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11:08:14 PM Tacoma's Museum of Glass gets new cafe called Choripan by Asado
TheNewsTribune.com - Tacoma,WA,USA

The Museum of Glass will have a new cafe next month, and the operators are familiar to local restaurant watchers. By mid-January, X Group restaurants will open Choripan by Asado, a café featuring “an approachable take on Argentine street food. ... [more]

10:47:59 PM Museums Reveal Degas's Nudes and Islam's Splendor
Wall Street Journal - USA

By KAREN WILKIN First, the bad news:At the Museum of Modern Art, "Abstract Expressionist New York" prefigured the approach that institution would take in presenting its permanent collection: an idiosyncratic installation of stellar works showing how  [more]

9:30:26 PM Museum and Gallery Listings for Dec. 23-29
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

Art Museums and galleries are in Manhattan unless otherwise noted. Full reviews of recent art shows: nytimes.com/art. Museums Asia Society and Museum: 'Sarah Sze: Infinite Line' (through March 25) Promising a new angle on Sarah Sze's mesmerizing, ... [more]

9:30:26 PM Spare Times for Dec. 23-29
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

Around Town Museums and Sites American Museum of Natural History: Origami Tree (through Jan. 2) Animals and other large objects, many drawn from exhibited items, are the subjects of about 500 origami ornaments in the museum's annual holiday display i [more]

7:57:44 PM Museum to retain 'giant' skeleton
The Associated Press

Museum chiefs have rejected a suggestion by experts in law and medical ethics that the skeleton of an 18th century man known as the "Irish Giant" should be removed from display and buried at sea. Charles Byrne, originally from County Londonderry, ... [more]

7:57:44 PM OK senator calls video game museum “wasteful”
Warp Zoned

Number nine on this document is a $113277 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to the International Center for the History of Electronic Games. The grant will be applied to a preservation survey of the museum's current collection.  [more]

7:57:44 PM Kymia Nawabi to Have Solo Exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, Opens 12/22
Broadway World - New York,NY,USA

Work of Art: Kymia Nawabi, an exhibition by the winner of the second season of Bravo's Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, will open to the public on Thursday, December 22, and will be on view at the Brooklyn Museum through February 5, 2012. ... [more]

7:55:06 PM Last Minute Gift Idea: Museum Memberships Do Triple Duty
Forbes - USA

A gift of museum membership brings year-round pleasure to the recipient, benefits charity and gets you a tax deduction. Yesterday I took a vacation day and visited one of New York's treasures – The Metropolitan Museum of Art. On the way out, ... [more]

7:55:06 PM Greek archaeological sites, museums to shut down over weekends as guards ...
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

ATHENS, Greece — Greek guards say scores of archaeological sites and museums across the country will be shut down over weekends beginning at Christmas as they strike to protest the lack of extra weekend pay. The guards' association says in a statemen [more]

7:55:06 PM Candy Cane Train holiday classic continues through Saturday at South
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The Daily Sound The train is part of the South Coast Railroad Museum's effort to teach the public about the history of Goleta's railroads and a piece of its culture. Museum assistant director Phyllis Olsen said it's important for all museums to perfo [more]

5:37:08 PM Freeholders approve grant funding for Meadowlands Museum, other projects
NorthJersey.com

BY BRIAN ANDERSON Rutherford-The Meadowlands Museum will start the near year with a grant that will go toward repairing the museum's roof, as the Bergen County Freeholders approved six historic preservation grants their meeting last night, Dec. 21. . [more]

5:37:08 PM Museum of Big Bend, McDonald Observatory, Marfa Public Radio among grant ...
Alpine Avalanche - Alpine,TX,USA

MIDLAND - The Permian Basin Area Foundation has announced $789500 in grant awards to regional nonprofit organizations, including gifts to the Museum of the Big Bend in Alpine, McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis and Marfa Public Radio in Marfa. ... [more]

5:11:04 PM Medical ethicist, lawyer call for London museum to bury skeleton of 18th ...
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA

LONDON (AP) — The skeleton of an 18th-century celebrity nicknamed the 'Irish Giant' should be removed from a museum and buried at sea in keeping with his last wishes, two experts have argued, reviving a debate about the ethics of handling human ... [more]

