California Association of Museums

Museums in the News 3/28/07


Donors affect charity's mission: United Way has less money for human needs as contributors direct more funds to arts or educational institutions.
By: Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, March 27, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-united27mar27,0,3988460.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Museum move a nightmare, curators say
By: Kathy Portie, Big Bear Grizzly, March 27, 2007
http://www.bigbeargrizzly.net/articles/2007/03/21/news/museum.txt

Smithsonian Head Replaced Amid Criticism
By: Jacqueline Trescott and James V. Grimaldi, Washington Post, March 26, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/26/AR2007032600643.html

Columbia among state parks to get $$$ for upgrades
By: Mike Morris, The Union Democrat, March 26, 2007
http://www.uniondemocrat.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=23066

Panda Poop to Do Double Duty in China
San Francisco Chronicle, March 26, 2007
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/03/26/international/i040451D77.DTL

Cash-strapped Pacific Grove wants aquarium to pay more rent: Aquarium, which pays $1 a year, says money should be reinvested in tourist-attracting exhibits.
Orange County Register, March 23, 2007
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/state/article_1629269.php

Senate Pushes for Smithsonian Reform
By: Jacqueline Trescott, Washington Post, March 23, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/22/AR2007032201909.html

Former IG Says Small Asked Her To Drop Audit: Smithsonian Secretary's Expenses Questioned in Senate
By: James V. Grimaldi and Jacqueline Trescott, Washington Post, March 20, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/19/AR2007031901839.html

Mystery donor who promised millions disappears
By: Sal Pizarro, San Jose Mercury News, March 20, 2007
http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_5477236

City Denies Martial Arts Museum
By: Kristopher Daams, Santa Clarita Valley Signal, March 20, 2007
http://www.the-signal.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=47129&format=html

Smithsonian Documents Detail Chief's Expenses: Invoices Include Work on Home of Secretary Small
By: James V. Grimaldi, Washington Post, March 19, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/18/AR2007031801369.html

$2M in Gold Stolen From Japanese Museum
Los Angeles Times, March 19, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-japan-museum-theft,1,5029464.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

Long-awaited museum picks Claremont packing house as its home: Downtown expansion project starts up with local artists and a world view
By: Suzanne Muchnic, Los Angeles Times, March 18, 2007
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-ca-claremont18mar18,0,6526382.story

Museum reverses decision: LACMA does an about-face on sale of ancient sculpture
By: Suzanne Muchnic, Los Angeles Times, March 17, 2007
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-lacma17mar17,0,2642379.story?coll=cl-art-features

Confederate flag hanging from gallows ignites controversy at Tallahassee museum
By: Stephen Majors, San Diego Union Tribune, March 17, 2007
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20070317-1102-confederateflag.html

Proposed Chumash museum would be first in the county
By: Nick Wilson, San Luis Obispo Tribune, March 17, 2007
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/16924023.htm

Museum attendance in Sweden down now that you have to pay
North County Times, March 17, 2007
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/03/18/travel/18_45_163_16_07.txt

The Museum Next Door
By: Troy McMullen, Wall Street Journal, March 16, 2007
http://articles.news.aol.com/business/_a/the-museum-next-door/20070316073009990001?cid=1712

Museum head admits falsifying taxes
By: Brad A. Greenberg, Los Angeles Daily News, March 14, 2007
http://origin.dailynews.com/news/ci_5430147

Buffalo's Pain: Giving Up Old Art to Gain New
By: Randy Kennedy, New York Times, March 14, 2007
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60C16FA3A550C778DDDAA0894DF404482

National Endowment for the Arts: Activists seek return to ‘92 funding peak
By: Brett Zongker, The Columbus Dispatch, March 14, 2007
http://www.dispatch.com/features-story.php?story=dispatch/2007/03/14/20070314-F2-00.html

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