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11:36:52 PM Book review: 'Chasing Aphrodite' by Jason Felch and Ralph Frammolino
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

The Getty paid $18 million for the Aphrodite statue in 1988, but its questionable origin dogged the museum. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times / May 22, 2011) By Wendy Smith Special to the Los Angeles Times What on earth were they thinking? ... [more]

10:17:04 PM Summer Fun Guide: Museums & the arts
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis,MO,USA

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Store serves as a dynamic extension of the Library and Museum experience. It's filled with a wide range of compelling and one-of-a-kind merchandise. When: 9 am-5 pm daily • Where: 212 North Sixth .. [more]

9:35:02 PM Serious discussions takeplace at the arts museum
San Angelo Standard Times - san angelo,tx,USA

Megan DiRienzo is the assistant museum educator at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts. Contact her at megan@samfa.org or 325-653-3333. SAN ANGELO, Texas — Since December, more than 1000 schoolchildren have visited the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts.  [more]

8:26:07 PM British Museum up for Arts prize
BBC Sport - UK

The British Museum in London is one of four cultural establishments that have been shortlisted for this year's £100000 Art Fund Prize. The list also includes the Polar Museum in Cambridge, The new Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Scotland and The .. [more]

8:26:07 PM Bing: Pension savings mean museums shouldn't be cut
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA

Detroit —Mayor Dave Bing announced today that he will receive more than $65 million in savings from the city's two pension systems, a breakthrough that should stabilize the city's budget. Bing said in a City Hall news conference today that decision . [more]

8:26:07 PM Miami Art Museum
Hartford Courant - United States

The Miami Art Museum was founded in 1996 and succeeded the Center for the Fine Arts as the city's contemporary art museum. Located in Downtown Miami, the museum emphasizes art from the 20th century to the present. Its permanent holdings have been ... [more]

8:26:07 PM Blue Star Museums: FREE Admission from Memorial Day to Labor Day!
DoD Live

Through the Blue Star Museums program, all military members and their families receive free admission to more than 1300 museums in all 50 states and the District of Columbia from Memorial Day, May 30, through Labor Day, Sept. 5, 2011. ... [more]

8:11:45 PM A whiff of early brain evolution
ScienceBlogs - USA

(Image courtesy of Mark Klinger and Zhe-Xi Luo, Carnegie Museum of Natural History) THE question of how mammals evolved their exceptionally large brains has intrigued researchers for years, and although many ideas have been put forward, ... [more]

8:11:45 PM Academy of Natural Sciences is becoming part of Drexel
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA

By Sandy Bauers The Academy of Natural Sciences, the oldest natural history museum in the nation, and Drexel University will announce this afternoon that they intend to merge. The deal has the blessing of a $1 million grant from the Pew Charitable .. [more]

8:11:45 PM My Turn: Truckee museum add-on more evidence of out-of-control spending
Sierra Sun - Truckee,CA,USA

I have been to the Donner State Park museum. I found the artifacts gave insight to the courage and creativity of those who endured difficult times. I liked the exhibits, I liked the museum itself as quaint and appropriate to the site and location. .. [more]

6:42:48 PM ArtNight returns, free access to Pasadena's museums, exhibits and
Pasadena Star-News - Pasadena,CA,USA

Pasadena Star-News Twelve of the city's arts institutions and museums will open their doors from 6 to 10 pm, almost all providing special entertainment, and the free shuttle service between venues will again be offered to visitors. The performances - [more]

4:57:23 PM The Getty Museum and its antiquities: Collateral damage
Economist - UK

Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World's Richest Museum. By Jason Felch and Ralph Frammolino. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 384 pages; $28 and £16.95. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk THE admirable display of Greek and Roman .. [more]

4:57:23 PM Blackbeard's flagship focus of upcoming dive and museum exhibit
Lumina News - Wrightsville Beach,NC,USA

Also coming up, more than 350 artifact groups from Queen Anne's Revenge will be on display in Beaufort starting June 11, North Carolina Maritime Museums Director Joe Schwarzer said. Some artifacts previously recovered from the ship were on display .. [more]

4:57:23 PM FITZ & CO, the International Arts Public Relations Firm, Announces
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

PR Newswire (press release) FITZ & CO represents a global roster of clients: the leading museums, art fairs, galleries, and cultural organizations from around the world, as well as celebrated brands that support the arts. Select current clients inclu [more]

4:19:35 PM Smithsonian acquires Parliament-Funkadelic Mothership
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

The Mothership — the iconic stage prop made famous by legendary funk collective Parliament-Funkadelic — has been acquired by the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture where it will help anchor a permanent music ... [more]

3:02:34 PM Lake Wales Depot Chidren's Museum puts Barbie on display
News Chief - Winter Haven,FL,USA

