California Association of Museums: CAM e-News and Other Publications

A CAUTIONARY NOTE
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Autry moves ahead with Southwest plans
By: Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, September 24, 2006
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-ca-artsnotes24.1sep24,0,2689622.story?coll=cl-art-features

Council directs staff to work with historical society
By: John V. Ciani, Ridgecrest Daily Independent, September 22, 2006
http://www.ridgecrestca.com/articles/2006/09/22/news/local/news05.txt

The Tech Museum of Innovation Announces the 2006 Tech Museum Awards Laureates
Business Wire, September 20, 2006
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060920005216&newsLang=en

Tech Museum staff cut by 8 as it recovers from slump
By: Sandra Gonzales, San Jose Mercury News, September 20, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/15562323.htm

Historic sites up for funding - if they get votes: Web election pits contestants like Pigeon Point, old streetcar
By: Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, September 19, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/19/BAGQ1L89AF1.DTL

Getty Foundation Announces Grant for New York's Museum for African Art; Funding Allows Publication and Documentation of African Art and Culture
Business Wire, September 19, 2006
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060919005860&newsLang=en

Scientists: Make invasive carp zoo feed
By: Jim Salter, San Jose Mercury News, September 19, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/health/15556107.htm

MacArthur Foundation Awards $5 Million to the Field Museum for Conservation
Philanthropy News Digest, September 18, 2006
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=156800014

Dinosaurs have the last word in S.F. exhibition
By: David Perlman, San Francisco Chronicle, September 16, 2006
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/16/BAG4CL6OFL1.DTL

Maritime Museum makes library appointment only
By: Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, September 15, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/15/BAG75L6BJA1.DTL

UCLA Celebrates Its New Art Center: Eli and Edythe Broad donated almost half of the $52-million cost for the teaching, work and exhibition spaces
By: Scott Timberg, Los Angeles Times, September 14, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-broad14sep14,1,6726020.story

Museums Fear Tax Law Changes on Some Donations
By: Jeremy Kahn, New York Times, September 13, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/13/arts/design/13gift.html

History Goes Hollywood: Anxious about dwindling crowds and shorter attention spans, museums and historical sites are turning to special effects to tell their stories
By: Nathan Thornburgh, Time Magazine, September 10, 2006
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1533421,00.html