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11:36:57 PM Farm museum again embraces old-fashioned Fourth
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore,MD,USA

The Carroll County Farm Museum, 500 S. Center St., will host its annual Old-Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration and Fireworks on Monday, July 4, from noon until the fireworks end. The Kiwanis Club of Westminster is sponsoring the fireworks display . [more]

11:36:57 PM Fire destroyed oceanarium's lobster museum
WCSH-TV - Portland,ME,USA

The museum has been on Route 3 in Bar Harbor since 1990 but now it is missing a major attraction. The oceanarium's lobster museum took the brunt of the fire damage Wednesday night. Owner David Mills says the building itself is insured but the objects [more]

10:26:49 PM Snubbed Sculptor Still Floats Boats
Voice of San Diego - San Diego,CA,USA

Part of the reason they don't is that it's on museum grounds. Museums can do what they want. But if it was out in public, they'd be outraged." What do you think? Do you wish San Diego would've installed Rubins' original piece in the late 1990s? ... [more]

9:13:50 PM Navy Pier Aims For $155M Facelift, Children's Museum To Stay
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

The new non-profit organization grabbing the reins of Navy Pier as of July 1 on Thursday unveiled their plans for a $155-million facelift to the facility. Beginning Friday, the facility's new manager, Navy Pier Inc., will launch an international ... [more]

9:13:50 PM Museum calendar: Graue Mill and Museum
Chicago Sun-Times

Call (630) 844-7843 or visit aurora.edu/museum/ddg1.htm. Water Street Studios: Peter Kenar, Solo Show, to July 6. Hours are 5 to 9 pm Fridays, 10 am to 10 pm Saturdays, and 12 to 4 pm Sundays. At 160 S. Water Street, Batavia. ... [more]

9:13:50 PM San Diego museum still has Bush's Heisman Trophy on loan
NFL News - USA

By NFL.com Reggie Bush is no longer viewed as a Heisman Trophy winner by the officials who presented him with the honor in 2005. But more than nine months after the title was stripped, the New Orleans Saints running back has yet to return the award.  [more]

9:13:50 PM Boeing B-17 retakes place at Museum of Flight
Seattle Post Intelligencer

Herb Phelan, who has supervised the restoration of the Seattle Museum of Flight's B-17 since 1998, sits in the flight deck as the aircraft is moved into position at the museum on Thursday, June 30, 2011. (Joe Dyer/seattlepi.com) | Click picture for . [more]

9:13:50 PM Patch Picks: How to Get Into a Museum for Free
Patch.com

Enjoy this beautiful outdoors museum at no cost. Free to Massachusetts residents every Sunday morning (year-round) from 9 am to noon and on Wednesdays from 3 to 5 pm (September through May). Free First Friday: July 1 from 10 am to 9:45 pm One and all [more]

7:26:11 PM The Old Bing, Bing, Bing, at Full Tilt
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

Pinball museums have opened in Alameda, Calif.; Asbury Park, NJ.; Las Vegas; and Paris. The game has its own journal, resources, repair sites and an online database of 5348 games. Original pinball players are the main audience for his museum, ... [more]

7:26:11 PM 2Do: Museums, parks, family events and more for July 1-7, 2011
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - Cleveland,OH,USA

The museum's mission is preserving Hungarian culture and the experiences of Hungarians in Northeast Ohio. 11 am-3 pm Tuesday-Thursday; 11 am-5 pm Friday. By appointment only: Monday, Saturday. Free. Cleveland Museum of Natural History. ... [more]

6:14:35 PM Rose Art Museum will sell no art
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

Brandeis University has agreed to put in writing that it will sell none of the Rose Art Museum's prized collection of modern art, putting an end to a more than two-year public relations mess that led to a lawsuit with four supporters and an ... [more]

4:55:52 PM The Museum of Art & History is now in the hands of internationally...
Santa Cruz Sentinel - Santa Cruz,CA,USA

By WALLACE BAINE SANTA CRUZ -- At the foot of the stairs leading up from the vast atrium to the galleries at the Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz, there used to be a prominent "no" sign -- as in "No Photography, No Food, No Drink, No Smoking,  [more]

4:55:52 PM Blue Star Museums offer discounts to military families
The Keene Sentinel

