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11:52:39 PM Minnesota Historical Society director Archabal will retire
Coon Rapids ECM Publishers - Coon Rapids,MN,USA

In addition to the History Center, Archabal oversees a statewide network of historic sites and museums visited annually by nearly one million people, .... [more]

10:43:51 PM NASA Has Yet to Decide on Final Destinations for Space Shuttles
BusinessWeek - USA

By Chris Dolmetsch April 22 (Bloomberg) -- NASA has yet to decide on the final homes of the space-shuttle fleet as museums and other institutions across the ... [more]

9:41:53 PM Springfield Museums gets new president
WWLP 22News - Springfield,USA

(WWLP) - The Springfield Museums has a new president, this after current President, Joseph Carvalho is retiring after 34 years with the organization. ... [more]

9:09:24 PM Ohio museum seeks to put area complaints to music
Dayton Daily News - Dayton,OH,USA

By JEFFREY SHEBAN, AP 1:46 PM Thursday, April 22, 2010 The museum is sponsoring a complaints choir — a group of volunteer singers working with a songwriter ... [more]

7:02:29 PM New Connecticut Science Museum Is Serious About Going Green
Wired News - USA

By Corrina Lawson When my kids were little, one of our favorite places to visit was the local science museum. It was a small place, geared to younger .... [more]

5:48:03 PM Cleveland beats Chicago in more than just playoff games
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA

It took us up to an hour to get from our apartment on the northwest side to Chicago's museums, ball park, and lake front. In that same amount of time, .... [more]

5:08:29 PM See-through model pops up in toaster market
The Associated Press

Eric Norcross, founder of The Toaster Foundation Museum, was bitten by the toaster bug some years ago as owner of an art gallery and cafe in Seattle. .... [more]

3:50:01 PM French Art Activist Hangs Own Paintings in Paris Museums
ABC News - United States

By CHRISTOPHE SCHPOLIANSKY On a busy Sunday afternoon at the Louvre museum in Paris, a middle-aged Frenchman entered Room 59 of the Sully wing on the second ... [more]

2:40:08 PM Egyptian official chides museums over antiquities
The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Egypt's antiquities chief, speaking at a preview of a King Tut exhibition, renewed his attacks on museums he claims have refused to return ... [more]

1:14:54 PM Israeli museum unveils rare Renaissance manuscript
The Associated Press

JERUSALEM — Experts at Israel's national museum have completed the restoration of a Renaissance masterpiece — a Hebrew manuscript with exquisite ... [more]

1:00:09 PM Sharjah Museums Department launches Sharjah Archaeology Museum website
Al-Bawaba - Amman,Jordan

In another show of its commitment to promoting access to cultural and historical learning, Sharjah Museums Department (SMD) has launched the Sharjah ... [more]

9:51:34 AM 'Joan of Arc' returns to perch outside Art Museum
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA

.... it to a more visible spot on what was then called East River Drive near the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Last year's removal and regilding was prompted, ... [more]

9:15:43 AM Business booming for city museums
San Francisco Examiner - San Francisco,CA,USA

Amid a high jobless rate and deflated tourism, San Francisco has managed to attract more visitors to its public fine art museums over the last year. .... [more]

7:36:36 AM Glasgow museum staff consider strike action
BBC News - E,UK

By Jamie McIvor Unions are set to decide whether to call strikes which may close some of Scotland's biggest museums and art galleries. ... [more]

6:02:19 AM Museum exhibit sure to rile Dick Fuld
New York Post - New York,NY,USA

Next Thursday, the Museum of American Finance will open a new exhibit focusing on financial scams, called “Scandal!: Financial Crime, Chicanery and ... [more]

4:25:55 AM Museums Take Their Lessons to the Schools
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

But instead, they were having what Katie Slivensky, an educator from the museum, calls a “backwards field trip” in a portable, inflatable planetarium set up ... [more]

2:32:32 AM The new North Carolina Museum of Art opens up
The Independent Weekly - Durham,NC,USA

Download JPG or PDF As you approach the North Carolina Museum of Art from Blue Ridge Road in search of its new building, you may find yourself wondering ... [more]

2:17:53 AM Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County plans to add a 3.5-acre park
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

The museum celebrates its centennial in 2013. By Scarlet Cheng, Special to the Los Angeles Times The stretch of Exposition Boulevard around the Natural ... [more]

1:33:36 AM Private photos for my favourites
Telegraph.co.uk

I'm very sociable and enjoy going out with friends, meeting new people, eating out and going to galleries/museums when I can,. ... [more]



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