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11:24:57 PM Military personnel get in free at museums
Green Bay Press Gazette - Green Bay,WI,USA

The National Railroad Museum in Ashwaubenon will offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day. It's one of more than 1300 museums across the country participating in a partnership . [more]

9:52:05 PM Tim Burton's House Scares Small Children
Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA

By Susan Michals Yesterday director Tim Burton flew in from London –arriving at 5:30 in the morning – for the opening of the new retrospective of his work at the Los Angeles Contemporary Museum of Art (the exhibition originally debuted last year in N [more]

8:22:45 PM Grill Safety Tips from Firefighters Museum
Patch.com

With the kick-off of Memorial Day weekend upon us and the start of summer rapidly approaching, the Nassau County Firefighters Museum and Education Center reminds residents to take the necessary safety precautions when it comes to grilling. ... [more]

8:22:45 PM National World War II Museum offers Memorial Day events
NOLA / Associated Press

Scouts take in the heavy artillery, such as a German Flak 37 88mm dual-purpose gun that could hit aircraft at about 25000 feet, on display at the National World War II Museum. The National World War II Museum will offer people a chance to do just tha [more]

8:22:45 PM Little Known Gem: The North Pinellas Historical Museum
Patch.com

A little known gem in Palm Harbor is the North Pinellas Historical Museum which houses local artifacts, verbal history and historical documentation. The museum is located at the corners of Belcher and Curlew Roads and is open for tours at no cost to  [more]

8:22:45 PM 'Frozen in Time' new event a Wichita's Old Cowtown Museum
Kansas.com - KS,USA

BY MOLLY McMILLIN Mourners sing a hymn during a "funeral" at Gill Mortuary at Old Cowtown Museum during the Frozen in Time event Saturday. Admission is $7.75 for adults ages 18 to 61, $6.50 for seniors 62 and older, $6 for youths ages 12 to 17, ... [more]

6:53:19 PM Interior Alaska Native leaders encourage repatriation of ancestral remains
Purchase refinery to ease energy costs

Even when museums and Native groups disagree, the latter can reclaim cultural objects — a federal committee ruled in late 2010, for example, that a Pennsylvania museum must return a collection of Tlingit artifacts to the Hoonah community. ... [more]

4:26:25 PM Movies, art projects, museums, crafts – for $1 or less
The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA

Museums: Most museums and art galleries in the greater Puget Sound area open their doors to the public at no charge at least once a month. In Seattle and Tacoma, several galleries and museums offer free admission on select Thursday evenings every mon [more]

3:54:13 PM Philly museum displays war rugs from Afghanistan
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscripition) - Atlanta,GA,USA

It's one of more than 60 on display at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia through July. US and Canadian soldiers buy many of the rugs as souvenirs, and the textiles show the intersection of art, ... [more]

3:54:13 PM Danforth Museum hosts intriguing high-tech exhibits
MetroWest Daily News - Framingham,MA,USA

Danforth Museum of Art marketing, membership and development associate Erika Rubin in the "Smarter/Faster/Higher" exhibit by Elizabeth Keithline. By Chris Bergeron/Daily News staff As if torn between fear and hope, a human figure fashioned from wire  [more]

2:22:22 PM WASHTENAW COUNTY: At the Museum on Main Street, the true meaning of
Heritage Newspapers

Heritage Newspapers 2011 marks the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War, and in every corner of the county there are museum exhibitions, tours and reenactments marking the occasion. The museum doubles as the headquarters of the Washtenaw County Histori [more]

2:22:22 PM Oldsmar Freedom Fest highlights today's holiday events
Brandon News and Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA

There are also special deals for active and retired members of the military at area museums and attractions. Be sure to call the numbers or visit the websites listed below for more information. •The weekend-long Oldsmar Freedom Fest includes a car an [more]

2:06:30 PM Vermont Ski Museum changing its name to Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum
The Republic

Plenty, say the people at the Vermont Ski Museum. The Stowe fixture is changing its name to the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum to acknowledge the deep roots of snowboarding in the state. Tom Sequist, chair of the museum's board, says the organizati [more]

11:46:52 AM Tim Burton Talks Frankenweenie at the Opening of His Star-Studded Museum ...
Hollywood Reporter - Los Angeles,CA,USA

Burton partied with such frequent collaborators as Winona Ryder, Martin Landau and Danny Elfman at the opening of the director's traveling art exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Saturday, May 28. Around 700 guests packed the Los ... [more]

11:46:52 AM Regional museums join Blue Star program
Nevada Appeal - Carson City,NV,USA

The Fourth Ward School House in Virginia City, the Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center in Gardnerville and Courthouse Museum in Genoa are among more than 1300 museums across the United States offering the program through a partnership with Blue  [more]

11:46:52 AM New York City Opera, American Folk Art Museum on the outs
Crain's New York Business - New York,NY,USA

Meanwhile, just blocks away at the American Folk Art Museum, trustees were figuring out how to save that struggling institution after being forced to sell its new home on West 53rd Street to the Museum of Modern Art and retreat back to its paltry ... [more]

11:25:03 AM Entrance free for active-duty military
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA

The museum and the Blue Stars Museum program will celebrate Military Appreciation Day on June 18. The event is open to the public and free to military members and their families. The Blue Star Museums program is a partnership between the National ... [more]