Sharon Arts Center announced the launch of Blue Star Museums, a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families and more than 1300 museums across America to offer free admission and special discounts to all active-duty milita [more]

4:55:52 PM Nova Scotia museum sites set to celebrate Canada Day with glowing hearts
Halifax News Net

Several Nova Scotia Museum sites will host open house events and activities in honour of Canada Day, July 1. "This weekend Nova Scotians can celebrate our country and learn about its diverse culture and history by visiting a museum," said Communities [more]

4:55:52 PM Vanessa's Vacations: Washington D.C.; Part 2
Patch.com

Must-see museums and government buildings offer loads of interesting information at little to no cost. By Vanessa Holloway | Email the author | 5:55am In the second part of my Washington DC vacation series I will be touching on museums that tourists  [more]

4:10:43 PM Folk Art Museum's Final Week Before Close
American ...

By KATE TAYLOR Richard Perry/The New York TimesThe American Folk Art Museum on West 53rd Street. Lovers of folk art have just a week left to visit the American Folk Art Museum at its home on West 53rd Street before it closes its doors there for good. [more]

4:10:43 PM Navy Pier's $155-mil. revamp calls for hotel, bigger Children's Museum
Crain's Chicago Business - Chicago,IL,USA

The plan also includes expanding the Chicago Children's Museum and Chicago Shakespeare Theater at the state's largest tourist attraction. Board members of Navy Pier Inc., the non-profit entity that takes over Navy Pier operations tomorrow, unveiled t [more]

4:10:43 PM "Exceptional" Giant Squid Found Dying off Florida
National Geographic

The new giant squid specimen is currently being preserved at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Floating about 12 miles (19 kilometers) off Port Salerno (map), Florida, a stirring, intact giant squid gave a small fishing party a shock around 11 a [more]

4:10:43 PM Material sought for museum's police, fire exhibit
Herald Times Reporter - Manitowoc,WI,USA

MANITOWOC — The Rahr-West Art Museum, the Manitowoc Police Department and the Manitowoc Fire Department are collaborating on an exhibition, "The Police and Fire Chronicles: A History of the Manitowoc Police and Fire Departments," Sept. ... [more]

4:10:43 PM DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum plans Andy Goldsworthy sculpture project
Taunton Gazette - Taunton,MA,USA

By Chris Bergeron/Daily News staff British environmental sculptor Andy Goldsworthy plans to encase a 9-foot snowball in a granite vault he'll build into the grounds of the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum and then, when summer comes, the doors wil [more]

2:48:22 PM Ellen Noël Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution take next step in affiliation
Odessa American - Odessa,TX,USA

BY LYXAN TOLEDANES Almost a year on the dot since the Ellen Noël Art Museum announced their status as an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, the museum will unveil the first object it has received on long-term loan 6 pm Thursday in the Rodman . [more]

2:48:22 PM Twin quilts finally together
Kennebunk-Kennebunkport Post - Biddeford,ME,USA

She received loans from several museums including Kennebunk's Brick Store Museum, Rochester Historical Society in New York and the New England Quilt Museum's collection. The show of more than 40 quilts and artifacts from the Civil War opened in April [more]

1:57:01 PM Hitler Vinnitsa bunker: Ukraine museum plans draw anger
BBC Sport - UK

By Bohdana Orlyuk BBC News, Ukraine Plans in Ukraine to open a museum at the ruins of a bunker used by Hitler during World War II have provoked concerns it could become a shrine for neo-Nazis. The decision by local authorities in the central city of  [more]

1:57:01 PM Kuss gift to help Springfield art museum
Springfield News Sun - Springfield,OH,USA

By Andrew McGinn, Staff Writer Updated 9:38 AM Thursday, June 30, 2011 “Certainly, his legacy is leaving a positive and lasting impact on the museum,” said Fortescue, who was hired late last year as executive director of the Springfield Museum of Art [more]

11:58:53 AM Sources: Navy Pier reboot would retain, expand Children's Museum
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA

A framework plan for refreshing Navy Pier, to be unveiled Thursday morning, envisions the Chicago Children's Museum not only staying put as an anchor but also expanding there, according to sources close to the planning process. The museum has been in [more]

