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News From Friday, June 30, 2006
7:31:30 PM National art in a new light
calendarlive.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA

The renovation of twin Smithsonian museums lets sun shine in and reveals all kinds of hidden treasures. By Johanna Neuman, Times Staff Writer. .... [more]

6:51:33 PM Marine Art Museum ahead of schedule
Winona Daily News - Winona,MN,USA

By Chris Hubbuch / Winona Daily News. The Minnesota Marine Art Museum will open July 27 on Riverview Drive, well ahead of its announced schedule. .... [more]

6:51:31 PM The comedy of a Cape Cod museum revealed
Harvard Post - Harvard,MA,United States

The Cape Cod Museum of Art (formerly known as the Cape Museum of Fine Art) in Dennis has become a well-respected cultural institution, but over the course of ... [more]

3:56:30 PM Opening date announced for Minnesota Marine Art Museum
Duluth News Tribune - Duluth,MN,USA

WINONA, Minn. - An opening date has been announced for the Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona. The Winona Maritime Heritage Society ... [more]

3:56:30 PM New leader to build museum endowment fund
MLive.com - MI,USA

GRAND RAPIDS -- As the new chairman of the Public Museum Friends Foundation, Dan Gaydou brings a proven track record of fundraising success to the 152-year-old ... [more]

3:56:29 PM Students paint mural at Children’s Museum
Terre Haute Tribune Star - Terre Haute,IN,USA

.... Grande Elementary students are using their creativity and artistry to complete a 40-foot by 10-foot wall mural at the Terre Haute Children’s Museum, which is ... [more]

1:41:27 PM MUSEUMS & GALLERIES:
AL.com - Birmingham,AL,USA

VARIOUS ARTISTS. Loretta Goodwin Gallery, 605 28th St. South, Lakeview District. New work by John Hyche, Lee Wilson, Dirk Walker ... [more]

1:41:27 PM Water damage shuts DC museums for July 4
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA

WASHINGTON -- Flood damage kept the National Museum of American History and the National Archives closed Friday at the start of the busy Independence Day ... [more]

10:46:27 AM Family Festival
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

.... musical and dance performances; art demonstrations; gallery tours; roaming actors dressed as historical personalities from the museums' collections; and free ... [more]

10:11:27 AM Museum welcomes sea turtles
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA

"The Turtle Crawl" is a new display opening this afternoon at the Museum of Coastal Carolina to educate visitors about sea turtles and their lifecycle. .... [more]

10:11:27 AM New museum to come up in Srinagar
Zee News - Noida,India

Srinagar, June 30: Jammu and Kashmir government has given the green light for construction of a new museum here and sought global tenders for its designing. ... [more]

10:11:27 AM Contractor wants $16 million more for museum work
Anchorage Daily News - Anchorage,AK,USA

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - Visitors may be free to browse the nearly completed University of Alaska Museum of the North, but the landmark building on a hill ... [more]

7:16:27 AM Salt museum opening delayed
Lawrence Journal World - Lawrence,KS,USA

The opening of the Kansas Underground Salt Museum has been delayed because of financing problems. Museum officials have encountered ... [more]

7:16:27 AM National Museum of History to Exhibit Finds Seized During Police ...
Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

Bulgarian National Museum of History (NMH) is going to exhibit two big finds of cultural-historical valuables that have been seized during special operations ... [more]

7:16:27 AM Museum growth, rehab fueling building boom
Pueblo Business Journal - Pueblo,CO,USA

.... decade of the 20th century likely will be remembered for the Internet boom, the first decade of the 21st just might be remembered for … the art museum boom. ... [more]

7:16:27 AM Classes offered at the Danforth Museum
Harvard Post - Harvard,MA,United States

The Danforth Museum of Art will offer more than 70 different art, craft and photography classes for both children and adults this summer. ... [more]

4:56:27 AM Dr. Foth by Allan Fotheringham
Williams Lake Tribune - Williams Lake,British Columbia,Canada

.... history. There are now, in this magnificent city of museums, three museums dedicated to the proofs of what the Germans did to the Jews. ... [more]

4:21:29 AM Local Leaders Working Out Plan to Solve Museum's Money Troubles
KAKE - Wichita,KS,USA

.... problems. Those changes may not be limited to giving more money to the museum. ... week. The plan could save the museum $14,000 this year. .... [more]

4:21:29 AM Businesses back museum's opening
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA

Several Denver-area businesses have stepped up to help sponsor the October opening of the Denver Art Museum's new addition, the Frederic C. Hamilton Building. ... [more]

4:21:29 AM Indian museum closes amid controversy, artifacts to be transferred ...
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA

The Southwest Museum of the American Indian, housing one of the country's premier collections of American Indian artifacts, will close Sunday amid accusations ... [more]

4:21:28 AM Exhibition Review Lizards and Snakes Take Over the American Museum ...
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

The rhinoceros iguana is one of 60 creatures featured in "Lizards & Snakes: Alive!" at the American Museum of Natural History. I ... [more]

4:21:28 AM Four cities, including Los Angeles, bids for national museum
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

.... Now, officials in Cheyenne hope they'll be able to display those artifacts in a new national museum. Two representatives from the ... [more]

4:21:28 AM Council happy to receive community funds for regional art museum
ABC Online - Australia

Armidale Dumaresq Council is welcoming offers from the community to secure funds for the New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM). ... [more]



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