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News From Wednesday, July 14, 2010
8:43:32 PM Eli Broad Offers $7.7 Million for Museum Site
American ...

Mr. Broad has considered at least two other sites for the museum, which he has pledged to build with his own money – up to $100 million for construction and ... [more]

7:27:36 PM Museum gets cozy with creative quilts
Folsom Telegraph - Folsom,CA,USA

Melissa Pedroza, chairman of the Quilt Committee, administrative assistant and education coordinator at the Folsom History Museum, is working on a quilt ... [more]

5:24:43 PM Crash dummies Vince and Larry become museum pieces
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The crash-test dummies who promoted auto safety for 25 years in public service TV ads are headed to the Smithsonian's National Museum of ... [more]

2:28:46 PM Museum puts two paintings on market
Port Huron Times Herald - Port Huron,MI,USA

According to the museum's bylaws, money from the sale only can be used to further the museum's collection, which could include buying other works, .... [more]

2:15:34 PM Eli Broad offers $7.7 million for art museum lease, not $1. Is it enough?
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

... county officials this week that he would pay $7.7 million for a 99-year lease on public land in downtown Los Angeles where he can build an art museum, ... [more]

10:55:54 AM Bath Museum of East Asian Art gets historic porcelain
BBC News - E,UK

The Museum of East Asian Art, in Bennett Street, is celebrating the return of the Pratt Family Tureen. It has been acquired with funding from the Museums, ... [more]

6:25:28 AM Buzz over corpse flower a bonanza for museum
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

By MATT WOOLBRIGHT Rachelle Brown longed to see Lois, Houston's phenomously famous plant, but she wanted to avoid the long lines at the Houston Museum of ... [more]

4:37:39 AM Attorney Parzen hired to run Museum of Man
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA

The San Diego Museum of Man has made a rare find — a downtown San Diego lawyer who once studied American Indian tribes — to lead the institution out of ... [more]

1:42:05 AM British Museum in the thick of it over BP protest
Guardian - UK

Just what was the substance poured around a famous statue by arts activists at the British Museum yesterday? (writes Andrew Gilchrist) In a protest against ... [more]

12:55:46 AM Art Museum of South Texas awarded $150000 grant
Corpus Christi Caller Times - Corpus Christi,TX,USA

By Rob Boscamp CORPUS CHRISTI — The Art Museum of South Texas will use a $150000 grant to expand its youth programs. The Institute of Museum and Library ... [more]



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