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11:54:32 PM African-American Museums Poised for a Boom
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

ATLANTA — Drive through any state in the Deep South and you will find a monument or a museum dedicated to civil rights. A visitor can peer into the motel room in Memphis where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was staying when he was shot or stand  [more]

9:47:34 PM Museums targeted as Greece's economy sours
Washington Times

By Nicholas Paphitis AP Police forensic experts, left, look on as Greece's Culture Minister Pavlos Geroulanos, second right, enters the antiquities museum in Ancient Olympia where two masked armed robbers tied up a guard and made off with dozens of . [more]

9:01:23 PM Museum to hold WWII tribute
Scranton Times-Tribune

Endless Mountains War Memorial Museum at Sonestown World War II Iwo Jima tribute and remembrance, today, noon-5 pm, 482-2610, craftj@epix.net or www.em wmm.com. Lenox VFW Post 8488 Ladies Auxiliary meeting and inspection, Monday, 7 pm; Sandy, 222-982 [more]

6:02:17 PM Springtime at the Museum
Laurel Leader Call

LAUREL — It's hard to believe that we are halfway through February, but at the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, we are already busily preparing for spring. Our adult pottery class is in full swing, and the adults are joined this time by several junior .. [more]

5:37:55 PM Day Trip: The Morris Museum
Baristanet

The Morris Museum is just that place and a short drive from Baristaville. From trains to science to calliopes as well as 700 other mechanical instruments and automata. It is a way to step back in time and get a glimpse of carnivals and fairs from day [more]

5:37:55 PM Museums need exhibits
Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre

by Daryl Morris Museum Manager Mary Smith says they are asking the public to submit any works they might have, preferably as a donation but it can be done as a loan too. Smith says they are opening an exhibit called "The Art of War" at the Billy Bish [more]

2:30:10 PM Huntsville Museum of Art featuring work by contemporary African American
AL.com - Birmingham,AL,USA

al.com By The Huntsville Times Larry Walker's Miguel's Door: Urban Sanctuary II, 1998-99, mixed media canvas, 60 x 84, Collection of the Huntsville Museum of Art. (Courtesy photo) In observance of Black History Month, the Huntsville Museum of Art is  [more]

2:30:10 PM Dan Monroe examines future of art museums
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA

The Association of Art Museum Directors met in San Francisco in mid-January. Few people outside the field noticed, but discussions that took place at the convocation may affect the experiences that art museums offer visitors in the future. [more]

2:17:34 PM Metro Detroit mourners celebrate Whitney Houston's life at Wright Museum
Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,USA

The audience at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit applaud in praise as they view a telecast of Whitney Houston's funeral on Saturday. / KIMBERLY P. MITCHELL/Detroit Free Press By Brian McCollum Frequently breaking in [more]

2:17:34 PM Postcard from Alliance: Museum's fancy felines
Canton Repository - Canton,OH,USA

Fred Pisani, manager of the Feline Historical Museum in Alliance explains the museum's current featured exhibition, the Maneki Neko Collection of “lucky cats.” By Gary Brown It's all about cats. The mission of the Feline Historical Museum in downtown [more]

2:17:34 PM NH's Currier Museum acquires Washington sculpture
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

MANCHESTER, NH—Visitors to New Hampshire's Currier Museum of Art on President's Day can admire a recently acquired marble bust of George Washington. Sculptor Hiram Powers of Woodstock, Vt., depicted Washington in popular neoclassical style -- wearing [more]

12:44:30 PM JIMMY SMOTHERS: Museum director organizes history
Gadsden Times - Gadsden,AL,USA

Betty McCoy | Special to The Times David Crum is director of the Cherokee County Historical Museum in Centre. He moved to Cherokee County from Maine four years ago and is working to upgrade the museum as a showcase of Cherokee County's history. [more]

11:13:08 AM Phoenix museum exhibit goes 'Beyond Geronimo'
The Spokesman Review

Felicia Fonseca AP AP photo Items are displayed at an exhibit featuring Geronimo and other Apache tribe warriors in history at The Heard Museum in Phoenix. When: Monday-Saturday, 9:30 am-5 pm, Sunday, 11 am-5 pm The Geronimo exhibit runs through Jan. [more]

11:13:08 AM First National Blues Museum Set To Open
Bangstyle

They have museums for absolutely everything , so it's hard to believe there's never been a National Museum dedicated to the Blues genre of music and its musicians. Although regional museums for Blues music exist, St. Louis, Missouri, will be the new  [more]

11:09:47 AM Golisano Children's Museum of Naples is a week away from beginning its
Naples Daily News - Naples,FL,USA

Naples Daily News By HARRIET HOWARD HEITHAUS Greg Kahn/Staff Joe Cox, executive director of the Golisano Children's museum of Naples, shows how the catch and release fishing pond works on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. When: Tentatively, Saturday, Feb. 25 fo [more]

11:09:47 AM The Cayuga Museum presents a look back at Cayuga County's dancing days
Auburn Citizen

From the left, Ezra Gibb, 4, Christian Sherman,4, Asa Uribe, 8, Cadance Sherman, 8, and Miriam Gibb, 6, look at the new dance exhibit on diplay at the Cayuga Museum on on Thursday afternoon. Visitors to the Cayuga Museum's new exhibit will want to .. [more]

11:09:47 AM Chicago's Field Museum displays rare mummies
Belleville News Democrat - IL, USA