Sue Ellis of Winter Haven has donated her treasure of 329 Barbie Dolls to the Lake Wales Children's Museum. A Native American Barbie doll on display. Friday, May 06, 2011 Sue Ellis sorts through Christmas themed Barbie dolls at the Children's Museum  [more]

1:39:47 PM Aircraft museum gets off ground
Fremont News Messenger - Fremont,OH,USA

PORTAGE TOWNSHIP -- The Tri-Motor Heritage Foundation will begin construction of a new museum next... PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP -- Keeping that hometown feel and being successful with home-grown talent has... AKRON -- Browns coach Pat Shurmur would like to [more]

1:39:47 PM Nuyorican Poets Bring Hip-Hop Style to the Brooklyn Museum
Patch.com

Yet, when Cabico goes on stage tonight at the Brooklyn Museum, along with other Asian and Asian-American performing artists in the fifth in a series of six events sponsored jointly by the museum and the Nuyorican Poets Café, he is going to tread ... [more]

1:39:47 PM Target Free Day at Asian Art Museum on May 21
Inquirer.net - Philippines

Target is sponsoring complimentary admission to the Asian Art Museum on May 21st, in conjunction with the 7th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration held in the Civic Center and Little Saigon neighborhoods on the same day. “We're delighted to welco [more]

12:47:17 PM Trust to run library and museum
Fife Today - Fife,Scotland,UK

KIRKCALDY'S library and museum could soon be run by a trust, in a move that could save Fife Council millions. Talks began this week on proposals to deliver libraries, arts, museums and Fife's extensive archive through a trust rather than directly fro [more]

12:47:17 PM First Friday Walk-a-bout to showcase museum, gallery offerings
Lancaster Eagle Gazette

LANCASTER — Local gallery and museum officials hope an event on the first Friday in June will draw more newcomers through the doors and give others a fun reminder of what downtown Lancaster has to offer the community. The First Friday Walk-a-bout, .. [more]

12:24:33 PM 135-Year-Old Piece of Skin Triggers Smallpox Scare At Virginia Museum
MyFox Washington DC - Washington,DC,USA

Museum officials said they were not worried about infection because a medical historian told them years ago that old scabs degrade. "Our strong assumption was that it was not a danger," Levengood said. When the CDC retrieved the scab, they assured .. [more]

12:24:33 PM Book Talk: Shedding light on antiquities' origin
Reuters - NY,USA

But in a new book, "Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World's Richest Museum," Los Angeles Times reporters Jason Felch and Ralph Frammolino delved into this opaque world. It is the culmination of a five-year investigation of t [more]

12:24:33 PM Capt Kidd 'back from gave' for Museum of London Docklands exhibition
East London Advertiser - London,England,UK

He is touring London in a 'pirate taxi' promoting the Captain Kidd exhibition opening tomorrow at the Museum of London Docklands near Canary Wharf. It coincides with the anniversary of his hanging on May 23, 1701, at Execution Dock in Wapping. ... [more]

12:24:33 PM Madison's Hefeweizen just part of the fun on tap at Bennington Museum
Bennington Banner - Bennington,VT,USA

This tasty combination will be Madison's contribution to Bennington Museum's Celebrating the Art of Craft Brewing -- when local, regional and international brews will be paired with food from several area restaurants. "The number one thing is to help [more]

10:19:32 AM Aircraft museum will stay at base
phillyburbs.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA

A lease deal will keep the Harold F. Pitcairn Wings of Freedom Museum on South Easton Road. It appears a large piece of aviation history is remaining at the Willow Grove Naval Air Station. On Wednesday, the Horsham Land Reuse Authority approved a lea [more]

10:06:46 AM Rare, historic collection comes to Calgary's Military Museums
Calgary Herald - Calgary,AB,Canada

By Jen Gerson, Calgary Herald May 19, 2011 2:04 AM A collection ranging from a Czarist-era Russian field marching manual to a printed tribute to the victories of Napoleon Bonaparte will, almost overnight, turn the Military Museums of Calgary into one [more]

10:06:46 AM Aviation Museum Still in Flight
Patch.com

The volunteer group that runs the Wings of Freedom Museum received conditional approval Wednesday for a sub-lease that would allow the museum to stay open following the air base's closure. By Theresa Katalinas | Email the author | 5:59pm The cockpit  [more]

8:54:56 AM Tacoma Art Museum wears its 75 years well
TheNewsTribune.com - Tacoma,WA,USA

To future historians writing about Tacoma, let the record show: When others were giving up on downtown and moving out, the Tacoma Art Museum not only stayed, it dug in. And in doing so, it became a leading force in the city's arts-based renaissance.  [more]

8:54:56 AM The art of Pae White puts damper on summer weddings planned for Art
Greenfield Daily Reporter - IN, USA

Greenfield Daily Reporter AP CHICAGO — The Art Institute of Chicago has caused quite a stir among some brides who booked summer weddings on an outdoor terrace at the museum only to find their coveted view of the city is being blocked by art. Gabriell [more]

