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News From Wednesday, February 24, 2010
11:40:19 PM Museum to host President's Ball
Whitman & Hanson Express - Hanson,MA,USA

The Hanson Children's Museum is hoping to open up by September, and the board of directors will be hosting their first fundraising campaign this April. ... [more]

9:44:14 PM Out of the box
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

By Christopher Muther Few museums can trace their beginnings to some hurried sketches made on the back on a pizza box. Then again, few museums have grown ... [more]

8:57:50 PM Couple donates Picasso to the NC Museum of Art
Raleigh News - Raleigh,NC,USA

By Leah Friedman - Staff writer Julian Robertson, a hedge-fund owner, and his wife, Josie, have given given the NC Museum of Art four paintings by modern ... [more]

8:39:48 PM Museums and trains to commemorate Tagore
Gulf Times - Doha,Qatar

With the 150th birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore being observed this year, Indian Railways proposes to set up two museums in West ... [more]

6:51:04 PM Caravaggio stands alone in new Rome exhibit
Reuters - NY,USA

Twenty-four of his paintings have been brought together from museums worldwide for the exhibit at Rome's Scuderie del Quirinale museum that opened on ... [more]

5:43:18 PM With much ado, main Paris zoo at last gets redo
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

In the meantime, "the giraffes will oversee the construction site," said Bertrand-Pierre Galay, who runs France's National Museum of Natural History, ... [more]

3:58:25 PM Museum of Liverpool pays £750000 for blocking view
BBC News - E,UK

Tourism bosses have been hit with a bill of £750000 because the new Museum of Liverpool partially blocks the view from an iconic waterfront building. ... [more]

3:10:49 PM Van Gogh experts authenticate unusual painting
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Louis van Tilborgh, curator of research at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, said "Le Blute-Fin Mill" was painted in 1886. He said its large human figures ... [more]

2:24:14 PM Library Day at Seattle Art Museum
Seattle Post Intelligencer

But did you know that this Sunday only it's also a free ticket to the Seattle Art Museum (SAM)? That's right, Sunday, February 28 th is Seattle Public ... [more]

1:41:02 PM County seeks funds for museum, community centers
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA

By KARL PUCKETT • Tribune Staff Writer • February 24, 2010 Most of the $150596 needed for proposed improvements at the Montana Museum of Railroad History in ... [more]

12:00:17 PM Railways will commemorate Tagore with museums and trains (Lead)
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand

In commemoration, I propose to set up a Rabindra Museum at Howrah and Gitanjali Museum at Bolpur, the place where Visva-Bharati International University is ... [more]

11:26:58 AM Museum holding Beatrix Potter collection could close
BBC News - E,UK

A flood-hit museum in Cumbria which holds a "priceless" collection of Beatrix Potter watercolours may be forced to close due to a lack of funds. .... [more]

9:21:00 AM Truman Museum benefit to honor former secretary of state
Kansas City Star - MO,USA

James A. Baker III, former secretary of state, will be honored at the annual “Wild About Harry” fundraiser in April. Also appearing will be Susan Eisenhower ... [more]

8:50:53 AM Fisk deal to sell O'Keeffe art takes hit
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA

After his death, O'Keeffe divided the massive collection among several high-profile museums and one surprise — Fisk. O'Keeffe visited Fisk in 1949 to ... [more]

8:19:08 AM Polish Museum may close
KABC - Los Angeles,CA,USA

February 23, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A museum in Chicago is at risk of closing because of financial problems. The Polish Museum has operated on Chicago's ... [more]

3:52:40 AM Railroad museum wins restraining order against city of Dallas
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA

By RUDOLPH BUSH / The Dallas Morning News A Dallas County district judge granted Fair Park's railroad museum a 14-day restraining order against the city of ... [more]

1:50:37 AM Edinburgh Castle and Kelvingrove museum 'most visited'
BBC News - E,UK

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow was the most visited free attraction in Scotland, with 1368096 people passing through the doors. ... [more]

12:08:33 AM Judge grants restraining order to Fair Park railroad museum
lawsuit

This afternoon's hearing on the Museum of the American Railroad was briefly delayed while I witnessed a wedding and Wilonsky served as the happy couple's ... [more]

12:07:35 AM Cincinnati Museum Center gets industry 'Oscar'
Cincinnati.com - Cincinnati,OH,USA

More than 1.4 million people were drawn to the terminal last year to visit the Cincinnati Museum Center, which has blended together the city's history, ... [more]



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