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11:40:20 PM Art review: 'Tim Burton' at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

As it turns out, the same goes for a great museum exhibition that's about the movies. "Tim Burton," the big, poorly organized traveling show from New York's Museum of Modern Art that surveys the genesis and development of the Hollywood director's ... [more]

10:54:03 PM Police: 85-year-old sexually assaulted in NYC
Wall Street Journal - USA

AP NEW YORK — An 85-year-old woman taking an early-morning stroll Monday not far from the Metropolitan Museum of Art was dragged into a doorway, sexually assaulted and robbed of her jewelry, police said. The woman, whose name was not released, ... [more]

10:54:03 PM Tim Burton premieres new exhibit at Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

Examiner.com The famed film maker and international artist had come to Los Angeles County Museum of Art for opening day of the event. The 'Art of Time Burton' is divided into three sections with over 700 pieces to the exhibit. With more intensity tha [more]

10:19:15 PM A Storied Paradise, Tempered by Reality
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

Among others things, it offers a plausible model for how to do a historical loan show that a) uses unfamiliar and affordable materials (many of the objects are from Dutch ethnographic museums); b) finesses the vexed issue of authenticity by seamlessl [more]

9:16:32 PM New Yorkers gather for Memorial Day celebrations
Wall Street Journal - USA

AP NEW YORK — New Yorkers marked Memorial Day with ceremonies in honor of those who gave their lives for the nation, including a poignant tribute at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on the west side of Manhattan. Military jets thundered over the  [more]

9:16:32 PM Cultural museum commissioned in family's African village
WND.com - Grants Pass,OR,USA

By Jerome R. Corsi An internal bulletin from the Kenyan National Security Intelligence Service, or NSIS, states that the Kenyan government in 2009 commissioned a cultural museum in the Obama home village of Kogelo to honor the "birthplace of Presiden [more]

8:31:15 PM German museum gives posthumous award to photographer Bahman Jalali
Tehran Times - Tehran,Iran

TEHRAN -- The Iranian photographer Bahman Jalali (1945-2010) was posthumously honored by the Sprengel Museum in Hannover with the Stiftung Niedersachsen's Spectrum International Award for Photography during a ceremony on Sunday. ... [more]

7:59:00 PM Alderson spends Memorial Day aboard 'Intrepid'
New York Mets

By Matt Fortuna / MLB.com | 05/30/11 2:29 PM ET Sandy Alderson, a Vietnam veteran, was on hand at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum on Memorial Day. (AP) NEW YORK -- Long before he became general manager of the Mets, Sandy Alderson served as a . [more]

6:07:24 PM Museum Leaders Moving Forward With Expansion
ABC News - United States

Even as the new Restoration Pavilion is set to open this weekend at the National World War II Museum, organizers are preparing for future stages of a $300 million expansion project. The Times-Picayune reports museum leaders appeared before the City . [more]

4:43:06 PM Sarajevo outlines planned museum after Mladic arrest
Reuters AlertNet

By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO, May 30 (Reuters) - Sarajevo announced plans on Monday to open a museum of its brutal siege by Bosnian Serb forces, saying the approaching trial of their commander Ratko Mladic made it all the more important to display th [more]

3:20:16 PM National World War II Museum ready to expand
NOLA / Associated Press

By Bruce Eggler, The Times-Picayune Even as they celebrate Memorial Day today and prepare for the opening Saturday of the new Restoration Pavilion, leaders of the National World War II Museum are looking down the road to future stages of their $300 . [more]

3:20:16 PM A GeekDad Guide to Ottawa Part 2: Canadian Museum of Nature and Canada ...
Wired News - USA

The Canadian Museum of Nature. Photo by Brad Moon I love natural history museums and so do my kids. Animal exhibits, dinosaurs, hands on activities, it's all good. Ottawa's Canadian Museum of Nature may not be quite the size of others we've visited . [more]

3:20:16 PM Suburbs loaded with Civil War memorabilia
Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA

A picture of Myra Bradwell, a friend who helped Mary Lincoln gain release from a Batavia mental institution, hangs in Palatine's Clayson House Museum. Gen. Benjamin Sweet moved to Lombard after serving as one in a series of commanders of the notoriou [more]

3:20:16 PM Tickets going fast for Bluegrass Festival
Beaumont Enterprise

International Bluegrass Music Museum executive director Gabrielle Gray told The Messenger-Inquirer that more than 3200 advance tickets had been sold for the June 23-25 event in Owensboro — and a majority of those were three-day tickets. ... [more]

1:38:07 PM Tucson museums offer Memorial Day deals
KOLD-TV - Tucson,AZ,USA

AP Entertainment News Video By Courtney Carlmark, reporter - bio | email The Children's Museum off 6th Avenue near Broadway Boulevard is kicking off the summer season with Bubblepalooza. Featured activities include creating bubble art, a UV bubble ro [more]

1:38:07 PM 1300 Museums Welcome Military Families
Daily Yonder - Austin,Texas,USA

Members of the US military and their families get a free pass at hundreds of museums -- urban and rural -- all summer long. Metropolitan Museum of Art 'Prisoners from the Front' by Winslow Homer (1866), depicting the capture of Confederate officers b [more]

1:38:07 PM Museum, U of M form rights team
Winnipeg Free Press - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada

THE Canadian Museum for Human Rights and the University of Manitoba are joining forces to further human rights. Today, CMHR president and chief executive officer Stuart Murray and U of M president and chancellor David Barnard will sign a memorandum o [more]

