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11:12:07 PM Museum acquires Inuit prints from acclaimed Cape Dorset catalogue
The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada

Along with the $22000 paid for those three early prints, the museum recently negotiated the $190000 purchase of 554 prints comprising the complete Camp ... [more]

8:03:35 PM Mumbai will house India's first film museum
Hindustan Times - New Delhi,India

A museum of moving images in Mumbai, an oil museum in Guwahati, one on mushrooms at Himachal Pradesh. India finally seems to be taking to museums. .... [more]

7:57:06 PM 'Medal' for killing Julius Caesar shown at British Museum
Guardian - UK

The unique gold coin struck by Brutus soon after the assassination of Julius Caesar on 15 March 44BC is going on display at the British Museum. .... [more]

5:01:19 PM Waterways Museum in Gloucester to lose national status
BBC News - E,UK

The museum, one of the docks' main tourist attractions, is to become the Gloucester Waterways Museum in the summer. Based at Llanthony Warehouse, ... [more]

3:06:41 PM Meet the legends of rock 'n' roll at Worcester Art Museum exhibit
Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin - Plymouth,MA,USA

Organized by Gail Buckland for the Brooklyn Museum, this exhibit provides viewers with a back stage pass into the last 55 years of rock history. ... [more]

2:01:56 PM Louisiana History Museum releases photo history of Cenla on DVD
Alexandria Town Talk - Alexandria,LA,USA

By David Dinsmore • ddinsmore@thetowntalk.com • March 14, 2010 The Louisiana History Museum is inviting people to take a trip down memory lane via Third ... [more]

12:57:02 PM Minn. Russian art museum to open textile exhibit
Bridgeton News - Bridgeton,NJ,USA

"A Homespun Life: Textiles of Old Russia" opens Monday at The Museum of Russian Art. The exhibit features traditional garments and costumes produced by ... [more]

11:43:50 AM National Geographic Museum to open two photographic exhibits
Prime Writer News Network

The National Geographic Museum will unveil two new photographic exhibits throughout the month of March. The first exhibit opened March 13, ... [more]

8:49:59 AM Quartermaster Museum comes to life
Progress Index

By Patrick Kane (Staff Writer) Sabrina Schaeffer/Staff Photo "Museum security" Diana Campbell enlists the help of students to bring missing items from ... [more]

7:36:38 AM Get a peek at scrolls, Saint John's Bible at museum
St. Cloud Times

By Frank Lee • fclee@stcloudtimes.com • March 14, 2010 Old meets new at the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul, which features the oldest-known ... [more]

7:33:49 AM Blockbusters to become Virginia Museum's driving force
Richmond Times Dispatch

Robin Nicholson, deputy director for exhibitions at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts photographed Mon. March 1, 2010 in the new gallery area of the new wing ... [more]

6:33:55 AM Tucson Air Museum showcases vintage planes
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA

In the morning, head nine miles southeast of downtown to visit the Pima Air & Space Museum, home of 250 vintage aircraft, including WWI and WWII planes. ... [more]

5:58:08 AM LIFESTYLE: Museums see attendance surge, but financial challenges remain
Niagara Gazette - Niagara Falls,NY,USA

By Paul Lane While 2009 was among the worst of times for a lot of people, last year was among the best of times for many museums, both nationally and .... [more]

4:32:20 AM Museum of the San Ramon Valley (Danville Train Depot)
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA

The Museum of the San Ramon Valley was founded as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in 1985. The Museum is housed in the restored 1891 Southern Pacific ... [more]

3:12:42 AM 'Amazing Race' gives museum visitors a taste of life on Oregon Trail
Grand Island Independent - Grand Island,NE,USA

It was one of 10 tasks in the Hastings Museum's first Amazing Race: Oregon Trail Edition, which required 13 teams to travel throughout Hastings doing .... [more]

1:31:14 AM Red-hot Glamor & Cartier at the Mid-Winter Gala
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA

There was some major glamorama in play on Thursday at the Legion of Honor where the Junior Committee of the Fine Arts Museums hosted its 7th Mid-Winter Gala ... [more]

1:20:33 AM Myrtle Beach vintage cars museum raises funds for charity
South Carolina Now

By Mason Snyder MYRTLE BEACH - Nice weather had many people “cruise-in” to a new classic car museum in Myrtle Beach, Saturday. Wheels of Yesteryear Car ... [more]



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