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11:15:16 PM Fly on the wall at Prada and Schiaparelli's table
Palm Beach Post

By AP | Celeb Stalker, Museums | May 08, 2012 NEW YORK — Like bookends, Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada sit at opposite ends of a long, elegant table for their chat. There are crystal wineglasses and an ornate chandelier. [more]

11:15:16 PM From fun beaches to art museums in French resort of Nice
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA

French Riviera town caters to everyone with historic old town, art museums, beaches and seaside walkways. By Rick Steves No comments have been posted to this article. A hundred years ago, bigwigs from London to Moscow began flocking south to the Fren [more]

11:15:16 PM Field Museum to Stay Open for Part of NATO Weekend
NBC Chicago - Chicago,IL,USA

The Field Museum will remain open the Saturday and Monday of the NATO Summit. "Based on information from NATO officials, The Field Museum is confident it will be able to serve the public as usual," representatives said in a statement. [more]

11:15:16 PM Officials detail UNI Museum closure process
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier

By Courier Staff wcfcourier.com | Posted: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 5:00 pm | (0) Comments Graduate student Zach Moye sorts pieces of World War I military items like nap sacks and holsters in the archive storage area of the UNI Museums on the University o [more]

7:43:07 PM Met Costume Institute Gala: Red carpet photos, best-dressed, and more
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

The Metropolitan Museum's annual Costume Institute Gala may be the world's greatest red carpet: It's where celebrities dare to take risks in front of sartorial tastemakers such as Vogue editor Anna Wintour, and a host of fashion designers and models. [more]

7:43:07 PM Maurice Sendak at the Rosenbach Museum
Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA

By Christopher Shea Now that Maurice Sendak has died, I'm guessing that the profile of the Rosenbach Museum and Library, a jewel of a museum in Philadelphia, will rise. The museum is home to more than 10000 works by Sendak, including watercolors, ... [more]

7:43:07 PM Field Museum to stay open May 19, 21 despite NATO Summit
Chicago Sun-Times

BY FRANCINE KNOWLES Business Reporter fknowles@suntimes.com May 8, 2012 11:32AM The Field Museum said Tuesday it plans to stay open the Saturday before the NATO Summit — May 19 — as well as Monday, May 21, during the summit. “Based on information ... [more]

7:43:07 PM Heijmans selected for Soesterberg Defence Museum PPP
Reuters - NY,USA

The Netherlands Government Building Agency has definitively selected Heijmans for the Soesterberg Defence Museum PPP project. The contract includes the design, development, maintenance, financing, as well as the facilities management of the new ... [more]

7:43:07 PM Stars dress for Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala
Worcester Telegram - Worcester,MA,USA

By Samantha Critchell AP Justin Timberlake, right, and Jessica Biel arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala benefit. NEW YORK — It's known as one of the most glamorous red carpets of the year, with movie stars, models and even [more]

6:40:23 PM American Art Museum gives a peek at vast collection of African American art
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

In 1966, IBM donated Sargent Johnson's sculpture “Mask” to the Smithsonian American Art Museum, then called the National Collection of Fine Arts, marking the museum's first receipt of a gift of African American artwork. Today, the institution says it [more]

6:40:23 PM Field Museum to be open part of NATO summit weekend
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA

The Field Museum will be open the Saturday and Monday of the NATO summit, despite some street closures and parking limitations, officials announced today. The museum will be open 9 am to 5 pm both days. Parking will be limited Saturday, but spokeswom [more]

3:47:27 PM LA museum boss to lead Smithsonian history museum
The Associated Press

By BRETT ZONGKER, AP – 1 minute ago WASHINGTON (AP) — The founding president of the Autry National Center of the American West, a group of museums in Los Angeles and Denver, has been named director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American ... [more]

3:47:27 PM More exposure for Clyde museums
Fremont News Messenger - Fremont,OH,USA

The Clyde Heritage League encourages both groups and individuals to make appointments to visit the McPherson Home and the Clyde Museum. / Sheri Trusty/News-Messenger correspondent The Clyde Museum can be reached at 419-547-7946 or ... [more]

3:47:27 PM Outdoor artists at State Indian Museum
Sacramento Bee (blog)

The State Indian Museum invites artists of all ages and skill levels to participate in a special outdoor painting/sketching opportunity at Sutter's Fort. Here's a chance to capture in art one of the state's oldest historic buildings and its beautiful [more]

1:43:54 PM 5 Million Views Will Unlock
MTV.com (blog)

Arguably fashion's equivalent to the Oscars and prom all rolled into one magical night hosted by Vogue magazine to celebrate the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Gala is the one event of the year where you go big, bold, bright [more]

1:43:54 PM The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Celebrities arrived on the red carpet for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala in New York. Evan Agostini / AP Charles Sykes / AP Evan Agostini / AP Evan Agostini / AP Evan Agostini / AP Evan Agostini / AP Evan Agostini / AP Charles  [more]

1:43:54 PM Stars dress for Prada-themed Metropolitan Museum of Art gala
Brandon News and Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA

AP Tim Tebow arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala benefit, celebrating Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada, Monday, May 7, 2012 in New York. By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL | The Associated Press It's known as one of the most ... [more]

1:43:54 PM New quake-proof Raj Bhavan for Tripura, old one to be Tagore museum
New York Daily News

Agartala, May 8 — The Tripura government Tuesday said it was building a new quake-resistant Raj Bhavan and converting the present building into a museum and research centre on Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, who had composed several works during  [more]

1:43:54 PM Ashmolean Museum Manet painting campaign receives boost
BBC Sport - UK

