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10:47:44 PM Presidential Museum gets a sign
Odessa American - Odessa,TX,USA

BY GEOFF FOLSOM The Presidential Museum is still working out an agreement to transfer its collection to the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. But school officials will have an easier time finding the place when they do take it over. ... [more]

10:04:16 PM Google Teams Up With the Getty Museum, Gives Art Fans 'Goggles'
PC World - USA

The Google Goggles team expanded its database by teaming up with the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California. Now, patrons of the Getty will able to retrieve a wide plethora of information related to its paintings collection by snapping ... [more]

10:04:16 PM Garbage Museum Supervisor 'Hopeful' That Museum Will Stay Open
Patch.com

Thousands of dollars need to be raised before July 1 or the museum might go under. By Jason Bagley | Email the author | 3:50pm The Garbage Museum's education supervisor is hopeful that in the next couple days, businesses, municipalities and private . [more]

10:04:16 PM Rare deep-water giant squid from South Florida brought to UF for research
University of Florida - Gainesville,Florida,USA

University of Florida researchers received a rare 25-foot-long, deep-water giant squid Monday, the only one of its kind in the collections of the Florida Museum of Natural History. Recovered by recreational fishermen who found the creature floating o [more]

10:04:16 PM Wisconsin Veterans Museum's video receives a Silver Telly
NewsoftheNorth.Net - Rhinelander,Wisconsin,USA

The Wisconsin Veterans Museum's promotional video was honored with a Silver Telly Award in the 32nd Annual Telly Awards Competition. The video was shot and directed by Reel Wave Media, a Madison-based video production company. This is their sixth Tel [more]

7:53:23 PM Two falcons shot in Oakland, recovering in Walnut Creek as state...
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

By Lisa Fernandez Wildlife Rehabilitation Supervisor Marcia Metzler uses leather gloves to hold an adult female Peregrine Falcon steady so that a hood can be placed on the animal being treated at the Linsay Wildlife Museum in Walnut Creek, Calif., .. [more]

7:53:23 PM British Museum remains UK's top attraction for fourth year running
Guardian - UK

The British Museum is celebrating another record-breaking year – the most popular cultural attraction in the UK for the fourth year running, with visitor numbers up by 5% to 5.8 million – and is having to clean the kisses of its admirers off display  [more]

7:53:23 PM Duchess in Cardiff museum visit
BBC Sport - UK

The Duchess of Cornwall has officially opened the first phase of a new museum as part of Prince Charles's tour of Wales. The Cardiff Story museum is dedicated to the city's history. The royal couple were also hosting a community reception at their .. [more]

7:53:23 PM Harley-Davidson unveils weird, wild collection
MSN Money

The company's museum in Wisconsin pulls some strange items out of storage for a new exhibit. By Kim Peterson on Tue, Jun 28, 2011 12:56 PM An all-leather motorcycle? Harley-Davidson (HOG) has one, but it's not for sale. The company has a vast archive [more]

6:46:52 PM Google Goggles Lends to a Better Museum Experience
Techzone360

By Michelle Amodio , TechZone360 Contributor Museum goers, particularly those who visit the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles are in for a new informational experience, especially if they're smartphone users. Google Goggles, the popular app that .. [more]

4:21:41 PM Director of American History museum announces retirement
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

By Jacqueline Trescott Brent D. Glass, the director of the National Museum of American History for the last nine years, announced Monday he is retiring in July. Glass, 64, led the museum through a two-year renovation of its core area, creating an ope [more]

3:38:43 PM Google, Getty Museum Forge Alliance On Image Recog...
eBrandz - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India

Mountain View, California -- The old adage: 'A picture is worth thousand words' is befitting as the Getty Museum on Monday announced that it has become the first museum to adopt Google's image recognition application known as Goggles, and with this a [more]

3:38:43 PM Summer Baltimore museum events set
Lancaster Eagle Gazette

In addition to the Baltimore Area Museum's regular scheduled hours, every Sunday from1 to 5 pm, they have planned some special events for the summer. Three special events are scheduled for July and August. On July 10, join hosts Ron and Carole Packar [more]

1:33:00 PM Proposal features downtown Loveland living space, museum expansion
The Coloradoan - Fort Collins,CO,USA

A proposal to be presented to the City Council tonight night details the first plans for another downtown residential building and an expansion to the Loveland Museum/Gallery. The proposals, submitted by Brinkman Partners, are to develop the property [more]

11:18:09 AM Getty Announces Collaboration With Google, Use Google Goggles To Enhance ...
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

The Getty Museum understands that life in the modern world means utilizing smartphone technology. Today, Getty announced that museum visitors will have their visiting experiences expanded with Google Googles. Haven't heard of it? ... [more]

11:18:09 AM Milford Financially Backs Garbage Museum's Survival
Patch.com

By Anthony Karge | Email the author | 5:00am The Garbage Museum in Stratford is facing closure, but Milford is pledging money to help keep it afloat. The CRRA Garbage Museum's Trash-o-saurus, a sculpture made from a ton of rubbish, may not go extinct [more]

