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11:46:23 PM The importance of a museum
Daily Times - Pakistan

By Sarwat Ghulam Rasool KARACHI: It seems as if the people of this country have forgotten the importance of having museums. They have forgotten the need to ... [more]

11:00:27 PM British museum supremo: Glasgow galleries deserve government support
Sunday Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK

By Edd McCracken, Arts Correspondent IT IS an argument as well-worn as Glasgow's museums and collections, leaky roofs and all. ... [more]

10:03:01 PM 2009 Appleton Museum Trips 'N' Tours listed
Citrus Daily - Local Citrus County News - Inverness,FL,USA

A two-week guided tour of Spain's art and cultural treasures, a four-day visit to Nashville's museums and music venues during the holidays, and a yearlong ... [more]

9:47:27 PM Snyder Museum hosts LSU event, exhibit today in Bastrop
Monroe News Star - Monroe,LA,USA

Bastrop will host the grand opening of the LSU Sports Exhibit, “Tiger Tales” at the Snyder Museum from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Saturday. The exhibit will feature ... [more]

6:33:09 PM San Diego Museum Month Underway
Standard-Speaker - Hazleton,PA,USA

By Catherine Garcia Pack up the kids for some fun and save some dough at the same time-- San Diego Museum Month is underway. You can visit the fish in a ... [more]

4:39:52 PM Central Park West Journal Volunteers Rally Around Their Laid-Off ...
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

Leah Slotnick, center, led a tour at the American Museum of Natural History on Friday. The museum has about 1000 volunteers. By KAREEM FAHIM Leah Slotnick ... [more]

7:36:32 AM Some museums could be history in Rendell budget
Centre Daily Times - Centre County,PA,USA

And 450 of the state’s almost 1500 museums could face layoffs, reductions in visiting hours and even closures. Gov. Rendell’s proposed budget for 2009-10 ... [more]

6:17:29 AM Barber Shop Set to Be Black History Museum
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

By NICOLE COTRONEO NEW CHAPTER The old Randy’s Barbershop in Southampton will become a museum of African-American history and culture. ... [more]

5:56:39 AM Comings and Goings Two Paris Museums to Admit the Young Free
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

... the beauty on display at public museums like the Louvre and the Musée d’Orsay free (admission normally is about 9 euros, $11.80, at $1.34 to the euro). [more]

5:24:00 AM Close an Art Museum, Save a School?
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

The decision by Jehuda Reinharz, president of Brandeis University, to sell the university’s art collection and shutter its museum in an attempt, ... [more]

4:12:23 AM New Operating Hours and "Free Day" at the Akron Art Museum
Art Daily - Eastport,Maine,USA

The Akron Art Museum is announcing a change in operating hours. Beginning the week of February 15, 2009, the museum will be open Wednesday, Friday, .... [more]

3:25:30 AM February Museum Roundup
DCist.com - Washington,DC,USA

DC [photoprint], courtesy of the National Museum of American History. It's Black History Month, and plenty of our museums are celebrating with a variety of ... [more]

1:39:26 AM Calling all photographers: Museums (and Wikipedia) want to recruit ...
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

“Henry VIII,” Hiroshi Sugimoto (Season 3)February may very well be the unofficial month of the photography contest.Earlier this week, Joe Fusaro wrote about ... [more]

1:14:25 AM Brandeis ‘Screwed Up’ in Handling Art Museum’s Fate
Bloomberg - USA

6 (Bloomberg) -- Brandeis University’s president said he mishandled statements about the fate of the school’s Rose Art Museum and whether Brandeis would ... [more]

12:26:14 AM Battle over Armenian genocide museum in DC gets nasty
McClatchy Washington Bureau - Washington,DC,USA

By Michael Doyle | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — A nasty legal fight complicates plans for an Armenian genocide museum, and it shows no sign of abating. ... [more]



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