Museum Articles, Blogs & Headlines: December 2007
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Museums: An enclave of contemplation
Times of Malta
Museums should serve not only as an educational establishment, or simply a place that houses a collection of art objects, but also as "an enclave of contemplation, where one's thoughts can run wild", according to artist Anthony P. Vella...
Russia OKs art to go to UK under new law
AP via Yahoo! News
Russia will permit paintings from its museums to go to London for a major exhibition after British legislation protecting art from seizure in lawsuits comes into force, the government culture...
Waterbury woman charged in painting thefts, faces more charges
Republican-American
SOUTHBURY -- Police here have arrested the Waterbury woman accused of stealing paintings and artifacts from numerous museums, schools and churches in Greater Waterbury and Northwest Connecticut...
Under The Chinese Roof at The Royal Museums of Art and History
Art Daily
Building with a tower. Late Han, middle of the 2nd century. BRUSSELS, BELGIUM.- The Royal Museums of Art and History present Under The Chinese Roof, on view through April 20, 2008. How did people live in China 2000 years ago? What shape did warehouses, houses or latrine...
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Rare Revolutionary War battle flags returning to U.S.
Daily Press
Four rare American battle flags captured by the British during the Revolutionary War will get their first extended public homecoming Saturday in a new exhibit at The Museums of Colonial Williamsburg...
Italy showcases its returned treasures
International Herald Tribune
The exhibit "Nostoi: Recovered Masterpieces" at the Quirinale in Rome shows off dozens of ancient artifacts that have been returned to Italy after having been stolen from Italian archaeological sites and exhibited in foreign museums...
Museums Get Grant to Make Exhibits More Accessible
WREX-TV Rockford
ROCKFORD - Two Rockford museums get money to help kids and adults with disabilities...
Faux "Faun"
Arts Journal
Faux "Faun": Is It Museums' Grandest Goof Since Van Meegeren? Martin Gayford 's comments yesterday in Bloomberg notwithstanding, the Art Institute of Chicago's acquisition of the faux "Faun" , purported to be by Gauguin, was not the biggest museum acquisition gaffe "since the days of the ingenious Dutchman Han van Meegeren ," who manufactured "Vermeers" in the 1940s...
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Raided Brazil museum 'uninsured'
BBC News
A Brazilian museum where two prized paintings were stolen this week admits its collection is not insured...
Carter Observatory Set For Council Assistance
Scoop.co.nz
Wellington City Councillors have agreed to a proposal that the Council provide financial assistance to the Carter Observatory - and that the observatory be taken under the wing of the Council's Museums Trust...
Clinton's Sax Blows Into KC Jazz Museum
KMBC TheKansasCityChannel.com via Yahoo! News
The American Jazz Museum got an early Christmas present Friday from former President Bill Clinton...
Ruling keeps museum in Fisk art suit
The Tennessean
The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum will remain a party to a lawsuit over Fisk University's attempt to sell a share of its art collection. A judge denied the school's attempt to remove the museum from the case...
Sept. 11 museum pushed back
The Record
NEW YORK -- Construction of the memorial and underground museum commemorating the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be finished in 2011, two years later than originally planned, officials said Tuesday...
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Acropolis Museum Ground Floor Open
ERT.gr
The New Acropolis Museum ground floor opens to the public today Saturday inviting the young and the old to visit the exhibition entitled "The Museum and the Excavation". Excavation of the land where the museum was constructed brought to light an ancient neighborhood of Athens...
New Doll Museum Opens in Philadelphia
Fox 29 Philadelphia
At this time of year, many families are looking for fun things to do with the kids. On North Broad Street, there's a unique museum that most people don't know about...
New York Museum Exhibits Tibetan Arms And Armor
Phayul
An installation of rare and exquisitely decorated armor, weapons, and equestrian equipment from Tibet and culturally related areas of Mongolia and China will go on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art...
Tubman Museum Get’s Funding
FOX 24 Macon
The Tubman Museum gets a helping hand in its construction efforts. Congressman Jim Marshall announced two hundred thousand dollars in funding for the Tubman Museum from a one point eight six million dollar fund from congress. The money will be used for construction on the museum...
Rajasthan to have natural history museum
IANS via Yahoo! India News
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Vice President Hamid Ansari will Sunday lay the foundation stone of the country's fourth Regional Museum of Natural History (RMNH) in Rajasthan...
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