11:25:03 AM Can "Made in USA" survive in a global economy? Should it?
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

By Nicole Lapin, CNBC Anchor Every year nearly 30 million people visit the 19 Smithsonian Museums in Washington, DC to see some of our nation's most prized historical artifacts. Charles Krupa, AP "We decided that being an American company and being . [more]

9:41:13 AM Johnson Victrola Museum reopens
The News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA

The state's Johnson Victrola Museum -- whacked nearly into oblivion by the state budget ax two years ago -- was able to reopen, state officials say, because of one key difference. The Dover museum -- with many early phonographs, recordings, ... [more]

7:59:11 AM LARSON: Gwinnett Museum makes every day Memorial Day
Gwinnett Daily Post - Griffin,GA,USA

As Director of the Veterans Memorial Museum at the Gwinnett Historic Courthouse, Pickard who is retired from the Air Force, is one of about 20 volunteers who keep our military history alive. When they renovated the old courthouse they set aside a sma [more]

7:59:11 AM Museum captures Toledo's criminal history
Toledo Blade

Some of the Urbaytis' criminal file and a video about a mail truck robbery he and his gang committed will soon be on display at the Toledo Police Museum, ready for its grand opening on Thursday. The Toledo Police Museum is in the former Nature Center [more]

7:59:11 AM Army museum reopens for Joint Base personnel
Cherry Hill Courier Post - Cherry Hill,NJ,USA

Carmen Venticinque and AMB Alan Davis salute the flag as the National Anthem is performed during the Army Reserve Mobilization Museum ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on Thursday. / JOHN ZIOMEK Courier-Post The Army ... [more]

7:59:11 AM Honoring our heroes
Monroe News Star - Monroe,LA,USA

The Chennault Aviation and Military Museum invites the community to join in honoring women and men who served in the WS military and to honor and to remember the ones who paid the ultimate sacrifice on Saturday, May 28, 2011. ... [more]

7:34:46 AM North County museums team up for monthlong program in June
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA

The Oceanside Museum of Art is participating in the North County Arts & Culture in June event. (File photo by Bill Wechter - North County Times) CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS, ESCONDIDO MUSEUM: 340 N. Escondido Blvd., Escondido; 760-839-4120. ... [more]

6:29:16 AM Museums great and small
New Bern Sun Journal - New Bern,NC,USA

About 10 years ago I visited the Museum of the Cape Fear in Fayetteville, and like so much about that big strip mall of a city, the museum left me feeling like I just wasted my time. This is no exaggeration: I have seen better exhibits at high school [more]

5:51:37 AM The finishing touches
Toledo Blade

BY TAYLOR DUNGJEN Toledo Police Officer Penny Halcomb closes the case on an exhibit after preparing it for viewing before the opening of the Toledo Police Museum. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT Enlarge | Photo Reprints The sign on Beth Cooley's office door . [more]

4:16:41 AM Elmira museum struggles to attract female veterans
Elmira Star-Gazette

Mary Lou Amole donated her Vietnam era uniforms to the Vietnam Vets of America, which are now on display at the museum in Elmira. / JEFF RICHARDS / STAFF PHOTO As the Vietnam War Museum begins its third year, organizers say they are seeing more ... [more]

4:16:41 AM Hundreds rally in Columbus to support National Civil War Naval Museum
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus,GA,USA

By JIM MUSTIAN - jmustian@ledger-enquirer.com Family and friends who visit Rita Paul in Marion County frequently find themselves miles away in Columbus touring the National Civil War Naval Museum. “Everybody that comes we bring them here first,” Paul [more]

4:16:41 AM Art Car Show at Nave Museum gives new meaning to 'bling'
Victoria Advocate

Garcia brought her daughter and three grandchildren to the Art Car Show hosted by the Victoria Regional Museum Association on Saturday. Gary Hall, publicity chairman for the Victoria Regional Museum Association, said he anticipated between 750 and 10 [more]

4:11:33 AM Millie raisiing money for cMoe renovation
Henderson Gleaner - Henderson,KY,USA

Just recently, I had the opportunity to attend the National Children's Museum Conference. One of the biggest things that stuck with me was that we have these nice children's museum facilities, but it's now time to move those museums from nice ... [more]

2:00:28 AM Crowd at museum salutes those who gave their all
Monroe News Star - Monroe,LA,USA

Amid rows of veterans of the armed services, 8-year-old Jacob Porter played with his toy plane Saturday in the shadows of the fighter planes at Chennault Aviation and Military Museum. Being around the aircraft was a “cool” experience for Porter, ... [more]

2:00:28 AM NASA Art: 50 Years of Exploration Opens at the National Air and Space Museum
Art Daily - Eastport,Maine,USA

The exhibition includes drawings, photographs, sculpture and other art forms and media from the collections of NASA and the National Air and Space Museum. These more than 70 works—ranging from the illustrative to the abstract—present a different view [more]

1:51:26 AM US museums walk tightrope after China arrest
Straits Times

WASHINGTON - US MUSEUMS are facing delicate choices as they strive to meet a growing interest in China, cooperating with counterparts across the Pacific despite alarm over the detention of top artist Ai Weiwei. Directors of museums across the United  [more]



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