California Association of Museums

Museums in the News 12/6/06


Wrapped in the struggle for racial justice: Bedsheet from the 1968 Olympics is a focal point of History San Jose event
By: Jessie Mangaliman, San Mateo County Times, December 3, 2006
http://www.insidebayarea.com/sanmateocountytimes/ci_4764888

Rare dinosaur nest fetches $420,000 in LA auction
San Jose Mercury News, December 3, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/16158119.htm

Zoo discards waivers for wheelchair users
By: Elizabeth Fitzsimons, San Diego Union-Tribune, December 1, 2006
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20061201-9999-7m1zoo.html

World War I museum opening in Mo.
By: Maria Sudekum Fisher, San Jose Mercury News, December 1, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/gossip/16141809.htm

Coyote Point Museum saved from extinction
By: Dana Yates, San Mateo Daily Journal, November 30, 2006
http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=67600

Italy Loans Statue to Boston Museum
By: Ken Maguire, San Francisco Chronicle, November 28, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/11/28/entertainment/e151850S41.DTL

SFO museum brings world of art to travelers
By: Michael Manekin, Tri-Valley Herald, November 27, 2006
http://www.insidebayarea.com/trivalleyherald/ci_4727690

Plans for Buena Park wax museum site up for discussion: Plans call for demolition and replacement with a Best Buy and restaurants
By: Ellyn Pak, Orange County Register, November 27, 2006
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1366659.php

School district might expand into museum
By: Karen Maeshiro, Los Angeles Daily News, November 26, 2006
http://www.dailynews.com/antelopevalley/ci_4727130

US Holocaust Museum Uses Giant Images to Confront Darfur Crisis
Men's News Daily, November 24, 2006
http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/11/24/us-holocaust-museum-uses-giant-images-to-confront-darfur-crisis/

Rare Ethiopian lion cubs poisoned to save costs, says zoo official
By: Les Neuhaus, San Diego Union-Tribune, November 22, 2006
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20061122-0958-ethiopia-lionspoisoned.html

Getty Museum halts negotiations with Italy: Director says 26 allegedly looted artifacts will be returned, but denies other claims
By: Hugh Eakin and Elisabetta Povoledo, San Francisco Chronicle, November 22, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/11/22/MNGJAMHR7G1.DTL

Developer donates $3M for working class museum
Sacramento Business Journal, November 20, 2006
http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2006/11/20/daily8.html

In the recent election, Americans cast a vote for the arts
By: Preston Turegano, San Diego Union-Tribune, November 19, 2006
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20061119-9999-1a19turegano.html

Los Angeles Arts Funding Remains at 2000 Level, Despite Non-Profit Growth
abc7.com (Los Angeles), November 16, 2006
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?sectionfiltered=local&id=4770700

Art Museums Ask Congress to Rethink Limits on Fractional Giving
By: Laurence Arnold, Bloomberg News, November 15, 2006
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=a3YGLTFY4eKI&refer=muse

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