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News From Sunday, February 13, 2011
10:54:22 PM King Tut statue looted from Egypt museum
ABC Online - Australia

Looters who raided Egypt's famed museum during the unrest that toppled Hosni Mubarak have hauled off a trove of ancient treasures, including a statue of ... [more]

10:53:55 PM King Tut Statue Among Artifacts Looted from Museum in Egypt
Conviction ...

The Egyptian Museum of Cairo is missing 17 treasures, including a statue of King Tut being carried by a goddess. Other missing objects include statues of ... [more]

9:46:27 PM 'Museums are collective souls of civil societies'
Times of India - India

G eorge Jacob is an internationally recognised museum professional, interned at the Smithsonian, and was educated at the Birla Institute of Technology ... [more]

6:55:14 PM Tutankhamun statues among priceless items stolen from Cairo museum
Guardian - UK

Thieves have stolen 18 priceless artefacts from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, including two gilded statues of King Tutankhamun, during the political unrest. ... [more]

5:41:33 PM Minister: 18 Artifacts Stolen From Egyptian Museum
Voice of America - USA

Egypt's Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass stands beside damaged artifacts in the Egyptian Museum, located near the opposition stronghold of Tahrir Square, ... [more]

1:24:47 PM More museum subcontracts up for grabs
Construction Week Online - Dubai,United Arab Emirates

by Elizabeth Broomhall on Feb 13, 2011 The museums are regarded as prestigious projects in Abu Dhabi, helping it to achieve its 2030 economic vision. ... [more]

1:13:44 PM 18 items missing from Egyptian Museum after unrest
The Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's antiquities chief says a full inventory of the Egyptian Museum has found that looters escaped with several items during the ... [more]

12:01:06 PM Hanson Children's Museum celebrating 'diversity month'
The Patriot Ledger

By Maureen Mccarthy History comes to the Hanover Mall each Sunday in February, thanks to the Hanson Children's Museum. Based on the premise of acceptance ... [more]

10:29:37 AM Event offers Ruthven Museums Building tours
Victoria Advocate

(AP) - There's a rare opportunity to visit parts of the four museums in the Ruthven Museums Building at the University of Michigan that usually are closed ... [more]

9:51:03 AM Deeply scientific —but not completely rational
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

By Amanda Katz After a major yearlong renovation, the Charles Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Science reopens today. Few are more excited than ... [more]

9:35:36 AM At these museums, every week is Fashion Week
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

By Beth J. Harpaz AP Italian shoes from the early 1700s are at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto. (Hal Roth/AP) You don't need a front-row seat for Fashion ... [more]

7:26:37 AM Tacoma car museum using federal tax-credit money
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA

By David Dietz These cars were part of a 2006 car show put on by the Harold E. LeMay Museum in Tacoma. In Tacoma, investors found a way to get a $34 million ... [more]

6:03:16 AM Art museum aims to get its archives on display
Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville,TN,USA

By Amy McRary The Knoxville Museum of Art has loaned some of its oversized art, like Joseph Delaney's “Macy's Parade,” to hang on the walls of the nearby ... [more]

5:10:54 AM Show makes 'Worlds' of difference
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

(Photo by Michael Malyszko, courtesy of the Museum of Science, Boston) An audience at the Hayden Planetarium watched a scene from the Museum's astronomy ... [more]

2:38:40 AM Fashion always in vogue at many museums
Chicago Sun-Times

By BETH J. HARPAZ Feb 12, 2011 08:32PM These preserved high-heeled Italian shoes date to the early 1700s and are on display at the Bata Shoe Museum in .... [more]

12:50:18 AM Jones Museum moves closer to fruition
Elmira Star-Gazette

File photo If all goes well, the long-awaited John W. Jones Museum in Elmira could finally receive its first guests sometime this year. ... [more]



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