A campaign by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford to buy a painting by the French Impressionist Edouard Manet has received a £5.9m donation. The Heritage Lottery Fund cash is a significant part of the £7.8m needed to stop the 1868 Portrait of Mademoiselle [more]

12:29:43 PM Picasso, The Vollard Suite, British Museum, review
Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK

Now, for the first time in this country, this is possible, thanks to the recent gift to the British Museum of a complete set. The exhibition the BM is staging to celebrate this important acquisition is as rich and complex a visual experience as we ar [more]

12:29:43 PM Sharjah Museums Department hosts art teachers from Sharjah Educational Zone
AME Info - United Arab Emirates

The Department of Interpretation and Education at the Sharjah Museums Department (SMD) organized a series of educational workshops for female art teachers from the Sharjah Educational Zone last month. The workshops formed part of SMD's efforts to ... [more]

12:29:43 PM Galleries and museums get funding boost
The Australian

The national galleries and museums will receive $39.3 million over four years, in part to help them digitise their collections. The funding will help open their collections to more people and support education and research. [more]

10:32:49 AM Museum of Computing seeks the Programmers of Tomorrow
Gamasutra - San Francisco,CA,USA

Saturday 19th May is 'Scratch Day' and will see a gathering of budding programmers at Swindon's Museum of Computing. Scratch is a computer program designed by MIT specifically to get children programming, enabling them to write games, animations and  [more]

10:32:49 AM Pioneer Museum opens for season on May 15
Rapid City Journal

The document pays tribute to Historical Society and Pioneer Museum founder Carol Goddard and will hang in the Goddard Room at the Museum. HOT SPRINGS – A Southern Hills Landmark for more than 100 years – first as a center for education and more ... [more]

10:32:49 AM New funding sought for Stuhr Museum
Omaha World Herald - Omaha,NE,USA

Hall County Board members set up a special committee Monday that has a single purpose: to reduce Stuhr Museum's reliance on property taxes. The museum received $925,00 in property tax support in 2009, $860000 in property tax support in 2010 and 2011, [more]

6:10:32 AM North Jersey artists featured in Arts Annual exhibit at Montclair museum
NorthJersey.com

BY TERECILLE BASA-ONG The annual exhibit rotates among museums statewide, and its theme this year is 'New Media: New Forms.' Above, Andrew Demirjian's interactive piece, 'The Week in Review.' WHERE: Montclair Art Museum, 3 S. Mountain Ave., Montclair [more]

4:33:26 AM At Met's Fashion Benefit, Stars Honor Two Designers
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

Walking through the displays of ugly-chic dresses and slightly surreal designs in a new Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition that compares the designers Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada, many guests at this year's ultimate fashion gala on Monday  [more]

4:33:26 AM Met Gala 2012: Gwyneth, Kanye, Rihanna and more rock museum glam
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

By Matt Donnelly The Costume Institute Gala held at the New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is excessively referred to as "fashion's Oscars," and the Ministry is always proud to see our Hollywood favorites bring their sartorial A-game. [more]

4:33:26 AM Museum welcomes donation of Florida art
Daytona Beach News-Journal - Daytona,FL,USA

By EILEEN ZAFFIRO-KEAN, Staff Writer Cici and Hyatt Brown touch champagne glasses Monday during a reception at the Museum of Arts & Sciences in Daytona Beach. The couple are donating 2500 Florida-themed paintings. (NJ | David Tucker) DAYTONA BEACH .. [more]

4:33:26 AM Creative Discovery Museum to sponsor sushi workshop for kids
dwindle

by Holly Leber Participants in a previous culinary class at the Creative Discovery Museum work on their tasty creations. The museum's education director says the program helps children in several ways, including learning about other cultures, ... [more]

4:33:26 AM Appleton Coated Sponsors Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum
What They Think

Appleton Coated has become an official sponsor of Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum, demonstrating its commitment to the enduring power of printed communication. In celebration, Hamilton Wood Type will create a series of specimen sheets ... [more]

3:40:29 AM Expanding Museums and Global Galleries
Wall Street Journal - USA

As the director of the Museum of Modern Art, Glenn Lowry, put it: "It's wonderful to see galleries from so many different countries without having to get all that jetlag." At the Frieze Art Fair last weekend at Randall's Island, Mr. Lowry and others  [more]

3:40:29 AM NATO summit has Chicago museums wondering whether to stay open
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA

The Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium and Adler Planetarium will close for at least one day during this month's NATO summit, but potential logistical problems have museum officials unsure whether to shut down even longer. Because of parking and traffic .. [more]

3:40:29 AM Public art library opens: El Paso Museum of Art hosts research, reference
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA

Chicago Tribune Sunday, the El Paso Museum of Art and its partner, the El Paso Public Library system, officially dedicated what city officials are calling the first public library in the country devoted to the visual arts. About 100 people attended t [more]

3:40:29 AM SFMOMA is first museum to release year-in-review annual report as iPad app
Art Daily - Eastport,Maine,USA

Using forward-looking technology to look back on a phenomenal year, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art presents Story of a Year, a newly designed iPad app that documents and celebrates the 2011 fiscal year at the museum. SFMOMA has long been know [more]

3:40:29 AM Railroad Museum Slowly Heading to Frisco
NBC Dallas-Fort Worth - Dallas-Fort Worth,TX,USA

By Catherine Ross The Museum of the American Railroad is beginning its move from its old home in Dallas up the railroad line to Frisco. The Museum of the American Railroad will continue its slow chug north from Fair Park in Dallas to Frisco. [more]



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