MUSEUMS IN THE NEWS 

March 30-April 13, 2005

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O.C. museum gets $200,000 grant
The Orange County Register, April 13, 2005
http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/04/13/sections/entertainment/et_news_reviews/article_478148.php

History in the waking; The unprecedented "Made in Palestine" dramatically asserts a narrative too long suppressed.
By Robert Avila, San Francisco Bay Guardian, April 12, 2005
http://www.sfbg.com/39/28/art_art_made_in_palestine.html

History site to host pioneers from past; Day to celebrate residents living in town 75 years
By Xochitl Pena, The Desert Sun, April 12, 2005
http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050412/NEWS01/504120327/1006

Gallery to open in Huntington Library
Napa Valley Register, April 11, 2005
http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=EB5F7629-D79C-42DB-85C8-CC1F694E757C

Bowers means business
By John Michael Dunphy, The Orange County Register, April 11, 2005
http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/04/11/sections/business/business/article_475573.php

Longtime historian to be honored for her work; Pat Havens helped start Simi Historical Society, wrote book
By Ben Miller, Ventura County Star, April 11, 2005
http://www.venturacountystar.com/vcs/sv/article/0,1375,VCS_239_3691066,00.html

'A Touching Experience' (A short story)
By Nancy Smiler Levinson, The Los Angeles Times, April 10, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/features/kids/readingroom/la-et-sstory10apr10,0,3359930.story?coll=la-living-kids_reading_room

Room at the Top at 2 L.A. Museums
By Suzanne Muchnic, The Los Angeles Times, April 10, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-et-lacma10apr10,1,4373883.story

Spirits not dampened; Despite some damage from winter's deluge, efforts to assess and preserve Southwest Museum's assets go on
By Suzanne Muchnic, Los Angeles Times, April 10, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-ca-southwest10apr10,1,7954387.story?coll=la-news-environment

Plans for Ray Charles Museum Takes Shape
By Gail Mithchell, Reuters, April 10, 2005
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=musicNews&storyID=2005-04-11T005729Z_01_N10189842_RTRIDST_0_MUSIC-MUSIC-CHARLES-DC.XML

Week celebrates Native American culture
By Sharon Stello, Davis Enterprise, April 10, 2005
http://www.davisenterprise.com/articles/2005/04/11/news/265new2.txt

Museum to trace Marysville's Chinese history; Lifelong dream of Piedmont man
By Lisa Coffey Mahoney, Contra Costa Times, April 10, 2005
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/11360198.htm

Sharing 'gifts'; Collector enjoyed letting others experience Indian relics
By Lyle Spencer, The Press-Enterprise, April 9, 2005
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_artifacts09.10404.html

Kids' museum shifts gears; Like other local nonprofits, funding hard to find
By David Schwartz, San Bernardino Sun, April 9, 2005
http://www.sbsun.com/Stories/0,1413,208~12588~2806911,00.html

Plans still brewing for Solano museum
By Ian Thompson, Fairfield Daily Republic, April 8, 2005
http://www.dailyrepublic.com/articles/2005/04/08/top_stories/news04.txt

They're Not in O.C. to Unwind; At the Bowers in Santa Ana, six Egyptian mummies arrive and remain intact as experts use CT scans to get the inside story
By Claudia Zequeira, Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/state/la-me-mummy8apr08,1,7316095.story?coll=la-news-state

'Virtual autopsy' at Santa Ana museum looks under mummies' wraps
By Ben Fox, Associated Press, North County Times, April 7, 2005
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/04/08/special_reports/science_technology/21_49_194_7_05.txt

Copia's departing leader reflects on 'rocky' early years
By Kevin Courtney, NapaNews.com, April 7, 2005
http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=144782AE-A785-4312-9AD8-69AC80302B17

Emily Lanterman Would Have Loved This Party (Lanterman House Museum)
By Carol Cormaci, La Canada Valley Sun, April 7, 2005
http://www.lacanadaonline.com/articles/2005/04/07/news/news01.txt

The High Cost of History; Restoring the C.A. Thayer will run $10 million for starters. Is preservation worth the price?
By Jack Mingo, East Bay Express, April 6, 2005
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/issues/2005-04-06/culture/culturewatch.html

Laguna Art Museum gets OK to move
By Erica I. Ritchie, The Orange County Register, April 6, 2005
http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/04/06/sections/local/local/article_469977.php

Museum welcomes 'art car'
Sonoma-Index Tribune, April 5, 2005
http://www.sonomanews.com/articles/2005/04/05/news/top_stories/news06.txt

Auditor says better oversight needed on parks grants
By Don Thompson, Associated Press, San Luis Obispo Tribune, April 5, 2005
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/11318615.htm

Update: LACMA Head to Resign Her Post
By Matt Myerhoff, Los Angeles Business Journal, April 4, 2005
http://www.labusinessjournal.com/article.asp?aID=26460469.2256588.1124682.41154402.2043682.374&aID2=86505

Celebrating 50 as a museum; Rancho Los Cerritos welcomes the public for its rededication
By Samantha Gonzaga, Long Beach Press, April 3, 2005
http://www.presstelegram.com/Stories/0,1413,204~21474~2797066,00.html

History soars at March Air Field Museum; You'll see a B-52 bomber, plenty of American aviation memorabilia
By Cary Ordway, The Desert Sun, April 3, 2005
http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050403/LIFESTYLES0801/504030316/1050

Re-enactors set up camp; Civil War re-enactors set up camp at the Orange Empire Railway Museum
By Melissa Eiselein, The Press-Enterprise, April 3, 2005
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_civilwar03.fe5e.html

2 Women Steal Fetus from Exhibit
By Hector Becerra, The Los Angeles Times, March 30, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bodyworlds30mar30,1,2597478.story


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