3:50:17 PM Portsmouth Museum of Art Homeless
Patch.com

By Robert Cook Officials at the Portsmouth Museum of Art announced on Thursday morning the museum had officially moved out of One Harbour Place and continues to search for a new location in the city. The Portsmouth Museum of Art is searching for a ne [more]

12:53:14 PM Go Streep! Star Battles for Museum of Our Own - Women's eNews
San Francisco Luxury News - San Francisco,CA,USA

Allison Stevens gives a shout out for Meryl Streep and bricks and mortar for the National Women's History Museum. WASHINGTON (WOMENSENEWS)–From our home here on Capitol Hill, near the US Capitol building and the National Mall, my family and I hit the [more]

12:51:27 PM New museum space encourages interactive family activities
AL.com - Birmingham,AL,USA

A new space where kids and adults can mingle, create, and learn about art will debut in March at the Birmingham Museum of Art. “Bart's ArtVenture!” is named for a museum mascot whose “ancestor” is a tiny Panamanian bat sculpted in gold about 500 year [more]

11:27:53 AM Petersburg museums receive trove of artifacts
Progress Index

PETERSBURG - Petersburg Museums have received nearly 200 items in the past year, making it the largest amount of artifacts received by the city in more than a decade. More than 178 artifacts, photographs, and documents were acquired by the city with  [more]

11:27:53 AM Go Streep! Star Battles for Museum of Our Own
Reuters AlertNet

As the national spokesperson for the museum, the film star is working with allies to win congressional approval for a brick-and-mortar building adjacent to the National Mall, a case she made on Dec. 17 in a segment on "60 Minutes. ... [more]

10:42:08 AM Museum's new cash strategy
Winnipeg Free Press - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada

WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS The rights museum is currently updating the project?s cost and will release a final number soon. The new interim chairman for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights is confident the institution can make up a funding [more]

10:42:08 AM Small museums strive to thrive
The Boston Globe

By Emily Sweeney Marc J. Frattasio, a local author and military historian, opens the Shea Field Naval Aviation Historical Museum one Saturday a month. Many folks have never heard of the Shea Field Naval Aviation Historical Museum. ... [more]

10:42:08 AM London museum told to stop displaying skeleton of Charles Byrne
Daily Mail - UK - UK

But the skeleton of Charles Byrne, known as the Irish giant who at 7ft 7in could light his pipe by a gas lamp, has been hanging in a London museum for more than 200 years. Today experts are calling for his skeleton to be removed and buried at sea, .. [more]

10:42:08 AM Children's Museum of NH hosts annual daytime New Year's bash for families
Hampton Union - Hampton,NH,USA

Children and their families are invited to ring in 2012 a little early at the Children's Museum of New Hampshire's annual daytime Family New Year's Eve Celebration on Saturday, Dec. 31. This festive event runs from 10 am — 3 pm and includes three ... [more]

10:42:08 AM Civil War in Virginia exhibit travels to Dayton historical society museum
Staunton News Leader - Staunton,VA,USA

Dedicated to the notion that science is everywhere, the Science Museum of Virginia will be... The painting "Slave Auction, Virginia" by Lefevre James Cranstone, 1862, will be part of "An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia" at the ... [more]

10:42:08 AM Children's Museum to celebrate
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune - Wisconsin Rapids,Wisconsin,USA

STEVENS POINT -- The Central Wisconsin Children's Museum will celebrate its one-year anniversary of moving to 1100 Main St., downtown Stevens Point, with a celebration from 10 am to 4 pm Jan. 7. The party will include samplings of the museum's new .. [more]

8:54:04 AM Artful American treasures at Boca museum of art
Palm Beach Post

By Janis Fontaine | Museums | December 22, 2011 The exhibition “American Treasures,” at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, is on loan from the respected Butler Institute of Art in Ohio. It offers a snapshot of America through an array of 36 artworks. ... [more]

