MUSEUMS IN THE NEWS 

April 13-26, 2005

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History museum plans fall through
By Julia Reynolds, Monterey County Herald, April 26, 2005
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/11491427.htm

Split at Theatre Center Deepens; As Council Delays Decision, Parties Continue to Duel
By Jon Regardie, Los Angeles Downtown News, April 26, 2005
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2005/04/18/news/news03.txt

Museum hopes to attract wider range of visitors
By Matt O'Brien, The Daily Review, April 26, 2005
http://www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/localnews/ci_2684936

Go To the Light; Museum of Neon Art Stages an Unintended Retrospective
By Kristin Friedrich, Los Angeles Downtown News, April 26, 2005
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2005/04/25/entertainment/entertainment01.txt

Budget cuts endanger local artists
By Emily Fancher, San Mateo Times, April 26, 2005
http://insidebayarea.com/sanmateocountytimes/localnews/ci_2684830

The Art That Saved the Irish From Starvation
By Zelda Bronstein, Berkeley Daily Planet, April 26, 2005
http://www.berkeleydaily.org/text/article.cfm?issue=04-19-05&storyID=21207

Preserving traditions
By Jennifer Whitaker, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside Metro, April 26, 2005
http://www.pe.com/localnews/riverside/stories/PE_News_Local_R_rspot26.a1d5a.html

County museum exhibit showcases pieces rarely on view
By Michel Nolan, San Bernardino Sun, April 25, 2005
http://u.sbsun.com/Stories/0,1413,216~24290~2835042,00.html

Air Museum remembers Doolittle's raid
Bill Byron, The Desert Sun, April 24, 2005
http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050424/NEWS01/504240320/1006

A mission to save historic homes; San Fernando crafts new plan
By Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Daily News, April 24, 2005
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2833582,00.html

Hiking amid art at the di Rosa Preserve
Mike Cleary, Santa Cruz Sentinel, April 24, 2005
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2005/April/24/style/stories/05style.htm

Moorpark mammoth claim concerns paleontologists
By Angie Valencia-Martinez, Los Angeles Daily News, April 24, 2005
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2833099,00.html

Mousley Museum getting a makeover
By Stacia Glenn, San Bernardino Sun, April 24, 2005
http://www.sbsun.com/Stories/0,1413,208~12588~2833789,00.html

The enchanting art of preservation
By AnneMarie Conejo, San Luis Obispo Tribune, April 24, 2005
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/business/11478312.htm

New additions are a hit at March air museum
By Melissa Eiselein, The Press-Enterprise, April 23, 2005
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_H_aircraft24.a189c.html

Museum readies May Festival
Daily Democrat, April 23, 2005
http://www.dailydemocrat.com/Stories/0,1413,136~32715~2832674,00.html

Locke residents plan to create history museum
By Lisa Heyamoto, Lodi News, Apr 22, 2005
http://www.lodinews.com/articles/2005/04/22/news/8_locke_050422.txt

North Redlands house nominated for designation as historic resource
By Andrea Feathers, Redlands Daily Facts, April 22, 2005
http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/Stories/0,1413,209~22484~2831037,00.html

Museum chugging along
By Mariecar Mendoza, The San Luis Obispo Tribune, April 22, 2005
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/local/11461845.htm

X-32B Joins Air Museum Family
By Bryan Jaffe, Navy Compass, April 22, 2005
http://www.navycompass.com/news/newsview.asp?c=155521

Historian honored by the city she loves
By Michelle Knight, Simi Valley Acorn, April 22, 2005
http://www.simivalleyacorn.com/news/2005/0422/Front_Page/003.html

Pulitzer photos exhibited at Haggin Museum
By Royce Santos, Impact, April 22, 2005
http://www.theimpactonline.com/news/2005/04/22/News/Pulitzer.Photos.Exhibited.At.Haggin.Museum-934984.shtml

Lake home won’t be an option for raffle winner
By Kristine Coman-Escoto, Sierra Star, April 22, 2005
http://www.sierrastar.com/042205lakehome.html

A new museum director for Cal State Long Beach
By Press-Telegram, April 21, 2005
http://u.presstelegram.com/Stories/0,1413,218~24541~2828461,00.html

