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11:26:43 PM Mildenhall Museum gets RAF Lakenheath warrior and horse
BBC Sport - UK

Mildenhall Museum is set to double in size to help display the remains of an Anglo-Saxon warrior and his horse. The warrior, who is thought to have died about AD 500, was found buried at RAF Lakenheath in 1997 with a horse, bridle, sword and shield. [more]

11:26:43 PM RedEye On Demand Uses 3D Printing to Create Museum-Quality Statue of
Biloxi Sun Herald - Biloxi,MS,USA

SunHerald.com MINNEAPOLIS -- RedEye On Demand, a digital manufacturing service and business unit of Stratasys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SSYS), has collaborated on a project with the Smithsonian to create one of the largest 3D-printed, museum-quality historical  [more]

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11:22:32 PM Pittsburgh ToonSeum: Comic Books Damaged By Museum Roof Leak
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

03/ 6/12 03:52 PM ET AP Hundreds and possibly thousands of rare comic books were damaged at a comic museum's warehouse in western Pennsylvania last week. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ( ) reports that water leaks at the ToonSeum warehouse destroyed boo [more]

11:22:32 PM The Cyrus Cylinder and a Dream for the Middle East
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

It resembles thousands of cuneiform-inscribed tablets and objects from Mesopotamia housed in museums all over the world. So why is a replica of this object displayed prominently at the UN Headquarters in New York? Why did more than a million people . [more]

9:26:51 PM 'Staff cuts' blamed for Nelson thefts at Norwich museum
BBC Sport - UK

George Nobbs, vice chair of the museums board at Norfolk County Council, said interpreters that were recently axed at the museum could have prevented it. Artefacts worth £36800 were reported stolen from the museum in February. [more]

9:26:51 PM Museums look to form alliance
Aledo Times Record

By submitted by Carol Parrish The Warren County (WC) Historical Society and Museum, Monmouth, was host to a meeting of twelve representatives from nine west central Illinois museums, historical societies and historic sites. Carol Parrish, President o [more]

9:26:51 PM Kansas Aviation Museum to dedicate new archive room
The Wichita Eagle

The drawing is owned by the Kansas Aviation Museum. The Kansas Aviation Museum will host a ceremony Thursday to dedicate a new 6500 square foot archive center to house the most sensitive of its collection of artifacts. “This is a huge milestone for t [more]

9:26:51 PM New Exploratorium Home on Historic San Francisco Waterfront Passes 60
EON - Everett,WA,USA

EON: Enhanced Online News (press release) SAN FRANCISCO--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--The Exploratorium, the pioneering museum of science, art and human perception, announced today that its new location on historic Piers 15 and 17 at the heart of San [more]

7:26:53 PM Air museum gains rare aircraft
My Desert - Palm Springs,CA,USA

A Russian MIG 21, built in Czechoslovakia and flew during the Vietnam War, was delivered to the Palm Springs Air Museum and will be a new addition to the permanent collection. A Cold War-era Russian MiG-21 arrives in pieces on a flatbed truck Monday  [more]

7:26:53 PM History museum offers peek into world of spies
Brandon News and Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA

And thanks to a traveling display from the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC, the Tampa Bay History Center is displaying a spy exhibit through June 24. "It's really a review of espionage and domestic terrorism from 1776 through 9/11," said . [more]

7:26:53 PM Stolen rare mining museum artifact recovered
The Union of Grass Valley - Grass Valley/Nevada City,CA,USA

By Christopher Rosacker This rare wooden ore cart used for mining 75 years ago was stolen from the North Star Mining and Pelton Wheel Museum in Grass Valley. The musuem is offering a $200 reward for information leading to its return. [more]

7:26:53 PM Whitney Biennial 2012, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Financial Times

Though the ratio of excellent to excremental shifts from year to year, the show is always uneven, which is fine if you think of it less as the museum's last word on best-ness and more as a pleasantly shaggy tour of what's happening now. [more]

7:08:49 PM Paintings and sculptures of dogs popular at auctions, galleries, museums
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

He is also the founding director of the only art museum in the country dedicated to dogs, the American Kennel Club's Museum of the Dog. Secord opened his gallery because he didn't want to move when the museum relocated from New York to St. Louis. [more]

