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11:02:10 PM Beaver Management, Parachute Museums, and Other Earmarks: What Makes
CBS News - USA

CBS News The report gives examples of over $11.5 billion in government spending considered wasteful, including a $60500 earmark for a parachute museum in Dayton, ... [more]

8:57:54 PM 2 paintings stolen by Nazis seized in NYC
Wall Street Journal - USA

AP NEW YORK — US authorities say they've seized two paintings in New York that were stolen from the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland by the Nazis during ... [more]

8:51:10 PM Dutch ambassador visits Tehran museum
Tehran Times - Tehran,Iran

TEHRAN -- Ambassador of the Netherlands to Tehran Cees J. Kole visited the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA) on Sunday and held talks with TMCA .... [more]

7:05:08 PM Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Returns 14th Century Embroidery to the
Art Daily - Eastport,Maine,USA

Art Daily The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has announced that it has returned to the Museo Diocesano Tridentino (Diocesan Museum of Trent, Italy) an embroidered ... [more]

5:31:17 PM Mercedes-Benz Launches Digital Museum Guide App
autoevolution

Almost 125 years of automotive history have been brought into the modern, digital world, as Mercedes-Benz Classic (the company's museum) has recently .... [more]

4:59:04 PM 'Museum Of The Weird' to be written by Frank Zappa's son
NME.com - UK

The LA Times report that the next Disney ride to be adapted is to be The Museum Of The Weird. The Museum Of The Weird was a ride that never even got past ... [more]

3:39:31 PM Painting rediscovered
BBC Sport - UK

One of the earliest works of a renowned Welsh painter has gone on show after 50 years in a museum's archives. David Griffiths from Cardiff was a struggling ... [more]

1:56:48 PM The Frugal Traveler: How to see Paris for pennies
Kansas City Star - MO,USA

Michelle Snow (www.zengrrl.com) points to the Paris Museum Pass for priority entry and free admission to more than 60 museums. She saves money at the Eiffel ... [more]

11:56:42 AM Museum exhibit rekindles Christmas memories
Green Bay Press Gazette - Green Bay,WI,USA

By Steve Contorno • scontorno@greenbaypressgazette.com • December 20, 2010 For the Neville Public Museum of Brown County, creating a trip to Christmases ... [more]

11:07:30 AM In Prague's Museums, Stylish Cafes Abound
New York Times (blog)

Many of the city's museums are located in historic buildings, built during grander times. You may or may not be a museum person, but you can sit in their ... [more]

8:04:46 AM Decking the halls: Kids get creative at third annual Christmas for Kids
Craig Daily Press - Craig,CO,USA

Craig Daily Press Christmas for Kids also coincided with the third annual Parade of Museums. A sold-out tour bus left the museum at 7 am Saturday, traveled to Wyoming to ... [more]

7:08:00 AM Anderson Museum upgrade planned
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA

AP • December 20, 2010 OCEAN SPRINGS — Leaders of the Walter Anderson Museum say they want to update the facility in Ocean Springs to accommodate more ... [more]

6:50:53 AM Visitors say they would pay for Transportation Museum
Salisbury Post - Salisbury,NC,USA

Noah Keller, 5, takes off as parents Amy and Joseph Keller, of Kannapolis, stroll through the roundhouse at the NC Transportation Museum. ... [more]

5:21:56 AM Journals link German, Greensburg Salem students
Leader Times - Kittanning,PA,USA

The journal project was inspired by an earlier exchange of art between the two museums. "Born of Fire: The Valley of Work" debuted in Oberhausen in 2007 ... [more]

3:54:12 AM Colorado Ski Museum: Troops in training braved the wind, snow and cold
Vail Daily News - Vail,CO,USA

This 20-part series by the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Museum in Vail focuses on history of the 10th Mountain Division, the famous “soldiers on skis” who ... [more]

1:42:49 AM Master modelers remember Apollo 17 at Seattle Museum of Flight
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

Seattle's Museum of Flight recognized the anniversary with the unveiling of incredible new models of the Lunar Excursion Modules and Lunar Rover, ... [more]

12:32:16 AM Hit-run knitters darn cute, Crocker museum chief says
Sacramento Bee - Sacramento,CA,USA

A Berkeley knitter who calls herself "Streetcolor" is taking credit for tagging a pole outside Sacramento's Crocker Art Museum. Crocker officials liked the ... [more]

12:29:46 AM Protesters at Met Rally for Artwork
Wall Street Journal - USA

By DANIELLA ZALCMAN Protesters gathered at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Sunday to rally against the removal of a piece of art from the National .... [more]



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