Agua Caliente museum to be built near downtown
By David Olson, The Press-Enterprise, April 20, 2005
http://www.pe.com/breakingnews/local/stories/PE_News_Local_D_musuem21.ec5c.html

Tribal museum inks 'ideal' deal
By Brian Joseph, The Desert Sun, April 20, 2005
http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050420/NEWS06/504200336/1003/business

Learning about people of mesas
By Jacquie Paul, The Press-Enterprise, April 20, 2005
http://www.pe.com/localnews/riverside/stories/PE_News_Local_R_rspot20.5874f.html

Celebrating a fabulous piece of Amador’s heritage
By Gwen Johnson, Amador Ledger Dispatch, April 22, 2005
http://www.ledger-dispatch.com/opinion/opinionview.asp?c=155505

Comic-strip canines; The Charles M. Schulz Museum celebrates dogs from the funny pages
By Cynthia Hubert, Sacramento Bee, April 22, 2005
http://www.sacbee.com/content/travel/bee/story/12762217p-13613444c.html

Nimoy aims to take arts philanthropy to a new dimension
By Tyler Green, Orange County Register, April 20, 2005
http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/04/20/sections/life/lf_people/article_487036.php

Even for Houdini, There's No Escape
By Bob Poole, Los Angeles Times, April 19, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hollywood19apr19,1,1313.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Insects to be lecture topic Wednesday during Museum Without Walls series
Chico Enterprise Record, April 19, 2005
http://www.chicoer.com/Stories/0,1413,135~26787~2824106,00.html

Thanks to collector, Latin American art finds home
Matthew Vree, San Francisco Chronicle, April 19, 2005
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/04/19/DDGHBCA10Q1.DTL

Pat Brown exhibit: A fresh look at a legend
By Bob Sylva, Sacramento Bee, April 19, 2005
http://www.sacbee.com/content/lifestyle/story/12751570p-13603156c.html

Taking flight; The 91-year-old reflects on a long aviation career
By Adam Hartmann, The Press-Enterprise, April 19, 2005
http://www.pe.com/localnews/hemet/stories/PE_News_Local_H_hmuseum19.f22e.html

Transit center could add options; Historic depot site may also gettrain museum
By Xochitl Pena, The Desert Sun, April 18, 2005
http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050418/NEWS01/504180319/1006

Spider Collectors Help Museum Catalog Area Arachnids
NBC4.TV News, April 18, 2005
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/4391236/detail.html

Museum Discovery Day is May 21
By Nevada City Chamber of Commerce, YubaNet, Apr 18, 2005
http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_20014.shtml

Historic cabinet back home at Mission Inn
By Mark Petix, The Press-Enterprise, April 17, 2005
http://www.pe.com/lifestyles/stories/PE_Fea_Daily_D_missions417.a19fe.html

Fabricating reality
By Jim Welte, Marin Independent Journal, April 17, 2005
http://www.marinij.com/Stories/0,1413,234~26641~2821672,00.html

Rock climber envisions shrine in Yosemite; Nascent museum includes artifacts on history of sport
By Eric Bailey, Los Angeles Times/San Francisco Chronicle, April 17, 2005
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/04/17/BAG1EC8U5U1.DTL

Museum shows 'Seldom Seen' side
By Penny Schwartz, The Press-Enterprise, April 16, 2005
http://www.pe.com/localnews/sanbernardino/stories/PE_News_Local_B_bhist17.a1f4c.html

Museum to reopen without seashells
By Karin Marriott, The Press-Enterprise, April 15, 2005
http://www.pe.com/localnews/sanbernardino/stories/PE_News_Local_B_museum15.a175e.html

Coronado Museum Announces Opening of Vice Adm. Stockdale Exhibit
By Tayla Burney, Navy Compass, April 15, 2005
http://www.navycompass.com/news/newsview.asp?c=154350

Silenced voices of Jonestown speak in new book
By Annie Nakao, San Francisco Chronicle, April 14, 2005
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/04/14/DDGIIC76N01.DTL

Lake Home Giveaway to Support Museum
ABC30 Action News, April 13, 2005
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/news/041305_nw_lake_home.html

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


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