California Association of Museums

Museums in the News 10/25/06


Philadelphia Museum Job Sends Gehry Underground
By: Robin Pogrebin, New York Times, October 19, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/19/arts/design/19gehr.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Prosecution traces smuggled Venus' steps
By: Ariel David, San Jose Mercury News, October 19, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/gossip/15798306.htm

Arts Council Looks To Electronic Billboards For Support
By: Harry Saltzgaver, Gazette Newspapers, October 19, 2006
http://www.gazettes.com/artsboard10052006.html

Cassidy: Valley icon FMC deserves own museum
By: Mike Cassidy, San Jose Mercury News, October 17, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/15778122.htm

Education role of museums growing in importance
Philanthropy News Digest, October 15, 2006
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=159700009

Irvine Park Envisioned as a Bold 'Cultural Experiment'
By: David Reyes, Los Angeles Times, October 13, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-greatpark13oct13,0,1000370.story?coll=la-home-%20headlines

Pay Gap Narrows for Male and Female Nonprofit Executives, Study Finds
By: Harvy Lipman, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, October 12, 2006
http://philanthropy.com/premium/articles/v19/i01/01002801.htm

Newport museum boat may sail straight into sunset: Hoping that someone will want an 189-foot craft that can't budge, officials slash the price of the Pride of Newport.
By: Jeff Overly, The Orange County Register, October 12, 2006
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/homepage/article_1310004.php

Former museum official charged
By: Dave Umhoefer and Avrum D. Lank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 11, 2006
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=517627

Old San Francisco Mint to become cultural museum
San Francisco Chronicle, October 8, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/10/08/state/n124203D99.DTL&type=politics

Museum all games, no funds: Children's project lacks donations from Valley
By: Dana Bartholomew, Daily Press, October 8, 2006
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_4463275

Surveys shape museum exhibits on science
By: Deepti Hajela, Boston.com News, October 2, 2006
http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2006/10/02/surveys_shape_museum_exhibits_on_science/

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