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News From Tuesday, December 16, 2008
11:52:54 PM MOCA bake sale draws a crowd
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

The first sell-out at the artists' bake sale to help the financially struggling Museum of Contemporary Art were the Giacometti baguettes: tall, .... [more]

11:00:12 PM Children's Museum is here to stay
27east.com - Southampton,NY,USA

By Beth Young Stephen Long, executive director of the Children's Museum of the East End, third from right, spoke at a Rotary Club dinner on Monday. .... [more]

9:59:31 PM Nazi hunters give Holocaust Museum trial documents
The Associated Press

The death warrant was one of about 50000 Justice Department trial documents donated Tuesday to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. ... [more]

9:15:04 PM US transfers records to Holocaust museums in US, Israel (Roundup)
Monsters and Critics.com - USA

.... formally transferred more than 50000 pages of documents about Nazi war criminal prosecutions in the US to Holocaust museums in Washington and Israel. ... [more]

9:06:52 PM LACMA proposes a merger with MOCA
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

Confirming weeks of rumors, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art has announced that the Board of Museum Associates, the nonprofit that operates the county ... [more]

7:31:08 PM US prosecutors donate records to Holocaust museums in US, Israel
Monsters and Critics.com - USA

Washington - The US Justice Department Tuesday formally transferred 50000 pages of documents about Nazi war criminal prosecutions to Holocaust museums in ... [more]

7:26:42 PM Syracuse U. new home to national plastics museum
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA

The National Plastics Center is being moved to Syracuse University, which will now hold the nation's largest private collection of artifacts, ... [more]

6:11:00 PM Nazi hunters give trial docs to Holocaust Museum
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 50000 trial documents detailing World War II-era plots to kill Jews have been turned over to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. ... [more]

5:41:54 PM New exhibition at Shinnecock Museum unveiled at Winter Festival
27east.com - Southampton,NY,USA

By Pat Rogers The Winter Festival at the Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center and Museum in Southampton was special this year, marking as it did the unveiling ... [more]

4:49:29 PM Museums, Galleries
Tiffin Advertiser Tribune - Tiffin,OH,USA

Fostoria Area Historical Museum 123 W. North St., Fostoria Leonard Skonecki (419) 435-3588 www.fostoria.org/links/museum Hours by appointment. ... [more]

4:01:34 PM EU plans museum of European history
Reuters - NY,USA

STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - The European Parliament plans to open a museum of the continent's history from "caveman to today," officials said Tuesday. ... [more]

2:57:44 PM KIDS IN MUSEUMS TO RELAUNCH MANIFESTO AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY
24 Hour Museum - UK

Culture24's Anra Kennedy, a trustee of Kids in Museums, said: "This is an opportunity for visitors' voices to make a real difference to the experience of ... [more]

1:15:21 PM 2 men apologize for stealing sculpture from museum
WWSB ABC 7 - Sarasota,FL,USA

(AP) - Two Port St. Lucie men are apologizing for stealing a sculpture from a museum. Stuart police arrested 47-year-old Charles Boyd and 23-year-old Dennis ... [more]

1:11:45 PM Homeschool Resources - Why Kids and Science Museums Go Together
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

by Lisa Jo Rudy, Homeschooling Examiner When my kids were small, both my husband Peter and I worked for science museums. We were science geeks, ... [more]

10:21:49 AM The Potlatch Scandal: Busted for Generosity
New York Times - United States

Other surrendered their masks and regalia, many of which ended up in museums in Canada, the United States and Britain. Eventually the museums (including the ... [more]

9:34:38 AM Science museum builds buzz
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscripition) - Atlanta,GA,USA

By Marie Nesmith AP With less than a month till its unveiling, the public’s interest in Tellus: Northwest Georgia Science Museum is intensifying. ... [more]

6:25:57 AM City of Santa Cruz California to close surfing museum
Global Surf News - USA

Just as other cities are facing financial crisis, Santa Cruz elected officials are now cutting museums, parks and recreation, children centers and ... [more]

6:11:28 AM Passion not apparent for art museum
FayObserver.com - Fayetteville NC,USA

A less solid, but still decent case, can be made for tucking the museum in the parking lot behind the building for Advanced Internet Technologies. ... [more]

5:25:29 AM Council's Vote Helps Museums, Hurts Cherry Blossom Festival
13wmaz - GA,USA

Two of Macon's museums may get a little extra financial help, but at a cost to the city's Cherry Blossom Festival. The Macon appropriations committee voted ... [more]

5:12:27 AM Vegas museum to link crime and law
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

Las Vegas is spending that much for a museum that will tell the story of the city's rise from a desert watering hole to glittering magnet for dreamers by ... [more]

3:00:31 AM Would MOCA barter art for solvency? Co-chairman says 'probably not'
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

As the drama unfolds over whether and how LA's Museum of Contemporary Art will solve its financial crisis, fans of MOCA and museums in general are hoping it ... [more]

2:43:50 AM Children's museum bouncing back
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City,UT,USA

It's a promising turn for the popular children's museum, which has come under increased Salt Lake County scrutiny after failing for two straight years to ... [more]

2:03:16 AM Painterly Painting draws 13 notable artists to town
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

The group exhibition, which is culled from museums and notable private collections from around the globe, offers the community the unique opportunity to ... [more]

1:00:54 AM BRONTE PARSONAGE MUSEUM WINS MUSEUMS LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES ...
24 Hour Museum - UK

By Culture24 Staff The Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth, which has more than 7000 items relating to the 19th century literary clan, has reached the ... [more]



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