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11:51:58 PM Coca-Cola formula, after 86 years in vault, gets new home
Christian Science Monitor - USA

The company has moved the secret Coca-Cola formula to its museum where it sits on display – in a vault. By Harry R. Weber, Associated Press / December 8, 2011 This undated image provided by Coca-Cola Co. shows the company's traditional red can and .. [more]

11:01:22 PM Carnegie history museum launching Center for World Cultures
Leader Times - Kittanning,PA,USA

The Carnegie Museum of Natural History hopes to spice up the local cultural scene through its new Center for World Cultures. The Natural History Museum announced today that it has launched the third of five centers. Last year, the museum established  [more]

11:01:22 PM 2Do: Museums, parks, family events and more for Dec. 9-15, 2011
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - Cleveland,OH,USA

Town Hall Museum (1874) has four floors of exhibits plus a library. Buildings on Bedford Public Square include Hezekiah Dunham House (1832), church (1892), railroad depot (1882). Free. 7:30-10 pm Monday and Wednesday; 10 am-4 pm Thursday; 2-5 pm seco [more]

11:01:22 PM Think Big, Build Small: Inventors' Prototypes
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

Clusters of his 4000 antiques are now on view in two museums. At the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, they are in “Inventing a Better Mousetrap: Patent Models From the Rothschild Collection” (through Nov. 3, 2013), which shows dreams fo [more]

9:50:21 PM Coca-Cola moves top-secret formula for 1st time since 1925
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

By Harry R. Weber, AP ATLANTA – The Coca-Cola Co. has made its secret formula the centerpiece of a new exhibit at its corporate museum, ditching the confines of the bank vault where the list of ingredients had been stored since 1925. ... [more]

9:50:21 PM Katy Veterans Memorial Museum reopens with new exhibits
Your Houston News

After a 17-month hiatus, the Katy Veterans Memorial Museum has reopened with an expanded facility. “We had so many exhibits that come in over the years, and besides, this room didn't give us justice to talk about some of the other current conflicts . [more]

9:50:21 PM NOLA Project's 'Romeo and Juliet' an energetic, adventurous night at the
NOLA / Associated Press

NOLA.com The young actors of the intrepid NOLA Project first turned to Shakespeare with the environmental staging of “A Midsummer Night's Dream,” which played to sold-out crowds in the sculpture garden outside the New Orleans Museum of Art. They've n [more]

9:08:47 PM Jewish NYC: History, heritage, Hanukkah _ and food
Wall Street Journal - USA

AP NEW YORK — Museums and historic sites, the world's largest menorah, and a trendy new Tribeca restaurant inspired by an old-school Catskills resort. They're all part of Jewish New York, with a heritage that stretches back 400 years and a vital ... [more]

7:50:51 PM Museum of Flight Names New Space Gallery in Honor of Charles Simonyi
MarketWatch - USA

SEATTLE, Dec 08, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Museum of Flight (MOF) announced today its new state-of-the-art, 15500-square-foot space gallery will be named the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery in honor of Charles Simonyi, two-time space traveler, ... [more]

7:50:51 PM New Denver museum displays the life's work of painter Clyfford Still
Bellingham Herald - Bellingham,WA,USA

By ALICE THORSON - McClatchy Newspapers DENVER - Seven years in the making, the $32 million Clyfford Still Museum, which opened to the public in mid-November, is like a huge concrete time capsule. Within are some of the greatest and least-known ... [more]

7:50:51 PM Despite Higher Admission Fee, Höller Show Draws Record Crowds to New Museum
American ...

By RANDY KENNEDY The New Museum, which recently raised its general admission price to pay for extra workers to accommodate the crowds for its exhibition of the work of Carsten Höller, said Thursday that the show – a highbrow funhouse with a slide, .. [more]

7:50:51 PM Saco Museum celebrates new acquisitions
KeepMEcurrent.com - Scarborough,ME,USA

The pattern is now part of the Saco Museum's collection. (Courtesy image) By Kate Irish Collins kcollins@keepmecurrent.com | 0 comments SACO – The Saco Museum recently acquired several historic artifacts to add to its large collection of local items  [more]

6:13:16 PM Museums club together for future
The Australian

In NSW, the Liberal government has been vocal in its desire to promote the importance of the arts, and in Western Australia a new partnership with New York's Museum of Modern Art has substantial state government support. But these positive signs are  [more]

6:13:16 PM 'Green' museum to rise in QC's memorial circle
Cebu Daily News - Lahug Cebu City,Philippines

By Julie M. Aurelio The Quezon City government will soon be putting up a “green” social history museum on the grounds of Quezon Memorial Circle. To be designed by architect Jun Palafox, the structure will feature green technology like green roofing a [more]

5:06:03 PM Valentino's Modern Museum
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

