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News From Thursday, May 22, 2008
9:16:39 PM Weird and wacky museums
NEWS.com.au - Australia

A HOST of offbeat museums around the world have put paid to the traditional serious side of museums. Their weird and wacky displays capture the imagination ... [more]

9:14:36 PM Frog exhibit has Lauderdale museum hopping
Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA

Frogs from all over the planet are on display through the first week of September at the Museum of Discovery & Science. BY DIANA MOSKOVITZ More than a ... [more]

9:14:36 PM Museum salutes father, son
Canada.com - Canada

A private ceremony at the Canadian War Museum today will honour two men - father and son - decorated for acts of extreme bravery 26 years apart. ... [more]

8:08:07 PM Ducklings Die in Pool Drain At American Indian Museum
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

A museum spokeswoman said ducklings have died in the fountain machinery four or five times since the museum opened in September 2004. In the latest case, ... [more]

5:02:59 PM AFP museum relics wasting in the dark
Inquirer.net - Philippines

By Nikko Dizon MANILA, Philippines—For a year now, the museum of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has gone without enough electricity to keep it ... [more]

5:02:59 PM Syria seizes more smuggled Iraqi artifacts
The Associated Press -

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian customs officials seized 40 artifacts stolen from the National Museum in Iraq as they were being smuggled across the border ... [more]

4:24:21 PM Victorian museums refurb rest
Building Design - UK

Construction has started on Allies & Morrison’s £10 million refurbishment and extension of the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery in Exeter. ... [more]

2:39:37 PM Museum loses out on UK arts prize
BBC News - E,UK

A Shetland museum has missed out after being shortlisted for a major UK art prize. Shetland Museum and Archives was competing for the £100000 prize being ... [more]

2:39:37 PM Syrian customs officials seize 40 stolen Iraqi museum pieces in ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA

AP DAMASCUS, Syria - Syrian customs officials seized 40 artifacts stolen from the National Museum in Iraq as they were being smuggled across the border into ... [more]

2:01:58 PM Art museums get creative in fundraising methods; move away from ...
The Canadian Press - WASHINGTON

Ford Bell, president of the American Association of Museums, said that although there is no hard data on the number of museums moving away from the typical ... [more]

7:28:30 AM Museum stripped of valuable WW2 artefacts
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa

Robben Island Museum has confirmed that irreplaceable cultural artefacts on the island, dating from World War 2, have been stolen. ... [more]

5:09:19 AM Museums in Cuba, agents for social change and development?
Cuba Headlines - Ciudad Habana,Habana,Cuba

Cuba has about 300 museums along the entire country including the Isla de la Juventud. They have a rich cultural heritage, but the question that heads this ... [more]

4:56:47 AM Catholic museum probes soccer’s debt to religion
Reuters UK - UK

The museum at Vienna’s Roman Catholic Cathedral of Saint Stephen has a new exhibition meant to show what it says soccer owes to religion. ... [more]

1:38:47 AM Museum aims to protect, preserve history of Department of Public ...
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA

One swing through the tiny museum in the lobby of the unassuming gray building – formerly the destination for scofflaws who came to beg for their licenses ... [more]

1:04:44 AM Memorial Day weekend celebration set at Cooperstown museums
Press & Sun-Bulletin - Binghamton,NY,USA

Events will take place from 10 am to 5 pm Saturday and Sunday at the museums, located across from each other on Lake Road (Route 80), Cooperstown. ... [more]

1:04:44 AM De Montebello Moves On
ARTINFO - New York,NY,USA

In addition to teaching full-time at the IFA, where he wil cover topics like the history of collecting and the evolution and modernization of museums, ... [more]



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