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11:58:01 PM Last Kon-Tiki raft crewman Knut Haugland dies
BBC News - E,UK

The explorer died of natural causes in Oslo's hospital, the Kon-Tiki museum director said. The expedition was launched from Peru by anthropologist Thor .... [more]

11:09:28 PM Children's Museum to host Family New Year's Eve Parties
Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin - Plymouth,MA,USA

Join the Children's Museum in Easton on Thursday, Dec. 31 as they ring in the New Year twice, from 11:30 am to 2 pm or at 4:30 to 7 pm At both times, .... [more]

5:43:37 PM Two have ornaments hanging at state museum
Reporter-Times - Martinsville,IN,USA

INDIANAPOLIS Over the past two years, the Indiana has contacted the historical society of each county to provide a handmade ornament that would best ... [more]

4:01:16 PM Last Kon-Tiki crew member dies at age 92
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

AP OSLO -- A museum official says Knut Magne Haugland, the last of six crew members who crossed the Pacific Ocean on board the balsa wood raft Kon-Tiki, ... [more]

3:13:39 PM Learn about Olympia, support Bigelow museum
TheNewsTribune.com - Tacoma,WA,USA

Proceeds benefit the nonprofit Bigelow House Museum. The book is available at the Bigelow House Museum, Drees, Olympia City Hall, The Olympia Center, .... [more]

2:06:48 PM Steel museum group seeks artifacts, funds
Chicago Sun-Times

A group working to preserve the history of northwestern Indiana's steel mills has begun collecting artifacts to display in a proposed museum showcasing the ... [more]

12:59:06 PM Museums are part of Pasadena's magic
Mountaineers

The city is also home to world-class museums and galleries and many historic commercial buildings and homes, including the Gamble House, an Arts and Crafts ... [more]

11:53:13 AM Japanese chute rare find for museum
Florida Today - Melbourne,FL,USA

The chute is on display at the Brevard County Veterans Memorial Museum in Merritt Island. Mueller said the parachute riggers at Patrick were eager to help ... [more]

9:49:42 AM 2010 marks 25 years for Benicia museum
Vallejo Times-Herald - Vallejo,CA,USA

"We are going to be building a Patwin Native American hut that people can go into," museum director Ann Hansen said. Another three-dimensional project tied ... [more]

8:33:55 AM Museum's celebrated director is retiring
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA

By Janet Lavelle, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER OCEANSIDE — After leading the Oceanside Museum of Art through a dozen years of growth, including the opening ... [more]

5:54:27 AM In Madrid, Isn't It Romantic?
New York Times - United States

In line with Mr. Mateos was his friend José Luis Iglesias, who got to the core of the museum's appeal: “It's different from other museums where they just ... [more]

3:17:54 AM At least to Houston museum, typewriters still letter-perfect
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

To refresh your memory, more than 40 painstakingly maintained vintage machines will be on display through March 20 in Houston's Museum of Printing History's ... [more]

1:43:48 AM For bay area museums, decade brought bigger, better exhibitions and prestige
Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg,FL,USA

But The Persistence of Memory, an oil painting by Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali, was one of the biggest things to happen to the Salvador Dali Museum. ... [more]

12:17:16 AM SAM and Nordstrom: civic, business partnership
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA

Nordstrom's lease deal with the Seattle Art Museum illustrates the retailer's extraordinary commitment to a thriving downtown. SAM and Norstrom team up in ... [more]



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