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News From Thursday, July 21, 2005
7:36:02 PM FORMER girls baseball stars visit Ford Museum
MLive.com - MI,USA

.... who was also was known as "Sock 'em Jochum" during her six years as a member of the South Bend Blue Socks, was at the Gerald R. Ford Museum on Wednesday to ... [more]

7:36:02 PM GO treasure hunting - explore the Woodman Institute Museum
Hampton Union - Hampton,NH,USA

.... They are all readily accessible right here in Dover at the Annie E. Woodman Institute Museum, which has been sharing historic resources for approximately 88 ... [more]

5:58:02 PM UNIVERSITY museums sponsor canned food drive
Oregon Daily Emerald - Erb Memorial Union,OR,USA

.... Guests who donate a can of food at the museums will receive $1 off the admission price. For more information about the art museum, call 346-3027. .... [more]

5:58:02 PM FUNDING boost for National Museums
Scotsman - United Kingdom

THE NATIONAL Museums of Scotland today was awarded a provisional grant of £15.8 million and a development grant of £1 million by the Heritage Lottery Fund to ... [more]

3:56:13 PM CANAL museum secures funding
Allentown Morning Call - Allentown,PA,USA

The National Canal Museum in Easton will receive nearly $220,000 this month for continued development of its new, $2 million Science and Technology of Canals ... [more]

3:56:12 PM ABBE Museum reprises Paddle Art fundraiser
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA

Abbe Museum development director Sharon Broom reports the museum's Paddle Art event last year "was so successful, and so much fun," the organization decided ... [more]

3:56:09 PM TRAVEL Oregon: News From The Portland Art Museum
MedfordNews.com - Medford,OR,USA

Portland, Oregon - Anticipating the grand opening of the North Building and the Center for Modern and Contemporary Art on October 2, the Museum presents Eleven ... [more]

3:56:05 PM ACTING director of Getty museum to head Minneapolis Institute of ...
KESQ - Palm Desert,CA,USA

LOS ANGELES The acting director and chief curator of the -J- Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has been appointed director of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. ... [more]

3:56:02 PM JACKPOT win helps museum fulfil vision of the future
Edinburgh Evening News - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK

A MAJOR overhaul of the city's Royal Museum was today given a £16.8 million pound boost. The Heritage Lottery Fund has eamarked ... [more]

2:24:02 PM MOSCOW Kremlin Museums to present "rich" edition of ruble history
RIA Novosti - Moscow,Russia

.... in Russia: the 350th anniversary of the one-ruble coin," written by expert coin collector Sergei Zveryev and published by Moscow Kremlin Museums, is based on ... [more]

2:24:02 PM HLF grants £38m to museums for 2012
Leisure Opportunities Daily News - UK

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has given £38m to three national museums to facilitate the transformation of each site in time for the expected increase in ... [more]

12:36:03 PM RESIDENTS blast plans for site near museum
Cherry Hill Courier Post - Cherry Hill,NJ,USA

.... The site is adjacent to the historic North Pemberton Railroad station, now a museum. The store would replace a smaller Wawa across the street. .... [more]

12:36:02 PM MUSLIM museum a learning opportunity
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA

.... thoughtful and decent fellow. "Should government pay for this? Has government ever funded a Christian museum?". "Probably not," an elder .... [more]

12:36:02 PM MUSEUM comes to kids
Press Herald - Portland,ME,USA

.... It's all part of Museum To You, a program of the Children's Museum of Portsmouth, which brings a free, mini-museum to communities in Maine and New Hampshire. ... [more]

12:36:02 PM CITY museum's jackpot
Edinburgh Evening News - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK

EDINBURGH'S Royal Museum was today awarded a £16.8 million lottery grant to kick-start a massive refurbishment. The award from ... [more]

11:02:03 AM MLA'S Acceptance in Lieu Schemes Saves £13m Worth Of Art And ...
Managing Information - UK

.... paying inheritance tax. It is managed on behalf of the government by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA). Last year ... [more]

11:02:03 AM RARE drawings given to the nation
BBC News - E,UK

.... The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council says the collections of letters - like those of poet Kathleen Raine - are particularly important, as people now ... [more]

11:02:02 AM £13M of art pacifies the taxman
Guardian - UK

.... The acquisitions boost collections at a time when museums' purchasing funds have been cut or eliminated entirely after faltering government funding. ... [more]

11:02:02 AM MORE museums to offer free entry
BBC News - E,UK

.... free access scheme. Under the plan, introduced in 2001, the government refunds VAT incurred by museums and galleries. The British ... [more]

8:42:03 AM MIAMI Art Museum Presents Wangechi Mutu
Art Daily - USA

MIAMI, FLORIDA.-Miami Art Museum presents the first solo museum exhibition by Wangechi Mutu, a Kenyan-born artist currently living in New York. ... [more]

8:42:03 AM VIDEO yields suspect in theft of money at Maritime Museum
Jacksonville Daily News - Jacksonville,NC,USA

BEAUFORT - During the past several months, employees at the NC Maritime Museum in Beaufort have tried to figure out who was taking money from a locked box in ... [more]

8:42:03 AM VIETNAM-ERA fighter plane heading for display at Museum of ...
Macon Telegraph - Macon,GA,USA

.... 247 to the Museum of Aviation. ... It will be moved out front in the next few weeks, said Dennis Oliver, chief of restoration at the museum. .... [more]

8:42:02 AM MUSEUM gets permanent collection-grant
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA

The Akron Art Museum has won a $150,000 matching grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. The museum will ... [more]

3:44:03 AM NAMCO Museum 50th Anniversary Arcade Collection
IGN - Brisbane,CA,USA

.... Namco was the first on the system with Mass Media-developed Pac-Man Collection and Namco Museum compilations at the launch of the GBA. ... [more]

12:26:04 AM MUSEUMS and Tours
Martha's Vineyard Times - Vineyard Haven,MA,USA

African-American History Tour 12 historical sites, 90-minutes, walking and riding. By appointment. Through Oct. $15; $13 seniors. 508-693-8714. .... [more]



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