MUSEUMS IN THE NEWS

 

October 12-25, 2005

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Valley Pride

By: Associated Press, Los Angeles Daily News, October 25, 2005
http://www2.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_3147567

Americans Giving More in Donations Each Year
By: Associated Press, nbcsandiego.com, October 24, 2005
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/money/5159879/detail.html

Greeks demand Getty Museum return three allegedly stolen artifacts
Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, October 24, 2005
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20051024-0437-ca-getty-stolenartifacts.html

Spielberg Merges Holocaust Museum With USC
Associated Press, NBC4.TV, October 24, 2005
http://www.nbc4.tv/irresistible/5161231/detail.html

Little Brown Church to be preserved
By: Julia Scott, San Mateo Times, October 24, 2005
http://www.insidebayarea.com/sanmateocountytimes/localnews/ci_3146514

Zoo not negligent in Bill's escape
By: Kimberly Wear, Times-Standard, October 24, 2005
http://www.times-standard.com/local/ci_3138717

Reagan's old Air Force One now a museum piece
By: Jeff Wilson, The Mercury News, October 22, 2005
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/12969521.htm

Farm heritage museum approved for The Mill
Associated Press, Ventura County Star, October 22, 2005
http://www.venturacountystar.com/vcs/sp/article/0,1375,VCS_170_4179186,00.html

Museum attempts to launch new era: Black historical center wants to draw from across Valley.
By Vanessa Colón, The Fresno Bee, October 21, 2005
http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/11378475p-12124790c.html

L.A. Children's Museum breaks ground
By Kerry Cavanaugh, Whittier Daily News, October 19, 2005
http://www2.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_3129607

L.A. orders museum to remove art built without required permits
Associated Press, The Union Tribune, October 19, 2005
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20051019-0158-ca-artremoved.html

City gives museum a boost in fundraising for building
By Janice Rombeck, The Mercury News, October 19, 2005
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/12939826.htm

Getty Museum woes take toll
By Christina Almeida, Contra Costa Times, October 18, 2005
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/12930956.htm

Movieland Wax Museum to Close After 43 Years
By: Dave McKibben, Los Angeles Times, October 18, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-101805movieland_lat,0,281767.story?coll=la-story-footer&track=morenews

Museum on brink of extinction
Associated Press, KGET.com, October 17, 2005
http://www.kget.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=AB4378C2-D450-426C-970D-64A442E618BB

Gates donates $15 million to museum: Mountain View institution records computing history
By: Benjamin Pimentel, San Francisco Chronicle, October 17, 2005
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/17/BUGH3F84K21.DTL

Gold Nugget Museum close to new lease
By Ryan Olson, The Chico ER, October 17, 2005
http://www.chicoer.com/local_news/ci_3126702

College museum may close
By Rob Rogers, Record Searchlight, October 17, 2005
http://www.redding.com/redd/nw_local/article/0,2232,REDD_17533_4165415,00.html

Children's Museum seeks loans to jump-start project
By: Martin Stolz, Union Tribune, October 13, 2005
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20051013-9999-7m13museum.html

De Young Museum opens amid critics
By: Lisa Leff, The Mercury News, October 13, 2005
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/gossip/12893791.htm


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