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11:59:35 PM September 11: At ground zero, structures rise and life returns
Christian Science Monitor - USA

September 11 memorial and museum are top priorities amid a flurry of rebuilding nine years after the attacks. Construction crews work at site of the World ... [more]

11:54:47 PM Museums preserve culture, not destroy it
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

Those who prefer looking at — and learning about - Qurans to burning them might want to pop into the foyer of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's Caroline ... [more]

10:05:31 PM Revolutionary museum swap: Valley Forge for Philly
The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — A land swap that will bring a Revolutionary War museum to Philadelphia and preserve 78 acres of land at nearby Valley Forge was heralded as ... [more]

8:39:48 PM Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, Adler Planetarium With Free Days Next Week
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

If you've been looking for an excuse to get down to some of Chicago's great lakefront museums, next week will provide the perfect one: they'll be free. .... [more]

8:38:15 PM App Smart Extra: Great Art for the iPad
New York Times (blog)

By BOB TEDESCHI Apps can greatly enrich the museum experience, as this week's App Smart column points out. But what if you're in the mood to browse some art ... [more]

7:24:10 PM British Museum to Lend Disputed Ancient Artifact to Iran for Four Months
Bloomberg

By Farah Nayeri - Fri Sep 10 18:24:28 GMT 2010 The British Museum said it will lend Iran an ancient artifact known as the Cyrus Cylinder for a period of ... [more]

7:06:58 PM Field Museum Plans To Cut 50 From Staff
CBS2 Chicago - Chicago,IL,USA

The Field Museum plans to cut 50 people from its staff of 547 by November, as its income suffers due to the economic downturn. Employees were offered early ... [more]

5:46:46 PM Monster Mash: Vatican warns about damage to art; David Hare writes
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Los Angeles Times (blog) -- Priceless works: The Vatican Museums chief warns that dust and polluting agents brought into the Sistine Chapel by tourists risk one day endangering its ... [more]

5:24:25 PM Cyrus Cylinder is loaned to Iran
BBC Sport - UK

The British Museum has settled a dispute with Iran's national museum over the loan of ancient Persian treasure the Cyrus Cylinder. In February, the museum ... [more]

2:48:53 PM Appeal for Battle of Britain museum to honour 'The Few' at Bentley Priory HQ
Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK

Seventy years on from the Battle of Britain an appeal is being launched to open a new museum at Bentley Priory in Hertfordshire, the headquarters of RAF ... [more]

1:07:46 PM Cyrus the Great artifact to be displayed in Iran
The Associated Press

It arrived in Iran on Friday and will go on display in the coming days at Iran's National Museum for four months, state TV reported. ... [more]

11:43:21 AM DC's best movie moments
Politico - Washington,DC,USA

The great national museums that surround the Mall also have featured in movies; the Ben Stiller comedy “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian” even ... [more]

9:06:27 AM Crowds threaten art in Sistine Chapel
CBC News - Canada

Vatican museums director Antonio Paolucci is concerned the dust brought in by tourists might damage the artwork in the Sistine Chapel, shown in this April ... [more]

7:44:44 AM Revolution museum settles on Philly after 11 years
The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — The National Park Service and a group that has long sought to build a Revolutionary War museum have settled a long dispute over where it ... [more]

6:47:27 AM Upcoming Washington area museum, gallery exhibits and closing shows
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

"Body of Work: New Perspectives on Figurative Painting" at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (202-783-5000). "Da Vinci -- The Genius" at National ... [more]

4:30:03 AM Review: The community of Fishtown is gone, but museum in La Conner conjures
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA

Seattle Times The Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner has pulled together prime examples of work by dozens of residents of the now-defunct Fishtown artists colony and by ... [more]

2:55:35 AM Museum of the Confederacy to break ground on Appomattox branch
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

The Museum of the Confederacy -- technically the Confederate Memorial Literary Society -- announced this week that ground will be broken Sept. .... [more]

2:19:02 AM Museum hosts salmon bake, plans to relocate
Corvallis Gazette Times - Corvallis,OR,USA

The Jensen Artic Museum will host a salmon bake at 4 pm Sunday, Sept. 12, with wild Alaskan salmon caught and transported by Oregonians Jason, ... [more]

12:47:16 AM Museums, studios and more open doors for Gallery Night
Fort Worth Star Telegram

It doesn't always work out but not for lack of variety: Arlington Museum of Art, eight artists from Eclectic Expression Gallery, 201 W. Main St., Arlington, ... [more]

12:17:29 AM At Lower East Side Tenement Museum, Lectures and Opera
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

In what was once a tenement built in 1863, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum offers a series of free lectures, readings and panel discussions about the ... [more]



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