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11:16:57 PM The Canadian Museum of Civilization: 'Disneyland North' no more
Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

Victor Rabinovitch's second term as president and chief executive officer of Ottawa's Canadian Museum of Civilization Corp. – which also includes the Canadian War Museum – officially ended last May. But in late 2009, he agreed to stay a little longer [more]

11:16:57 PM Central Museum fading into history?
Times of India - India

With a museum that itself is about one-and-a-half centuries old, Nagpur could have earned this distinction, too. However, indifference on the part of the state government and a disappearing tradition of visiting places like museums is costing the ... [more]

11:00:37 PM ArtsBeat: New York Board of Regents Approves Restrictions on Museum Sales
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By ROBIN POGREBIN The New York State Board of Regents on Tuesday made permanent a set of emergency regulations regarding the deaccessioning of artworks. In September the Regents approved the expiration of the regulations, which enjoined museums from  [more]

10:01:57 PM Chippewa Valley Museum to participate in Blue Star Museums
WQOW - Eau Claire,WI,USA

By Mike Joyce - email Chippewa County (PRESS RELEASE)- Today the Chippewa Valley Museum announced the launch of Blue Star Museums, a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and more than 1300 museums across America t [more]

10:01:57 PM Bill and Melinda Gates portrait unveiled at National Portrait Gallery
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

The painting was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery and is part of the museum's permanent collection. The portrait emphasizes the Gateses' humanitarian efforts, which are conducted through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. ... [more]

10:01:57 PM Fossil found at State Museum confirmed as new dinosaur
abc27

By Myles Snyder - email Scientists at the Smithsonian Institution have confirmed that a fossil discovered at The State Museum of Pennsylvania is the skull of a previously-unknown dinosaur. The dinosaur, now known as Daemonosaurus chauliodous, ... [more]

10:01:57 PM Five sites highlight 8th annual Museum Historic Tour
Estes Park Trail Gazette - Estes Park,CO,USA

( Courtesy photo ) "Historic Fish Creek" is the focus of the 8th annual Historic Tour on Saturday, June 25, sponsored by the Estes Park Museum Friends & Foundation, Inc. Make plans now to purchase tickets for the Friends' exciting and informative ... [more]

8:41:38 PM New Filings in Chabad Suit Show Russian Ban on Art Loans Prompted
The BLT - Washington,D.C.,USA

The BLT: Blog of Legal Times (blog) Attorneys for the Chabad-Lubavitch movement have pledged not to seek Russian artwork on loan to US museums to fulfill a judgment against the Russian government over the return of sacred Jewish texts in its possessi [more]

8:41:38 PM Folk Art Museum Selling To MoMA, TAAS Show Now Metropolitan Show?
Antiques and Arts Weekly - Newtown,CT,USA

:The latest in the saga involving the American Folk Art Museum is that the museum's main building on 53rd Street is being sold to its neighbor, the Museum of Modern Art, for an undisclosed price. Museum President Laura Parsons said this week that the [more]

8:41:38 PM Museum's blockbuster exhibit brings Astoria artist home
Daily Astorian - OR, USA

With 36 oil and watercolor paintings by artist Cleveland Rockwell set to go on display at the Columbia River Maritime Museum, Sarah Bishop, the assistant curator, makes sure the collection is well taken care of Thursday before being unveiled as part  [more]

8:41:38 PM Nine Emerging Artists Explore Place at the Racine Art Museum
PRLog.Org (press release) - Bucuresti,Romania

This summer, the Racine Art Museum encourages visitors to embrace adventure, explore new destinations, connect to local culture and uncover cultural influences - all through art. The travels begin closer to home with the exhibition, The Wright Stuff  [more]

6:57:16 PM Indian Museum makes more room for its popular cafeteria
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

By Jacqueline Trescott By closing the first floor gift shop, the museum reclaimed enough space to add 38 new seats. The capacity is now 403 seats with a plan to add 12 more seats. This is good news for tourists and office workers who often find the . [more]

6:57:16 PM Smithsonian adds Bill and Melinda Gates portrait
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Museum Director Martin Sullivan, left, and Smithsonian Institution's Undersecretary of Arts and Culture Richard Kurin, right, talk as they look at an artwork of Jon Friedman, a portrait of Bill and Melinda Gates, during its unveiling at the National  [more]

6:57:16 PM Civil rights center gets $250K closer to goal
Forbes - USA

Jackmont Hospitality Inc. is leading an effort to raise $2.5 million from 10 minority-owned businesses Brooke ( BXXX - news - people ) Jackson Edmond, Jackson's daughter and the senior vice president of Jackmont Hospitality, said the museum will be . [more]

6:57:16 PM NC museum earns grant for girls' science program
CharlotteObserver.com - Charlotte,NC,USA

AP RALEIGH, NC The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is receiving a $50000 grant from Time Warner Cable to support the museum's Girls in Science program. The program provides 200 sixth and seventh graders with a series of hands-on natural ... [more]

