MUSEUMS IN THE NEWS

 

March 2-15, 2006

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Klimt paintings looted by Nazis sent to Los Angeles museum
By: Associated Press, San Jose Mercury News, March 15, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/14106147.htm

Countdown begins for space museum
By: Renee Koury, San Jose Mercury News, March 15, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/14102958.htm

Da Vinci exhibit coming to valley; U.S. debut of show at air museum expected to attract broad attention
By: Bill Byron and Debra Gruszecki, The Desert Sun, March 15, 2006
http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060315/LIFESTYLES01/603150324/1050

USC president resigns as board member of Getty Trust
By: Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle, March 14, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/14/state/n225426S43.DTL

History mystery solved
By: Roman Gokhman, Tracey Press, March 14, 2006
http://www.tracypress.com/local/2006-03-08-History.php

Zoo breaks ground on new facility today
By: K. Kaufmann, The Desert Sun, March 13, 2006
http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060313/UPDATE/60313004

Communities Scramble To Celebrate Great Quake
By: KTVU.com, March 13, 2006
http://www.ktvu.com/earthquakes/7963929/detail.html

Artists' installations transform museum
By: Marcia Manna, San Diego Union-Tribune, March 12, 2006
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20060312-9999-m1m12arts.html

California's elephant man
By: Peter Hecht, The Sacramento Bee, March 12, 2006
http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/14229351p-15052505c.html

A half-million for science
By: Jeff Overley, Orange County Register, March 12, 2006
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/homepage/article_1042926..php

At Wax Museum, the Ending is Bidder-Sweet
By: David Haldane, Los Angeles Time, March 12, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-movie12mar12,1,1303007.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california

Latest elephant plan not peanuts
By: Dana Bartholomew and Dan Laidman, Los Angeles Times, March 11, 2006
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3590690

Wildlife museum director resigns
By: Clanci Cochran, The Contra Costa Times, March 11, 2006
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/14074640.htm

Museum of Tolerance unfairly targeted for Muslim protest
By Lori Lowenthal Marcus, Jewish News Weekly of Northern California, March 10, 2006
http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/28596/format/html/displaystory.html

Salinas center gets $2 million gift
By: Associated Press, San Jose Business Journal, March 10, 2006
http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2006/03/13/newscolumn2.html

Shutdown of historic SD house in dispute
By: Roger M. Showley, San Diego Union Tribune, March 10, 2006
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20060310-9999-7m10villa.html

Zoo board adds 4 members
By: Marc Benjamin, The Fresno Bee, March 9, 2006
http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/11909747p-12678475c.html

Laughing encouraged at S.F. museum
By: Jackie Burrell, Contra Costa Times, March 9, 2006
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/14055379.htm

Napa will negotiate museum site
By: Associated Press, Napa Valley Register, March 9, 2006
http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2006/03/09/news/local/iq_3335651.txt

Clashes between museums, nations more frequent
By: Stevenson Swanson, The Contra Costa Times, March 8, 2006
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/nation/14046683.htm

Museum opens on historic ship
By: Chris Treadway, Contra Costa Times, March 8, 2006
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/14045630.htm

Veteran Park: A tribute to those who served
By: Jason Probst, The Press-Tribune, March 8, 2006
http://www.thepresstribune.com/articles/2006/03/08/news/top_stories/02park.txt

SLO Children's Museum gets a $250,000 gift
By: Associated Press, The Tribune, March 7, 2006
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/14037705.htm

Makeover gets underway at Micke Grove Zoo
By: News-Sentinel Staff, Lodi News-Sentinel, March 7, 2006
http://www.lodinews.com/articles/2006/03/07/news/9_zoo_060307.txt

Museum eviction puts old trains back on tracks
By: Sam Richards, Contra Costa Times, March 7, 2006
http://www.lodinews.com/articles/2006/03/07/news/9_zoo_060307.txt

Children's Museum of North County faces uncertain future
By: Elizabeth Malloy, The Daily Transcript, March 6, 2006
http://www.sddt.com/News/article.cfm?SourceCode=20060306cze

S.J. Historical Society faces uncertain future
By: Greg Kane, Stockton Record, March 6, 2006
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060306/NEWS01/603060313

History San Jose chief leaving for new job
By: Phil Yost, San Jose Mercury News, March 6, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/14032501.htm

Halvorsen Park transfer, zoo bequest on tap
By: Associated Press, Times-Standard, March 6, 2006
http://www.times-standard.com/local/ci_3574029

Patton museum advocates say it's time to give up on effort
By: Nadra Kareem, The Desert Sun, March 2, 2006
http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060302/NEWS01/603020331/1006

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