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11:59:48 PM National Museum of Canada Backs Artist's Smithsonian Protest
American ...

By KATE TAYLOR The National Museum of Canada has thrown its support behind a Canadian artist, AA Bronson, who is seeking to have one of his works withdrawn ... [more]

11:37:24 PM First Lady Michelle Obama Recognizes Outstanding Museums and Libraries
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

PR Newswire (press release) 17, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- First Lady Michelle Obama presented the 2010 National Medal for Museum and Library Service to five museums and five libraries at a ... [more]

9:32:05 PM Museums Jump In to Show Video Removed by Smithsonian
American ...

And earlier this week the artist AA Bronson wrote to the director of the National Portrait Gallery, a Smithsonian museum, to ask that the gallery remove one ... [more]

8:29:06 PM Springville Museum offers intriguing images of faith
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City,UT,USA

In an unexpected twist, though, the two winning entries on display at the Springville Museum of Art are depictions of Christ's crucifixion and both artists ... [more]

7:08:30 PM Miss. Museum of Art honored at The White House
WLBT-TV - Jackson,MS,USA

WASHINGTON, DC (WLBT) - A big honor at The White House Friday for the Mississippi Museum of Art. Just before lunchtime, First Lady Michelle Obama presented ... [more]

5:23:39 PM A New Museum for Qatar
Metropolis Magazine - New York,NY,USA

By Avinash Rajagopal It is going to be a while before Jean Nouvel's celebrated National Museum of Qatar blossoms in the desert. But in the meanwhile, ... [more]

4:30:28 PM Exhibitions: World museums unite for Dulwich Gallery's 200th
Reuters - NY,USA

London's Dulwich Picture Gallery turns 200 in January, and the museum is in for a birthday treat of 12 masterpieces from around the world, one for every ... [more]

4:21:36 PM Oscar Niemeyer celebrates 103rd birthday by opening museum
Building Design - UK

Niemeyer celebrated both events on Wednesay along with the opening of the main dome of his newest building, the Oscar Niemeyer cultural centre in Aviles, ... [more]

12:41:10 PM Dali, Magritte Art Worth $160 Million Donated to Berlin Museums by Couple
Bloomberg

.... Mark Rothko and Max Ernst. A condition for the donation is that part of the collection be put on permanent display in the city's museums. ... [more]

12:28:37 PM Fallin to host free inaugural event at Okla museum
Victoria Advocate

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma's incoming governor will host a family friendly inaugural event at Science Museum Oklahoma. Republican Gov. ... [more]

9:09:32 AM Women's efforts celebrated at NBMAA
New Britain Herald - New Britain,CT,USA

More and more museums are eager to display their collection of women artists. “Once women are given the opportunity to paint what they want . . . the ... [more]

8:54:08 AM Artist wants photo removed from show
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

By Blake Gopnik On Wednesday evening, just before the unveiling of one of his photographs in a prestigious show at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New ... [more]

8:04:59 AM Steinway's diary to be shown at American History Museum, searchable online
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Now, 44 years later, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is showing part of the diary. An exhibition on the volumes and the Steinway .... [more]

5:57:13 AM Children's Museum Train Garden transformed into Holiday Exhibit
Oak Ridger - Oak Ridge,TN,USA

By Anonymous Celebrate the holidays with a visit to the outdoor garden railroad at the Children's Museum of Oak Ridge, where special holiday model trains, ... [more]

5:00:54 AM First lady to honor Conner Prairie at White House
Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis,IN,USA

First lady Michelle Obama will recognize Conner Prairie Interactive History Park for being one of the top five museums in the nation during a Friday .... [more]

12:50:29 AM Guggenheim Defends Show of Trustee's Art
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

Richard Armstrong, director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, which oversees all the Guggenheim museums, defended the show. “There's a history in New ... [more]

12:17:06 AM Museum asks public to name Snowmass mammoth
health ...

By RealAspen The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is asking for the public's help to name the first mammoth discovered at the Ice Age fossil site near ... [more]



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