10:30:31 AM Newseum to offer free admission for visitors age 18 and under during
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Washington Post The Newseum says it's meant to encourage families in DC, Maryland and Virginia to visit the museum. Up to 10 children will be admitted free with each paid adult admission. The Newseum is one of Washington's most expensive museums othe [more]

10:30:31 AM Nazi victim's Nashville heir to be paid
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA

The decision by the Boston museum to provide compensation is unrelated. The Boston museum posted the painting online along with several other pieces, part of a proactive program among museums to trace the proper ownership of stolen art. ... [more]

8:48:07 AM Getty Museum gets Google Goggles-enabled
recycling law

By Matt Weinberger | June 28, 2011, 1:14am PDT The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles is now Google Goggles-enabled. Take a picture of any of the permanent paintings in their collection and open up a plethora of new information. ... [more]

8:48:07 AM $1000 reward in falcon shootings investigation
KABC - Los Angeles,CA,USA

Veterinarians at the Lindsay Wildlife Museum Hospital in Walnut Creek are giving are treating Hiya, a peregrine falcon recovering from shotgun wounds. Her daughter, Marina, was also shot. She's being treated there as well. "They were both badly hurt, [more]

8:48:07 AM Plans to turn Bruce Lee's home into a museum foiled
CNNGo.com

Plans to turn Bruce Lee's former residence in Kowloon Tong into a commemorative museum for the star are likely to fall through, despite glossy government publicity campaigns and three years of speculation. Philanthropist Yu Panglin, a self-professed  [more]

7:32:32 AM Nazi victim's Nashville heir to be paid for art at Boston museum
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA

Museum of Fine Arts Boston A former Vanderbilt professor and his relatives will be compensated by a Boston art museum for a painting once owned by his uncle, a Jewish German art dealer who helped his family escape Nazi Germany, but who couldn't save  [more]

7:32:32 AM Sharjah Museums Department and Military Museum and History Center
AME Info - United Arab Emirates

AME Info The Sharjah Museums Department has announced the conclusion of the Museums Documentation Programme, a two-day training course held at the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization in response to a request from the Military Museum & History Cent [more]

7:32:32 AM Fourth of July events
Hampton Union - Hampton,NH,USA

The 10th annual An American Celebration! event at the Museum from 10 am to 5 pm Admission to An American Celebration is free to children under 17. As a member of the Blue Star Museums program, Strawbery Banke Museum admits active duty military and .. [more]

5:53:23 AM Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum Plans Governors Island Show
American ...

By KATE TAYLOR The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum may be closing its galleries starting Monday for a two-year renovation, but it is hardly going quiet. In addition to a previously announced show to take place at the United Nations this fall, .. [more]

5:53:23 AM Dearborn museum presents Web tour of anti-Arab bias
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA

To remind us all that the vast majority of Arab-Americans fit none of these images — and to reacquaint us with the damage such stereotyping can do — Dearborn's Arab American National Museum launched a website in April, www.arabstereotypes.org, ... [more]

3:17:36 AM Curator named for Sheldon Jackson Museum
Tundra Drums

Nadia Jackinsky-Horrell has been named curator for the Sheldon Jackson Museum in Sitka, part of the Alaska State Museums and noted for its collections of Native art and artifacts, state officials announced today. Jackinsky-Horrell, who was raised in  [more]

2:49:41 AM Getty museum, Google join forces to enhance visit
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

AP LOS ANGELES—A picture of a painting at the J. Paul Getty Museum might be worth a thousand words on a new app called Google Goggles. The museum announced Monday that all a visitor has to do is photograph a painting and Google's image recognition .. [more]

2:29:06 AM Teacher wins Smithsonian honour
Toowoomba Chronicle - Toowoomba,Queensland,Australia

Toowoomba teacher Alwyn Powell was awarded the 2010-11 Queensland-Smithsonian (Cooper-Hewitt) Design Museum Fellowship. Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said the fellowship would enable Mr Powell to work with the award-winning Education Department at th [more]

1:11:14 AM Brent Glass, American History Museum director, to retire in July
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

By Jacqueline Trescott, Brent D. Glass, director of the National Museum of American History for the past nine years, announced Monday that he is retiring in July. Glass, 64, led the museum through a two-year renovation, creating an open public space  [more]

1:11:14 AM Google's Goggles app brings the Getty Museum to life
Gizmodo.com - USA

Kelly Hodgkins — Google Goggles is getting all museum-y on us. Google has partnered with the Getty Museum to let visitors photograph artwork with Goggles and receive a guided virtual tour in exchange. Google Goggles, the scanning app that promises to [more]

1:11:14 AM John Wayne Museum Director: Hard to Miss Us In Winterset, Iowa
TPMDC - USA

But Brian Downes, executive director of the John Wayne Birthplace Museum, pointed out that other presidential candidates -- Ronald Reagan in 1984 and Barack Obama in 2007 -- have found their way to John Wayne's boyhood home. ... [more]



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