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11:48:14 PM Bethel Cemetery celebrates grand opening of Civil War museum
WBIR-TV - Knoxville,TN,USA

On Saturday, East Tennesseans gathered to mark the grand opening of a new Civil War museum on the site. The museum is housed inside the caretaker's cottage, where the Winstead family lived for years. "It was the Winstead family who oversaw this ... [more]

10:42:22 PM Museum's vision spotlights culture
San Angelo Standard Times - san angelo,tx,USA

By Staff Report SAN ANGELO, Texas — The San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts is kicking off its school-year programming with a Family Day focused on Korea. The free program, which runs from 10 am to 3 pm Saturday at the museum, 1 Love St., will feature ... [more]

7:54:36 PM Museum to host The Clemens Conference
Hannibal Courier Post - Hannibal,MO,USA

By Anonymous The Mark Twain Museum will host, “Mark Twain's Hannibal: The Clemens Conference” Aug. 11-13 at Hannibal-LaGrange University. Before he became “Mark Twain” in Virginia City, Nev., in 1863, Samuel Langhorne Clemens's literary path was firm [more]

7:27:46 PM Making Art on Your iOS Device, Part 6: Museum, Gallery & Street Art Guides
The Business Insider - New York,NY,USA

This week's 6-part series on Making Art on Your iOS Device comes to a close today with our last segment: a collection of useful apps for touring museums, galleries and street art. The apps below cover some of the world's greatest art meccas, ... [more]

6:50:42 PM APNewsBreak: Sept. 11 exhibits planned statewide
Wall Street Journal - USA

11 attacks as the state and the National September 11 Memorial and Museum create 30 exhibits of artifacts from ground zero set to open soon and run through September. Items being sent to sites statewide for the "New York Remembers" exhibits will ... [more]

6:50:42 PM Makah Museum has one of best tribal culture displays in Pacific Northwest
The Oregonian - OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA

By Terry Richard, The Oregonian Most artifacts in the Makah Museum at Neah Bay, Wash., come from a nearby archeological dig on the Olympic Peninsula coast at Ozette. But there is also a whale skeleton hanging from the ceiling, the result of an event  [more]

6:19:57 PM Get FREE admission to 2 Phoenix museums
ABC15.com (KNXV-TV) - Phoenix,AZ,USA

PHOENIX - This weekend, art and music lovers will have a chance to explore those worlds for free at two Phoenix museums. Discover the most extraordinary museum you'll ever hear when you enter the Musical Instrument Museum and embark on a magical ... [more]

5:24:11 PM Museum closing ice age dig in NY after 29 years
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This weekend, crews from the Buffalo Museum of Science were closing up shop on the annual three-week dig for the final time. The Byron Dig, named for the surrounding town, has run its course and will end. The Genesee County site 50 miles east of ... [more]

5:24:11 PM Randall Stout-designed museum is Roanoke gathering place
Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville,TN,USA

—Visitors to this city energized with nightlife and cultural attractions want to spend time at the Taubman Museum of Art, a new structure planted among open-air cafes, craft galleries, and trendy shops. The soaring roof forms of stainless steel and . [more]

4:27:14 PM A little bit of Graceland comes to the Valley
East Valley Tribune - Mesa,AZ,USA

The company works with only a handful of museums around the world. The MIM, he says, is the only place in the western United States to see Presley's personal artifacts. The Elvis exhibit is part of an expansion of the museum's Artist Gallery, ... [more]

4:16:21 PM Holocaust survivor treasures mother's last letters
The Associated Press

He was just 3 in his picture posted on the special US Holocaust Memorial Museum's web site, so he could do little but identify himself. But his mother's letters — given to him by an aunt — are poignant reminders of a childhood shaped by tragedy. ... [more]

2:48:43 PM Woman pleads guilty to thefts from Mark Twain house in Conn.
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

AP / August 6, 2011 NEW HAVEN - A Connecticut woman pleaded guilty yesterday to embezzling more than $1 million from the Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford. Donna Gregor, 58, of East Hartford, pleaded guilty in Bridgeport to wire fraud and filing  [more]

2:48:43 PM Search for displaced Holocaust kids seen in photos
FOX News - USA

More than 65 years later, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum is reaching out around the world to find the people in these extraordinary photos. It has posted the pictures online and spread the word that the search is on. The plan is to preserve their . [more]

1:14:47 PM Poplar tree concession stand to blend art, nature
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA

AP A massive yellow poplar tree that had been slated to be toppled by loggers will find a new home as a concession stand at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. A team of architects, structural engineers, a construction company and museum employees plans  [more]

10:35:15 AM Claims struck from lawsuit between UW-Fox, Weis museum
Appleton Post Crescent - WI, USA

GREEN BAY — A federal judge last week struck down numerous claims in a civil lawsuit alleging the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley wrongfully took control of a separately run museum located there. The late Leonard Weis and the board of the Weis ... [more]

9:24:24 AM SAfrica to open new museum honoring Nelson Mandela
Sacramento Bee - Sacramento,CA,USA

AP JOHANNESBURG -- South African officials say they will build a dedicated museum honoring Nelson Mandela's struggle against apartheid, on the site where he was arrested 49 years ago. Mandla Mandela spoke Friday on behalf of his grandfather at the .. [more]

3:41:25 AM Not Since the 'Mona Lisa'...
Wall Street Journal - USA

We visit all the museums." At least he and his wife had brought an umbrella. Others sizzled in the bright sun, establishing minor milestones in their minds: the other side of the fountain, the slice of shade alongside the building, the first stone st [more]

3:41:25 AM Palace Museum covers up 4 more mishaps: blogger
China Daily

By Cheng Yingqi and Zhang Zixuan (China Daily) BEIJING - After admitting that a priceless porcelain dish had been broken by accident, the Palace Museum is now faced with allegations that it tried to cover up four other mishaps that damaged important  [more]

1:02:54 AM Twain Museum Worker Admits Stealing Funds
Wall Street Journal - USA

By SHELLY BANJO A former employee of the Mark Twain House and Museum pleaded guilty Friday to wire fraud and filing false income tax returns after she was charged with stealing more than $1 million from the nonprofit. Donna Gregor was a controller fo [more]

12:07:42 AM Guggeinheim BMW Lab Explores Urban Curation
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

The Guggenheim BMW Lab, yes, in partnership with the Guggenheim Museum, is a month and a half long open exhibition, sitting in the space of First Park, a small patch of green area in the middle of one of the city's most bustling intersections. ... [more]

12:00:45 AM Berlin Lends Colossal Statue of Pharaoh to Met Museum for Ten Years
Broadway World - New York,NY,USA

A monumental ancient Egyptian statue of a seated pharaoh-probably Amenemhat II-will be lent to The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Berlin's renowned Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz for a . [more]

12:00:45 AM Patchwork of planning makes a new quilt museum a reality
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee,WI,USA

Colorful quilts hang on rough-hewn posts in the refurbished old barn that is now the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts in Cedarburg. By Nancy A. Herrick, Special to the Journal Sentinel This 1850s Baltimore Album quilt is part of a collection . [more]

12:00:45 AM Getty Trust CEO James Cuno wraps up debut week
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

But he is, in other circles, known for his endurance — a museum leader who in one job after another has tirelessly and tenaciously worked to improve the reputation of some of this country's great museums, most recently the Art Institute of Chicago. . [more]



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