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11:35:43 PM Muskegon Museum of Art to display Baas collection of Asian, African art
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Washington Post The Muskegon Museum of Art says it will display six centuries of art from Asia and Africa for 10 weeks starting in August. The exhibition is titled “International Connections: Selected Works of Art from the David W. Baas Collection. . [more]

11:35:43 PM Old guard suffers setback as vote supports museum
Scotsman

By David Ferguson ON A DAY of changing mood music in Scottish rugby, nowhere was the shift more evident than in the defeat of finance director Eamon Hegarty through the motion for a museum. Hegarty provided clear evidence to Saturday's AGM that his . [more]

11:35:43 PM Donation leads to addition to museum
Oxford Press - Oxford,OH,USA

By Richard O Jones, Staff Writer 7:11 PM Sunday, June 26, 2011 HAMILTON — A 3000-square-foot, $500000 addition to the Butler County Historical Society Museum will not only provide more space, but will also change the way people interact with the ... [more]

8:53:43 PM Operators of Conn. Garbage Museum cite funding shortfall, consider closing
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Operators of a Connecticut museum devoted to trash say it might have to close if they can't raise $100000 in donations or other funding within the next week. The 16-year-old Garbage Museum in Stratford had almost 31000 visitors and program participan [more]

7:16:36 PM Museums Open Their Doors to Military Families
Patch.com

By Jennifer Bradshaw | Email the author | 1:48pm This summer, anyone serving the military on active duty will be given free access to 24 museums in New Jersey, including the Macculloch Hall Historical Museum and the Morris Museum as part of the Blue  [more]

7:16:36 PM $25 billion art haul prepares high security move six miles down the road
Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK

Experts are comparing the move to the Second World War, when governments emptied museums to put priceless works of art in storage. The Barnes collection includes the world's largest group of Renoirs at 181. There are also 69 Cezannes, which the museu [more]

6:58:28 PM Plans dropped for Bruce Lee memorial museum in Hong Kong
Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA

By HAZEL PARRY HONG KONG -- HONG KONG-Plans for a Bruce Lee memorial museum in the Hong Kong home where he spent his final year have been abandoned, government officials said Sunday. Three years ago, the billionaire owner of the house where Lee lived [more]

5:23:54 PM Calligraphy exhibition opens at Sharjah museum
GulfNews

By Mariam M. Al Serkal, Staff Reporter Sharjah: The Museums Department in Sharjah has started celebrating its status as the Capital of Islamic Culture 2014 with the inauguration of an Islamic calligraphy exhibition Saturday. ... [more]

5:23:54 PM Families can Enjoy Free Fridays at Area Museums and Sites
Patch.com

In addition to the ever popular attractions from previous years such as the Museum of Science, Boston Children's Museum, the Kennedy Library, Franklin Park Zoo and Plimoth Plantation to name a few, new venues such as Tanglewood, Norman Rockwell Museu [more]

5:23:54 PM Diversity makes Pine Belt a success
Hattiesburg American - Hattiesburg,MS,USA

The Pine Belt is also home to several museums - including the African American Military History Museum, the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum, USM Museum of Art, museums at William Carey and the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art. The Newcomer Guide is design [more]

1:05:17 PM Ohio History Center: Museum looks to future with new name, slogan
Mountaineers

By Jeffrey Sheban Starting Friday, the state-funded museum and archive at I-71 and E. 17th Avenue will be known as the Ohio History Center. The subtle change is being made to differentiate the center - a 41-year-old building that houses artifacts, .. [more]

10:56:46 AM Have a destination vacation without traveling
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA

From Lake Ontario to the Finger Lakes, museums in the Neighborhood of the Arts to destination stops in Auburn and Sodus Point, readers told us their favorites. We've compiled them for you here, taking the liberty of combining some ideas to make 10 .. [more]

10:06:20 AM 5 things to know about PotterFest at the Oshkosh Public Museum
Oshkosh Northwestern - Oshkosh,Wisconsin,USA

Head over to the Oshkosh Public Museum for its month-long celebration of all things Harry Potter. PotterFest, which kicks off July 1 and runs through July 31, will transform the museum into the halls of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and  [more]

7:50:30 AM Our view: Bringing King Tut to the world
Duluth News Tribune

A flood of mail was pouring in from American museums anxious to host King Tut. The surly attitude of the week before had vanished. We scanned a grab-bag of museum letters. Mokhtar insisted the exhibit, if it were to travel, should visit no more than  [more]

7:50:30 AM Get your bike helmets ready: Mission Reach expansion open
KENS 5 TV

Complete with new vegetation, as well as hike and bike trails, the extension will eventually stretch all the way from the museums north of downtown to the San Antonio Missions. For those who helped plan this expansion, the undertaking was almost ... [more]

7:50:05 AM Bruce Lee Museum Proposal Shelved in Hong Kong
ABC News - United States

By MIN LEE AP Entertainment Writer Efforts to build a Bruce Lee museum in the late kung fu movie star's hometown of Hong Kong have been stalled again. Fans have been calling for an official tribute to the screen icon for years. ... [more]

