MUSEUMS IN THE NEWS

 

April 12-25 2006

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State Museum Month and the Year of the Museum
By: KWAV 97FM
http://kwav.com/skin/blurb.php?sectionId=181&contentId=123713

High above the city, contest gives local architects chance to spread their wings
By: John King, San Francisco Chronicle, April 25, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/25/DDGEJID9BN1.DTL

War drums pound over de Young display; Artifacts from Papua New Guinea may have been illegally exported
By: Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross, San Francisco Chronicle, April 24, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/04/24/BAGHQIE6801.DTL

100 years later... Exhibits remind Bay of a resonate past
By: Mills College Weekly, April 24, 2006
http://www.millsweekly.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/04/24/4448b2e66be25

Museum Scientist To Help Assemble Map Of All Life; Tree Of Life' Will Include 1.7 Million Species
By: CBS2.com, April 21, 2006
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_111131614.html

Zoo's New Ad Gets Some Negative Attention
By: Associated Press, 10News.com, Aril 21, 2006
http://www.10news.com/news/8893751/detail.html#

Humann to reopen South Shasta Lines railroad museum to public
By: Rebecca Wolf, Daily News, April 21, 2006
http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/news/ci_3735590

Nautical Museum Announces Plans for Preview Center
By: Kevin King, The Log, April 21, 2006
http://www.thelog.com/news/newsview.asp?c=183978

City council approves elephant exhibit at LA Zoo
By: Associated Press, The Mercury News, April 20, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/14385743.htm

Vandalized Danville museum caboose back on track
By: Linda Davis, Contra Costa Times, April 20, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/14390120.htm

Artistic Deception: Membership dues to the de Young museum are funneled into political hyperbole
By: Matt Smith, SF Weekly, April 19, 2006
http://www.sfweekly.com/Issues/2006-04-19/news/smith.html

Ted Williams' Family fights SD Museum for trophies
By: Brent Schrotenboer, San Diego Union Tribune, April 19, 2006
http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/20060419-9999-1n19ted.html

Authorities investigate US lind to antiquities seized in Greece
By: Nicholas Paphitis, The Mercury News, April 18, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/14369962.htm

Met: U.S. isn't the only looter
By: Matthew O'Rourke, Los Angeles Times, April 18, 2006
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-met18apr18,0,2702126.story?coll=cl-art

Activists protest zoo plans
By: Dana Bartholomew, Los Angeles Daily News, April 18, 2006
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3721383

Theives make off with donations from Santa Cruz surf museum
By: Associated Press, KESQ, CA, April 18, 2006
http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=4784612&nav=9qrx

Council considers museum site
By: Rebecca F. Johnson, Inside Bay Area, April 16, 2006
http://insidebayarea.com/trivalleyherald/localnews/ci_3716920

Washington's Museums: Worth the Price of Admission?
By DeNeen Brown, Washington Post, April 13, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/12/AR2006041202127.html

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