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News From Friday, June 02, 2006
10:31:35 PM New Orleans war museum a lifejacket to struggling district
KATC - Lafayette,LA,USA

Since Hurricane Katrina hit nine months ago, tourism has dropped off and left many museums struggling to make ends meet. The D-Day ... [more]

7:56:20 PM Museum discovers a need for SPEED
Saanich News - Saanich,British Columbia,Canada

By Matthew Gauk. Two new summer exhibits at the Royal BC Museum will educate you, but you'll probably be having too fun to notice. ... [more]

7:56:20 PM Shedd, Museum of Science and Industry offer free week
WQAD - Moline,IL,USA

Both the Museum of Science and Industry and the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago are offering free admission, starting Sunday. The free ... [more]

7:56:19 PM Ground broken for Harley-Davidson museum
United Press International - USA

MILWAUKEE, June 2 (UPI) -- A dirt bike racer tore up the ground in Milwaukee for a $95 million museum honoring Harley-Davidson motorcycles and the company that ... [more]

7:56:19 PM Annual high school art exhibit opens at Attleboro Arts Museum
Harvard Post - Harvard,MA,United States

Attleboro Arts Museum announces the opening of the 10th Annual High Art Exhibition Annual exhibition featuring the work of art students from 17 high schools ... [more]

5:06:18 PM Cosby, Vereen to headline slavery museum event
Hampton Roads Daily Press - Newport,VA,USA

.... L. Douglas Wilder's slavery museum Saturday night in Washington. ... Wilder also wants to raise an additional $100 million to operate the museum. .... [more]

5:06:17 PM Children's Museum announces Mini-Camp Activities
Harvard Post - Harvard,MA,United States

The Children's Museum in Easton announced their summer camp schedule today. This summer, the Museum offers opportunities for children ... [more]

5:06:17 PM Dali masterpiece returned to museum
ic Dunbartonshire.co.uk - Dumbarton,UK

Dali's Christ Of St John Of The Cross has been unveiled at Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum more than half a century after it was first hung there. ... [more]

3:26:16 PM REPUBLIC DAY. RUTELLI: A GREAT DAY FOR UNITY
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia - Italy

.... at the military parade. He also pointed out that museums are open today: "security and culture are two great resources". (AGI) . [more]

3:26:15 PM Building new cultural knowledge services with BRICKS
IST Results - Brussels,Belgium

.... citizens are to access the wealth of cultural knowledge, tucked away in books, films, photographs and historical artefacts spread across museums, libraries and ... [more]

2:16:15 PM Union County Historical and Genealogy Society to hold museum ...
The Southern - Carbondale,IL,USA

.... and devices that were invented in Union County, historic photos and Native American tools, the hodge-podge of history is being kept in a new museum ready to ... [more]

2:16:15 PM Oxbow sponsored British Surfing Museum hosts exhibit
Global Surf News - USA

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 2 June, 2006 : - - The Oxbow sponsored British Surfing Museum is staging a major surf history exhibition at Aberdeen Maritime ... [more]

2:16:14 PM Hunt for treasure at Dover’s museum
Hampton Union - Hampton,NH,USA

.... and parents will be treated to free food, prize drawings, fun and adventure, seasoned with a spoonful of education, as they search museum treasures that ... [more]

12:36:13 PM Day of Jazz for the over-50s
ic Liverpool - Southport,England,UK

.... The fourth annual Festival 50 is a collaboration between Liverpool Culture Company, National Museums Liverpool, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Liverpool Tate ... [more]

12:36:13 PM Pizarro: SJ art museum to reinstate admission
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

.... How much will be charged hasn't been decided, but Keegan said it will be comparable to other downtown museums like the Children's Discovery Museum, which ... [more]

9:46:11 AM AROUND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
Biloxi Sun Herald - Biloxi,MS,USA

The Institute, an independent federal agency, is the primary source of federal support for the nation's 122,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. .... [more]

8:06:14 AM Museum head: The "Treasures of Croesus" were incomplete when I got ...
Hürriyet - Turkey

.... of 9 people in connection with the theft of the central piece from the "Treasures of Croesus" permanent exhibit at the Usak Archeological Museum, the director ... [more]

8:06:13 AM African American Museum heading toward reality
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA

A cloud has shadowed Colman School for much of the 25 years since the first proposal to remodel the vacated building as the Northwest African American Museum. ... [more]

8:06:13 AM Ericsson gives to HEARTS Museum
Huntsville Item - Huntsville,TX,USA

presented $25,000 to the HEARTS Veterans Museum of Texas. ... Founded 12 years ago, the museum has outgrown its current location inside West Hill Mall. ... [more]

8:06:13 AM Granite Falls Museum puts photos online
Everett Herald - Everett,WA,USA

The project is one of many the museum is touting as its open house draws near. By Jackson Holtz. GRANITE FALLS - Known for its displays ... [more]

8:06:12 AM Baltimore to end museum fees
calendarlive.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA

After nearly a quarter-century of assessing admission fees, Baltimore's two largest art museums — the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Walters Art Museum ... [more]

6:26:11 AM Baltimore Museums Offer Free Admission
WTOP - Washington,D.C.,USA

BALTIMORE (AP) - Starting this fall, admission will be free Baltimore's two most venerable art museums. The Walters Art Museum and ... [more]

5:21:15 AM Museum gift: 'Love Luggage' meant to help lighten burdens
News Journal - Longview,TX,USA

.... the children. The Longview Museum of Fine Arts fourth annual "Love Luggage" art project seeks to remedy this problem. The project ... [more]

5:21:15 AM Dali Museum planned for Florida
Political Gateway - Deerfield Beach,FL,USA

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., June 1 (UPI) -- The Salvador Dali Museum being planned in St. Petersburg, Fla., will reflect the surrealism of the artist's work. .... [more]

5:21:15 AM Babe Ruth Museum Hoping to Cash in on Bonds' HR Chase
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

.... The increased media attention on the Babe during Bonds' pursuit also has inspired a new fundraising campaign at the museum of his birthplace in Baltimore ... [more]

5:21:14 AM Vanuatu chiefs gives totem pole to Paris museum
Radio New Zealand International - Wellington,New Zealand

A chief from the Vanuatu island of Tanna is to offer a traditional totem pole, known as Kwerrya, for the opening of a new museum in Paris. ... [more]

3:36:10 AM Papal Address to Patrons of Vatican Museums
Zenit News Agency - Rome,Italy

VATICAN CITY, JUNE 1, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Here is Benedict XVI's greeting to Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums, whom he received in audience today. ... [more]

1:21:09 AM Interstate Highways at 50 at Tennessee State Museum
The Chattanoogan - Chattanooga,TN,USA

.... Interstate System and Senator Albert Gore, Senior’s contributions to the creation of America’s Interstate System has opened at the Tennessee State Museum. ... [more]

1:21:09 AM Maine Lighthouse Museum fundraiser
Knox Village Soup - ME,USA

By Maine Lighthouse Museum. Saturday ... 0245. Ticket order forms are also avaialble at the Maine Lighthouse Museum or at the Chamber office. [more]

1:21:09 AM Museum holding history day camps
Brockville Recorder and Times - Brockville,Ontario,Canada

SMITHS FALLS (Staff) -- It's not even summer yet, but already time is running out to sign up for the Heritage House Museum's Backyard History Day Camps. .... [more]

1:21:08 AM Harley-Davidson breaks ground on $70 million museum
Reuters - USA

.... (HDI.N: Quote, Profile, Research), the US motorcycle maker, broke ground here on Thursday on a new museum that it hopes will become a shrine for its loyal ... [more]



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