7:50:05 AM Museum plans 'Just Married' fashion show
Lompoc Record - Lompoc,CA,USA

Devyn Marseilles, left, and Heidi Jacobs model some of the wedding dresses that will be featured in the Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum's “Just Married” fashion show, reception and exhibit opening this weekend. //Contributed June is here and this [more]

7:50:05 AM Museum Center pressing for levy
Cincinnati.com - Cincinnati,OH,USA

Museum Center officials will make their presentation to the commissioners 11 am Monday at 138 E. Court St., Room 603 The Cincinnati Museum Center was built with taxpayer money. Union Terminal, once a train station, had been converted into a mall. ... [more]

5:38:38 AM Grammy Museum Unveils a New Michael Jackson Exhibit
WJXX - Jacksonville,FL,USA

And in honor of his memory the Grammy museum gave the King of Pop a special tribute. They unveiled an exhibit devoted entirely to Jackson. It features two of Jackson's famous sequined gloves and other iconic wardrobe pieces including elaborate full . [more]

5:38:38 AM Art Review: Magic of Marin on marvelous display at Portland museum
Press Herald

The Portland Museum of Art's new exhibition "John Marin: Modernism at Midcentury" does more to buoy Greenberg's comment than any exhibition in at least a generation. In fact, this show is the most interesting, engaging and exciting exhibition I have  [more]

5:38:38 AM Bulger arrest may yield clues on heist
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

Anthony Amore, director of security of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, gave a tour. The museum has offered a $5 million reward in the theft of 13 pieces of artwork. (Pat Greenhouse/ Globe Staff) By Stephen Kurkjian The capture last wee [more]

5:38:38 AM Farm to Table comes alive at Norris museum
Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville,TN,USA

By Amy McRary Master gardener Jim Ferguson volunteers his time to work in the gardens at the Museum of Appalachia. NORRIS - Fried green tomatoes and new potatoes fresh from the garden were served up a few days ago at the Museum of Appalachia's cafe.  [more]

5:21:45 AM Mass MoCA's 'Memery' reasserts role of museums in the age of the Internet
Albany Times Union - Albany,NY,USA

(Courtesy Mass MoCA) If the Internet has become the repository of cultural knowledge, then what is the point of bricks-and-mortar museums? That question is central to the exhibition "Memery: Imitation Memory, and Internet Culture" at Mass MoCA, ... [more]

5:21:45 AM Museum leaders to talk budget
Rock Hill Herald - Rock Hill,SC,USA

By Jamie Self - jself@heraldonline.com For the new leaders of York County's museums, finalizing a budget is the first priority. The seven members of the Culture and Heritage Commission, which oversees the museums, will discuss the museums' $4 million [more]

5:21:45 AM Marin: Mainer
Press Herald

Balken assembled the exhibition with loans from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; as well as other museums and private collections throughout the country. ... [more]

3:51:19 AM MJ museum still stalled 1 year later
Post-Tribune

By Michael Gonzalez Post-Tribune correspondent June 25, 2011 9:14PM GARY — As the second anniversary of Michael Jackson's death passed Saturday, plans for a museum and performing arts complex to honor the star and his family remained in limbo. ... [more]

2:35:53 AM Civil War discussed by Twain (Waddell)
Hannibal Courier Post - Hannibal,MO,USA

This program will continue until October at the Mark Twain Museum Gallery. BEV DARR/COURIER-POST By BEV DARR Hannibalians and visitors alike are invited to learn about young Sam Clemens' brief experience in the Civil War as a member of the Marion ... [more]

2:35:53 AM Half Moon Bay hosts international photo show
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

By Bonny Zanardi "Windy Windows" by Los Altos Hills photographer Tom Green is one of the works selected for exhibition in the 2011 Michael H. Kellicutt International Juried Photo Show, which opens July 1 at the Coastal Arts League Museum. ... [more]

1:18:46 AM Grammy Museum Opens Michael Jackson Exhibit
NBC New York - New York,NY,USA

The Grammy Museum unveiled an exhibit Saturday devoted to Michael Jackson on the second anniversary of his death. Featuring artifacts from the peak of Jackson's worldwide popularity, the new permanent display includes two of Jackson's famous sequined [more]

1:18:46 AM Texas museum fights to preserve Tejano music
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

The Tejano Roots Hall of Fame Museum in Alice is doing just that. "We've done a lot as an organization to keep the music alive and relevant," Tejano Roots President Dominic Martinez said. "But we also need to fulfill the obligation to educate the ... [more]

1:18:46 AM Museum shows fascinating artifacts from Civil War era
Royal Oak Daily Tribune - Royal Oak,MI,USA

By Catherine Kavanaugh ROYAL OAK — The pistols pack a punch and the aprons are so dainty it would have been a shame to mess one up, Royal Oak Historical Museum Curator Muriel Versagi says of the Civil War artifacts that went on display Friday. ... [more]



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