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9:07:44 PM Museum, library survive cuts
Homer Tribune

The Homer City Council, prior to their final debate on line items up for additions or subtractions, took testimony from groups concerned about proposed funding cuts to the Pratt Museum, to the Homer Chamber of Commerce and to the Homer Public Library [more]

8:53:14 PM Iraq Museum Buys Artifacts Back From Looters (VIDEO)
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

In 2003, after US forces failed to secure The National Museum of Irag in Baghdad, looters ran amok, stealing somewhere in the range of 15000 artifacts. in 2009, the museum reopened after a wide-spanning effort to recover the artifacts was initiated.  [more]

8:53:14 PM York Co. museum, state history officials agree to protect Catawba interests
Rock Hill Herald - Rock Hill,SC,USA

By Jamie Self - jself@heraldonline.com The Catawba Indian Nation, state history and archaeology officials and the county's museum foundation have reached a new agreement about how best to protect land on the Catawba River that is home to two known 18 [more]

8:53:14 PM 1000Museums.com Announces the ART CARD, Ideal for Holiday Shoppers, Last ...
MarketWatch - USA

For museums interested in getting content online, 1000Museums.com offers a comprehensive program including museum-in store marketing, kiosks, promotions, etc. "For our museum partners we bring a range of their content online, from iconic images to .. [more]

5:25:15 PM Miss. communities offer holiday events, including light shows, home
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Washington Post The city offers other attractions, including a carousel, a miniature train or fire truck on the square; Canton Animation Museums; Old Jail Museum; Log Cabin Behind the Old Jail and the Railroad Museum. Details: http://www.cantontouris [more]

5:25:15 PM State Museum to host 'Body World' exhibit
Aiken Standard

The South Carolina State Museum in Columbia is the latest venue to host a "Body World" exhibition. Billed as the biggest show that the museum has ever mounted, "Body Worlds: Vital" is, one might argue, a fascinating combination of both science and ar [more]

5:25:15 PM Deal protects tribal artifacts on museum land in Fort Mill
MENAFN - Middle East

FORT MILL, Dec 14, 2011 (The Herald - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- The Catawba Indian Nation, state history and archaeology officials and the county's museum foundation have reached a new agreement about how best to protect . [more]

3:56:26 PM Monster Mash: Getty Museum exit; Nicole Scherzinger and 'Phantom'
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

Abrupt exit: David Bomford, who has served as the Getty Museum's acting director for nearly two years, is leaving the museum Feb. 1. (Los Angeles Times) Pop sensation: Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger will perform selections from "The Phantom [more]

3:56:26 PM Folklife Museum to close for renovations
Farragutpress - Farragut,TN,USA

Farragut Folklife Museum director Julia Jones-Barham is looking to bring the Town's historical and cultural centerpiece, the Museum, into the 21st Century ... just in time for Civil War sesquicentennial celebrations that begin next year. ... [more]

3:56:26 PM St. George Children's Museum aims to open in Nov. 2012
St. George Daily Spectrum - St. George,UT,USA

Youth make a craft project during an October event hosted by the St. George Children's Museum. / PHOTO SUBMITTED BY MALISSA KELSCH To donate, call 435-632-5212 or email stgeorgecm@gmail.com. ST. GEORGE - Organizers say 2012 could be the year St. Geor [more]

3:56:26 PM Digitizing a Treasury of Objects at the Fleming Museum
Seven Days

By Lindsay J. Westley [12.14.11] Janie Cohen walks through the stacks on the top floor of the University of Vermont's Fleming Museum of Art, running a finger along the shelves and pointing out favorites. Ancient Native American pottery shares a shelf [more]

2:13:13 PM OPINION: With work, DD Museum can weather the storm
Daily Republic - Mitchell,SD,USA

Museums across the nation have been closing their doors in the face of disappearing budgets and reduced contributions from the public. The past three years have been very challenging for our nation and region. Financial challenges have struck hard at [more]

1:28:03 PM Exeter Museum reopens after £24m refurbishment
BBC Sport - UK

Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum is due to open its doors to the public after being closed for four years for a major refurbishment. The £24m makeover has been plagued with problems leading to delays and a 60% increase in the original budget. .. [more]

1:28:03 PM Children's museum aims to open in Nov. 2012
St. George Daily Spectrum - St. George,UT,USA

GEORGE - Organizers say 2012 could be the year St. George finally opens its own children's museum. "It's been a long time coming," said St. George Children's Museum Executive Committee Chairwoman Gail Bunker. "It's really been a herculean effort to g [more]

1:28:03 PM The Shuttle Has Landed: NASA Signs Over Craft to Intrepid Museum After ...
mediabistro.com - New York,NY,USA

Despite an autumn full of controversy over whether or not New York's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum was prepared to take the Space Shuttle prototype NASA had awarded it after a spring full of heightened competition by museums across the country. .. [more]

11:02:43 AM Book signing of museum's 'Dearborn's Best Stories' draws crowd, sales
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

The official introduction of the Dearborn Historical Museum's new book, Best Dearborn Stories: Voices from Henry Ford's Hometown” drew around 100 to Henry Ford Community College Saturday—and that was only the authors. The book is a collection of ... [more]