7:08:49 PM IBM Building Smarter System for Louvre Museum
CIO Insight

By CIOinsight The world-famous Louvre Museum in Paris is using IBM software to get smarter about asset management, systems monitoring, energy efficiency and more. LAS VEGAS--IBM announced that it is working with the Louvre Museum to deliver an ... [more]

7:08:49 PM Choctaw-Cherokee Native American and Master Artist Judith Durr Displays
MarketWatch - USA

MarketWatch (press release) "Western Art Rides High in the Saddle in Texas", Mar 6, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- On March 30 and 31, 2012, the Pearce Museum in Corsicana, Texas hosts the Western Artists of America Eighth Annual Exhibition and S [more]

7:08:49 PM London Fire Brigade museum closure plan a “madhouse” - critics
London24

The museum site at Winchester House in Southwark Brdge Road is due to be sold off to pay for training facilities, with the final decision by the London Fire Emergency and Planning Authority due on March 15. Opponents say the musuem is good value at . [more]

7:08:49 PM Roger Kull, Sculptor, Shows Why Western Art Speaks to Americans' Souls
MarketWatch - USA

Master Sculptor Roger Kull, Mar 6, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Pictorial Leather Sculpture Showcased at Exhibition with Artwork & Technical Presentation - Masters of the American West Showcased at Pearce Museum. "Roger's Kull's approach of ... [more]

3:27:45 PM Museum investment pays off survey finds
M&H Online

New and refurbished museums saw their visitor numbers vastly increase during 2011, showing that when it comes to attracting people through your doors, if you speculate, you accumulate. According to the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA [more]

2:39:57 PM Medicine, Museums and Spoons Full of Sugar
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

In that spirit, we in public health have cause to welcome some important new allies to the mission of advancing health through better nutrition: museums. There is a wonderful exhibition at Yale University's iconic Peabody Museum, entitled "Big Food:  [more]

2:39:57 PM South Florida Museum's Parker Manatee Aquarium Aquires Another Rescued
Zoo and Aquarium Visitor News - Lorain,OH,USA

Zoo and Aquarium Visitor News By Martha Wells Bradenton, FL - The animal care staff at the South Florida Museum's Parker Manatee Aquarium is planning for the arrival of a young male manatee tomorrow morning. Nicknamed “Epac,” he will join two other m [more]

2:39:57 PM Fascinating Mummies: the National Museum of Scotland looks at Egyptian art
discovery

Culture24 Mummies is an appropriate and popular choice then for the National Museum of Scotland's first major international exhibition since its refurbishment last July. As well as showcasing the museum's new exhibition space, Fascinating Mummies bri [more]

12:19:35 PM Cabot's Pueblo Museum added to national list of historic sites
My Desert - Palm Springs,CA,USA

Cabot's Pueblo Museum in Desert Hot Springs has been designated a historic site. / Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun DESERT HOT SPRINGS — Cabot's Pueblo Museum has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, the city of Desert Hot Springs ... [more]

12:19:35 PM National Geographic Museum to open Titanic exhibit
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA

To mark the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking, the National Geographic Museum in Washington is preparing a new exhibit on the history and study of the famous ship. The Associated Press No comments have been posted to this article. [more]

12:19:35 PM America's Black Holocaust Museum reopens on web
Wausau Daily Herald - Wausau,WI,USA

MILWAUKEE (WTW) — America's Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee has reopened on a newly launched website. Museum board member Fran Kaplan says board members continued to brainstorm ways to revive the institution after the doors closed in 2008 due to  [more]

11:38:13 AM IBM makes Louvre a 'smart museum'
Times of India - India

IBM revealed an alliance with the venerable Louvre Museum to use sensors, real-time data analysis and other Internet Age tools to make the museum smarter. SAN FRANCISCO: IBM revealed an alliance with the venerable Louvre Museum to use sensors, ... [more]

10:47:54 AM 'Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" comes to HMNS during 100th anniversary
Your Houston News

Your Houston News The Houston Museum of Natural Science will host Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition during the 100th anniversary of the Ship's sinking, featuring 250 artifacts recovered from the wreck site of Titanic that have never been seen in Houst [more]

