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10:41:36 PM Museums attempt to attract more students
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India

By Puja Pednekar | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA The 'Befriending Museums' campaign aims to bring the fun back into museums. A joint effort of Museum Society ... [more]

10:21:09 PM Debt Problem Has Museum Scrambling
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

By KATE TAYLOR The American Folk Art Museum, which has struggled financially almost since the day it opened the doors of its new building in 2001, ... [more]

8:24:42 PM Take a Pass: Belmont Public Library's Museum Passes
Patch

How about a day trip to some of the best museums in Boston? And the best part is that you can get free or discounted passes to the museums by visiting the ... [more]

3:59:33 PM Civil War Commission formed in Wisconsin
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA

The commission will bring together museums, libraries, historical societies and veterans' organizations to develop educational programming and generate .... [more]

1:46:57 PM Digital directions help explorers find dinosaurs and other favorites at
Bridgeton News - Bridgeton,NJ,USA

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com The use of iPhone applications exemplifies a trend that started in the 1920s, when American museums linked themselves to department store merchandising and ... [more]

11:43:33 AM Dali exhibit on display at Atlanta art museum
Spartanburg Herald Journal

The first major exhibition to reevaluate the last half of Salvador Dali's career will be presented exclusively at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. .... [more]

10:45:40 AM Leadership change might save museum
ChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada

By GLEN PARKER The museum, run by the Bear River Historical Society, was in danger of closing but was rescued at a community meeting Friday when a new .... [more]

7:46:30 AM Details on Grace Kelly exhibit at Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Open daily 10 am to 5:30 pm through Sept. 26. Museum is free; timed tickets to exhibition are about $11. [more]

7:08:13 AM Anticipated New Madison Children's Museum Debuts
WISC - Madison,WI,USA

Although the official opening is still several days away, a lucky few have already received a first-hand look at the new Madison Children's Museum, .... [more]

1:56:48 AM Museum celebrates opening of Visible Vault
Billings Gazette

Volunteers ink a wood carving at the grand opening of the Yellowstone Art Museum's Visible Vault on Saturday. After the wood was inked, a cloth was placed ... [more]

1:04:34 AM Response From the Director of the Brooklyn Museum
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

First, please let me thank you for choosing the Brooklyn Museum as the focal point to create a high-level dialogue about some of the challenges confronting ... [more]

12:51:50 AM Vatican paper: Raphael masterpiece is meant for the liturgy, not the museum
Catholic News Agency - Denver,CO,USA

The place of Raphael's “Transfiguration” in an art museum and not in a place of worship means the “most beautiful painting in the world” has lost most of ... [more]



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