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News From Monday, February 02, 2009
9:50:33 PM Heard Museum returning artifacts to Zunis
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA

The Heard Museum in Phoenix is returning five artifacts and cultural objects in its collection to the Zuni tribe in New Mexico. The museum, tribe and US ... [more]

9:04:14 PM Non-profit art museums shouldn’t be selling art
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA

by DP Opinion on February 2, 2009 The Madden Museum of Art and the Museum of Outdoor Arts are selling art. They are both non-profits. How does this square? ... [more]

8:16:33 PM Butterfly released in Va makes it to Texas
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

A monarch butterfly released at the Virginia Living Museum in Newport News has made it all the way to Texas. The museum says the butterfly traveled more ... [more]

8:00:41 PM Picasso paintings to stay at NYC museums
The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Two famed early works by Pablo Picasso will stay in New York City museums after the institutions reached an out-of-court settlement over a ... [more]

7:12:18 PM Deal allows two Picasso paintings to stay at New York museums
The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Two leading New York City museums will remain the owners of two Picasso paintings after settling claims by the heirs of a Jewish banker that the ... [more]

6:18:00 PM Museum director assails Brandeis' plans
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

By Globe Staff The director of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University has issued a scathing response to the university’s plans to close the museum and ... [more]

5:16:16 PM Almost $700000 And Holding: Erwin Textile Museum Cash Still Held ...
Dunn Daily Record - Dunn,NC,USA

Almost a decade ago, the Town of Erwin received $520000 in separate grants to build a textile museum. A desire by the town to use the money for economic ... [more]

4:19:57 PM Roscoe partners with other museums to highlight canals
Coshocton Tribune - Coshocton,OH,USA

By TIFFANY AUMANN • Newark Advocate • February 2, 2009 NEWARK - Several local museums will celebrate America's fleeting but transformational canal era ... [more]

4:16:17 PM Smithsonian Institution narrows down design firms National Museum ...
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA

The Smithsonian Institution has picked six architecture firm to enter into a two-month competition to design the National Museum of African American History ... [more]

3:03:40 PM Miami museum recalls police department's segregated past
Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA

The nondescript, motel-like structure is due for a rebirth during Black History Month as a police museum -- reminding the community of its segregated past. ... [more]

2:56:24 PM Museums Dogged By Wrong Animal Walks
Scientific American - USA

A study published in the journal Current Biology found that even natural history museums often don't know the details of how animals walk, and incorrectly ... [more]

1:44:29 PM Lonely times at Kalaeloa museum
Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA

By Gordon YK Pang KALAELOA — With little fanfare, Naval Air Museum Barbers Point celebrated its 10th anniversary a few weeks ago. ... [more]

12:15:44 PM The Porsche museum
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA

It's the Porsche museum at the eponymous car maker's headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. Of course, for most of us it requires an airplane ticket, ... [more]

11:26:41 AM New Words 2009: Akron Art Museum's 15th Annual Adult Poetry Contest
Art Daily - Eastport,Maine,USA

The Akron Art Museum invites all Ohio residents aged 18 years and older to participate in its 15th annual poetry contest, New Words 2009. ... [more]

9:56:36 AM 'Museums Should Coexist With Community'
ÄÚ¸®¾ÆÅ¸ÀÓÁî - South Korea

By Chung Ah-young Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Korean museums this year, efforts are being made toward making them global institutions. ... [more]

8:44:19 AM B & O museum display highlights black history
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore,MD,USA

"It's kind of glaring, when you saw that," said the Bel Air resident, visiting the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum's Black History Month exhibit yesterday. ... [more]

7:43:28 AM Children's museum plan in works
Munster Times - Munster,IN,USA

BY PHIL WIELAND VALPARAISO | Everything from face painting to a program on nuclear power could be in store at the children's museum being planned for the ... [more]

7:05:25 AM City pleased with new museum
Kenosha News.com - Kenosha,WI,USA

BY MATTHEW OLSON Kenosha officials are pleased with the final product and initial results from the Civil War Museum as the contract for that building’s ... [more]

5:43:29 AM We Hear: Lee Woodruff, Susie Castillo, the Museum of Bad Art & more...
Boston Herald - United States

That the Museum of Bad Art in Dedham has put a piece of artwork for sale on eBay and will donate the proceeds to Brandeis University . ... [more]

4:31:26 AM Museums transform rainy days into adventures
GoDanRiver.com - Danville,VA,USA

When the winter cabin fever hits, it’s time to brave the elements and visit a local museum. Sonya Wolen, assistant director at the Danville Science Center, ... [more]

1:56:00 AM Chicago's Freedom Museum To Go Mobile
Luxist - Santa Monica,CA,USA

Another museum has announced that it is closing its doors. The McCormick Freedom Museum, which is located in Chicago's Tribune Tower, opened three years ago ... [more]

12:11:58 AM Picture darkens for city's museums
Crain's New York Business - New York,NY,USA

As a way to save money, the Queens Museum of Art will no longer provide visitors with exhibition brochures. The American Museum of Natural History has ... [more]



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