6:57:16 PM National Endowment For The Arts Announces Grant To Parrish Art Museum
Hamptons.com - Southampton,NY,USA

Southampton - Rocco Landesman, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, announced that the Parrish Art Museum has been recommended for a grant of $60000 to support the installation of its permanent collection in its new building in Water Mill [more]

6:53:31 PM PA State Museum Fossil Discovery Confirmed as New Dinosaur
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

HARRISBURG, Pa., May 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Scientists have confirmed that researchers working at The State Museum of Pennsylvania in 2004 discovered a new dinosaur dating from the Late Triassic period. The dinosaur, now known as ... [more]

6:53:31 PM National Museum for Women in the Arts Selects NavigationArts for Website ...
DigitalJournal.com - Canada

The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) has selected NavigationArts to redesign their website and introduce new audiences to their mission. NavigationArts' innovative approach will help drive traffic to the Museum via new channels and better  [more]

5:29:53 PM NC Museum of History commemorates 150th anniversary of NC's secession vote
Garner Citizen - Garner,North Carolina,USA

This weekend the NC Museum of History and the State Capitol in Raleigh will commemorate the 150th anniversary of North Carolina's secession vote. On Friday, May 20, the Museum of History will open the small exhibit North Carolina and the Civil War: T [more]

5:29:53 PM Smithsonian Says African American Museum Will Be Different
US News - USA

Among the museum's collection items is Louis Armstrong's Selmer Trumpet, Paris, c. 1930. With $100 million in the bank and over 10000 artifacts ready for display, the Smithsonian is gearing up to break ground on a new museum dedicated to African ... [more]

5:29:53 PM Burns Birthplace Museum Wins Top Prize!
AboutMyArea - UK

The National Trust for Scotland's Robert Burns Birthplace Museum and Event Communications are on an awards sweep this month, winning the Museums and Heritage Award for Excellence's top prize for Best Permanent Exhibition on 12 May. ... [more]

5:29:53 PM Sultanate Takes Part in World Museums Day
Oman News Agency

Muscat, May 17 (ONA) --- The Sultanate will join the rest of the world countries in marking the World Museums Day that falls in May 18th every year. This day is an initiative launched by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) in 1977. ... [more]

5:29:53 PM Oxford County Museum school moving to Ingersoll
Woodstock Sentinel Review - Woodstock,Ontario,Canada

By Ingersoll Times The Friends of the Oxford County Museum School, their archives and collection of education artifacts have a new home in Ingersoll. The town has agreed to lease a building at the Ingersoll Cheese and Agricultural Museum to the group [more]

4:10:05 PM DuPage Historical Museum unveils Civil War exhibit
Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA

Artifacts, photos, journals and letters from that time are featured in DuPage County Historical Museum's newest exhibit, “DuPage County and the Civil War: A Local Perspective.” Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, ... [more]

4:10:05 PM Jackson family pledges $250K for Civ. Rights museum
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA

Atlanta's African-American legacy will live on in the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, thanks to a new gift announced Tuesday morning. The family and business associates of the late Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson are leading a fundraising . [more]

4:10:05 PM Museum School Supporters Rally to Save Avondale Estates Charter
Patch.com

By Renee DeGross Valdes | Email the author | 10:58am The ruling affects thousands of children in the state, including The Museum School of Avondale Estates, which could be forced to close. Parents, teachers and children from the school and other ... [more]

4:10:05 PM 'Charlie' the manatee will rehab at South Florida Museum's aquarium
Bradenton Herald - Bradenton,FL,USA

BRADENTON -- The South Florida Museum's Parker Manatee Aquarium is planning for the arrival of a young male manatee calf Tuesday afternoon. The manatee, nicknamed Charlie, has been undergoing rehabilitation since November at Miami Seaquarium, ... [more]

12:24:42 PM Sam Waterston to be honored by Ken Burns at Old Sturbridge Village
Boston Herald

Waterston is scheduled to receive the award from Burns during a ceremony at the museum on Tuesday. Waterston was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of journalist Sydney Schanberg in the 1984 movie "The Killing Fields," about the murderous regim [more]

10:21:34 AM Free Day in May: Put away your wallet and explore county
The Daily News Journal

The Heritage Center explores the county's past and present through exhibits, programs and tours — setting the storylines for Rutherford County's many historic sites, buildings and museums. Exhibits on view will include the permanent exhibit sponsored [more]

10:21:34 AM Museum making plans for mineral lease money
Craig Daily Press - Craig,CO,USA

Storage items pile up in the Museum of Northwest Colorado's unimproved space on the building's west end. Museum director Dan Davidson said some of the museum's $1.2 million windfall may be used to purchase offsite storage space. ... [more]

10:21:34 AM Mackinac State Historic Parks--Three National Treasures Only A Few Miles
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA

San Francisco Chronicle (press release) As Mr. Porter explains, "The Mackinac State Historic Parks are comprised of three parks and a total of 6 living history museums. This means that people who visit these places don't just learn about history they [more]

9:23:22 AM Icon museum hosts concert of sacred music
Worcester Telegram - Worcester,MA,USA

