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News From Monday, February 21, 2011
11:47:13 PM Visiting the Abraham Lincoln Museum
ConnectTriStates.com powered by KHQA - Quincy,IL,USA

Now, admittedly, I didn't see that re-enactment, and this was my first trip to the museum and it's been opened since 2005. And I was really impressed. How much time you spend with the Lincoln Family is up to you. Funkenbusch tells me some people [more]

10:49:54 PM Same-sex couple denied entry to creation museum
QSaltLake

A same-sex couple was denied entry into the Kentucky Creation Museum last week after they told security they were a couple. The couple paid $71.90, which was not refunded, for tickets to the privately funded museum event that tells the bible's .. [more]

9:58:16 PM Iowa debates selling $150 million Pollock painting
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA

Either way, the proposal has infuriated art supporters and museum officials. The Association of Art Museum Directors warned that other museums would refuse to loan art or exhibitions to the Iowa museum if the sale goes forward. ... [more]

8:27:01 PM Egypt Reopens Museums and Historical Sites
American ...

On Sunday, the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, which is just off Tahrir Square and which served as an embattled backdrop during the protests, opened its doors again, and museum workers handed roses to the few visitors who came to see its treasures. ... [more]

6:28:33 PM Half a dodo found in museum drawer
Guardian - UK

Not much surprises the staff at the Grant Museum, where the contents include an old sweet jar full to the brim with pickled baby moles, their paws pressed pathetically against the glass, and the skull and antlers of an extinct species of giant dee [more]

3:01:16 PM Lawsuit scuttles sale of Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton to Kingsport group
Kingsport Times News - Kingsport,TN,USA

Black Hills claims FPPI used borrowed T. rex castings to help create replicas of the Peck's T. rex skeleton, which were later sold or placed in museums. The Peck's T. rex skeleton was unearthed in north central Montana in 1997. ... [more]

2:47:36 PM Same Sex Couple Turned Away At Creation Museum
Eagle 99.3 FM WSCH

A gay couple says they paid for tickets, but were denied admission to an event at the Creation Museum in Petersburg. The Kentucky Enquirer reports the couple planned to attend a “Date Night” event at the Christianity-centered museum on February 11 [more]

7:40:03 AM Civil rights museum plan draws hope, suspicion
DeSoto Appeal - Memphis,TN,USA

By Shelia Byrd, AP Not all lawmakers are convinced a Mississippi civil rights museum will finally get off the ground, despite the speed at which a proposal is making its way through the Legislature. Their doubts can be heard in floor debate and .. [more]

6:47:01 AM Egypt re-opens museums and sites
BBC Sport - UK

Egypt has re-opened many of its museums and historical sites which had been closed since the civil uprising started in January. Tourists visiting Cairo's Egyptian Museum, which houses Tutankhamun's golden death mask, were welcomed by staff with  [more]

4:16:37 AM Experts Suggest Entrusting Artifacts to Museums
Arirang News

National Museum of Korea] "If the artifacts are in outstanding condition and are also a great source for an exhibition, they will go through the Artifact Assessment Committee here to get registered for entrustment." Currently at the National Museu [more]

3:56:41 AM Founder of DuSable Museum of African American History
Chicago Sun-Times

Burroughs, an artist and educator, founded DuSable Museum of African American History. She worked in sculpture and painting but ultimately she became best known for her skill as a printmaker. She also wrote children's books and volumes of poetry  [more]

12:58:44 AM Chinese Terra-cotta Army exhibition in Sweden "enormous success": museum
China View, Beijing, China

Xinhua About 320 objects, including terra-cotta warriors from the ancient Chinese Qin Dynasty and other terra-cotta figures from Han Dynasty, were exhibited at the Far Eastern Antiquities Museum during the event, which ended Sunday. .... [more]



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