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News From Friday, February 18, 2011
10:51:49 PM Morse Museum Opens New Tiffany Gallery
WKMG Orlando

Hundreds of whimsical and colorful creations that once belonged to artist Louis Comfort Tiffany, son of jeweler Charles Tiffany, are now on display at the Morse Museum's newest gallery. "He was a painter. He was famous for his lamps. ... [more]

10:02:31 PM Auschwitz Shifts From Memorializing to Teaching
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

They focused on mass victimhood but didn't highlight individual stories or testimonials of the sort that have become commonplace at memorial museums as devices to translate incomprehensible numbers of dead into real people, giving visitors person [more]

7:13:59 PM Audain Foundation sets Bill Reid's Grizzly free in the Royal BC Museum
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada

By JOHN MACKIE, Vancouver Sun February 18, 2011 9:43 AM VANCOUVER -- The Audain Foundation has donated $750000 to purchase an early Bill Reid masterpiece for the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, the largest single donation in the institution's histor [more]

4:39:24 PM Boeing gives $5M to Air Force museum in Ohio
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA

The National Museum of the United States Air Force in Ohio says a major expansion project has received a $5 million boost from Boeing. Museum officials announcing the... The Associated Press DAYTON, Ohio — The National Museum of the United States  [more]

4:22:59 PM Couple faces uphill struggle to have slavery artifacts returned
Auction Central News - New York,NY,USA

“None of us believed that Wilder was going to really do this museum, because the people he had leading the charge weren't experienced in working with museums,” Newby-Alexander said. But Parker was determined to share what he'd found with a wider [more]

3:06:05 PM Proposal to sell University of Iowa painting by Jackson Pollock draws fire
DesMoinesRegister.com

Lyndel King, director of Weisman Art Museum at University of Minnesota, said museums need to do a better job of explaining the educational value of art. Art collections teach students about other cultures, other ways of seeing the world and other  [more]

2:04:34 PM Thinking Long Term: To Sell, or Not to Sell, a Masterpiece
Media Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA

The museum also has to worry about losing their accreditation if the sale happens, as the Association of Art Museum Directors in New York City has threatened. “Museums should not sell paintings to fund their institutions,” Christine Anangos, ... [more]

12:15:27 PM Wright-Patterson gets $5M gift for shuttle bid
AirForceTimes.com - Springfield,VA,USA

By Bart Jansen - Gannett Washington Bureau The Boeing Co. has offered $5 million to an Ohio museum to help it acquire one of NASA's retired shuttle orbiters. The offer followed the release of President Obama's fiscal 2012 budget, which proposes  [more]

11:42:20 AM House Republicans Poke Iowa City in the Eye
Blog for Iowa

The art world reacted clearly to the prospect of selling “Mural” as follows: “Such a sale would violate a fundamental ethical principle of the museum field, one which all accredited museums are bound to respect: that an accessioned work of art may [more]

8:07:38 AM Madame Tussauds' wax exhibit features all of America's leaders, from ...
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore,MD,USA

The Presidents Gallery at Madame Tussauds Washington opens this week with an unveiling of the museum's new $2 million exhibit featuring wax figures of the US leaders, from George Washington to Barack Obama. "This is the only place in the world wh [more]

4:11:54 AM Museums, History and Food for President's Day Weekend
Patch.com

In the spirit of looking back upon the events and accomplishments that made America what it is today, take a trip back in time at Redwood City's San Mateo County History Museum. Showcasing the history of San Mateo County, the museum is located in [more]

4:05:02 AM Boeing chips in for Dayton museum's Shuttle bid
Cincinnati.com - Cincinnati,OH,USA

WASHINGTON - The Boeing Co. is donating $5 million to an Air Force museum in Ohio that a senator hopes will help it acquire one of NASA's retired shuttle orbiters. Boeing's contribution, with three installments, had been planned before the relea [more]



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