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Free Admission Pays Off Nicely For Baltimore Museums
Arts Journal
"The gamble of free admissions at Baltimore's two largest art museums seems to be paying off. Admissions are soaring, and both the Baltimore Museum of Art and The Walters Art Museum report that they are attracting a more diverse crowd than ever before...
Journey exhibit brings painter Grace French's history to life
Rapid City Journal
A slice of long-buried Rapid City history will be revealed when four museums collaborate to present “Pursuit of Art: Grace French, Pioneer Artist and Teacher” at The Journey Museum this fall...
Plans to exhibit Kenyan fossils in US spark debate
Taipei Times
Plans to send Turkana Boy, a unique hominid skeleton, and other prehistoric jewels from Kenyan museums for exhibition in the US have sparked heated debate among Kenya's scientific community...
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Middleton Place, S.C. gets water buffalo
AP via Yahoo! News
The story of the first water buffalo in the United States is a little-known tale of a Southern rice plantation, Yankee barbecue and New York's Central Park Zoo. Now, 150 years later, the beasts are back, this time as part of a historical exhibit...
Nazi World War Art Claim Made
Time Magazine
In Holland, the family of Nathan Katz believes that 225 paintings should be returned to them...
Acknowledging slavery's role in history
Los Angeles Times
Presidential museums gradually shed light on the lives of the workers owned by founding fathers. The homes of the nation's first presidents receive as much care and attention as any historic sites in the nation. Special societies raise money to preserve and protect them. Researchers dote on the finest points of their architecture and family heritage...
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GAO Faults Smithsonian Upkeep and Security
Washington Post
"Deteriorating Smithsonian facilities have damaged historic airplanes, threatened collections and resulted in the leakage of tens of millions of gallons of water at National Zoo enclosures, while cuts in security staff have exposed artifacts in the institution's 18 museums to vandalism and theft...
In New York, Kathy Halbreich becomes the new face at Museum of Modern Art
International Herald Tribune
As an associate director, Halbreich, the former director of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, will work with the Modern's curators on innovative programs crossing a range of disciplines and keep the museum abreast of developments in contemporary art...
Groundbreaking set for museum expansion
The Springfield News-Leader
The city of Springfield and the Springfield Art Museum Board will host a groundbreaking ceremony for the new west wing addition to the Springfield Art Museum at 1 p.m. Wednesday. The public is invited to the ceremony, which will take place on the north side of the museum facing Bennett Street. The new $3.3 million wing is financed by private donations made to the museum during the past 15 years. ...
Torture center to be turned into memorial museum in Argentina
Pravda Ru
The buildings where thousands of people were tortured under a dictatorship will be turned into a memorial museum. A Defense Ministry spokesman, speaking anonymously because he was not authorized to give information by name, confirmed the last remaining personnel had left the Navy Mechanics' School by a Sunday deadline...
Budget cuts reduce art museum hours
The Muskegon Chronicle
State and local budget cuts have forced the Muskegon Museum of Art to close Tuesdays throughout the school year in an effort to save money...
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Tribe's museum may soon have home
Pensacola News Journal
A Muscogee Creek Cultural Heritage Museum and Learning Center is on its way to becoming a reality for the Perdido Bay Tribe of the Southeastern Lower Muscogee Creek Indians if Escambia County designates a plot of land for the center...
Museum sells history to top online bidder
The Daily News Tribune
Vintage postcards, an antique car and a collection of books are on sale now and will go to the highest online bidder. The Waltham Museum has enlisted the help of auctionPAL, a locally based company that auctions off items...
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