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News From Monday, May 04, 2009
11:43:41 PM Ulster Museum set to reopen after extra funds for refurbishment raised
Irish Times - Dublin,Ireland

THE ULSTER Museum in Belfast is on track to reopen in the autumn after additional money was raised to ensure the refurbishment work could be enhanced and ... [more]

11:12:20 PM Arts, Briefly Criticism of Interim Report on Brandeis Art Museum
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

In an interim report, the committee that is contemplating the future of Brandeis University's Rose Art Museum made no recommendation to keep the museum's ... [more]

9:42:39 PM Fort Lauderdale maritime museum plan dead in the water
South Florida Sun-Sentinel - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA

A lengthy effort to open the city's first and only maritime museum has failed, even though backers of the city's first and only maritime museum were offered ... [more]

8:55:09 PM Pope to Skip Israeli Holocaust Museum
On Faith - Washington,DC,USA

It's disappointing that Pope Benedict XVl will not visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum on his upcoming trip to Israel. And it's equally disappointing that ... [more]

6:26:57 PM At Santa Monica Museum of Art's Incognito, a place to see and be seen
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

A fifth anniversary tier was created this year, a $5000 "Cognoscenti" ticket -- which, among such benefits as being first in line to enter the museum, ... [more]

6:05:37 PM Past meets present in Flickr's museum project.
Canada.com - Canada

By David Wylie, Canwest News ServiceMay 4, 2009 If the people won't come to the museums, the museums will go to the people. Web-savvy archivists from 24 ... [more]

5:36:57 PM South Florida Science Museum to hold flu discussion next week
Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach,FL,USA

By STACEY SINGER WEST PALM BEACH — The South Florida Science Museum will hold a free town hall meeting on influenza at 7 pm May 11. ... [more]

5:15:01 PM The museum whose architecture is at odds with its displays
Taipei Times - Taipei,Taiwan

By Edward Rothstein There may be worse Jewish museums in the world than the Judisches Museum Berlin, which opened in 2001. But it is difficult to imagine ... [more]

4:34:22 PM Future of Rose Art Museum is still unclear
Daily News Tribune - Waltham,MA,USA

By Jeff Gilbride/Daily News staff An interim report from a committee exploring the future of the embattled Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University has left ... [more]

4:05:56 PM Past meets present in Flickr's museum project
Canada.com - Canada

If the people won't come to the museums, the museums will go to the people. Web-savvy archivists from 24 institutions around the world have been uploading ... [more]

3:24:58 PM Ex-museum head to testify at NY Astor trial
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA

The former head of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Philippe de Montebello (Fil-EEP' de-MAHN'-te-bel-oh), could take the stand as early as Monday. ... [more]

2:10:01 PM UI Museum of Natural History celebrating 150 years
Iowa City Press Citizen - Iowa City,IA,USA

The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History will recognize its 150th anniversary with a lecture Thursday. The museum is located in Macbride Hall on ... [more]

1:31:44 PM Kingwood's Robyn O'Neil wins Hunting Art Prize
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

Her works have been shown at museums and galleries around the world, including the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York; the Museum of Contemporary ... [more]

1:00:06 PM Museum News
Branford News - FL, United States

The Suwannee County Historical Museum will host an open house and business after hours on Thursday from 5-7 pm All members of the local business community ... [more]

11:57:18 AM Copied Paintings Plague Vietnam's Museum of Fine Arts
TIME - USA

The Vietnam Museum of Fine Arts, the country's national arts museum, thought so, too. Offiicals there snapped up the painting for their collection and for ... [more]

11:30:17 AM Oak Hill to Celebrate Museum Day
Coosa Valley News - USA

Oak Hill and The Martha Berry Museum will celebrate International Museum Day on Saturday, May 16, by offering free admission, refreshments and special tours ... [more]

9:48:30 AM Glimpse of old California at Homestead Museum
Whittier Daily News - Whittier,CA,USA

INDUSTRY - The clocks turned back about 150 years Sunday during the Homestead Museum's annual Romance of the Ranchos festival. ... [more]

8:12:42 AM Museums unveil new exhibit
Auburn Journal - Auburn,CA,USA

Melanie Barton, Placer County museums administrator, said the “amazing” collection evokes viewers' memories of their own special day. ... [more]

7:56:44 AM Funeral museum tour visits Twin Cities, honors Lincoln's passing
Bloomington Pantagraph - Bloomington,IL,USA

By Bridget Flynn BLOOMINGTON -- A traveling funeral museum stopped in Bloomington on Sunday to honor Abraham Lincoln and other Americans who have died. ... [more]

7:04:57 AM Eye opener ... the Museum of London. Photo: Doug McKinlay/Lonely ...
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia

London prides itself on its free-to-enter cultural attractions and long-time visitors will know all about the British Museum, the two Tates, the National ... [more]

6:43:56 AM Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian - International Trailer
Scorecard Review - Portland,OR,USA

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian opens May 22, 2009. Yes, Ben Stiller is back, and so is Robin Williams. Do either of these guys make you .... [more]

5:37:54 AM Hollywood Wax Museum auctions wax celebs
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

Wax figures of all four Beatles brought in nearly $13000 at the first auction in the 44-year history of the Hollywood Wax Museum. "The Last Supper"—wax ... [more]

4:49:49 AM Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (Xbox 360)
CNET Reviews - USA

Like actor Ben Stiller, whose likeness features prominently in the game, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is completely harmless and rather ... [more]

2:08:07 AM Historic Museum Shuts Down
KTAL - Shreveport,LA,USA

The antique car museum in downtown Shreveport has run out of money and will have to close its doors. It was voted the fifth best museum in the country, .... [more]

1:20:12 AM Dalí painting stolen from Dutch museum
WFIE-TV - Evansville,IN,USA

SPANBROEK (NBC) - Armed robbers stole two paintings, one by Salvador Dalí, from a Dutch museum Friday. Police said several masked men entered the museum in ... [more]



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