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10:27:15 PM Michigan capital of Arab America reflects on 9/11
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

"I could imagine you kind of group everyone — all Arabs — into one," said Eagle, whose afternoon also was to include visits to two other area museums, the Holocaust Memorial Center and Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. ... [more]

10:27:15 PM 'Zero-In,' multi-museum collaboration, turns 10 with a bang
Inquirer.net

In celebration of a 10-year interaction among five major museums, the various arts—traditional as well as avante-garde, new as well as old—come together in multi-event festivities at the SM Mall of Asia and various venues in Metro Manila. ... [more]

9:43:04 PM Sen. Inouye Introduces Legislation to Fund National Sept. 11 Memorial
The Rafu Shimpo

The Rafu Shimpo 11 Memorial and Museum at Ground Zero. The legislation allows the US, through the secretary of the interior, to take ownership of the lands, the memorial and the museum, after the appropriate approvals are secured from the governor of [more]

9:43:04 PM Museum of Art & History scavenger hunt to give teams a look at Santa...
Santa Cruz Sentinel - Santa Cruz,CA,USA

By JOEL HERSCH Nina Simon and Stacey Garcia prepare for Saturday's historic places scavenger hunt sponsored by the Museum of Art & History. SANTA CRUZ --All those who thought history lessons go hand-in-hand with dry, voluminous books, ... [more]

9:43:04 PM Sept. 11 Exhibit Opens at Military Museum with Piece of Twin Towers
Patch.com

A piece of the World Trade Center was unveiled to the public today at the Military Museum in Danbury. By Christine Rose The steel beam from the World Trade Center mimics the shape of the twin towers. The 9/11 exhibit opened to the public today at the [more]

7:19:31 PM In Tripoli's museum of antiquity only Gaddafi is lost in revolution
Guardian - UK

Giant statues from the Roman empire era, hewn from marble 2000 years ago, at Libya's National Museum in Tripoli. These important artifacts remained untouched, unvandalised and unlooted during the revolution. Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian He [more]

7:19:31 PM DC's churches, museums, host Sept. 11 ceremonies
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

11 attacks that stunned the city with commemorations Sunday at museums, churches and ballparks. Washington National Cathedral hosted an interfaith prayer service with Jewish and Muslim groups to start the day. The Smithsonian's National Museum of ... [more]

7:19:31 PM Nebraska dental museum opens wide with history
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

The College of Dentistry will show off such tools at its free, once-a-year museum that will be open Monday through Saturday in Lincoln. Harn, the curator and an oral biology professor, has spent more than three decades collecting dental history — . [more]

3:45:26 PM McMullen Museum hosts rare treasures of British history
MetroWest Daily News - Framingham,MA,USA

Just the McMullen Museum of Art where Director Nancy Netzer is beaming about a spectacular new exhibit that has brought "great treasures" of English history to Boston College. For the first time, the venerable Society of Antiquaries of London has sen [more]

1:28:05 PM DC-area churches, museums, ballparks host Sept. 11 ceremonies to
The Republic

The Republic BRETT ZONGKER AP WASHINGTON — Commemorations and gatherings are planned at Washington's museums, churches and ballparks to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is hosting a c [more]

12:26:59 PM New York: The National September 11 Memorial & Museum
Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA

A museum under construction at the site is scheduled to open in September 2012. Details: Timed tickets are free but required and can be reserved up to six months in advance at www.911memorial.org. AP. [more]

12:26:59 PM A Father Searching for His Son Creates Museum Full of Memories
Pittsburgh

The group had also recently opened the Tribute WTC museum in Lower Manhattan. Their office, perched high above Ground Zero on Cortlandt Street, had a near-perfect view of what first responders called “the pit.” But that summer, Ground Zero was a flur [more]

12:26:59 PM 16-acre site is heart and soul of National September 11 museum
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA

Eventually, six major new buildings could rise in a semi-circle around the heart and soul of the site, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. A big boost certainly came as today's 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks approached. ... [more]

12:26:59 PM George Harrison Exhibition For Grammy Museum (A Top Story)
antiMUSIC.com - CA,USA

On Friday George Harrison Exhibition For Grammy Museum was a top story. Here is the recap: (TRA) The Grammy Museum has teamed up with Estate of George Harrison to debut a new exhibition, George Harrison: Living in the Material World on October 11, .. [more]

