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News From Tuesday, June 08, 2010
11:53:47 PM New director has big ideas for little Price museum
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City,UT,USA

By Brian Maffly Paleontologist Ken Carpenter, a curator at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, takes over this month as director of the Prehistoric ... [more]

9:58:58 PM Grant to help Hill-Stead Museum broaden base of financial and audience
Norwalk Plus Magazine - USA

Norwalk Plus Magazine By Hill-Stead Museum Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington has been awarded a $350000 grant by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving to establish an .... [more]

9:28:15 PM Gary, Ind., has high hopes for Michael Jackson museum
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

By Frank Polich, Getty Images GARY, Ind. (AP) — Gary officials hope a planned museum honoring native son Michael Jackson will bring as many visitors as ... [more]

8:27:44 PM Dueling mob museums duke it out for control of The Strip
Las Vegas Weekly - Las Vegas,NV,USA

By Robin Leach Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, left, and former Sen. Richard Bryan (D-Nev.) prepare to open the doors to the Mob Museum during a news .... [more]

8:25:57 PM Diana's racy black dress bought by fashion museum
The Associated Press

LONDON — A racy black gown worn by Lady Diana Spencer on one of her first official engagements has been snapped up by a Chilean fashion museum for nearly ... [more]

6:28:34 PM Hurley hosts an art-architecture exhibition at the Laguna Art Museum
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

It is running from June 13 through Oct. 3 at the Laguna Art Museum. Featuring 31 California artists — including Don Ed Hardy, Shag, Paul Frank, ... [more]

4:43:00 PM Natalee Holloway center opens in DC
Virginia Adds 49K New Voters in August

Beth Holloway is scheduled to open the Natalee Holloway Resource Center on Tuesday at the National Museum of Crime & Punishment in Washington. ... [more]

2:31:15 PM Galileo's fingers in Florence museum
The Associated Press

FLORENCE, Italy — Two of Galileo's fingers, removed from his corpse in the 18th century, have gone on display in a Florence museum dedicated to scientific ... [more]

1:29:02 PM Evita's Balcony Gets Polished Up for Buenos Aires Bicentennial
Bloomberg

The Bicentennial inspired a reexamination of the city's noteworthy architectural heritage, with renovations and the opening of several new museums and ... [more]

12:56:33 PM Museum of Science and Industry Offering Free Admission This Week
MyFox Chicago

The museum is open from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm Free general admission runs through Friday. Some attractions such as Omnimax films, the U-505 Submarine on-board ... [more]

11:18:21 AM Media, museums, merriment - 2010 beckons
Bizcommunity.com - Cape Town,South Africa

For the more culturally minded tourist, The Market and Nelson Mandela Museums and shows around South Africa offer an introspective on the 2010 FIFA World ... [more]

9:12:44 AM Giant chandelier to be reassembled at NC museum
WRAL.com - Raleigh,NC,USA

CHARLOTTE, NC — More than 2000 pounds of glass will be reassembled in a North Carolina museum. The Mint Museum in Charlotte is moving, and the work by ... [more]

5:34:38 AM Mint Museums ranks low on financial performance site
News14.com

CHARLOTTE – A Web-based charity watchdog group ranked the Mint Museums poorly for financial efficiency. "They've been consistently a low scorer for quite a ... [more]

4:51:03 AM Hirshhorn uses groundbreaking Yves Klein exhibit for first iPhone app
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, where "Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers" is showing, is the first of the Smithsonian's art museums to test ... [more]

2:58:10 AM Interested in learning the history of Los Gatos? Take a hike
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

All of the proceeds from the tour will go to the Museums of Los Gatos' general fund to benefit both the Los Gatos History Museum and the Los Gatos Art ... [more]

2:50:03 AM Eli Broad favors Diller Scofidio + Renfro to design art museum on Bunker
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Los Angeles Times Eli Broad is considering a site at 2nd Street and Grand Avenue in downtown LA for his art museum. (Anne Cusack, Los Angeles Times / June 8, ... [more]

1:57:49 AM An early snapshot of the Bay
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA

O'TOOLE: ...is that SFMOMA was one of the first museums in the country to promote photography as an art, on par with painting and sculpture. ... [more]

12:53:44 AM Tony Bennett Praises Phoenix's Musical Instrument Museum, Disses NYC Museums
Phoenix New Times

He was talking about our museums -- specifically, the Musical Instrument Museum in North Phoenix. As Bennett explained to the audience at the Dodge Theatre, ... [more]

12:01:50 AM Seattle Center ideas: KEXP, a mystery museum and more
Seattle Post Intelligencer

Following public outcry about previously-announced plans to locate a Dale Chihuly glass museum at the Center, officials reopened the process. ... [more]



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