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News From Thursday, July 16, 2009
11:44:28 PM Book Excerpt: ?Provenance?
Wall Street Journal - USA

Like most other museums, the Tate was a privileged community run by a small army of art experts and archivists. Since 1988 it had been led with quiet .... [more]

10:28:32 PM Museum Should Give Disneyana a Boost
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

The international market for Disney collectibles, relatively quiet for a decade, is likely to be given a boost when the Walt Disney Family Museum opens in ... [more]

9:28:34 PM Mingling At a Museum... After Dark
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

The "Night at the Museum" movie franchise may have offered up big bucks to film inside the Smithsonian's vaunted buildings, but for a Washingtonian, .... [more]

7:52:05 PM The “New” Ford's Theatre Museum
We Love DC - Washington,DC,USA

By Ben H. Rome, 3:30 pm July 16th, 2009 Last night, Ford's Theatre re-opened its museum after nearly two years of extensive renovation. ... [more]

5:28:34 PM Dallas / Fort Worth museums offer free admission six days a week
Pegasus News - Dallas,TX,USA

Check each Museum's website or call before heading over there as hours and pricing may have changed. this is great news! It is a wonderful opportunity for ... [more]

3:34:10 PM Civil Rights Museum to open Feb. 1 in Greensboro
WLOS - Asheville,NC,USA

GREENSBORO, NC (AP) -- The International Civil Rights Center and Museum will open officially on Feb. 1, 50 years after the historic sit-ins occurred at the ... [more]

2:14:09 PM Art talk with Mark Bradford at the Dallas Museum of Art
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

Los Angeles artist Mark Bradford will talk about his work at the Dallas Museum of Art on Thursday, July 23rd. The artist's work is currently featured in the ... [more]

12:26:59 PM Land dispute delaying history museum
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA

By Leonel Sanchez A historical society has raised nearly a quarter of a million dollars to build a museum dedicated to Rancho Bernardo's past, ... [more]

11:42:05 AM No Air Force One museum for coastal NC city
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA

AP WILMINGTON, NC - A group that plans to build an Air Force One museum says it won't be coming to a coastal North Carolina city because of land costs. ... [more]

8:24:26 AM Ex-POWs in battle against time try to tell stories
The Associated Press

DAYTON, Ohio — Museums are seeing an increase in donations and oral histories from the swell of former US prisoners of war eager to leave their legacies. ... [more]

7:47:18 AM Utah state park museums reduce hours
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City,UT,USA

Edge of the Cedars State Park in Blanding is one of several Utah state park museums that have had to cut their hours due to recent state budget cuts. .... [more]

7:00:16 AM Cafe reopens at Akron museum
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA

By Dorothy Shinn The Akron Art Museum has brought back summertime cafe service with the opening of Hattie's Cafe Express. The returning amenity features ... [more]

5:43:20 AM Utah dino sheds new light on evolution, diet
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City,UT,USA

Much of the 92.5-million-year-old skeleton is stored at the Utah Museum of Natural History, while a mounted cast, about 18 feet long, is on display at the ... [more]

4:42:08 AM Mississippi Museum of Art offering special programs
Northside Sun - Jackson,MS,USA

The Mississippi Museum of Art (MMA), AT&T and Downtown Jackson Partners a present ArtRemix, a series of after-hours concerts in downtown Jackson offering a ... [more]

12:15:54 AM Rights museum set to pay off loan for King Papers
The Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) — Organizers of a civil and human rights museum planned for Atlanta said Wednesday they are poised to pay $11.5 million left on a loan so they ... [more]



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