11:58:53 AM Museum showcases 90 years of Chinese communism
BBC Sport - UK

The BBC's Chris Hogg takes a look around a museum which is housed in the building where the first congress of the party was held in 1921. The Shanghai museum includes the room where the first secret meeting, involving just 13 delegates, took place. [more]

9:21:46 AM Auction sucks the life from Diehm Museum
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

At 1 pm Tuesday, the Diehm Museum looked the same as it had for decades, lined with preserved animals, many displayed high above the floor where you could miss them if it didn't occur to you to look up. The only thing different was the crowd – hundre [more]

8:12:17 AM Making a Math Museum
Patch

By KATHERINE SCHULTEN MoMathMUSIC NUMBER A museum piece will show the interplay of math and music. Go to related article Use the photo and related article to answer basic news questions. WHERE will the Museum of Mathematics open next year? ... [more]

6:07:38 AM Cape Verdeans' whaling contributions celebrated in new museum exhibit
SouthCoastToday.com - New Bedford,MA,USA

The Cape Verdean Maritime Exhibit opens Tuesday at the whaling museum, coinciding with country's independence day.Peter Pereira/The Standard-Times By Brian Fraga Petro Plancio's 1594 world map portrays the Eastern and Western hemispheres, joined at t [more]

6:07:38 AM Future of museum is central to decision
Tiffin Advertiser Tribune - Tiffin,OH,USA

Seneca County Board of Commissioners has competing proposals for operating Seneca County Museum and for using lodging tax revenue to bring more tourists to the county. One plan for operating the museum also would incorporate revenue from the lodging  [more]

6:07:38 AM Museum roof, surplus properties on agenda
Augusta Chronicle - Augusta,GA,USA

By Susan McCord A roof to replace the one that has been leaking on the Augusta Museum of History since the museum was built is among just a few items on today's Augusta Commission agenda. The commission, which rescheduled next Tuesday's regular meeti [more]

4:24:49 AM Sakura Sojourn: Museums of the Smithsonian in Washington DC
Economic Times - India

Doing our share of admiring the cherry blossoms and going around the memorials we decided to take a look at Washington DC's most famous museums. A couple of years previously , I had watched 'A Night at the Museum - Battle of the Smithsonian' and I'd  [more]

3:31:16 AM Admission prices increase for NC Zoo, Transportation Museum Friday
WRAL.com - Raleigh,NC,USA

By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall The NC Zoo and NC Transportation Museum will raise their admission fees as the popular family spots react to state budget cuts. The new prices are effective Friday. The transportation museum will begin charging admission for  [more]

1:57:09 AM Florida fishermen pick up dying giant squid
MSNBC (press release) - USA

"It's really, really, really rare to get giant squids because they're so huge, and live so deep," John Slapcinsky, a collection manager at the Florida Museum of Natural History, told me. For giant squid scientists and museum workers, ... [more]

1:57:09 AM Lastest plan: Children's Museum to stay put
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA

By Kathy Bergen and Blair Kamin Tribune reporters A framework plan for refreshing Navy Pier, to be unveiled Thursday morning, envisions the Chicago Children's Museum not only staying put as an anchor but also expanding there, according to sources clo [more]

1:57:09 AM Seattle Art Museum names new curator of modern and contemporary art
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA

Seattle Art Museum's new curator of modern and contemporary art, Catharina Manchanda, brings a lively background to the job. By Michael Upchurch No comments have been posted to this article. The Seattle Art Museum has a new modern-art curator. ... [more]

1:57:09 AM Plans progressing for Hanford history museum
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA

Plans are moving forward for construction of a $41 million museum at Richland that would tell the history of the Hanford nuclear reservation in World War II and the Cold War. The Associated Press No comments have been posted to this article. ... [more]

12:53:29 AM Donlon Way, Dublin: Heritage Park and Museums
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA

The Dublin Heritage Park and Museums incorporates the center, historic buildings from the Kolb farm and an additional 4.3 acres of land. Arriving in Dublin in 1880, Bavarian George Kolb eventually purchased its general store and land for farming. ... [more]

12:53:29 AM Boom: Fourth of July events
Hampton Union - Hampton,NH,USA

As a member of the Blue Star Museums program, Strawbery Banke Museum admits active duty military and their families free at all times. Museum members are also admitted free of charge. Adult tickets are $15 and available in advance at ... [more]



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