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News From Saturday, June 05, 2010
11:52:47 PM Brandeis: Renting out art for art's sake
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

The Rose, like many other museums, owns more works than it can display. In the past, museums lent artworks to one another and charged mainly for the costs ... [more]

11:47:06 PM Oswald's getaway cab fetches $35750 at auction
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA

The collection also includes the ambulance that transported a wounded Oswald to Parkland Hospital two days later, said Wayne Lensing, museum president. ... [more]

10:24:39 PM Model of new Bainbridge Art Museum revealed
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By BAINBRIDGE ISLAND REVIEW A three-dimensional model of the new design for the Bainbridge Art Museum was unveiled during First Friday Art Walk (June 4) at ... [more]

9:03:07 PM Appalachian Trail Museum opens in Pine Grove Furnace
Patriot-News - Harrisburg,PA,USA

The museum is “an affirmation and a celebration of a lifestyle,” he said. “The trail will always be memorialized in my heart. ... [more]

8:03:46 PM Oregon Film Museum opens door to over 100 Goonies fans
Daily Astorian - OR, USA

Over 100 Goonies fans showed up for the grand opening of the Oregon Film Museum in Astoria Saturday morning. They came from all over: France, Japan, .... [more]

6:23:34 PM RI exhibit focuses on Newport's ties to tennis
The Associated Press

"The Newport Casino is actually the biggest and most valuable collection item that the hall of fame has," said Mark Stenning, the museum's CEO. ... [more]

5:03:01 PM Michael Jackson museum without the 'King of Pop?'
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

Joe Jackson and Rudy Clay (mayor of Gary, Indiana) are steamrolling ahead with plans to build a $300 million Michael Jackson museum and a 300-unit hotel ... [more]

3:29:04 PM Traveling quilt exhibit comes to West Overton Museums
Leader Times - Kittanning,PA,USA

By Rachel R. Basinger, FOR THE DAILY COURIER Although Sunday will mark the opening of the 27th annual quilt show at West Overton Museums in East Huntingdon, ... [more]

2:46:36 PM Burlesque Hall of Fame museum unveiled for first time
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA

The opening coincides with the museum's annual reunion and striptease contest. Sequins and feather boas are as much a part of Las Vegas' history as mobsters ... [more]

11:23:25 AM Lee Harvey Oswald's getaway cab up for auction
Boston Herald

Cab 36 will go up for sale today at the defunct Pate Museum of Transportation near Fort Worth, and is expected to fetch about $30000. ... [more]

10:28:59 AM 'I have found my soul mate'
Financial Times

By Vanessa Friedman Last Tuesday, Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic's three-month retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York came to an ... [more]

10:06:43 AM Genesee Country Village & Museum to build new storage space
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA

Two major grants will let Genesee Country Village & Museum store its fragile 19th-century treasures with 21st-century technology. The Mumford landmark will ... [more]

9:03:38 AM Private Collection Becomes Very Public
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

Gerhard Richter's “256 Colors” at the Gap headquarters in San Francisco is prepared for its move to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. By CAROL KINO ... [more]

8:43:43 AM Michael Jackson museum plan may include casino
Casino City Times - Newton Center,MA,USA

GARY, Indiana -- Joe Jackson, Michael Jackson's father, unveiled plans to build a complex in memory of his son which may include a casino yesterday, .... [more]

6:33:36 AM Canada's D-Day role honoured in New Orleans museum
Toronto Star - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

NEW ORLEANS — You'll be halfway through the D-Day Museum before you learn Canada played a significant role in that historic event. ... [more]

3:29:25 AM Saint Louis Art Museum Announces Simon Kelly as New Curator
Art Daily - Eastport,Maine,USA

The Saint Louis Art Museum announced that Simon Kelly will assume the role of curator of modern and contemporary art on September 15, 2010. ... [more]

1:43:46 AM Judicial candidate charged with public intoxication; museums join
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA

Austin American-Statesman Three Austin museums have joined the National Endowment for the Arts' Blue Star Museums program. The Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum, the Austin Museum of ... [more]

12:34:24 AM WWII fighter plane now on display at Pima Air & Space Museum
KVOA.com

A World War II era P-51 Mustang fighter plane went on display today at the Pima Air and Space Museum. The plane is considered by some to be the best .... [more]



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