The galleries inside the Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum, an interactive desktop application. From left, Valentino Garavani (pointing), Giancarlo Giammetti and Anne Hathaway (next to each other) and Hugh Jackman (far right) at the museum unveiling. [more]

5:06:03 PM Love The New Museum Slide? Well The Price Just Went Up
Gothamist

The New Museum's big attraction, the Carsten Höller exhibit, just got more expensive. The installation, and in particular the giant slide, has been drawing large crowds, and the museum says they raised the price in order to pay for extra staff (and,  [more]

3:38:58 PM Coca-Cola moves formula from bank for 1st time in 86 years to new vault
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Washington Post ATLANTA — The Coca-Cola Company has moved its secret formula for the first time in 86 years, taking it from a bank vault to a new repository on exhibit at its downtown Atlanta museum. The world's largest beverage maker says the new va [more]

3:38:58 PM Tuscaloosa Museum of Art Moves to New Location
CBS42 - Birmingham,AL,USA

The Jack Warner Foundation and Westervelt Company went their separate ways earlier this year and ended the lease agreement on the former museum that housed the Westervelt collection and the Jack Warner Foundation's private collection. ... [more]

2:26:41 PM Galleries & Museums: Dec. 8-14
Bradenton Herald - Bradenton,FL,USA

9 at G.WIZ Science Museum. Formed in late 2008, the circle of artists includes Joseph Arnegger, Ariana Franco, Brian Haverlock, Tim Jaeger, Amy W Miller, Daniel Miller, Jen Nugent, Daniel Perales, Steve Strenk, Jeff Schwartz, Nathan Skiles, ... [more]

2:26:41 PM Santa to visit only one park museum
Statesman Journal - Salem,Oregon,USA

Bush House Museum, 1 to 4 pm Sunday, 600 Mission St. SE. Live holiday music, seasonal stories, a display of antique toys and activities for children. Free. Bush House Santa is alive and well. In these hectic times change is sometimes unavoidable, ... [more]

1:27:05 PM Valentino Virtual Museum Feted By Stars, Socials (PHOTOS)
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

After a special inauguration at the Museum of Modern Art on Monday MC'd by Anne Hathaway, Valentino feted his newest venture, the Valentino Virtual Museum, at a gala on Wednesday evening. The virtual archive, hailed as an impressive achievement of .. [more]

1:27:05 PM WEEKEND BEST BETS Fitchburg Art Museum exhibit aims to bring community
Fitchburg Sentinel - Fitchburg,MA,USA

Sentinel and Enterprise By Bonnie J. Toomey, Correspondent FITCHBURG -- "RE-IMAGE-ING: A Collage of Fresh Brand Concepts," an exhibit featuring the work of Communications Media students at Fitchburg State University, was developed as part of Fitchbur [more]

1:27:05 PM Smithsonian exhibit to be featured at Southern Forest Heritage Museum in ...
Alexandria Town Talk - Alexandria,LA,USA

Claudia Troll, executive director of the Southern Forest Heritage Museum in Longleaf, and tour guide Larry Gillespie discuss the set up of the Smithsonian's traveling exhibit, “Journey Stories,” on Wednesday. The exhibit opens Saturday with a ... [more]

11:50:51 AM Cleveland researcher, international team identify new type of horned
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA

Plain Dealer Most major natural history museums, including Cleveland's, have a backlog of fossils still clad in their protective plaster "field jackets," waiting to be examined and classified. "In some ways, it's the new Gold Rush," Farke said. ... [more]

11:50:51 AM Atlanta's High partners with 3 other museums for exhibitions on American
The Republic

The Republic Atlanta's High Museum of Art has is launching a four-year collaboration with three other major museums to produce annual installations of American and European art. The High is partnering with The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art i [more]

11:40:07 AM Museum & Gallery Listings
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA

•Mississippi Museum of Art, The Mississippi Story (ongoing), In Full Bloom, Southern Wall and Mississippi Watercolor Society Grand National Watercolor Exhibition (through Jan. 1), Bethlehem Tree: The Younger Foundation Creche Collection (through Jan. [more]

11:40:07 AM Redo for Cooper-Hewitt
Wall Street Journal - USA

By JENNIFER MALONEY The Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum said on Wednesday it has reached its capital campaign goal of $54 million for renovating its home at the Carnegie Mansion and other museum facilities. The museum also said on [more]

11:40:07 AM Valentino Garavani Hosts 3D Virtual Fashion Museum Launch Party (PHOTOS)
International Business Times - New York,NY,USA

By Monami Thakur | Dec 08, 2011 05:01 AM EDT Wednesday's Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum launch party at the IAC Headquarters in New York City was a star-studded event attended by the likes of Sarah Jessica Parker, Claire Danes and socialite Daphne [more]

11:40:07 AM Art Notes: Museum holds Holiday mART
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA

By Dorothy Shinn The Akron Art Museum's Holiday mART, featuring gift shopping and music, returns for a fourth year from 5 to 9 pm tonight in the museum's Beatrice Knapp McDowell Grand Lobby, 1 S. High St. Handcrafted items include jewelry, clothing,  [more]

