PM Have mummy, will travel: Mexican corpses on tour
The Associated Press -

The 15 females, eight males and one head make up a macabre troupe of 100-year-old corpses visiting this industrial city from Guanajuato's Museum of the ... [more]

12:12:28 PM 'Family Ties' father Gross to become B&O Railroad museum spokesman
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA

Gross will appear in a museum film that welcomes visitors and will make public appearances at museum fund-raising events. B&O spokeswoman Stefanie Hare said ... [more]

12:04:57 PM T.M. HEMY'S OIL PAINTING FROM QE2 HANDED TO DISCOVERY MUSEUM
24 Hour Museum - UK

By Tara Booth An oil painting by 19th century artist TM Hemy has been handed to Newcastle’s Discovery Museum from its home on board the QE2. ... [more]

11:25:52 AM Blanton Museum of Art Poised to Become Largest University Museum ...
News from the University of Texas at Austin - Austin,TX,USA

AUSTIN, Texas — The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin will become the largest university museum in the United States when it opens ... [more]

10:35:04 AM National Palace Museum
eTaiwan News - Taipei,Taiwan

The National Palace Museum and the National Chinese Orchestra presents a great art feast that blends the previous collection with enchanting music. .... [more]

9:45:38 AM Township panel OKs museum plan in Valley Forge
Fort Mills Times - Fort Mills,SC,USA

A township zoning panel has approved a long-contested plan to build an American Revolution museum on private land within Valley Forge National Historical ... [more]

9:39:49 AM CEO Says Aquarium, New Museums will Boost International Tourism
GlobalAtlanta - Atlanta,GA,USA

Atlanta is to add two new museums downtown near the Georgia Aquarium and its CEO says that instead of competing for visitors, the city’s multiple ... [more]

9:00:48 AM The Tate Britain museum buys rare Rubens sketch
International Herald Tribune - Paris,France

AP LONDON: The Tate Britain museum bought a rare sketch by Peter Paul Rubens with help from several art and heritage foundations to keep it from being sold ... [more]

7:59:27 AM Mobile Museums: Chanel Art Tube Touches Down in Central Park
Jaunted - USA

In case you haven't heard, static institutions are out, and mobile museums are all the rage. So if you thought you saw a UFO-like-thing landing in Central ... [more]

7:35:22 AM Mackinac State Historic Parks to Create Innovative Mackinac Island ...
MarketWatch - USA

The museum will center around fine and decorative arts inspired by Mackinac Island through the ages from Native American baskets to present day paintings of ... [more]

5:41:04 AM The BMA takes on the complicated task of reassembling Franz West's ...
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore,MD,USA

By Edward Gunts The next exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art won't open until Sunday, but it has already set one record. The show contains the largest ... [more]

4:00:23 AM SF: NEW ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BUILDING RATED WORLD'S MOST ...
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA

The new California Academy of Sciences building is officially the most sustainable museum in the world after it received its formal rating from the US Green ... [more]

3:09:12 AM New exhibit at Haines Museum looks at Waukegan's history
Aurora Beacon News - Aurora,IL,USA

The exhibit will be in the Haines Museum at 1917 N. Sheridan Road. The exhibit focuses on the history of the city of Waukegan from its very earliest ... [more]

2:22:45 AM Watercolor workshop with Diana M. Davis at museum
Delaware Coast Press - Rehoboth Beach,DE,USA

The Oyster & Maritime Museum is offering a workshop entitled "Assateague in the Fall-Watercolor Workshop with Diana M. Davis" on Oct. 18 from 9 am - 1p.m. ... [more]

2:04:11 AM Crowds throng museums during Notte Bianca
Malta Independent - St. Julians,Malta

Over 10000 persons last Saturday visited Heritage Malta museums and sites in Valletta which were open to visitors free of charge. The most popular venue was ... [more]

1:37:28 AM Sci-fi artifacts, costumes land at Ford museum
Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,USA

BY JOHN MONAGHAN • FREE PRESS SPECIAL WRITER • October 9, 2008 Starting Saturday at the Henry Ford Museum, "Out of This World: Extraordinary Costumes from ... [more]

1:11:38 AM Museums seek global audience
nebusiness.co.uk - UK

PEOPLE around the world can discover what’s happening in the North East’s museums, thanks to podcasts created by a technology company in the region. ... [more]

12:39:00 AM An Interactive Wonderland: Please Touch Children's Museum At ...
Evening Bulletin - Philadelphia,PA,USA

By Lindsay Warner, The Bulletin The cavernous rooms of the new Please Touch Museum at Memorial Hall were filled with children yesterday morning in ... [more]



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