1:38:07 PM Cumberland Pencil museum celebrates 30 years
Times & Star - Workington,Lake District,UK

It's a Wednesday lunchtime and people are pouring into Cumberland Pencil Museum. It's not the school holidays, and it isn't raining. But the place is teeming with people keen to give an hour or so of their lives to the study of a wood and graphite .. [more]

1:38:07 PM Smithsonian museums open on Memorial Day in Washington
The Republic

AP WASHINGTON — Government offices are closed for Memorial Day in Washington, but a visit to the city's Smithsonian museums is still possible. The Smithsonian museums are open Monday and every day of the year except Christmas. The museums and the ... [more]

11:13:23 AM Visit the Spangler Candy Store & Museum!
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

Explore the history and shop for cool apparel and other products at the Spangler Store & Museum. The trolley takes visitors on a tour through the warehouse and packing areas. Due to safety and FDA regulations, the actual kitchen areas are not visited [more]

11:13:23 AM Intrepid museum staffers beat soldiers, sailors and Marines in Fleet Week
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

New York Daily News against staff members from Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in annual tug of war. Middle-aged Intrepid museum staffers beat out the fighting-fit soldiers, sailors and Marines in the annual Fleet Week Memorial Day tug-of-war tournamen [more]

11:13:23 AM NASA celebrates 50 years of art exploration [RARE PHOTOS]
International Business Times - New York,NY,USA

The exhibition titled "NASA | ART: 50 Years of Exploration" is organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) and NASA in cooperation with the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum (NASM). ... [more]

11:13:23 AM Soccer-Loew's lucky World Cup sweater earns museum spot
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa

BERLIN May 30 (Reuters) - A blue cashmere sweater worn by Germany coach Joachim Loew during his side's run to third place at the 2010 World Cup has won a spot in the German football federation's museum. Loew had worn the tight sweater in group wins . [more]

11:13:23 AM Memorial Day at the World War II Museum on Monday in New Orleans
NOLA / Associated Press

CHRIS GRANGER/THE TIMES-PICAYUNEBrian Salathe, left, a volunteer at the National World War II Museum, shows Luke Timphony, 6, how to correctly fold a US flag as Timphony's dad, Gary, right, holds onto the other end. Teach a child to honor America's . [more]

11:11:41 AM Michigan museums offer military families free tickets
Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,USA

AP Dozens of museums in Michigan are offering free admission to active duty military personnel and their families this summer. It's part of a program called Blue Star Museums, which is in its second year. Across the US, 1300 facilities are ... [more]

7:03:10 AM Beatles' visit chronicled in exhibit
Cincinnati.com - Cincinnati,OH,USA

Photographer Gordon Baer discusses a photo of John Lennon with Sarah Siegrist, assistant director of the Behringer-Crawford Museum, Covington, as they plan an exhibit of his photographs of The Beatles when they played at Crosley Field in 1966. ... [more]

5:33:08 AM Final leg of Flight 1549
CharlotteObserver.com - Charlotte,NC,USA

Journey into history begins next Monday, when 'Miracle on the Hudson' plane winds its way from NJ to Charlotte museum. By David Perlmutt 5/26/2011 David Rehmar, left, and Christopher Cote carry a piece of US Airways 1549 at the Carolinas Aviation ... [more]

5:25:40 AM Heritage Museums & Gardens Rhododendron Festival through Monday
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

Heritage Museums & Gardens kicks off summer with the Heritage Rhododendron Festival, running through May 30 from 10:00am to 5:00pm daily. This ten-day celebration features horticultural walking tours, children's activities, a plant sale of rare ... [more]

3:50:55 AM History Lives at Veterans Museum and Learning Center
Patch.com

By Amy Mortensen | Email the author | 9:00pm The West Haven Veterans Museum and Learning Center features an extensive collection of military memorabilia and artifacts dating as far back as the Revolutionary War, and leading to present day. ... [more]

3:50:55 AM Denver Art Museum is First US Venue for Retrospective of Photographer
Art Daily - Eastport,Maine,USA

Art Daily The Denver Art Museum (DAM) is the first US venue for Robert Adams: The Place We Live, A Retrospective Selection of Photographs. The exhibition will feature more than 200 black-and-white photos spanning Adams's 45-year career, showcasing th [more]

2:19:57 AM The Newer Museum
New York Magazine - New York,NY,USA

By Rachel Wolff Massimiliano Gioni, who in October was promoted to the top curatorial job at the New Museum, is not all that interested in discovering the next hot young thing. He's not someone whose name is attached to a particular ism, ... [more]

2:19:57 AM Movies, museums popular alternatives to camping
KRTV - Great Falls,MT,USA

The CM Russell Museum was also busy this weekend, doubling their numbers from last year. Traffic is also up at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center and staff say it's been busy all week long. [more]

2:05:34 AM New tractor museum opens in Fairmount
Bismarck Tribune - Bismarck,ND,USA

WAHPETON, ND (AP) - A new museum featuring antique John Deere tractors and memorabilia opens this weekend in Fairmount. The Wahpeton Daily News reported that eight restored tractors are on display at Charlie's Green Acres Museum. ... [more]

12:28:25 AM Take a Walk through History at the East Haddam Historical Society Museum
Patch.com

Memorial Day marks the opening day of the East Haddam Historical Society Museum for the summer season. By Wendy Vincent | Email the author | 3:00pm A poignant path through the Memorial Garden on the way to the main entrance of the East Haddam ... [more]



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