7:54:17 AM Pushcart Players at Newark Museum
NorthJersey.com

Pushcart Players, the Verona-based professional theater company for young audiences, will perform its musical play, "A Season of Miracles," at the Newark Museum on Wednesday, Dec. 28, at 2 pm, at the Newark Museum, 49 Washington St., Newark. ... [more]

7:54:17 AM Calistoga vintner donates $10 million for UC Davis art museum
Napa Valley Register

Napa Valley vintner Jan Shrem has given a $10 million gift to UC Davis to name a new art museum on the campus, the university announced Thursday. Slated for completion in 2015, the museum will be named for Shrem, proprietor of Clos Pegase winery in . [more]

6:59:46 AM Why not try a museum next week?
Concord Monitor - Concord,NH,USA

Whatever the reason, next week is a great time to explore the art galleries and museums of Boston. There are dozens to consider, from small, historic gems to grandiose displays to utterly original collections. Here are just a few suggestions aimed .. [more]

4:54:20 AM Derry museum relocates for renovation work
Belfast Telegraph - Belfast,UK

By Brendan McDaid The Harbour Museum in Londonderry has closed to the public with exhibition collections now being packed away to facilitate extensive internal works. The building is expected to re-open in early 2013 on completion of renovations of t [more]

3:49:59 AM Metropolitan Museum enhances online access to its collections with Google
Art Daily - Eastport,Maine,USA

Art Daily NEW YORK, NY- The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that it is collaborating with Google to allow users to search the Web via pictures they take on their mobile phones, to increase access to information online about its encyclopedic coll [more]

3:49:59 AM Escape to Golf Museum For Serenity, Elegance
Patch.com

The USGA Museum and Arnold Palmer Center for Golf History is decorated for the holidays. By Linda Sadlouskos Pretty any time of the year: The US Golf Association Museum is located in the 1919 Frothingham mansion in the Liberty Corner section of ... [more]

3:49:59 AM Indianapolis Museum of Art announces top acquisitions, from the 230 it ...
Art Daily - Eastport,Maine,USA

The Indianapolis Museum of Art announced that it has acquired 230 objects over the past 12 months. The new works enhance the Museum's encyclopedic collection and span eight curatorial departments: American, Asian, Contemporary, Design Arts, ... [more]

3:49:59 AM New York State Museum in Albany marks 175th anniversary with collections ...
Art Daily - Eastport,Maine,USA

The New York State Museum celebrates 175 years of adding to the scientific and historical knowledge of New York State with a new exhibition which showcases the Museum's invaluable collections, highlights the people who built them and the research tha [more]

3:49:59 AM Science museum at Tesla lab gets boost
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA

Click here Science museum at Tesla lab gets boost Published: December 21, 2011 8:35 PM By PATRICK WHITTLE patrick.whittle@newsday.com The long-awaited reinvention of physicist Nikola Tesla's Shoreham laboratory as a science museum is closer to realit [more]

3:16:06 AM A heated wax museum war takes shape in Hollywood
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Madame Tussauds is trying to best its cheaper competitor, the Hollywood Wax Museum, with a new marketing blitz stressing the defects in its rival's paraffin starlets, singers and comics. A wax figure of Angelina Jolie, right, at Madame Tussauds is .. [more]

1:27:06 AM Norman's museums to be open throughout the holiday season
NewsOK.com - Oklahoma City,OK,USA

With some exceptions, the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art and the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History in Norman will be open throughout the holiday season. BY JANE GLENN CANNON jcannon@opubco.com Leave a comment The giant mammoth at the Sam Nob [more]

1:27:06 AM Michener Art Museum looks ahead to an exciting 2012
phillyburbs.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA

The James A. Michener Art Museum is looking ahead to an exciting year, with a touring exhibition in April, "Offering of the Angels: Treasures from the Uffizi Gallery." From Florence, Italy's famed museum, this exhibit of Renaissance paintings and ... [more]

1:27:06 AM Escape to the U.S. Golf Museum For Serenity and Elegance
Patch.com

The USGA Museum and Arnold Palmer Center for Golf History on Liberty Corner Road in Bernards Township is decorated for the holidays — along with its usual golfing exhibits. By Linda Sadlouskos Pretty any time of the year: The US Golf Association ... [more]



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