8:54:56 AM Pontiac family's fossil collection to be used at state museum
Bloomington Pantagraph - Bloomington,IL,USA

The Illinois State Museum announced Wednesday, May 18, 2011, that a significant fossil collection donated by the Jobst family will be used in its children's education area. (Pantagraph file photo) PONTIAC -- People who knew Joe Jobst say he'd be ... [more]

7:24:44 AM $40 million Indian cultural center bond dead for the year
Tulsa World - Tulsa,OK,USA

Workers in front of one of two galleries at the construction site of the American Indian Cultural Center and Museum in Oklahoma City. Photo by Jim Beckel/The Oklahoman By WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer OKLAHOMA CITY - A proposed $40 million bond .. [more]

7:24:44 AM Street art: Portsmouth Museum of Art's exhibit breaks down the walls
Hampton Union - Hampton,NH,USA

Andreas von Chrzanowski of Frankfurt, Germany puts street birds in Prescott Park and Pleasant Street in Portsmouth as part of "Street aka Museum." Rich Beauchesne photoRich Beauchesne/rbeauchesne@seacoastonline.com By Jeanné McCartin It's bold, fresh [more]

7:24:44 AM Fossil find at Pennsylvania museum leads to dinosaur discovery
Newsworks.org

By Scott Detrow This handout provided by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History shows the fossilized skull of Daemonosaurus chauliodus. It was found among other fossils in 2004 by researchers at the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg. ... [more]

5:47:37 AM Alexander McQueen exhibition a perfect fit for New York's Met
Toronto Star - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

Fashion has been framed as art by museums for decades, with the Met being more constant and assured than most other institutions. “Savage Beauty” will grow this reputation. It's the hottest museum draw in town, with crowds — younger than those found  [more]

4:36:18 AM Detroit May Cut Cultural Site Funding
MyFox Detroit - Detroit,MI,USA

They include the Charles H. Wright Museum, the Detroit Historical Museum and the DIA. Another site on the list to feel the budget axe is Eastern Market. Eastern Market currently gets a $265000 subsidy from the City of Detroit every year, ... [more]

4:36:18 AM Stealth and style: Canoe museum reopens
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee,WI,USA

Jamie Dunn (left) discusses setting up an exhibit dedicated to environmentalist Sigurd Olson with fellow board member Mike Johnson at the Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum in Spooner. The museum, which first opened in 2010, features and exhibit hall an [more]

4:36:18 AM Corning Museum to hold open house today
Elmira Star-Gazette

The Corning Museum of Glass will mark its 60th anniversary today with a free community open house complete with complimentary admission, refreshments and several special activities. The Corning Museum of Glass was a gift to the community from its ... [more]

2:44:14 AM Car-free getaway | Bus it to Tacoma's Museum Row
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA

Explore Tacoma's Museum Row by taking Sound Transit's express bus from Seattle for a car-free getaway. Stroll through the outdoor sculptures at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma or head indoors to see the museum's other exhibits. ... [more]

2:44:14 AM 'Whales' is new Field Museum exhibit
SouthtownStar

By Kara Spak kspak@suntimes.com May 18, 2011 08:50PM Bruce Patterson is the Filed Museum's MacArthur curator of mammals. | Jean Lachat~Sun-Times Media ? Exhibit tickets are included in the museum's All-Access and Discovery passes, $22-$29 for adults, [more]

2:17:06 AM Museums to add zing to visitors' trip to the past
Times of India - India

NEW DELHI: Museum curators and scholars have said museums in the capital need to move with the times to keep interests of visitors alive. They spoke as the museums in Delhi were being remembered on International Museum Day on Wednesday for their ... [more]

2:17:06 AM City museum lacks amenities, needs revamp
Times of India - India

COIMBATORE: A dingy room in the ground floor of Nehru Stadium complex near VOC Park has housed the Coimbatore district museum since 2009. It is one of the smallest district museums in the state and is in pathetic condition. The gallery of the museum  [more]

12:52:27 AM Snowmass Adds A Camelops To Its Archeological Finds
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

Snowmass Water and Sanitation District voted unanimously to donate the fossils to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, and in the first week of November the museum officially set up archeologists to start digging. Since then archeologists have .. [more]

12:52:27 AM Museum's Next Year High Art
Gazette Newspapers - Long Beach,CA,USA

It seems only fitting that the fund-raising group for the Long Beach Museum of Art is called Phoenix. While the museum isn't literally rising from the ashes, it certainly is coming back from some very dark days, according to its executive director, . [more]

12:07:34 AM Tate Geological Museum's 65-million-year-old Hadrosaur takes 1 more journey
updating ...

They are pretty unique among hadrosaurs," said JP Cavigelli, prep lab manager at the Tate Geological Museum. He named the hadrosaur after finding one of its bones on a ranch near Lusk, near a dead sheep sporting a tag numbered "148. ... [more]



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