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11:46:55 PM THEATERS Barksdale Theatre, Willow Lawn,
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA

.... University of Richmond Museums' Harnett Museum of Art, Modlin Center, 289-8276 or http://museums.richmond.edu. "Margaret Ross Tolbert: Doors," through Sunday. ... [more]

11:02:14 PM The Animals' War at the Imperial War Museum
London SE1 - South Bank,London,UK

Cats, dogs, horses and even pigeons feature in the Animals' War exhibition at the Imperial War Museum. It is a story of enormous ... [more]

11:02:13 PM Civil Rights Museum to announce grant
Memphis Business Journal - Memphis,TN,USA

The amount of the largest educational grant the museum has ever received, according to spokesman Gwen Harmon, will be disclosed in the conference. .... [more]

11:02:13 PM Victoria museum publishes new work by Emily Carr
CBC News - Canada

A new publication from the Royal BC Museum in Victoria features never-before-published writings by artist Emily Carr. The work is ... [more]

11:02:11 PM Metropolitan Museum of Art raises suggested admission to $20
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA

NEW YORK (AP) _ The Museum of Modern Art is raising its admission fee to $20, matching what another venerable New York art institution, the Museum of Modern Art ... [more]

11:02:09 PM Cuban Fine Arts Museum to Reopen
Prensa Latina - Havana,Cuba

Havana, July 14 (Prensa Latina) The Havana National Fine Arts Museum, permanent repository of Cuba´s very best cultural values, is ready to reopen to the ... [more]

11:02:05 PM Opponents question candidate's use of museum in campaign
Lansing City Community News - MI,USA

The Plymouth Historical Society's Board of Directors has hired an attorney to determine if the Plymouth Historical Museum violated conditions of its nonprofit ... [more]

6:37:00 PM Imaginations take flight as new wings unfurl today
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA

.... Ed Able, president of the American Association of Museums in Washington, DC, predicted that Strong's new emphasis on play would lure more cultural tourists to ... [more]

6:36:57 PM Newyorkology: Met Your Match?
Jaunted - USA

It's not widely known, but many of New York's museums are completely free, all you have to do is ask. The cheap vs. guilt debate ... [more]

6:36:54 PM Exhibit highlights 'everyday' items
Daily News - Galveston County - TX,USA

.... “A common misconception museum visitors have is that museums are only interested in collecting artifacts that illustrate dramatic, life-changing events or ... [more]

6:22:23 PM National Strong Museum of Play opens
WHEC-TV - Rochester,NY,USA

There's been a flurry of activity at the new Strong National Museum of Play - the refurbished and expanded children's museum in downtown Rochester. .... [more]

6:22:16 PM Phoenix Art Museum to show works of famed 17th-century artist ...
Canada.com - Canada

PHOENIX (AP) - The newly enlarged Phoenix Art Museum plans to have a major exhibition of work by Rembrandt and his contemporaries next year. ... [more]

3:42:05 PM Electronic directory on Museums launched at Art and Craft of ...
UzReport.com - Tashkent,Uzbekistan

Electronic directory on Museums of Uzbekistan that expose objects of national art and craft has been launched at www.artandcraft.uz web-site. ... [more]

3:22:02 PM Notes on Jack the Ripper donated to police museum
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia

The notes, donated to Scotland Yard's crime museum on Thursday, are contained within a book handed down through the family of Chief Inspector Donald Swanson. ... [more]

3:21:57 PM Confederate flag put on display at Maine State Museum
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

AUGUSTA, Maine --A Confederate flag from the Civil War that was brought to Maine by a Union drummer boy has been put on display at the Maine State Museum. ... [more]

12:26:53 PM Book naming Ripper loaned to museum
Guardian Unlimited - UK

.... identity of Jack the Ripper, but would go to his grave unable to prove it, was loaned yesterday by his great grandson to Scotland Yard's infamous Black Museum. ... [more]