7:16:17 AM National Geographic Museum in DC plans exhibit for 100th anniversary of ...
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

WASHINGTON — To mark the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking, the National Geographic Museum in Washington is preparing a new exhibit on the history and study of the famous ship. “Titanic: 100 Year Obsession” will highlight the work of Robert .. [more]

7:16:17 AM Quality over quantity in Fitchburg
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

By Mark Feeney FITCHBURG - “Pioneers in American 20th-Century Photography,'' which runs at the Fitchburg Art Museum, isn't so much a show as showing off. Which is OK - more than OK, actually - since the showing off is quite justified. [more]

7:16:17 AM Museum of Natural Science holds expansion dedication ceremony
WLBT-TV - Jackson,MS,USA

By Mike McDaniel - email Senator Thad Cochran joined the museum to dedicate and tour the Mississippi Center for Conservation and Biodiversity. Before the expansion, many of the collections were near storage capacity. The museum houses more than one . [more]

5:08:18 AM Investment in museums obviously pays according to 2011 visitor figures
Art Daily - Eastport,Maine,USA

The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions announced its members' visitor figures for 2011 today (Monday, March 5, 2012) revealing that new and refurbished museums captured visitor's imaginations on a local, national and international level. [more]

5:08:18 AM Fossils fill in clues as Scots museum becomes most popular UK attraction
Scotsman (blog)

By BRIAN FERGUSON THE National Museum of Scotland has become the most popular UK attraction outside London after attracting 1.49 million visitors last year – despite only fully reopening in July after its £46m revamp. Days after being honoured at the [more]

5:08:18 AM Oklahoma City Museum of Art marks 10 years downtown
NewsOK.com - Oklahoma City,OK,USA

BY STEVE LACKMEYER slackmeyer@opubco.com Leave a comment Confession time: Before the relocation of the Oklahoma City Museum of Art to downtown, I had visited only once, as a child, and never contemplated returning. William Sommerfield, a re-enactor,  [more]

4:09:17 AM Holocaust museum honors three Chicago execs
Chicago Sun-Times

On Tuesday night, the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center will host its annual Humanitarian Awards dinner to honor Neil Bluhm, president, JMB Realty Corp.; Don Thompson, president and COO, McDonald's Corp., and Rick Waddell, chairman and CEO [more]

4:09:17 AM J. Paul Getty Museum acquires 25 photographs by acclaimed 20th century ...
Art Daily - Eastport,Maine,USA

The J. Paul Getty Museum today announced a generous donation of 25 photographs by acclaimed 20th century photographer Ansel Adams (American, 1902–1984). A gift of Carol Vernon and her husband Robert Turbin in memory of Marjorie and Leonard Vernon, .. [more]

4:09:17 AM LADOT To Close Streets, Remove Traffic Signals As Giant Rock Makes Its Way
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CBS Local The massive boulder is the centerpiece of a new exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.(credit: CBS) LOS ANGELES (CBS) — LA's Transportation Department announced Monday a series of street closures that will begin Wednesday night to [more]

12:53:16 AM Argentina to build museum honoring Falklands war dead on site of
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Washington Post BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — President Cristina Fernandez says a new museum dedicated to the Falklands Islands will honor the more than 300 Argentines killed trying to reclaim them from Britain 30 years ago. Fernandez announced details o [more]

12:53:16 AM 'Gala' opens new museum's fund-raising effort
Fort Worth Star Telegram

The inside will be the home of the Grapevine Historical Society's museum, becoming what McCallum described as the "crown jewel" in the center of a museum complex stretching from the new CVB headquarters building with its museum, to the Settlement to  [more]

12:53:16 AM Museum removes rhinoceros horns
Irish Times - Dublin,Ireland

THE NATURAL History Museum has removed all of its rhinoceros horns from public display for fear criminals may be targeting the valuable artefacts. The two horns from a black rhinoceros dating from 1899 in Zimbabwe were removed last week after museums [more]

12:53:16 AM Holocaust Museum honors Skokie teacher
Skokie Review

Michael Jarecki~for Sun-Times Media If ever there was an award tailor made for someone, the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center's new Power Of One Award — celebrating the difference one person can make in the world — has to be it. [more]



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