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11:24:56 PM Elgin Marbles question renewed as Athens museum opens
Independent - London,England,UK

By Frank Partridge The long-overdue New Acropolis Museum is now scheduled to open in Athens on 20 June. However, the impact will be felt most acutely in ... [more]

10:35:09 PM No battle to get Smithsonian's OK
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

The 'Night at the Museum' sequel will boost the institution's bottom line as well as its profile. By Jacqueline Trescott, Reporting From Washington Some of ... [more]

10:31:18 PM New Mexico History Museum debuts
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

The New Mexico History Museum, which opens today, attempts to make all voices and experiences heard, presenting a distinct cultural mosaic. ... [more]

9:18:22 PM Lincoln gold-on-silver pitcher for auction in Ohio
The Associated Press

The item has been on loan to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, DC, for four decades. The decorative pitcher is called a ... [more]

8:26:24 PM Lincoln pitcher to be auctioned in Cincinnati
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA

But the curator of the Lincoln collection at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Ill., says there is no record of the ... [more]

7:27:26 PM Phippen Museum's 35th Annual Western Art Show this weekend
Read It Here - Prescott,AZ,USA

Prescott's historic Courthouse Plaza will play host to the Phippen Museum's 35th Annual Western Art Show and Sale Memorial Day weekend. ... [more]

6:40:56 PM Stefan Kalmár Leaves Munich Museum for New York Nonprofit
ARTINFO - New York,NY,USA

His previous employment includes serving as an associate curator at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles from 2006 to 2008, a curatorial research job at the ... [more]

6:22:41 PM Movies: Night at the Museum, Terminator Salvation
NECN - Newton,MA,USA

Night at the Museum 2 If you didn't see the first film, this one would not make all that much sense. It's filled with dialogue, but there is not much to ... [more]

4:51:40 PM Greece cuts Acropolis museum budget
Financial Times - London,England,UK

By Kerin Hope in Athens Greece has cut the €6m budget for the festivities to mark the June 20 opening of the new Acropolis museum by more than half as ... [more]

3:57:54 PM Reviews - The Girlfriend Experience & Night at the Museum: Battle ...
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

They visit museums, share deep personal feelings and have a connection she and Chris no longer burn with. Soderbergh's film is basically that old cliche of ... [more]

1:20:36 PM Peoria museum planners near fundraising goal
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA

AP PEORIA, Ill. - Local leaders say they're closing in on the $40 million they need to build the new Peoria Riverfront Museum. ... [more]

9:32:03 AM Second museum sleepover is eye-popping fun
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA

By Zachary Woodruff I never noticed it with the first “Night at the Museum” movie, but the museum-come-to-life premise combines the 1980s movies “Bill and ... [more]

7:11:40 AM Stratotanker has new home at Hill AFB museum
Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA

.... Lake City in favor of the Hill Aerospace Museum, where it will become the first tanker on display among former fighters, helicopters and cargo planes. ... [more]

6:54:10 AM ART GALLERIES, MUSEUMS
Kansas.com - KS,USA

Family Artventure: Clay, 11 am-3 pm, Wichita Art Museum, 1400 W. Museum Blvd. Free. Information, 268-4921. Open Life-Drawing Studio, noon-4 pm, ... [more]

5:59:47 AM Museums at risk in state budget
Lancaster Newspapers - Lancaster,PA,USA

In Lancaster County, that could mean the shuttering of Landis Valley Museum, Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania and Ephrata Cloister. ... [more]

5:42:46 AM 'Terminator' vs. 'Museum' in battle of the box office
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Ben Stiller portrays museum guard Larry Daley in "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian." The film is expected to gross more than $80 million over ... [more]

3:49:00 AM PR Victory May Be at Hand, But Creatively, 'Battle' Is Lost
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

After all, a couple of inexpensive visits to the museums on the Mall might keep you away from pedestrian family movies like "Night at the Museum: Battle of ... [more]

12:56:57 AM Movie projector: 'Night at the Museum' could make $80 M in four ...
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

But "Terminator Salvation," which will attract primarily men, and "Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian," a family film, appeal to entirely .... [more]



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