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11:46:19 PM Harlem Jazz Museum Searches for a New Home
ARTINFO - New York,NY,USA

By ARTINFO New York City hopes to turn the former Mart 21 department store into a new home for the National Jazz Museum. NEW YORK—Plans for the National ... [more]

10:33:57 PM In Turkey's Museums, Sacred and Secular Interweave
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

The palace is now a museum, whose sacred relics include hairs said to be from Muhammad's beard. More Photos » By Edward Rothstein ISTANBUL — If you stand ... [more]

9:38:22 PM Montreal's nature museums launch guerrilla gardening
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

To honour International Day for Biological Diversity, Montreal's Nature Museums launched the Life District, at a ceremony attended by Montreal Mayor Gerald ... [more]

9:17:21 PM Goodman tours mob museum, says 'there is no competition'
Las Vegas Sun - Las Vegas,NV,USA

That's what the city's former mob attorney mayor, Oscar Goodman, said today during a media tour of the Las Vegas Museum of Organized Crime and Law ... [more]

8:10:59 PM Wittenberg University to purchase Springfield Museum of Art
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA

Springfield Museum of Art opened in 1951 and is a 35000 square foot facility. It is located on Cliff Park Road. Wittenberg is a private university in ... [more]

8:08:28 PM The Black Fashion Museum's New Closet
The Root

A collection of garments will reside in the soon-to-be constructed National Museum of African-American History and Culture. A collection of garments will ... [more]

6:23:25 PM NYC seeks developer to build new home for National Jazz Museum in Harlem
CANOE

By Karen Matthews, AP NEW YORK, NY - New York City is planning to build a new home for the National Jazz Museum in Harlem across the street from the .... [more]

6:00:02 PM Tour Backstage at the Santa Fe Opera and Museum Hill
UNM Daily Lobo - Albuquerque,NM,USA

After our backstage tour, we will have lunch at Museum Hill and visit the museums. This one day tour will depart from the UNM Continuing Education parking ... [more]

4:40:09 PM Milwaukee Public Museum names new president and chief executive
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

PrivateBank-Milwaukee's chairman Jay B. Williams has been chosen to head up the Milwaukee Public Museum in a unanimous vote by the Museum board. ... [more]

1:51:38 PM Are US museums safe from art thieves?
Virginia Adds 49K New Voters in August

Last week's $123 million heist of cubist and post-impressionist works at the Paris Museum of Modern Art continues a rash of painting pilferage in Europe ... [more]

10:58:15 AM Hezbollahland
BBC News - E,UK

Among them is the opening of a new war museum just a short drive away from the border. The museum showcases hundreds of pieces of weaponry and equipment. ... [more]

9:28:31 AM Polk Museum Displays Heirlooms From Its Collection
The Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA

All the pieces in the exhibit are from the museum's permanent collection. By Cary McMullen Just like you, the Polk Museum of Art has an attic where it ... [more]

7:43:58 AM Two architectural firms are finalists for Broad museum project
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

By Christopher Hawthorne, Los Angeles Times Architecture Critic Eli Broad is a little further along in his plans for a downtown museum than you might have ... [more]

7:43:02 AM Quick Takes: Museums open their doors to military
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

The National Endowment for the Arts has helped organize a summer-long program called Blue Star Museums that will offer free museum admission to active-duty ... [more]

4:03:51 AM Heist-proof museums? US buildings aided by design, location
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

The answer may be that US museums are newer, fewer and less exposed, and the District's museums, while not impenetrable, are more imposing than their ... [more]

3:16:04 AM Military families can enjoy free museum trip this summer
Garner News

WILMINGTON, NC – Beginning Saturday, and throughout the summer, Cape Fear Museum of History and Science will offer free admission to active-duty military ... [more]

1:13:26 AM Paris museum gets robbed
IBTimes Australia - Australia

The Museum of Modern Art in Paris was robbed. Five paintings, worth at least $100 million and included works by Picasso and Matisse, were stolen Thursday. ... [more]

12:20:08 AM Museums across U.S. offering free admission to military families
Kansas City Star - MO,USA

"Yes, it is," said John Marciari, curator of European art at the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park. Weird perhaps, but also part of a pretty nifty ... [more]



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