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News From Saturday, September 24, 2011
11:00:50 PM Japan's noodle Museum
ABC Online - Australia

ELIZABETH JACKSON: Japan is renowned for its weird museums, and a new member of that club has opened its doors in Yokohama. This museum pays tribute to the humble cup noodle, a product consumed by billions every year. If you're wondering just who'd . [more]

10:35:45 PM Families upset about Detroit Science Center closure
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA

Detroit — Patrons of the Detroit Science Center on Saturday were surprised to learn the museum would be closed for two weeks starting Monday due to financial troubles. "It's a shame," said Phill Tran, 31, who brought his two children, Zipporah Rose,  [more]

8:16:36 PM Museum for world's largest fish
AssociatedPress -

The whale shark makes its debut at a specially-built aquarium in China. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn. [more]

8:16:36 PM New Albany fire museum draws rave reviews at swap meet
Louisville Courier Journal - Louisville,KY,USA

Curt Peters, chairman of the Friends of the New Albany Museum, Inc., board, explains that this 1796 hand water pumper could pump 300 gallons of water per minute. About 20 people were needed to pull the pumper and 48 people to operate it. ... [more]

8:16:36 PM Clint Eastwood, Jimmy Buffett among stars on CD honoring Mark Twain
Kansas City Star - MO,USA

Hannibal's Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum is hosting a launch party Tuesday night featuring a performance by Carl Jackson, a Grammy winner who produced the CD and sings on it. Many of the songs were penned just for the album. ... [more]

6:03:26 PM Eames living room installation LACMA
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A full-scale replica of the Eames House living room is a key component of the exhibition “Living in a Modern Way: California Design 1930-1965,” opening Oct. 1 at Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Just how did the museum pull it off? ... [more]

4:35:44 PM Visit a museum for free Sept. 24
msnbc.com

The Ringling Circus Museum's Tibbals Learning Center is home to the world's largest miniature circus. By Harriet Baskas, msnbc.com contributor On Sept. 24, visitors can see Marc Chagall's “America Windows,” the world's largest miniature circus and .. [more]

4:35:44 PM National Museum Day
Naples Daily News - Naples,FL,USA

Museum Day is an annual event started by Smithsonian magazine to showcase museums around the country. The theme for this year's celebration is “Animals are Part of History.” This event will be hosted by the Collier County Museum from 11 am to 4 pm .. [more]

3:42:43 PM Arts Notes: Free admission to Jacksonville museums today
Florida Times-Union

By Charlie Patton Today is Smithsonian Museum Day, which means that people who visit the Smithsonian magazine website can print tickets good for two free admissions today to participating museums. In Jacksonville, the Museum of Science & History, ... [more]

12:17:00 PM CDC museum hosts hand-washing exhibition
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

13 at the David J. Sencer CDC Museum. The exhibition features the work of six artists who interpret the act of hand washing in unique ways. They illustrate the connection between hand washing and hygiene through a variety of media, including drawing, [more]

9:23:12 AM September 24, 2011: National Museum Day
Patch.com

By Candice Kurzweil Museum Day, hosted annually by Smithsonian Magazine, encourages people to go out and visit their local museums. If there is a museum you've been wanting to visit, today is the perfect day to go because you can print out a ticket . [more]

8:54:12 AM Oakland's historic house museums have special plans to celebrate women's
Daily Review Online - CA,USA

Oakland Tribune By Annalee Allen Historic house museums make up the largest single segment of the American museum community. It is estimated that the number of house museums in the US has doubled during the 35 years since our nation's Bicentennial in [more]

8:54:12 AM Lack of money forces Detroit Science Center to close for two weeks
Crain's Detroit Business - Detroit,MI,USA

The museums and the DSC Design & Exhibits LLC subsidiary will close Sept. 26-Oct. 12. The University Preparatory public, charter middle school, which opened at the Detroit Science Center two years ago, operates independently and remains open. ... [more]

7:25:51 AM Belgian museum to honor Battle of the Bulge soldiers
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

The December 1944 Historical Museum is making amends for an incorrect name in an exhibit. Leon Kent, now a 96-year-old retiree in Beverly Hills, had led a few soldiers in disabling two German tanks. A photo of Leon Kent as a young Army officer sits a [more]

7:25:51 AM Largest pinball museum in US to open
The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada

By Jason Tomassini, Reuters September 23, 2011 The National Pinball Museum will open in November in the heart of Baltimore's tourist district and will include exhibits on the history of pinball - its beginnings in 18th-century France, ... [more]

7:25:51 AM One more year of free museum fun
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA

The library's Museum Adventure Pass program will end in 2012, a victim of tight budgets at cultural institutions. Kevin Caldwell, 5, center, looked up at an exhibit of African cichlids with his sister Emily Caldwell, 3, right, and friend Jackson Lope [more]

3:33:07 AM Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Turkish Republic reach agreement for
Art Daily - Eastport,Maine,USA

Art Daily Last evening, an agreement between the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), and the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage and Museums of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey was signed, transferring ownership of t [more]

1:40:56 AM Germany's first war museum since fall of Berlin Wall stirs mixed emotions
Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

Germany is about to open its first war museum since unification. But in a country leery of war – yet steeped in brutality – this project, its architect, Daniel Libeskind, and its forceful design are all stirring strong emotions. The Museum of Militar [more]



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