By Joyce Tamer Telegram & Gazette Reviewer With a replica of Andre Rublev's icon of the Holy Trinity as a background, seminarians from Holy Trinity Seminary sang a program of Russian sacred music to a capacity audience in the Museum of Russian Icons  [more]

7:39:49 AM York County Council reforms museum board
Rock Hill Herald - Rock Hill,SC,USA

By Jamie Self - jself@heraldonline.com At its Monday night meeting, the York County Council approved its list of nominees to form the newly restructured Culture and Heritage Commission, which governs the county's museums. Some aim for reform, ... [more]

7:39:49 AM Free admission at some museums | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-05-17
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA

Admission to the Philadelphia Museum of Art will be free Wednesday, from 10 am to 5 pm as part of International Museums Day. All museum galleries in the main building and Perelman Building across Kelly Drive will be open. The Rodin Museum and ... [more]

6:45:46 AM Civil War stories on display at Henry Ford Museum
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA

Southern Confederate forces had unleashed a barrage of fire against the Union-held Fort Sumter in Charleston, SC Now, 150 years later, the Henry Ford Museum will commemorate the historic event with its "Discovering the Civil War" gallery. ... [more]

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Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA

Behind the scenes at the Field Museum's new "Whales: Giants of the Deep" exhibit, which opens May 20. When Charles Barkley declared on TNT after Game 1 that the Bulls were the best defensive team he had seen, my internal debate began. ... [more]

6:45:46 AM Museum honors 1st family of racing
Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis,IN,USA

Members of the Hulman George family, including (from left) Nancy George, Jesika Gunter (Nancy's daughter), Mari Hulman George, Tony George and his wife, Laura, gathered Thursday at the Indiana State Museum, where patriarch Tony Hulman, who died in 19 [more]

6:45:46 AM City support sought for county museum
Tiffin Advertiser Tribune - Tiffin,OH,USA

Egbert asked council for a resolution supporting alternatives to selling items from the Seneca County Museum, which county commissioners announced is to be closed. "As a resident of the city of Tiffin, I read with interest last week that the board of [more]

5:59:58 AM ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Butler to mark Museum Day
Youngstown Vindicator - Youngstown,OH,USA

The Butler Institute of American Art, 524 Wick Ave., will celebrate International Museum Day on Wednesday with extended hours until 6 pm and a special tour of new exhibitions at 4:15 pm led by Louis Zona, director and chief curator. Admission is free [more]

5:18:04 AM Butler Museum Acquires 1892 American Genre Painting
Art Daily - Eastport,Maine,USA

Officials from The Butler Institute of American Art have announced that the museum has acquired a master work by American painter James Longacre Wood (c. 1863-1938) titled “Mumble the Peg.” Painted in 1892, a full twenty years after Winslow Homer ... [more]

3:22:06 AM Donor plans $1 million matching challenge grant for art museum
StarNewsOnline.com - Wilmington,NC,USA

By Amanda Greene The Cameron Art Museum doesn't have its new director yet, but it does have a $1 million matching challenge grant offered by the museum's long-time benefactor Bruce Cameron through the Bruce B. Cameron Foundation. ... [more]

2:21:27 AM Museum pays homage to the loo
St. Catharines Standard - St. Catharines,Ontario,Canada

If it seems like strange things are happening at the St. Catharines Museum these days, it could be because we're afraid to flush out our feelings about a daily act of nature. Sitting Pretty: The History of the Toilet, is a travelling exhibit that's . [more]

1:39:10 AM Treasonous slogan a typo: Forbidden City
Global Times

A typo in the praise slogan from the Forbidden City, or Palace Museum, botched up the intended message of "safeguarding" with "undermining." No museum leaders were to blame in any way for the latest snafu, said publicity officer Chang Lingxing. ... [more]

1:39:10 AM Aldrich Museum names new director
Danbury News Times

Alyson Baker is the new director at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield. Thursday, May 12, 2011 Photo: Scott Mullin / The News-Times Freelance Alyson Baker is the new director at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield. ... [more]

1:17:51 AM Snapshots of People at Work | Yvonne Knight, caring for area's steamboat
Louisville Courier Journal - Louisville,KY,USA

Louisville Courier-Journal Knight, 67, is now the museum's administrator, helping the former home of the Howard family, operators of Howard Shipyard in the 19th and early 20th centuries. : “The administrator position here and as with most small museu [more]

12:33:17 AM Oh, and It Helps to Have Talent, Too
Wall Street Journal - USA

By JIM FUSILLI 'Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power," at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum here, celebrates female performers ranging from Maybelle Carter, Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith in the 1920s to today's Lady Gaga, Alicia Keys and Janelle [more]

12:33:17 AM Louisville Slugger Museum gets 3 millionth visitor
The Daily News Journal

The milestone was reached when Jason and Jill Segar of East New Market, Md., entered the museum at 800 W. Main St. The couple received a surprise gift package that included a $500 gift certificate to the museum store, a personalized Slugger bat and a [more]



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