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11:38:59 PM Stuart Ashman appointed head of Museum of Latin American Art
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

The Museum of Latin American Art said that it has appointed Stuart Ashman as its new president and chief executive officer. His tenure is set to begin on Sept. 6. Ashman assumes the museum's top post following the abrupt departure of Richard P. ... [more]

11:38:59 PM Indian Museum Experiences Minor Earthquake Damage
Indian Country Today Media Network.com

By Rob Capriccioso August 24, 2011 AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2004. The design and construction of the museum involved Indians representing various tribes [more]

11:38:59 PM Wheels-up: Lone Star Flight Museum headed for Ellington Field
Your Houston News

The North American T-6 Texan is part of the Lone Start Flight Museum's permanent collection. The Boeing PT-17 Stearman Kaydet is part of the Lone Start Flight Museum's permanent collection. The Lone Star Flight Museum's permanent collection includes  [more]

11:38:59 PM Aviation High School breaks ground on new campus at Museum of Flight
Highline Times - Seattle,WA,USA

Aviation High School today launched its next era as they celebrated their planned new, $43.5 million campus at The Museum of Flight with a groundbreaking that included five planes piloted by Aviation High School alumni, a student-built robot assistin [more]

10:33:41 PM Options Dim for Museum of Folk Art
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

A cotton quilt with Glover Cleveland's likeness, from 1884-90, was one of the treasures on display at an American Folk Art Museum exhibition in May. By ROBIN POGREBIN When the American Folk Art Museum opened its new building on West 53rd Street in .. [more]

10:33:41 PM Fall art: Oakland Hills fire captured in new exhibit
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

By Jennifer Modenessi From a look at legalizing same-sex marriage to a portrait of one of history's most fascinating magicians, Bay Area museums are chock-full of interesting exhibits this fall. But two of the most compelling shows are rooted in ... [more]

10:33:41 PM Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art to close
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA

(August 24, 2011, by gdf) Read more The Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art in Bellevue will close March 1, 2012, Whyel announced today. The museum at 1116 108th Ave. NE opened in September 1992 in a distinctive two-story building blending Victorian and [more]

7:38:36 PM Carnegie Museum scientist helps fill gap in evolution
Leader Times - Kittanning,PA,USA

A scientist at Carnegie Museum of Natural History has helped fill a gap of 35 million years in the evolution of mammals. In an article to be published in the journal Nature tomorrow, a team of scientists led by the museum's Zhe-Xi Luo describe how a  [more]

7:38:36 PM Work starting on new Whitney Museum at the High Line's end
Gay City News - USA

By Albert Amateau The new Whitney Museum, whose gala groundbreaking ceremony attracted 500 people, including Mayor Bloomberg, to Gansevoort and West Streets on May 24, will be the scene of serious construction work this month. ... [more]

7:38:36 PM Smyrna family was in Washington, D.C. museum during earthquake
Dover Post

When the tremor hit at about 1:50 pm, Laura Lynn of Smyrna and her daughters, Leandra and Elaina Gantzer, were inside the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum. “We were on the ground floor, and I heard a noise, a boom,” said Laura. ... [more]

7:38:36 PM 9/11 Memorial Merlot: Tasteless?
The Week Magazine

A Long Island winery is producing a 9/11 memorial wine and donating part of the proceeds to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. Photo: YouTube SEE ALL 5 PHOTOS A little wine with your remembrance? To coincide with the tenth anniversary of  [more]

7:38:36 PM 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' exhibit whips up Hollywood and history
archaeology

(Penn Museum) A bowl from AD 1-700 Peru, on display at the Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology exhibition at the Montreal Science Centre. (Penn Museum) A Greek drinking cup, probably from Vulci, Italy, around 480 BC, on display at the ... [more]

7:18:28 PM Douglas Druick named director of Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA

"I've devoted the greater part of my professional career to this institution,” Druick said via telephone this morning shortly after accepting his appointment, “and I believe that this is one of the world's greatest museums. ... [more]

7:18:28 PM The Jewish Museum Appoints Claudia Gould As Director
Broadway World - New York,NY,USA

