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10:28:13 PM Winners announced at Lakefront Festival of Arts
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee,WI,USA

By Mary Louise Schumacher of the Journal Sentinel Nine artists and one artist team, including three artists from Wisconsin, won top awards at the Lakefront Festival of Arts, on the grounds of the Milwaukee Art Museum this weekend. ... [more]

10:28:13 PM Oklahoma Museum Welcomes 2 Millionth Visitor
KOCO - Oklahoma City,OK,USA

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum said it welcomed its two-millionth visitor Saturday. Vickie Cousatte arrived at the museum at about 1:30 pm, and she said she was surprised to know that she was now a part of the museum' [more]

8:34:39 PM PHOTOS: Czech Museum building resumes moving
Eastern Iowa Life

Bystanders watch as the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library resumes moving on Saturday, June 18, 2011, in Cedar Rapids. (Liz Martin/SourceMedia Group News) Bystanders watch as the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library resumes moving o [more]

7:14:56 PM Scooters: Retro-Fabulous Goings On at the Petersen Automotive Museum
LAist

In part as a reaction to the growth of scooters in the city, The Petersen Automotive Museum celebrates the contemporary rise and long history of this diminutive ride (and its iconography) with a new exhibit opening June 18th. “Scooters: Size Doesn't  [more]

6:03:18 PM Fort Belvoir, Va. chosen as site for National Museum of the US Army
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Virginia has been chosen as the home of the National Museum of the US Army. The Army said Friday that the museum will be located at the North Post of Fort Belvoir. The museum is scheduled to open in June 2013. Among other things, it will include a .. [more]

6:03:18 PM Travel Matters: Museum updates from California and Fort Worth
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA

A path descending from the second to the first floor of the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco tells the story of the creation of Disneyland. Walking through the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco, you get the feeling that every word  [more]

6:03:18 PM Bridgeport, Conn., rebuilding 1 year after tornado
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

FEMA set the damage tally around $3 million, while Bridgeport calculates it around $5 million, not including up to $17 million for the historic Barnum Museum and its contents. Although Connecticut is no stranger to tornadoes, Bridgeport residents had [more]

3:44:45 PM Billionaire shapes an art museum for the heartland
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA

The era of the world-class museum built by a single philanthropist in the tradition of Isabella Stewart Gardner, John Pierpont Morgan Jr. and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney may seem to have passed, but Alice Walton is bringing it back. ... [more]

3:44:45 PM The review: As good as Jean Paul Gaultier
Montreal Gazette (blog)

At the top of the grand staircase at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, bathed in a vivid blue light with Jean Paul Gaultier's name in white neon letters, stand two groups of mannequins: one in his signature sailor stripes, the other madonnas with hal [more]

3:44:45 PM Fort Belvoir, Va. chosen for national Army museum
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

By AP The Army said Friday that the museum will be located at the North Post of Fort Belvoir. The museum is scheduled to open in June 2013. Among other things, it will include a museum with exhibit halls, a theater and a veterans' hall. ... [more]

12:17:25 PM Air and Space Museum hosts 'Become a Pilot Day' at museum near Dulles
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Washington Post The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum facility near Washington Dulles International Airport is holding its annual “Become a Pilot” family day. The museum will showcase 50 vintage, military and home-built aircraft for the eve [more]

12:17:25 PM Museum wows Governor General
Winnipeg Free Press - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada

David Johnston donned a hard hat and work boots to get an exclusive tour of the new Canadian Museum for Human Rights on Friday before greeting students of a renowned Winnipeg fetal-alcohol treatment program. Johnston walked the sprawling site alongsi [more]

12:17:25 PM Fort Belvoir approved for National Army Musuem
Carlisle Sentinel - Carlisle,PA,USA

Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh announced Friday Fort Belvoir, Va. has been approved for construction of the National Museum of the US Army, scheduled to open in June 2015. While not a surprise, that announcement has been lobbied against by ... [more]

10:22:10 AM Iraq To Use Saddam's Palaces As Resorts, Museums
Radio Free Europe - Prague,Czech Republic

BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi government says several of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's most lavish palaces will be transformed into tourist facilities, museums, and galleries, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reports. Tourism and Antiquities Ministry  [more]

8:45:06 AM Pasco kids museum envisions going mobile
TheNewsTribune.com - Tacoma,WA,USA

By Kristi Pihl, Herald staff writer PASCO -- Although the doors of Pasco's Three Rivers Children's Museum are closing, the nonprofit's board members plan to transform it into a "Museum on the Move." The museum announced Friday that it will close its  [more]

8:45:06 AM REDLANDS: Museum group longs for a home
Press-Enterprise - Riverside,CA,USA

In room after room, rows of metal shelves hold dozens of boxes of artifacts, all collected by the Redlands Historical Museum Association, all packed away with no place for display. This secret storage site is among five closely guarded locations wher [more]

8:45:06 AM Blue Bunny parlor debuts in new home
Sioux City Journal - Sioux City,IA,USA

Journal photo by Jim Lee Blue Bunny Ice Cream Parlor and Museum grand opening in Le Mars Friday, June 17, 2011. (Jim Lee/Sioux City Journal) The Blue Bunny Ice Cream Parlor and Museum held its grand opening Friday at its new downtown Le Mars location [more]

8:45:06 AM Collier takes over Collier Park in C. Oregon
Westport-News - Westport,CT,USA

In this June 1, 2011 photo, JR Collier poses next to an old Dodge logging truck at Collier Memorial State Park and Logging Museum in Chiloquin, Ore., Since taking over as park manager, the always-asked question Collier hears is, "Are you related? ... [more]

6:42:47 AM Museums with Father's Day deals
NewsOK.com - Oklahoma City,OK,USA

PHOTO BY BRYAN TERRY, THE OKLAOMAN BRYAN TERRY • American Banjo Museum: The museum is open from noon to 5 pm Sunday at 9 E Sheridan. Call 604-2793 or go to american banjo museum.com. • Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art: Admission is free for everyone from [more]

5:39:39 AM SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: 'Party like the '20s' at museum
InlandSoCal.com

The San Bernardino County Museum is inviting guests to "party like the '20s" under the stars July 9 at "Gatsby's at the Grove." Because space is limited, advance reservations are required. The cost is $10 per person. The party starts at 6:30 pm with  [more]

4:19:57 AM DAI director-CEO to retire in July
Dayton Daily News - Dayton,OH,USA

“Jan came to the museum at a very challenging time, not only for our community but for museums around the country,” said DAI board chairman Rob Connelly. “Shrinking's not much fun. She was much more disciplined in our approach to finances. ... [more]

4:00:48 AM Field Museum biologist helps discover seven new species of mice
Chicago Sun-Times

Actually, that's seven mice — all newly discovered species found on the Philippines' Luzon Island between 2004 and 2009 by a team of biologists that includes Lawrence R. Heaney, curator of mammals at the Field Museum. The team's findings — published  [more]

4:00:48 AM LIRR Train Sets and a Brooklyn Park
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

By MICHAEL POLLAK Q. The New York Transit Museum sells several electric-train sets from Lionel: a set of older subway cars, a set of newer subway cars and the newer M-7 commuter train cars from the Long Island Rail Road. I can understand the appeal o [more]

12:16:12 AM Army approves site for National Museum
Army Public Affairs - Washington,DC,USA

Read More By US Army A new conceptual rendering of the approach to the National Museum of the US Army, to be built next year at Fort Belvoir, Va., was released made public. A new conceptual rendering of the approach to the National Museum of the US . [more]

12:16:12 AM National Museum of the Marine Corps / Fentress Architects
International Business Times - New York,NY,USA

By Christopher Henry | June 17, 2011 3:23 PM EDT As the main focus of the 135-acre Semper Fidelis Memorial Park, The National Museum of the Marine Corps, just outside of Washington DC, opened in 2006 to coincide with the Marine Corps' 231st anniversa [more]



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