9:06:12 AM Small Talk: Fun, food and drinks at Berman Museum's annual Suds-Fest
Anniston Star

by Annette Maddox Leaves are (finally) dropping,and tops will be popping at the Berman Museum on Saturday at the annual Suds-Fest, a delight for aficionados of beer, food, music and — new this year — art. The event, a benefit for the Berman Museum, . [more]

9:06:12 AM A family tribute to Walt Disney: San Francisco museum tells the story of
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA

Pittsburgh Post Gazette Then the suggestion from her friend back home struck her: The Walt Disney Family Museum. That's correct: A museum honoring Walt Disney is smack in San Francisco, miles up the California coast from Disneyland in Anaheim, and Bu [more]

9:06:12 AM RIVERSIDE: Historical medical museum a little-known treasure
Press-Enterprise - Riverside,CA,USA

BY LAURIE LUCAS A little-known museum in Riverside is home to a wacky, weird and wonderful collection that includes an electric prostate warmer, a violet ray generator to cure baldness and an artificial eye made of blown glass. ... [more]

7:50:01 AM Ellen Creager: Museum renovations in Europe going slowly
Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,USA

Paint Me Impatient Dear Impatient: All upper floors of Paris' grand Impressionist art museum shut down in November 2009 for renovations. The good news is that renovations will be completed Oct. 20, and the museum should be nicer than ever. ... [more]

7:50:01 AM Museums and galleries listings for 2011-2011
Charleston Gazette - Charleston,WV,USA

Admission is free on Tuesdays and to museum members. The museum has four permanent collection galleries including British Portraits and Silver, The Herman Dean Firearms Gallery, The Touma Near Eastern Gallery and the Glass Gallery, featuring the Wilb [more]

7:50:01 AM Art director tackles Titanic artifacts, twisted Florida scenes
Tallahassee Democrat - Tallahassee,FL,USA

Grindberg grew up in Green Bay, Wis. and Fargo, ND She has always been interested in art, but doesn't recall ever going to museums as a kid. "My dad did a lot of woodworking projects, so my mom thinks I get my artistic talent from him," she says. ... [more]

5:49:57 AM New Taipei City Museum of Art Proposal / Lyons
International Business Times - New York,NY,USA

By Alison Furuto | September 11, 2011 12:23 AM EDT The new museum building by Lyons has been designed in response to its context – to the park, river, city and the surrounding mountains. The concept connects the building and its spaces with the uniqu [more]

5:49:57 AM Museum growth paints new picture
Boston Herald

By Cameron Sperance When the Linde Family Wing at the Museum of Fine Arts opens to the public next Sunday, the debut will be part of a major push for contemporary art in Boston. The $12.1 million addition will become the city's largest exhibition spa [more]

5:49:57 AM A Place to Remember
Daily Beast - New York,NY,USA

The National September 11 Memorial and Museum, as it is officially known, won't be all things to all people. But it will be a lot of things to a lot of people. A place to mourn the dead. A place to look down into fountains and up into the sky, ... [more]

4:02:47 AM Perspectives on nature at Nelson and Kemper museums
Kansas City Star - MO,USA

T he Nelson-Atkins and Kemper museums are ending the summer with permanent collection shows that look at nature and the landscape. Chinese landscape painting takes the limelight in the Nelson's “Landscapes East/Landscapes West,” a captivating exhibit [more]

3:37:23 AM 9/11: New York State Museum exhibit documents the attacks, and the decade
The Saratogian

The Saratogian By CHRIS FITZ GERALD ALBANY — Of all the artifacts in the New York State Museum's Sept. 11 exhibit, there's one that museum director of exhibitions and programs Mark Schaming is particularly drawn to: A portion of an armrest, including [more]

3:37:23 AM Smithsonian puts 9/11 artifacts within reach
Greece Post

Jennifer Jones, department chair of the Smithsonian Institution's Division of Military History and Diplomacy, and David Allison, associate director for curatorial affairs, discuss items from the World Trade Center attacks at the National Museum of .. [more]

2:20:16 AM Septemberfest draws hundreds
MyWestTexas.com - Midland,TX,USA

Both museums and the planetarium are open during SeptemberFest. “We've had beautiful weather,” said George McAlpine, SeptemberFest volunteer. ”This is the nicest weather we've had in at least three or four years.” “It was fantastic,” said Brian Lee . [more]

2:18:08 AM Museum center upgrades, expands hour to bring visitors in
Your Houston News

The farm museum at the Tomball Museum Center includes one of the only cotton gins left in Texas, as well as old farm machines and displays. The Trinity Lutheran Church is one of 10 buildings in the Tomball Museum Center. The church was originally bui [more]



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