MUSEUMS IN THE NEWS 

June 22-July 6, 2005

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Sacred Tibet: Rare treasures on display
By Christine Brenneman, Marin Independent Journal, July 5, 2005
http://www.marinij.com/entertainment/ci_2819268

Racehorses of the sky
By Sharon Liveten, Los Angeles Times, July 5, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/features/outdoors/la-os-pigeons5jul05,0,2352721.story?coll=la-home-outdoors

Vehicles of real kings of the road on display in L.A. museum
By Dan Neil, Inside Bay Area, July 5, 2005
http://www..insidebayarea.com/bayarealiving/ci_2840440

W. Covina Historical Society is given a permanent home
By Erica Ogg, Whittier Daily News, July 4, 2005
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,207~12026~2951078,00.html

Lawn game survives in 21st century
By Monique Beeler, Inside Bay Area, July 4, 2005
http://insidebayarea.com/bayarealiving/ci_2839227

Historic Stanford Mansion to reopen as governor's reception place
By Jennifer Coleman, San Jose Mercury News, July 3, 2005
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/12048901.htm

Highland looking for site to house city museum
By Munira Syeda, San Bernardino Sun, July 3, 2005
http://www.sbsun.com/Stories/0,1413,208~12588~2949863,00.html

San Francisco Zoo brings out the bugs in three city bus shelters
By Patricia Yollin, San Francisco Chronicle, July 2, 2005
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/02/BAGO4DI3V21.DTL

Adobe display coming to Children's Museum
By Pat Sherman, Union-Tribune Community News, July 2, 2005
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20050702-9999-m1m02tfescon.html

Simple and serene, Tuttle's work lifts the spirit
By Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, July 2, 2005
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/02/DDG08DHM5V1.DTL

Nancy Riordan elected LACMA chairwoman
By Diane Haithman, Los Angeles Times, July 2, 2005
http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/qtakes/cl-et-riordan2jul02,0,6091788.story

Family, memories are focus of exhibit
By Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, July 2, 2005
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20050702-9999-1c02kim.html

Heritage Park to celebrate 30 years
By Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, July 2, 2005
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20050702-9999-m1m02tfoside.html

Rail laborers honored
By Mike Cruz, San Bernardino Sun, July 1, 2005
http://www.sbsun.com/Stories/0,1413,208~12588~2948205,00.html

Police Station Could Become Museum
By Amy Bentley-Smith, Long Beach Gazette, June 30, 2005
http://www.gazettes.com/policemuseum06302005.html

9/11 Families Seek to Squash Museum Plans
By Devlin Barret, SFGate.com, June 29, 2005
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/06/29/national/w135035D92.DTL

Museum matriarch; She gets her kicks memorializing Route 66
By Karen Stapley, Desert Dispatch, June 28, 2005
http://www.desertdispatch.com/2005/111996471968654.html

Museum throwing anniversary party
Union-Tribune Community News, June 28, 2005
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20050628-9999-7m28briefs.html

MY Museum Plans Expansion; Plan Calls For Move To Larger Facility On Washington Street
KSBW-TV, June 27, 2005
http://www.theksbwchannel.com/news/4657747/detail.html

The new de Young; Controversy over, Piazzoni murals settle into de Young's landscape
By Jesse Hamlin, San Francisco Chronicle, June 27, 2005
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/27/DDG7TDEBOH1.DTL

TUT, TUT, TUT; Popular traveling exhibit, currently in Los Angeles, expected to bring in king's ransom for artifact preservation
By Evan Henerson, Monterey Herald, June 26, 2005
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/entertainment/11990448.htm

Images of Mexico after the revolution
By Jack Fischer, San Jose Mercury News, June 26, 2005
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/visual_arts/11979035.htm

Museum celebrates effort to rebuild its proud legacy
By Hala Ali Aryan, San Diego Union-Tribune, June 26, 2005
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20050626-9999-1m26aero.html

Museum: Where Vesta, Minerva and Fantazia meet
By Lee Nicholson, Modesto Bee, June 26, 2005
http://www.modbee.com/columnists/our_turn/story/10765143p-11543447c.html

Parabotanists around county collect specimens for museum collection
By Ruth Marvin Webster, North County Times, June 26, 2005
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/06/26/special_reports/science_technology/11_22_066_25_05.txt

City will relocate historic Acton House Museum to Villa Mira Monte
By Cheeto Barrera, Morgan Hill Times, Saturday, June 25, 2005
http://morganhilltimes.com/news/contentview.asp?c=162343

Capitola museum opens new exhibit: Soquel Creek — A River Over Time
Santa Cruz Sentinel, June 24, 2005
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2005/June/24/local/stories/13local.htm

County museum gets approval for expansion
By Kevin Clerici, Ventura County Star, June 23, 2005
http://www.venturacountystar.com/vcs/ve/article/0,1375,VCS_251_3876881,00.html

World's First Martial Arts Museum Makes It's Way To Los Angeles California
dBusiness Los Angeles News, June 23, 2005
http://losangeles.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=32176&type_news=latest

A show that's oh, so California
By David A. Keeps, Los Angeles Times, June 23, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-biennial23jun23,1,6364079.story?coll=la-headlines-home

Looted art said used to fund terrorists
By Sophie Nicholson, San Jose Mercury News, June 23, 2005
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/11965976.htm


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