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10:57:24 PM 70 Years Later, a Berlin Museum Reopens . . . For 3 Days
International Herald Tribune - France

By ANALISA G. SCHINDLER After seven decades of closure, Berlin’s Neues Museum has opened its door today to the public — though just for the weekend. ... [more]

9:55:26 PM The Art World on Facebook: A Primer
Brooklyn Rail - New York,NY,USA

Museums too have realized that Facebook, as well as other social networking media like Flickr, YouTube, and Twitter, offer a new means to communicate .... [more]

7:57:47 PM Museum of Latin American Art Receives $25 Million Endowment
ARTINFO - New York,NY,USA

LOS ANGELES—The Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA) in Long Beach, California, has received a $25 million endowment gift from the estate of its founder, ... [more]

4:31:32 PM Tunisia: Kairouan, Beacon of Tolerance and An Ppen Sky Museum
AllAfrica.com - Africa

The book invites the reader to enter a world where "life is buzzing, and an open sky museum." It is also replete with illustrious historical figures which ... [more]

4:04:56 PM Milwaukee Public Museum to host Dead Sea Scrolls
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA

AP Milwaukee Public Museum officials say it will host an exhibit of the scrolls late this year or early next year. The more than 800 documents include the ... [more]

1:16:17 PM City's oldest museum gets £3.5m
BBC News - E,UK

The future of Southampton's oldest museum has been secured with a £3.5m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The city council will use the money to ... [more]

10:31:06 AM Museums feel economic chill
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA

By Jeanette Steele (Contact) Union-Tribune Staff Writer “Stay for the Day” passport ticket to four of 13 museums in one day, $29. ... [more]

8:27:17 AM NYC PICKS: Museums get musical
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA

Museums: They're not just for paintings anymore. Check out these special evenings of music and performance in gallery settings. WHAT The American Museum of ... [more]

7:26:30 AM Children's Museum is a Gift that Keeps Giving
Standard-Speaker - Hazleton,PA,USA

The New Children’s Museum and San Diego's Public Library have worked together to create a program for families to have access, regardless of income level. ... [more]

6:59:14 AM Dead Sea Scrolls headed for public museum
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee,WI,USA

An exhibit of the legendary Dead Sea Scrolls will appear at the Milwaukee Public Museum in late 2009 or early 2010, museum officials confirmed Thursday. ... [more]

6:17:30 AM Art Openings, Events and Museums
The Oregonian - OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA

Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art/U of O: 1430 Johnson Lane, Eugene (541-346-3027) Hours: 11 am-8 pm Wed, 11 am-5 pm Thu-Sun. "Lasting Legacies: The First 75 ... [more]

6:03:23 AM Pirate lore, booty at museum
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA

By Martha Waggoner - AP RALEIGH, NC -- Blackbeard has a starrrrin' role in this pirate exhibit at a North Carolina museum as he be the most famous of the ... [more]

2:36:58 AM What keeps women off the walls of our museums
Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

For anyone who hasn't set foot in an art museum lately, Pamela Tanner Boll's engaging documentary Who Does She Think She Is? is a reminder that art history, ... [more]

2:32:17 AM Water Lilies, at Home at MoMA
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

By CAROL VOGEL In 1955 the Museum of Modern Art became the first public institution in the United States to acquire one of Monet’s large-scale water lily ... [more]

12:14:29 AM Arts, Briefly Brandeis to Weigh Future of Art Museum
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

Brandeis University has announced it would form a committee to consider the future of its Rose Art Museum, which university trustees voted on Jan. ... [more]



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