California Association of Museums

Museums in the News 10/11/06


Eva Hesse sculptures deteriorating at WSU museum
San Jose Mercury News, October 4, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/15677593.htm

Museums expand outreach
Los Angeles Times, October 3, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/education/la-et-museum3oct03,1,357777.story?coll=la-news-learning

Greek officials in new talks with Getty over disputed antiquities
San Jose Mercury News, October 3, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/15669624.htm

New Paris Museum to Be Designed by Gehry
By: Cecile Brisson, San Francisco Chronicle, October 2, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/10/02/entertainment/e130445D10.DTL&type=art

Goodall whoops it up at L.A. Zoo
By: Susan Abram, Los Angeles Daily News, October 2, 2006
http://dailynews.com/news/ci_4428457

Baltimore Museums Are the Latest to Drop Admission Fees to Add Visitors
By: Jennifer Conlin, New York Times, October 1, 2006
http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/10/01/travel/01transmuseum.html

Tokyo architect to design Cal's new museum
By: Rick DelVecchio, San Francisco Chronicle, September 30, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/30/BAGK7LFO961.DTL

'Mob Museum:' An offer Vegas can't refuse?
By: Mark Hansel, Las Vegas Sun, September 30, 2006
http://www.insidebayarea.com/bayarealiving/ci_4422986

House OKs water project, museum funds
By: Lisa Friedman, Los Angeles Daily News, September 30, 2006
http://dailynews.com/news/ci_4421421

Boston Museum Returns 13 Antiquities to Italy
By: Ralph Frammolino and Jason Felch, Los Angeles Times, September 29, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-return29sep29,1,124547.story?coll=la-news-a_section

Black museums seeing benefits of grant program
By: Jacqueline Trescott, Los Angeles Times, September 29, 2006
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-museums29sep29,0,5415713.story?coll=cl-art

Mexican museum abuzz over sale of top price tequila
By: Kathleen Miller, San Diego Union Tribune, September 28, 2006
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20060928-2057-mexicoexpensivetequila.html

Garbage into art: SFMOMA scavenger hunt turns found items into museum exhibit
By: Katherine Ambellan, San Mateo County Times, September 28, 2006
http://www.insidebayarea.com/bayarealiving/ci_4409390

Marrying Culture and Commerce in Today's Museums
By: Patricia Mooradian, Philanthropy News Digest, September 28, 2006
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/commentary/co_item.jhtml?id=158600019

11 THINGS: Free Museum Days
By: Tim Sullivan, San Francisco Chronicle, September 28, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/28/NSGA9L9CPV1.DTL

Sequoia Park Zoo receives accreditation from AZA Commission
By: Wendy Butler, The Eureka Reporter, September 26, 2006
http://www.eurekareporter.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?ArticleID=15399

Cosby: Donate $8 to Slavery Museum
By: Dionne Walker, The Washington Post, September 22, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/22/AR2006092201613.html?referrer=emailarticle

$10m donor to MFA drops his anonymity: Boost seen for fund-raising
By: Geoff Edgers, The Boston Globe, September 19, 2006
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/09/19/10m_donor_to_mfa_drops_his_anonymity/

Opening the Door to More: Charities are tapping the talents of disabled helpers to diversify the face of their volunteer work force
By: Marilyn Dickey, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, September 14, 2006
http://philanthropy.com/free/articles/v18/i23/23003001.htm

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