California Association of Museums

Museums in the News 5/10/06


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Financial angel buys aquarium at Pier 39
By: Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle, May 9, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/09/BAGGIIO7QP1.DTL

Eyes on Old Sac for kids' museum
By: Mary Lynne Vellinga, Bee Staff Writer, May 8, 2006
http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/14252855p-15068908c.html

Mexican Museum wins $2.4M grant
By: Sarah Duxbury, San Francisco Business Times, May 8, 2006
http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2006/05/08/daily7.html

Tool museum opens
By: David C. Neilsen, Mercury-Register, May 8, 2006
http://orovillemr.com/news/ci_3796334

UCSC hosts meeting of UC museum and collection directors
By: Tim Stephens, Currents, May 8, 2006
http://currents.ucsc.edu/05-06/05-08/brief-directors.asp

End of an Eros for Hollywood's Erotic Museum
By: Steve Harvey, Los Angeles Times, May 7, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-only7may07,1,6950648.column?coll=la-headlines-pe-california

New O.C. Museum Lets Visitors See Life in Bygone Decades of California
By: Dave McKibben, Los Angeles Times, May 6, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-museum6may06,1,297051.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california

SB Zoo Faces New Pachyderm Protection Plan
By: Chris Wilcox, Daily Nexus, May 4, 2006
http://www.ucsbdailynexus.com/news/2006/11624.html

Museum to get big bucks for airport art
By: Paul T. Rosynsky, Oakland Tribune, May 3, 2006
http://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_3779118

Greek culture minister to press Getty museum over antiquities
By: Associated Press, The Mercury News, May 3, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/14491590.htm

Surfing museum rebounds
By: Jennifer Squires, Santa Cruz Sentinel, May 3, 2006
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2006/May/03/local/stories/09local.htm

Chaffee Zoo Director Planning for Future
By: Associated Press, ABC30, May 2, 2006
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=local&id=4137229

Exporit gets new home
By: Julie Rooney, Davis Enterprise, May 2, 2006
http://www.davisenterprise.com/articles/2006/05/02/news/243new0.txt

Costa Mesa City Council preview
By: Alicia Robinson, Daily Pilot, May 2, 2006
http://www.dailypilot.com/politics/story/44635p-67385c.html

Museum for kids gets site, sponsor
By: Sophia Kazmi and Sam Richards, Contra Costa Times, April 30, 2006
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/living/education/14465761.htm

Museums: The home of the free
By: Christine Delsol, San Francisco Chronicle, April 30, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/30/TRG2HIFUCT1.DTL

Montalvo's next leader brings a 'What if?' approach to art
By: Jack Fischer, The Mercury News, April 30, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/visual_arts/14466183.htm

Feeling Charitable and a Bit Badgered
By: Alina Tugund, New York Times, April 29, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/29/business/media/29shortcuts.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Santa Monica aquarium receives grant
By: Associated Press, North County Times, April 28, 2006
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/04/30/news/state/16_47_374_28_06.txt

Art museums reach out to community as part of national trend
By: Lisa Orkin Emmanuel, Associated Press, April 22, 2006
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/14402305.htm

Cultural Leaders Leaving
By: Peter Van Allen, Philadelphia Business Journal, April 16, 2006
http://philadelphia.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2006/04/17/story1.html

Stolen Art Met with Public Yawn
By: Maria Puente, USA Today, March 29, 2006
http://www.usatoday.com/life/2006-03-29-stolen-art_x.htm

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