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10:11:20 PM Mumbai museums muse as visitors lose interest
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India

Mumbai: The decline in the number of visitors to museums in the past few years has forced authorities in India to take steps to win back people's interest. ... [more]

9:24:41 PM Miami Art Museum eligible to receive $100 million in public funds
Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA

The Miami Art Museum got an important boost by meeting all requirements to receive public funding for its new home. BY MATTHEW HAGGMAN In another key step ... [more]

8:33:48 PM Connecticut Museums Free for Summer to Military Families
1010 Wins

Participating sites include the Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk, the Slater Memorial Museum in Norwich and the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural ... [more]

5:15:46 PM Gothic art collection back at popular RI mansion
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

After the house closed in 1925, the items were sold to art collector and circus entrepreneur John Ringling and today belong to a Sarasota, Fla., museum ... [more]

3:35:04 PM Air Force Museum in Dayton hopes to land one of retired space shuttles
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - Cleveland,OH,USA

By Cliff Pinckard View full sizeChris O'Meara / Associated PressOfficials say the shuttle Atlantis would be most appropriate for the Dayton museum because ... [more]

2:04:13 PM A 'Blue Star' summer for our US military
The Birmingham News - al.com - Birmingham,AL,USA

By Thomas B. Harrison Birmingham Museum of Art and Huntsville Museum of Art are among 600 museums nationwide that will offer free admission to active-duty ... [more]

11:59:40 AM New Rome gallery opens to public
BBC News - E,UK

The new gallery is made up of two museums - one dedicated to art and the other to architecture. Opening exhibits feature work from artists including .... [more]

10:46:33 AM Financial, political setbacks prove too much for art museum
FayObserver.com - Fayetteville NC,USA

The 74-year-old artist from South America was supposed to have his work displayed inside the Fayetteville Museum of Art until July, but the museum's abrupt ... [more]

10:22:35 AM New York seeks developer for National Jazz Museum
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

By Seth Wenig, AP By Karen Matthews, AP Writer NEW YORK — The city is seeking a developer to build a new home for the National Jazz Museum in Harlem across ... [more]

9:37:05 AM Museums to be on summer hours
Iowa City Press Citizen - Iowa City,IA,USA

Both museums will be open from 10 am to 5 pm Tuesday through Saturday and 1 pm to 5 pm Sundays. They will be closed on Mondays and national holidays. .... [more]

8:11:56 AM Kerns: Museums honor military; Lawrence comedy opens Tuesday
LubbockOnline.com

The Museum of Texas Tech, Buddy Holly Center and Silent Wings Museum all now are Blue Star museums. The Blue Star initiative finds museums partnering with ... [more]

7:06:35 AM Lost ark or African treasure? Relic stirs passions
The Associated Press

The subject at hand is this British scholar's contention that the remains of a 700-year-old bowl-shaped relic which he tracked down in a Zimbabwe museum ... [more]

6:33:30 AM Blue Star Museums to offer free admission
Press-Enterprise - Riverside,CA,USA

By JENNIFER DEAN The Riverside Art Museum is among more than 600 institutions across the nation participating in the Blue Star Museums program, ... [more]

4:44:46 AM KU's Spencer Museum is looking to expand
Kansas City Star - MO,USA

By ALICE THORSON For years, the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas has sought to expand. Now it's taking a major step in that direction. ... [more]

3:48:49 AM Scheduled local events for Memorial Day
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA

The museums are: Henry Art Gallery and Seattle Art Museum, Seattle; Kids Quest Children's Museum, Bellevue; Tacoma Art Museum and Washington State History ... [more]

2:34:27 AM Billy Baldwin's life and work remembered at museum
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore,MD,USA

"Modernism at Evergreen: Baltimore's Billy Baldwin," a recently opened exhibition at the Evergreen Museum & Library, recalls the career of the man that The ... [more]

1:44:45 AM Blue Star Museums open their doors to military families
WQOW - Eau Claire,WI,USA

Eau Claire (WQOW)- Museums across the country are opening their doors free of charge to military personnel and their families. The Children's Museum of Eau ... [more]

12:16:43 AM Dennis Hopper dies at 74
Hollywood Reporter - Los Angeles,CA,USA

He was also an avid collector of modern art and has had his photography exhibited at museums in the United States, as well as in Japan. ... [more]



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