10:59:23 AM Nelson-Atkins Museum in KC sees attendance jump in 2011
The Republic

Attendance at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City was up this year, thanks in part to a popular Monet (Moh-NAY) exhibit. The museum says 410000 people visited the museum in 2011, compared to 359000 visitors in 2010. ... [more]

9:33:41 AM Museum's program teaches children about winter
LubbockOnline.com

Reagan Scroggins gets some help with her snowman's hat from her mother, Christine Scroggins, during winter wonderland crafts time as part of Toddler Tuesday at the Texas Tech Museum. Children completed several snow-themed crafts including snowmen and [more]

9:33:41 AM Fun, educational choices at museum gift shops
Edmonton Journal

Both the Royal Alberta Museum in Edmonton and the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin have gift ideas for people on your shopping list. "We have so many items that you can't buy anywhere else," said Cynthia Blackmore, head of marketing and public . [more]

9:31:40 AM Computer History Museum Receives Google.org Grant for Digital Repository
MarketWatch - USA

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, Dec 14, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- The Computer History Museum announced today that Google.org has provided a grant of $500000 for the Museum to preserve its valuable digital collection chronicling the birth of computing throu [more]

6:59:31 AM Museum's moral tragedy
Albany Times Union - Albany,NY,USA

By JEFFREY GOLDBERG, Commentary Alice Walton, who is worth about $21 billion, has achieved her dream of building a museum that unabashedly celebrates American art in the American heartland. Crystal Bridges is a success. It's also a moral tragedy, ... [more]

6:59:31 AM Sandy Spring Museum searches for new leader
Business Gazette - Gaithersburg,MD,USA

The Sandy Spring Museum has launched a search for a new executive director, following the recent announcement that Dr. Sharon Ann Holt will be leaving the post she has held for the past three years. As executive director of the Sandy Spring Museum, . [more]

6:59:31 AM Bristol County Board of Commissioners still to iron out Children's
Taunton Gazette - Taunton,MA,USA

Taunton Daily Gazette By MARC LAROCQUE The Bristol County Board of Commissioners tabled an agenda item to review a lease agreement between the county and the Children's Museum of Greater Fall River at their Tuesday meeting. The commissioners are iron [more]

6:59:31 AM Arts Museum seeks historical artifacts
Daily Home Online - Talladega,AL,USA

by Emily Adams SYLACAUGA — The Isabel Anderson Comer Museum and Arts Center is seeking historical artifacts and information about Sylacauga. The museum is starting month-long history exhibits beginning in January in an effort to expand its focus on . [more]

6:55:49 AM Doylestown Museums Celebrate the Season
Patch.com

By Sandra Moyer DeHaven CB East's Instrumental Chamber Ensembles and Symphonic Band entertained open house visitors in the Central Court of Mercer Museum. It seemed half of Doylestown turned out for the annual Holiday Open House sponsored jointly by  [more]

4:21:10 AM Editorial: Invest in treasures
Hampton Roads Daily Press - Newport,VA,USA

Battleground monuments, bustling ports, native forests and Colonial streetscapes offer Hampton Roads visitors a drive-through history lesson, enhanced even further by the area's treasure trove of museums. But as the economy has languished, our museum [more]

3:54:45 AM Cuno on Bomford's departure and hiring a new museum director
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

We can now cross one person off the small list of possible museum directors for the Getty: David Bomford, who has served as the museum's acting director for nearly two years without much fanfare or criticism, has announced that he is leaving the muse [more]

3:54:45 AM Indiana State Museum to display Jim Irsay collection
Fox 59

Like any array of collectables, the collection says as much about the history, as it does about the collector, who come February, will share a small part of it at the Indiana State Museum. "It's not getting the piece and holding it in front of you wh [more]

3:01:43 AM opposition parties decry hike in passes for seniors to nature museums
The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada

“The nature museums are being re-positioned as a major tourist attraction for the east end of Montreal,” said Alan DeSousa, responsible for the environment and sustainable development. “Over the next five or six years, we're going to be plowing in .. [more]

2:07:35 AM Latino stars lend support to Smithsonian American Latino Museum Act
La Prensa - Toledo,Ohio,USA

By Kevin Milliken for La Prensa Some Latino star power will lead the effort to establish the Smithsonian American Latino Museum on the National Mall in Washington, DC Actress Eva Longoria and recording artist Emilio Estefan have agreed to take ... [more]

2:07:35 AM LPSO: Thieves Crash Into Museum, Attempt To Hide Under Water
WDSU - New Orleans,LA,USA

Two men were arrested after deputies said they attempted to flee in a high-speed pursuit, crashed into a museum and hid under water. The incident happened in Lafourche Parish about midnight Tuesday. The Sheriff's Office said a deputy who was working  [more]

12:10:14 AM Don't like the name of new art museum? Move on
Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA

It's where you'll find the Jorge M. Perez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County. My initial reaction to renaming the Miami Art Museum for Jorge Perez was negative. Why should our stunning new $225 million civic art museum — with $103 million coming from .. [more]



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