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News From Wednesday, November 16, 2011
1:03:33 PM Miranda Kerr: Museum of Modern Art Film Benefit!
Just Jared - New York,NY,USA

Miranda Kerr hits the Museum of Modern Art's 2011 Film Benefit on Tuesday (November 15) at MoMA in New York City. The 28-year-old Aussie model met up with the night's honoree, director Pedro Almodovar, as well as Vogue's Hamish Bowles and model Karen [more]

1:03:33 PM Hoo Haven to bring live birds of prey to Burpee Museum
The Rock River Times

This $500 grant will provide two Raptor Ambassador Programs with unreleasable birds of prey at the Burpee Museum of Natural History. “It's been quite some time since we have offered programs at Burpee Museum, and we are very excited to be partnering  [more]

11:04:32 AM 10 of the best galleries and museums in Las Vegas
Guardian - UK

Once a natural history museum, the Barrick Museum on the University of Nevada Las Vegas campus has changed its focus to art in an attempt to fill the void left when the Las Vegas Art Museum closed its doors in early 2009. The small staff at Barrick . [more]

11:04:32 AM Shoe and tell at Northampton museum and art gallery
Nortthamptonshire Chronicle and Echo - Northampton,Northamptonshire,UK

I am talking specifically about Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, which hosts both interesting permanent collections and touring exhibitions. When I visited this week the What did the Shoe Trade ever do for Us exhibition was still on, though this i [more]

8:27:23 AM Museums of Old York present Christmas Tea
Hampton Union - Hampton,NH,USA

YORK — The Museums of Old York will once again host a Christmas Tea at the historic Jefferds Tavern as a part of the annual Festival of Lights celebration in York Village on Saturday, Dec. 3. The Christmas Tea will be held at Jefferds Tavern, ... [more]

7:49:51 AM Sneak peak at controversial Brooklyn museum exhibit that features depiction
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

New York Daily News BY Katie Nelson Brooklyn Museum provides members of Daily News Editorial Board with a sneak peek Tuesday at its upcoming exhibit, “HIDE/SEEK: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture,” which also features David Wojnarowicz's  [more]

7:49:51 AM Ashland joins Hopkinton in quest to build marathon museum
MetroWest Daily News - Framingham,MA,USA

By Laura Krantz/Daily News staff Two MetroWest towns are racing to be the home of a MetroWest marathon museum, a region crossed every April by thousands of runners on their 26.2-mile trek to Boston. The idea of a marathon museum in Hopkinton, ... [more]

5:46:15 AM Bowers Museum's Gala Debuts Amazing Exhibition; Working WardrobesWins
OCRegister - Orange County,CA,USA

OCRegister BY DONNA BUNCE, REGISTER COLUMNIST I remember meeting Jarry when the Terra Cotta Warriors made their debut at Bowers Museum in 2008. Costumed to look like one of the soldiers, he again greeted 300 guests Saturday night at the 2011 Bowers M [more]

5:46:15 AM Director: Robins job cuts to impact Museum of Aviation
Macon Telegraph - Macon,GA,USA

By WAYNE CRENSHAW - wcrenshaw@macon.com WARNER ROBINS -- Job cuts at Robins Air Force Base also will impact the Museum of Aviation. Museum director Ken Emery said eight of the museum's 18 government employees are being moved to positions on the base. [more]

5:44:41 AM Track kicks tires on museum
Concord Monitor - Concord,NH,USA

Two floors and half of the 40000 square feet of the building will be devoted to the North East Motor Sports Museum, which will house a rotating collection of racing memorabilia from New England, New York and eastern Canada. "Anything that raced here  [more]

5:44:41 AM Historical Museum Temporarily Shut Down and Locked As Police Investigate ...
Centralia Chronicle - Centralia,WA,USA

The Chehalis Police Department has now become involved in the investigation into a three-year drawdown of the Lewis County Historical Society's nearly half million dollar endowment fund, leading to the museum completely closing temporarily, ... [more]

5:44:41 AM History museum plans annual American Indian festival Saturday
WRAL.com - Raleigh,NC,USA

By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall There are a lot of events vying for your attention this weekend - the Raleigh Christmas Parade, the reopening of Pullen Park, the NC Symphony's first Young People's Series concert, the grand opening of Kidzu Children's Museum [more]

5:44:41 AM Pedro Almodovar Honored by Star-Studded Crowd at MoMa Film Benefit
Hollywood Reporter - Los Angeles,CA,USA

The Museum of Modern Art's fourth annual event drew such stars as Sarah Jessica Parker and Drew Barrymore and included video greetings from Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas. NEW YORK -- Writer-director Pedro Almodovar was honored here Tuesday night [more]

3:02:04 AM Naked Ambition | Marina Abramovic's Museum Gala
New York Times (blog)

There was much controversy leading up to the Museum of Contemporary Art's annual fund-raising gala, which was held over the weekend in a tent in front of the museum in downtown Los Angeles. Despite all efforts to maintain secrecy, word had leaked tha [more]

3:02:04 AM Campaigns Bring Art and Artists to Life
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

The Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC, purchased billboards featuring the work from its current Romare Bearden exhibit, then hired musicians who seem to have stepped out of the artworks. By ANDREW ADAM NEWMAN A NEW commercial for the Detroit Institute of  [more]

3:02:04 AM Children's Museum agrees to lease for Superior Courthouse; could open next
Fall River Herald News - Fall River,MA,USA

Fall River Herald News By Marc Larocque After 10 years "without walls," The Children's Museum of Greater Fall River finally has a home. The Bristol County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously at their weekly meeting on Tuesday to allow the museum [more]

3:02:04 AM Hasbro exhibit coming to Springfield Museum of History pays tribute to
The Republican - Springfield,MA,USA

MassLive.com Katie Craig, left and Dorrie Brooks, right, designers of the new Hasbro Gameland which will be open to the public November 25th at the Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History at the Quadrangle in Springfield, look over one of [more]

3:02:04 AM Clyfford Still Museum opens in Denver this week
9NEWS.com

The Clyfford Still Museum in Denver opens to the public on Friday. Still was one of the first Abstract Expressionist artists following World War II. When he died in 1980, his will specified that his estate had to go to one American city which was ... [more]

3:02:04 AM Space tourist capsule in museum display
United Press International

15 (UPI) -- A Soyuz space capsule that brought a private space tourist back from orbit is on display at a museum in New York, a space tourism company says. Space Adventures, the company that organized the flights for the world's first private space . [more]

12:42:34 AM Museum's tour of homes returns on Sunday
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA

Tickets are $15 for museum members and $25 for non-museum members. Advance tickets are available at the Clement Railroad Hotel Museum, 100 Frank Clement Place in downtown Dickson and at Ace Diner, 104 North Main Street in Dickson. ... [more]

12:42:34 AM Biggs Museum spotlights masterworks from online artists community
DFM News

That includes Delaware By Hand: Masterworks 2011, a juried exhibit currently showing at the Biggs Museum of American Art in Dover that features the works of DBH masters. “Delawareans are really interested in seeing what is produced in their own ... [more]

12:42:34 AM Keralam: A boutique museum
Arab News

COM Once a resplendent residence of the high profile Travancore Chief Secretary, the Park View building in Kerala's capital city will now host the museum of the southern state's history and heritage. This is another “must-see” place on a visit to the [more]



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