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News From Saturday, April 17, 2010
10:45:30 PM Natural History Museum holds first cherry tree census
BBC News - E,UK

The Natural History Museum is calling for the public's help to count cherry trees, which it calls a "classic sign of spring." It is hoped the findings will ... [more]

8:16:49 PM New Detroit art exhibit explores Afro-Euro dynamic
Victoria Advocate

DETROIT (AP) - Museums and art houses across the US have been showing off African art for years. The Detroit Institute of Arts hopes to take the practice a ... [more]

7:20:05 PM Museum-goers in touch with nude art
Boston Herald

By AP That's the message to art lovers who are trying to turn a visual experience into a tactile one at New York's Museum of Modern Art - where live nude ... [more]

6:40:04 PM Name change will mean Canada will soon have two air and space museums
The Associated Press

The non-profit Canadian Air and Space Museum just outside Toronto will soon be competing with what is now known as the Canada Aviation Museum. ... [more]

3:41:20 PM Dead manatee found in Patuxent River
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore,MD,USA

By AP SOLOMONS, Md. (AP) — Scientists at a Calvert County museum have found a dead manatee on the banks of the Patuxent River. The manatee was found Monday ... [more]

12:17:40 PM Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Tom Mix, William S. Hart stamps to be dedicated
NewsOK.com (blog)

NewsOK.com (blog) Holding the ceremony at the museum was a natural, since all four already have been inducted into the museum's Hall of Great Western Performers, ... [more]

11:27:23 AM Overhauled Kentucky Derby Museum reopens Sunday
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA

Free entry into museum until 3 pm After 3 pm, $12 admission for adults, $5 for children under 5 to 12. Or free with a Pegasus pin. • 3 to 6 pm: Hat contest, ... [more]

9:22:22 AM Climate control puts Parkwood 'in the league of great museums,' says ...
Newsdurhamregion.com

.... second and third floors will put the historical site "in the league of the great museums of Canada," says Parkwood foundation president Richard Marceau. ... [more]

8:12:10 AM 4 cowboys honored with set of stamps in OKC ceremony
NewsOK.com - Oklahoma City,OK,USA

All four of these icons will be honored today in a ceremony at the National Cowboy & Heritage Museum dedicating first-class stamps bearing their likenesses. ... [more]

6:20:55 AM Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum projects to help commemorate
NewsOK.com - Oklahoma City,OK,USA

NewsOK.com Annual remembrance ceremony: The ceremony will start at 8:55 am Monday on the grounds of the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum. ... [more]

4:27:41 AM Tours, flights on a WWII B-17 bomber coming to Seattle's Museum of Flight
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA

The Liberty Belle, a restored World War II B-17 bomber, will be at Seattle's Museum of Flight for a weeklong stay beginning Monday. ... [more]

2:48:08 AM Meteorites in Them Thar Fields
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

They are often sold online or to museums. “Something this big only happens once every few years,” Mr. Farmer said. “It will be like a gold rush. ... [more]

12:57:16 AM Nude Models at New York Museum Groped
FOX News - USA

AP Several nude models who are featured in Marina Abramovic's new exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art have complained of being groped by some patrons. ... [more]



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