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

L.A. Zoo elephant to go to sanctuary
San Luis Obispo Union Tribune, March 12, 2007
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/16891145.htm

Whose Art Is It? American museums are returning some of the world's great antiquities to their original homes. Should they? A new debate over who owns the past is underway.
By: Cathleen McGuigan, Newsweek Magazine, March 12, 2007
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17440435/site/newsweek/

Autry receives grant to digitally catalog artifacts: The federally funded project aims to widen access to the L.A. center's Native American treasures.
By: Suzanne Muchnic, Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-et-autry9mar09,1,5536121.story?coll=la-headlines-technology

Disputed statue to be studied: Lacking input from the Italians, the Getty plans to settle unanswered questions concerning a statue of Aphrodite on its own.
By: Mike Boehm, Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2007
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-getty9mar09,0,2583802.story?coll=cl-art

UC Calls For Stadium Lot, Museum Seismic Studies
By: Richard Brenneman, Berkeley Daily Planet, March 9, 2007
http://www.berkeleydaily.org/text/article.cfm?issue=03-09-07&storyID=26512

LACMA Receives $25 Million From BP for Capital Campaign
Philanthropy News Digest, March 8, 2007
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=172300017

Feds seize retired F-14s seized from SoCal museums, TV company
By: Daisy Nguyen, San Diego Union-Tribune, March 6, 2007
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20070306-2121-ca-fighterjetsseized.html

Louvre museum to build branch in Abu Dhabi: The move prompts outcries among some in the art world who accuse the museum of selling out France's legacy for oil money.
By: Jim Krane, Orange County Register, March 6, 2007
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/nationworld/article_1599975.php

Physicist's Nobel Prize stolen from UC museum
By: Kristin Bender, San Jose Mercury News, March 6, 2007
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_5365259

Walnut Creek museum seeks aid: Lindsay Wildlife asks city for $1.6 million
By: Theresa Harrington, Tri-Valley Herald, March 6, 2007
http://www.insidebayarea.com/trivalleyherald/localnews/ci_5365352

Survey finds state's schools failing with arts education: Officials say students who most need a strong program are least likely to have access to one
By: Sharon Noguchi, Contra Costa Times, March 2, 2007
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/living/education/16817769.htm

Region's 'creative economy' documented
By: Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times, March 1, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-creative1mar01,0,5467161.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Museums: Teaching with Tech - Across the country, museums are tapping technology in hopes of revitalizing young people's interest in tech, science, and math
By: Douglas MacMillan, Business Week.com, February 28, 2007
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2007/tc20070228_128988.htm?chan=search

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