9:48:10 AM Port Angeles police looking for museum for WWII-era submachine guns
Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News - Port Angeles,WA,USA

Police Chief Terry Gallagher, after discussing the issue with the City Council on Tuesday, said he will contact museums about taking the guns off the department's hands. The .45-caliber Reising Model 55 submachine guns have been in the department's . [more]

8:45:42 AM Historical Museum to Host Book Signing for 'Best Dearborn Stories'
Patch.com

The event will be held Saturday at Henry Ford Community College, with book sales to raise funds for the museum. Why should Dearborn residents support the Dearborn Historical Museum? The Historical Commission chairman explains why. ... [more]

8:45:42 AM Farm museum presents annual light show
Point Pleasant Register - Point Pleasant,WV,USA

For the last 12 years, the West Virginia Farm Museum has presented an annual light show, and this year isn't any different. This year, the light show will be presented from 6-9 pm on a nightly basis from Dec. 9-19, and is open to the public at no ... [more]

8:33:38 AM Special exhibits make local museums an inviting holiday destination
Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,USA

"Rembrandt" tickets, which include regular museum admission: $16, $8 ages 6-17, members free (timed tickets). Half off Sunday, Dec. 11. Other shows free with regular museum admission: $8, $6 seniors, $4 ages 6-17, free ages 5 and younger and members. [more]

5:28:39 AM Moffett Field museum hosts art exhibit, Pearl Harbor survivors on
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

San Jose Mercury News Standing in the shadow of a partially stripped Hangar One, the museum's event came to be because of the giant structure. In September, museum volunteer Robin Chapman invited about 30 plein air artists to paint the hangar before  [more]

5:28:39 AM New annex to museum at Dublin Dr Pepper opens
Abilene Reporter-News - Abilene,TX,USA

By Jane Pratt Special to the Reporter-News You can linger as long as you like at the new annex to the Dublin Dr Pepper Bottling Co. museum across the street from the bottling plant — it's a self-guided tour. The WP Kloster Museum Annex, which opened  [more]

5:28:39 AM Wayland and Weston artists participating in Museum School Art Sale
Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin - Plymouth,MA,USA

By Staff reports The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (SMFA) will hold its celebrated annual art event, the Museum School Art Sale, on Dec. 8 to 11 from 10 am to 8 pm The sale's eclectic mix of media and ever-changing roster of artists draws [more]

3:32:41 AM Morse Museum celebrates Christmas with famous art collection
Seminole Chronicle - Oviedo,FL,USA

By Amy KD Tobik | December 07, 2011 There is a sense of peace as visitors enter the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art during the holiday season. From museum tours with the classic sounds of live chamber music to the Christmas Eve Open House [more]

3:01:18 AM Disney Chief Bob Iger to Chair Academy Museum Fundraising Campaign
Reuters - NY,USA

By Brent Lang at TheWrap The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is enlisting some Hollywood heavy hitters to help raise money for the proposed Academy Museum. Walt Disney Co. president and CEO Bob Iger will serve as chairman of the capital . [more]

3:01:18 AM California Museum Update: Rob Lowe Will Be Special Guest
MarketWatch - USA

7, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The California Museum, home of the California Hall of Fame, welcomes Visit California's celebrity spokesperson Rob Lowe as a special guest at the California Hall of Fame on Thurs., Dec 8, 2011. ... [more]

12:24:49 AM Waukegan History Museum open house Dec. 10
Chicago Sun-Times

WAUKEGAN — The Waukegan History Museum's Holiday Open House with Victorian Era decorations will be held Saturday from 1-6 pm in Bowen Park, 1917 N. Sheridan Road. Stop in to see the exhibit “The Civil War: The War Efforts in Waukegan” and catch the . [more]

12:24:49 AM Civil War exhibit at Lillian Jones Museum through December
Jackson Times Journal - Jackson,OH,USA

JACKSON- The Jackson Historical Society and the Lillian Jones Museum is proud to announce they are hosting the Ohio Historical Society's new traveling exhibit, "Ohio and the Civil War: 150 Years Later" to commemorate the anniversary of the Civil War. [more]

12:18:38 AM Close Encounters THE ART WORLD NAMING BLIGHT
Artnet - New York,NY,USA

Museums are collectors too, and they like to choose the art best suited to their programs. Forced to swallow a single person's taste as well as his name, just for taking his money, they risk compromising the integrity of the collection and the identi [more]

12:18:38 AM Visiting the New Museum Will Now Cost You More
Flavorwire - New York,NY,USA

Posted on 5:30 pm Wednesday Dec 7, 2011 Experience, Carsten Höller's current exhibition at the New Museum has been one of the fall's most popular shows, in large part because it includes a 102-foot slide that visitors can zoom down, ... [more]



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