AP CHICAGO -- Chicago's Field Museum has opened a rare display of mummies from its own collection. Many of them haven't been seen by the public since the World's Columbian Exposition, held in the city in 1893. The exhibit is called "Opening the Vault [more]

7:20:37 AM Museum curator loves to preserve Cleveland's history
Your Houston News

He is the curator at the Cleveland Historical Museum. His love for history began in college where he minored in history and majored in education. He obtained his first teaching job at Southside Elementary School in Cleveland in 1978. [more]

7:20:37 AM The Mob Museum in Las Vegas a treasure trove of history
Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,USA

ISAAC BREKKEN/ASSOCIATED PRESS By Ellen Creager The Mob Museum just opened Tuesday in downtown Las Vegas, and it's a treasure trove of artifacts and history on organized crime in America. Located in the former federal courthouse that was the scene fo [more]

6:42:56 AM Lakeview Museum event discusses climate change
Peoria Journal Star - Peoria,IL,USA

Changes in individual seasons are not necessarily significant when examining the big picture, according to Sheldon Schafer of Lakeview Museum, who acknowledges that the fact may come as a surprise to some. "Short-term weather changes don't mean a lot [more]

6:42:56 AM Museum sets aside time to honor timepieces on Clock Day (with video)
News-Herald.com

By Rachel Jackson Kitchen clocks, tower clocks, watches and all sorts of other timepieces moved in and out of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History on Saturday. Experts and novices alike bent over a wide array of vintage clocks, discussing the valu [more]

6:42:56 AM 'Class Pictures' are telling portraits of youth
Leader Times - Kittanning,PA,USA

6:30 pm Thursday, Carnegie Museum of Art auditorium, Oakland. Free Kurt Shaw is the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review art critic and can be reached via e-mail. We all have high-school pictures we look back on with a mix of nostalgia and amusement. [more]

5:08:49 AM Museum of Fine Arts, Boston to launch its first online catalogue, Paintings
Art Daily - Eastport,Maine,USA

Art Daily Just in time for Presidents' Day, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, will debut on February 20 its first online catalogue, Paintings of the Americas. The free digital publication, available here, will feature a selection of more than 400 pain [more]

5:08:49 AM Smithsonian launches new website for teaching African American Civil
Art Daily - Eastport,Maine,USA

Art Daily Teaching African American Civil Rights through American Art at the Smithsonian is a new Web-based project developed jointly by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture [more]

4:08:55 AM Allentown Art Museum party rocks record crowds
Allentown Morning Call - Allentown,PA,USA

By Lenora Dannelke, Special to The Morning Call Spinning searchlights, flashing disco lights and artful illumination at the Allentown Museum of Art created an atmosphere of glamour and excitement as guests arrived at the preview party of the new ... [more]

4:08:55 AM Sandra Bullock's Museum Visit with Little Louis
GossipCenter.com

Always the doting mommy, Sandra Bullock closed out the week by spending the day with her son at a local museum in Los Angeles, CA on Friday (February 17). The "Blind Side" actress looked relaxed in torn denim, a black blazer and glasses as she carrie [more]

4:08:55 AM Local banks show interest in east valley art museum
My Desert - Palm Springs,CA,USA

Wells Fargo Foundation presents a check for 300000 in support of the new art museum opening in Palm Desert in March. (From left) Arlene Amick, general manager of Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert; Gary Hall, Wells Fargo executive; ... [more]

1:39:50 AM A museum for American ingenuity?
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Ground will be broken this week on Washington's newest museum, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and in all honesty I'm of two minds about it. Certainly if there is to be a separate national museum devoted to the history an [more]

1:39:50 AM Charles H. Wright Museum in Detroit hosts broadcast of Whitney Houston's
Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,USA

Detroit Free Press STAFF VIDEO BY THOMAS P. COSTELLO People lift their hands in praise as they viewed the Whitney Houston funeral at the Charles H. Wright African-American Museum in Detroit on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. / Kimberly P. Mitchell/Detroit F [more]

1:39:50 AM Gadsden Museum of Art explores local black history
Gadsden Times - Gadsden,AL,USA

An exhibit honoring black leaders during Black History Month is set up Wednesday at the Gadsden Museum of Art. An exhibit celebrating Black History Month now on display at the Gadsden Museum of Art has a local focus. It honors 25 graduates and teache [more]

1:39:50 AM Blues in the spotlight at Lake County museum
Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA

By Elena Ferrarin Steve Peterkort was quick to react when he found out the latest exhibit at the Lake County Discovery Museum allows visitors to take the stage and belt out the blues. “I ran home and got my own guitar,” said Peterkort, who lives five [more]

1:35:26 AM Local doctor guns down Mob Museum
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA

He takes a special exception to the recent opening of the $42 million Mob Museum downtown. Here is a letter he is circulating. Brookman is a combat medical veteran and the husband of longtime local activist Monterey Brookman. "The combination of fron [more]

12:31:17 AM Charles H. Wright Museum hosts broadcast of Whitney Houston's funeral
Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,USA

People lift their hands in praise as they viewed the Whitney Houston funeral at the Charles H. Wright African-American Museum in Detroit on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. / Kimberly P. Mitchell/Detroit Free Press By Brian McCollum Frequently breaking into  [more]

12:31:17 AM Trolley Museum Vandalized in Copper Theft
Patch.com

Tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage was committed, according to the museum's corporate secretary. By Julian McKinley The suspects tore open the front of this car to access any brass or copper parts. Three trolley cars at the Connecticut ... [more]



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