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News From Thursday, February 12, 2009
11:52:56 PM Museum trims budget, staff due to economy
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA

AP INDIANAPOLIS - The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indian and Western Art is trimming its 2009 budget by 14 percent, eliminating six staff positions and ... [more]

11:40:04 PM History teachers less trusted than museums, books, kin: Survey
The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada

Notably, he says, museums and historical sites registered a high degree of trustworthiness because they offer artifacts and other tangible remains that ... [more]

10:50:14 PM Celebration Of Lincoln At Amistad Center
Hartford Courant - United States

Abraham Lincoln will be feted this morning at the Amistad Center for Art & Culture at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Gov. ... [more]

10:48:15 PM Scientists Ask: What Would Darwin Do?
FOX News - USA

Chris Beard, curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, agreed that Darwin would be happy, and then some, ... [more]

10:04:28 PM Fluxus Art Bolsters MoMA’s Collection
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

“But the Modern is the Mount Everest of the contemporary art museums, and I wanted it to be available to the public. It just makes sense. ... [more]

9:49:29 PM UK marks Darwin's 200th birthday with pride, humor
The Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — They threw him a party at the Natural History Museum, they trotted out a set of stamps in his honor, and a zoo offered free admission to ... [more]

4:11:27 PM Museum initiatives will be based on equality: Cabinet
Taipei Times - Taipei,Taiwan

Any exchanges between Taiwan’s National Palace Museum and China’s Palace Museum in Beijing will be based on dignity and equality, Government Information ... [more]

2:24:14 PM Evolve your plans to mark Darwin's 200th
CNN - Atlanta,GA,USA

Expedition organizers and museums across the country are seizing the opportunity to look at Darwin's evolutionary discoveries. Here are some fun options: ... [more]

2:18:31 PM "Jazz Century" comes to Paris museum
Reuters - NY,USA

The exhibition, in the Quai Branly museum, which is normally devoted to so-called "primary" or indigenous arts from Africa, Asia, the Pacific and the ... [more]

1:35:30 PM Quirky museums, meat pies and the Cliffs of Moher
CNN - Atlanta,GA,USA

By Rick Steves (Tribune Media Services) -- While updating my guidebooks for 2009, I found plenty of changes, starting with London's museums. ... [more]

11:23:40 AM Lord Ganesha becoming favorite of museums in America
Baltische Rundschau - Vilnius,Lithuania

Lord Ganesha appears to be becoming the favorite of museums in America and the West. Many prestigious museums already own sculptures and other artifacts of ... [more]

9:24:10 AM DuPage Children's Museum cuts 15 percent from budget
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA

Citing a challenging economy, the DuPage Children's Museum in Naperville announced Wednesday it would cut its annual operating budget by 15 percent. .... [more]

8:36:21 AM Illinois faces challenges in preserving Abraham Lincoln's legacy
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA

"I'd love to see more support for local historical museums." Michael Burlingame, an eminent Lincoln scholar who has spent parts of 14 summers in Springfield ... [more]

8:35:14 AM This museum is channeling history
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

It's the Radio & Television Museum in suburban Bowie, Md., and it is a shrine to the RCAs, Zeniths, and DuMonts of yesteryear. The converted farmhouse has ... [more]

7:38:25 AM Diane Bell: Museums, nonprofits battle tough times, too
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA

But, sadly, it's a fact of life for local museums and nonprofits whose portfolios are pinched by cratering investments. The San Diego Museum of Art laid off ... [more]

7:36:22 AM Law Enforcement Museum Plans Cut Back
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Creators of the planned National Law Enforcement Museum at Judiciary Square announced yesterday that the recession has caused them to strip $29 million from ... [more]

5:34:32 AM Warhol: Why Andy Warhol still fascinates us
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia. It is a measure of the degree to which Andy Warhol has become ingrained in our culture that, ... [more]

12:15:31 AM China and Taiwan to Confer on Imperial Art Treasures Split by History
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

“We are glad to see the two museums work together and improve exchanges,” Yang Yi, the spokesman of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office in Beijing, ... [more]



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