The Board of Trustees of The Jewish Museum today announced that Claudia Gould has been named the institution's new Helen Goldsmith Menschel Director. Ms. Gould is currently Daniel W. Dietrich, II Director of the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at [more]

3:51:06 PM Key renaissance portraits on show in Berlin
The Associated Press

BERLIN (AP) — A new exhibition in Berlin of early Italian Renaissance portraits brings together for the first time key works from museums around the world, including Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece "Lady with an Ermine." More than 150 pieces of art,  [more]

3:51:06 PM California Museums Can Help California Schools
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

The California Association of Museums (CAM) joined the American Association of Museums' (AAM) Center for the Future of Museums to organize a 30th anniversary celebration aimed at forecasting the future of California's museums, and published a ... [more]

2:48:53 PM Charlotte's Mint Museum Launches Major Romare Bearden Retrospective on ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- This fall The Mint Museum will present Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections, a major retrospective of one of America's most preeminent African American artists and foremost collagists. Opening on the centennial of the ... [more]

1:53:27 PM Bulgaria opening museum of socialist art
Bellingham Herald - Bellingham,WA,USA

As Europe marks the 20th anniversary of the Soviet collapse, this nation that's still shaking off its troubled communist legacy is opening a museum dedicated to the totalitarian past. A debate's raging on whether the museum romanticizes the Soviet er [more]

1:53:27 PM Smithsonian museums reopen
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

By Jacqueline Trescott The Smithsonian museums, closed Tuesday because of the 5.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Washington, are all reopening Wednesday. Veronika Zaludova from Czech Republic tours the Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum. ... [more]

1:53:27 PM Museum future up in the air
Monroenews.com - Monroe,Michigan,USA

Knowing that the museum was one of those line items that could be removed from the budget you should have been more proactive.” The board last year – after axing general fund monies for the museum -- tasked the Monroe County Historical Commission, .. [more]

1:50:07 PM Renaissance portraits on show in Berlin
Sacramento Bee - Sacramento,CA,USA

AP BERLIN -- Berlin's Bode Museum is presenting a new exhibition of early Italian Renaissance portraits, produced in collaboration with New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and including Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece "Lady with an Ermine. ... [more]

1:50:07 PM Still Shaking While Eyeing Light Rail
Patch.com

Tellus Science Museum 1. Today's weather will feel a lot like Tuesday's, according to the National Weather Service: sunny, a high close to 90 degrees, not much humidity, not much wind, and a slight chance of pop-up storms in the afternoon and evening [more]

1:50:07 PM Fairfield Union High School teacher attends Holocaust Museum workshop
Lancaster Eagle Gazette

LANCASTER -- Lori Byers, an English teacher at Fairfield Union High School, attended the US Holocaust Memorial Museum's 15th annual Arthur and Rochelle Belfer National Conference for Educators: English Language Arts from July 10-12. ... [more]

1:50:07 PM Marshall museum hosts magic camp
Battle Creek Enquirer - Battle Creek,MI,USA

For the second time this summer, 20 children, ages 7 to 14, were learning magic tricks at a short summer camp hosted by the American Museum of Magic. The camp began Tuesday and continues today at the Wilder Creek Conservation Club. ... [more]

1:50:07 PM Smithsonian Castle Museum Rocked By 5.9 Earthquake
ArtLyst

The Smithsonian is the world's largest museum complex & research organization composed of 19 museums, 9 research centers, and the National Zoo. The Institution and museums are to remain closed for health and safety reasons and to survey the vast ... [more]

11:02:27 AM New Taipei City Museum of Art Competition Proposal / INFLUX_STUDIO
International Business Times - New York,NY,USA

By Alison Furuto | August 24, 2011 6:23 AM EDT INFLUX_STUDIO shared with us their proposal for the New Taipei City Museum of Art competition as contemporary art museums are becoming hybrid programs and transforming the way people approach art to beco [more]

11:02:27 AM Greece's best small museums
Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK

From art to archaeology, Robin Gauldie offers his pick of the best smaller museums in Greece. By Robin Gauldie Most museums operated by the Ministry of Culture are closed on Mondays. Admission is normally free on the first and second Sunday in ... [more]

11:02:27 AM Pyramid Scheme: What's Next for Egypt's Artifacts?
New York Observer

Many museums and universities still sponsor digs in Egypt, for research and conservation purposes—though it's hard to imagine that, politically, these digs don't also help to secure loans from the government. The digs are monitored by the SCA, ... [more]

10:03:32 AM Long-sought maritime museum coming to Georgetown
Myrtle Beach Sun News

By Gina Vasselli - gvasselli@thesunnews.com About 20 years ago, a group of Georgetown boat enthusiasts dreamed of a museum that would celebrate the maritime history of their city and state. And now -- after years of blood, sweat, tears and fundraisin [more]

10:03:32 AM Oshkosh Museum to host exhibit on "Bling"
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

(AP) — A new exhibit at the Oshkosh Public Museum is trying to show that the concept of "bling" is not a new one. Curators there are organizing an exhibit called "Bling!" that showcases fashion from 1869 to 1969, with a special emphasis on over-the . [more]

8:16:26 AM Former Royal B.C. Museum director a pioneer in conservation
Times Colonist - Victoria,British Columbia,Canada

He won awards for his dedication to understanding and preserving Canadian nature and was a Fellow of both the Royal Geographical Society of Canada and the Canadian Museums Association. Edwards's commitment to natural history and its interpretation wa [more]

7:25:52 AM New MoLAA director looks to secure Long Beach museum's future
Long Beach Press-Telegram

By Greg Mellen, Staff Writer Stuart Ashman has been selected to lead the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach. LONG BEACH — When Stuart Ashman saw the opening for a new president and chief executive officer at the Museum of Latin American Art h [more]

4:31:00 AM Jewish Museum Picks Director From Art World
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

Claudia Gould, who now leads the Institute of Contemporary Art, will be the new director of the Jewish Museum. By KATE TAYLOR The Jewish Museum has chosen Claudia Gould, director of the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania, [more]

4:31:00 AM Stonyford Museum offers trip back to boomtown days
Willows Journal - CA, United States

But Stonyford's colorful 121-year history and artifacts from times gone are now on display at the new Stonyford Museum, which opened to the public on Sunday. Elk Creek, which was once part of Colusa County, is also included. "Coming into the museum i [more]

3:59:24 AM Possible contractors named for Royal Alberta Museum
Journal of Commerce - Burnaby,BC,Canada

The contract for the new $340 million Royal Alberta Museum in Edmonton, Alberta will be awarded this September to one of four design-build teams, after the public was given a week to take a look at their design proposals. “The exterior design of the  [more]

12:43:15 AM Earthquake closes Smithsonian museums; staff to check for damage at
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Washington Post By AP, WASHINGTON — All of the Smithsonian Institution museums on the National Mall have been closed in the wake of an earthquake centered in Virginia that shook the nation's capital. Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough tells The Assoc [more]

12:43:15 AM Kaw Valley Farm Tour, coming in October, turns farms into museums
Eudora News - Eudora,KS,USA

For the weekend, the farms turn into interactive mini-museums, Seely said, where visitors can learn about what kinds of products are produced at local farms, how farms work and what makes produce “organic.” “We really want it to be hear, see, ... [more]

12:36:47 AM Vero Beach Museum of Art, Art Club at odds over proposed fees
Fort Pierce Tribune - Fort Pierce,FL,USA

By Janet Begley VERO BEACH — Although there's a new lease among the Vero Beach Museum of Art, the Vero Beach Art Club and the city for the museum's site in Riverside Park, that hasn't quieted the rhetoric between two of the city's art organizations.  [more]

12:36:47 AM OUR VIEW: Children's Museum of Greater Fall River could live happily
Fall River Herald News - Fall River,MA,USA

Fall River Herald News The tall turret gives the appearance of a castle to the old Fall River Superior Courthouse, which may become the new home of the Children's Museum of Greater Fall River. By Anonymous Located at 441 N. Main St., the well-maintai [more]



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