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News From Sunday, May 13, 2012
8:28:16 PM BC's controversial former Britannia mine now serves as museum
Times Colonist - Victoria,British Columbia,Canada

By Scott Simpson, Postmedia News May 13, 2012 1:11 PM BC Mining Museum shows off it's new look this week, as new buildings are up and more displays there for tourists to see. Picture of executive director Kirstin Clausen infront of new facilities at  [more]

8:24:50 PM Museum to host annual Chautauqua
Camden News

SMACKOVER – The Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources has announced the schedule for the 12th annual Natural State Chautauqua to be held on the museum grounds at 7 pm on June 7-9. This year's theme is “Battlefields as Memories from an Un-Civil War” an [more]

8:24:50 PM Ag museum gets rid of cats couple had tended for years
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA

For years, Jackson couple Jack and Pauline Cochran have tended cats on the grounds of the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum. / Joe Ellis/The Clarion-Ledger Too many wild cats on the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum grounds in ... [more]

6:27:30 PM Ann Arbor inventor's exhibit finds permanent home at Hands-On Museum
AnnArbor.com - Ann Arbor's top digital news Web site and

Inventor Michael Flynn poses next to his creation, the Ferrofluid Magnetoscope which is on display at the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum. A world-renowned interactive exhibit created by Ann Arbor inventor Michael Flynn now has a permanent home at the Ann  [more]

1:12:42 PM Asian Art Museum's 'Phantoms of Asia' connects
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA

Created by the Korean artist Choi Jeong Hwa, the monumental lotus stands across the street from the Asian Art Museum, where 60 other contemporary pieces play off and connect with the museum's prized historical objects in "Phantoms of Asia: Contempora [more]

1:12:42 PM 'Maya 2012' at Penn Museum shows pre-Columbian sophistication
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA

Right through the entrance to an exhibition at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology called “Maya 2012: Lords of Time.” The show explores the art, architecture, and intellectual achievements of one of the major Maya .. [more]

1:12:42 PM Train from National Railroad Museum could go to England
Wausau Daily Herald - Wausau,WI,USA

The National Railroad Museum could loan the Dwight D. Eisenhower locomotive to a railroad museum in England for two years. / H. Marc Larson/Gannett Wisconsin Media ASHWAUBENON -- After a nearly 50-year stay at the National Railroad Museum, a locomoti [more]

1:12:42 PM Museums of the Columbia Gorge, From Maryhill west to Stevenson, there's
Bend Bulletin - OR,USA

Bend Bulletin The Columbia Gorge Discovery Center and Museum, official interpretive center for the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, stands beside the river two miles west of The Dalles. Exhibits focus on the geology and history of the gorge [more]

10:28:51 AM Documentary sings praises of Fayette Art Museum
Dateline Alabama - Birmingham,AL,USA

Alexandra Branyon, writer, director and voice-over artist for the documentary “Treasures from the Rubble,” about the creation of the Fayette Art Museum, looks at one of the collection's many paintings by Jimmy Lee Sudduth. By Mark Hughes Cobb In the  [more]

8:40:49 AM Tellus Science Museum an exciting excursion for families
Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia,MO,USA

By Wayne Anderson When we visited the Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, Ga., with our fourth-grade twin granddaughters, Katharine and Molly, we found ourselves surrounded by groups of elementary schoolchildren happily immersing themselves in the [more]

8:40:49 AM Markets, museums and more in Nice
Everett Herald - Everett,WA,USA

With its fine palette of museums (most of which are free), good food and ramble-worthy old town, Nice is the enjoyable big-city highlight of any Riviera visit. The city is in the midst of reinventing its public spaces, creating green parkways and ... [more]

8:40:49 AM Barnes opening a Super Bowl in arts marketing
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA

When the Barnes Foundation opens its doors to the public Saturday, it not only will introduce visitors to a new gallery on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway; it could well serve as a gateway to Philadelphia's mélange of museums, galleries, art schools, . [more]

5:54:33 AM Children's museum unveils design for $20 million building at Mueller
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA

By Jeanne Claire van Ryzin Leaders of the Austin Children's Museum on Saturday unveiled the design for a new $20 million facility at a prominent site at the Mueller mixed-use development northeast of downtown. Museum leaders also announced that $11.5 [more]

5:54:33 AM Field of Honor opens at the Airborne & Special Operations Museum with
FayObserver.com - Fayetteville NC,USA

Fayetteville Observer By Steve DeVane More than 900 American flags lining the parade field at the Airborne and Special Operations Museum honor those who served, those still serving, those who sacrificed their lives and those still missing. Each flag  [more]

2:27:40 AM Victoria blooms with museums
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA

Museums abound in British Columbia's capital city of Victoria, from the well-known Royal BC Museum to lesser-known gems such as Craigdarroch Castle and Point Ellice House. By Kristin Jackson The Royal BC Museum has a large collection of monumental .. [more]

2:27:40 AM Evansville African American Museum celebrating fifth anniversary
Henderson Gleaner - Henderson,KY,USA

By Zach Evans Special to the Courier & Press EVANSVILLE — While the Evansville African American Museum will celebrate its fifth anniversary Friday with a dinner at The Centre, museum workers have celebrated symbolic victories all year. [more]

2:27:40 AM South Carolina marks ex-slave's daring sail to freedom
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA

Calling themselves the "family of cousins" and ranging in age from 3 months to 94 years old, Smalls' descendants came to the Charleston Museum on Saturday for weekend events that included dedicating historical markers at harborside and retracing the  [more]

2:27:40 AM Valpo to aid museum facade improvement
nwitimes.com

VALPARAISO | With donations expected to pay for the Orville Redenbacher sculpture in Central Park Plaza, the money set aside for it instead will be used for to help remodel the former police station for use as the county museum. [more]



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