12:26:53 PM Sharing news about visit to art museum
The Record-Courier - Gardnerville,NV,USA

Recently, the Carson Valley Art Association took a trip to the Nevada State Museum of Art in Reno. They were met by docent Colin ... [more]

12:26:53 PM Panel finds museum innovative in the ways it connects with kids
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA

(July 14, 2006) — A pair of educators and an architect gave rave reviews to the expansion at Strong — National Museum of Play. ... [more]

9:41:58 AM MCHE, museums co-host 'Nazi Olympics' exhibit
Alton Telegraph - Alton,IL,USA

.... (See box at right for details). Zeldin said the 18th and Vine museums were natural partners to help bring the exhibit to Kansas City. ... [more]

9:41:57 AM Museums prepare us for new world
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA

(July 14, 2006) — As the president of the American Association of Museums, I am proud to celebrate the grand reopening of the Strong Museum as the Strong ... [more]

9:26:55 AM MB museum seeks furniture
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA

The Myrtle Beach Colored School Museum and Education Center is looking for vintage bookcases and display cases to hold report cards, old tests and other ... [more]

9:26:55 AM Art-Entertainment exhibit of American Museum of Ceramic Art
Los Angeles Daily News - Los Angeles,CA,USA

Where: American Museum of Ceramic Art, 340 W. Garey Ave., Pomona. He will play clay flutes and whistles that he has made, some with as many as 14 chambers. ... [more]

6:46:54 AM The Guggenheim Grows and Shows Itself Off
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

By CAROL VOGEL. The global network of Guggenheim museums keeps growing. On Saturday the government of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the ... [more]

6:32:03 AM Fire Museum dedicated to work of fire service
Whittier Daily News - Whittier,CA,USA

Located on a quiet street on the east side of Victorville is a small but packed museum dedicated to the work of the fire service. ... [more]

6:32:02 AM Crime Museum Gets Cop's 'Ripper' Notes
Forbes - USA

.... notes in which the lead detective in the notorious "Jack the Ripper" killings identified his prime suspect was given to Scotland Yard's Crime Museum on Thursday ... [more]

3:47:08 AM Take flight along Route 66 aviation museums
Tuttle Times - Tuttle,OK,USA

.... Women Pilots. Fittingly located on Amelia Earhart Lane, it is one of few museums in the world dedicated to women pilots. The museum ... [more]

3:32:10 AM History Center Opens New Olympic Games Museum Here
Alton Telegraph - Alton,IL,USA

The Atlanta History Center is most excited that the museum will include such a broad range of information about the Olympics in addition to it's mark in ... [more]

3:32:10 AM Museum will accompany 1st ID to Kansas
Stars and Stripes - Washington,D.C.,USA

WÜRZBURG, Germany — To walk into the 1st Infantry Division Museum at Leighton Barracks is to take in a cumulative and simulated history of The Big Red One. ... [more]

3:32:09 AM Dutch museum recalls Nazi use of Rembrandt
Reuters.uk - UK

.... An exhibition at the Dutch Resistance Museum in Amsterdam recalls the Nazis' largely forgotten mission to incorporate the Dutch painter into fascist ideology ... [more]

3:32:09 AM Museum will host dinner and auction at Scales Lake July 27
Mt. Carmel Daily Republican Register - Mt. Carmel,IL,USA

.... bag. The Warrick County Museum was organized in 1976 for the purpose of collecting and preserving the heritage of the county. We ... [more]

3:32:09 AM Ripley’s ‘Believe It or Not!’ museum for China
Financial Express - Bombay,India

SHANGHAI, JULY 13: Nearly a century after legendary US showman Robert Ripley first came to China, the firm bearing his name plans to open one of its trademark ... [more]

3:32:08 AM Hanoi Museum Remembers the Poor Old Days
Voice of America - USA

A Hanoi museum exhibit recalling the hardships of life under the communist command economy is proving a hit. ... Museum curator Pham Van Duong explains. .... [more]



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