California Association of Museums

Museums in the News 7/5/07


Nonprofit subsidizes Schwarzenegger travel frills: The group that funds Schwarzenegger's jets and luxury suites writes off the cost. Its donors can get tax breaks
By: Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, July 5, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-arnold5jul05,0,5054369.story?coll=la-home-center

Resume lie costs Kagan month's pay
By: John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, July 3, 2007
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007707030414

France to Try Free Museums
San Francisco Chronicle, July 3, 2007
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/07/03/entertainment/e102944D76.DTL&type=entertainment

Butterfly group takes wing: Volunteer efforts won't decrease
By: Danie Akkad, Monterey County Herald, July 3, 2007
http://www.montereyherald.com/ci_6287636

Zoo move hits snag
By: Kathy Portie, Big Bear Grizzly, July 3, 2007
http://www.bigbeargrizzly.net/articles/2007/06/27/news/zoomove.txt

Getty gets into right frame of mind: A lot of time, angst and effort went into the European drawings exhibition, the first at the museum's new drawings galleries. Think 'sycamore bark.'
By: Suzanne Muchnic, Los Angeles Times, July 2, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-drawings2jul02,0,3825601.story?coll=la-home-middleright

Time blows the whistle on Newport's Reuben E. Lee: Most recently a museum, the faux riverboat has also had several restaurant identities. But maintenance costs are forcing its demise.
By: Ashley Powers, Los Angeles Times, July 1, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-steamboat1jul01,1,6333268.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california

Captivity versus extinction: Is wildlife served by zoos?
By: Paul Eakins, North County Times, June 30, 2007
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/07/01/news/top_stories/22_26_516_30_07.txt

Training Curators to Lead
By: Carol Vogel, New York Times, June 29, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/arts/design/29voge.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

UC Berkeley museum shift worries some tribes: University plans to shift oversight of Indian unit, causing fears remains and artifacts will be damaged
By: Matt Krupnick, Contra Costa Times, June 29, 2007
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_6260139

Nature's comeback kids: On a clear day, you just might see American bald eagle in East Bay
By: Jim Herron Zamora, San Francisco Chronicle, June 29, 2007
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/29/BAGC8QO88D1.DTL

Mobile museum project takes exhibits to schools: Trailer is filled with exhibits that teach youths about California missions
By: Sophia Kazmi, Contra Costa Times, June 28, 2007
http://www.contracostatimes.com/teens/ci_6249899

Plan for double zoo size in future: Board gets its first look at how animal park could grow with Measure Z funding
By: Marc Benjamin, Fresno Bee, June 28, 2007
http://www.fresnobee.com/263/story/71656.html

Lucy Fossil Approved for US Tour
By: Natasha T. Metzler, San Francisco Chronicle, June 27, 2007
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/06/27/national/w092449D83.DTL

Foundation Lets Public Help Award Money
By: Stephanie Strom, New York Times, June 26, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/26/us/26charity.html

Libraries Struggle to Preserve the Past
By: Deanna Martin, San Francisco Chronicle, June 26, 2007
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/06/26/entertainment/e132622D24.DTL

Museum changes approach on loan: Met to ask city to co-sign short-term note so it can resume construction
By: Felicia Cousart Matlosz and Cyndee Fontana, Fresno Bee, June 26, 2007
http://www.fresnobee.com/263/story/69543.html

Shark Bite Leads to Reproduction Mystery
By: Sonja Barisic, San Francisco Chronicle, June 25, 2007
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/06/24/national/a235019D10.DTL&type=politics

The Possessed: Should Yale University return its relics of Machu Picchu? And who in Peru would actually benefit if it does?
By: Arthur Lubow, New York Times, June 24, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/24/magazine/24MachuPicchu-t.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5090&en=5ef3da5821c0ba03&ex=1340337600&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

OSHA: SF Zoo at fault for tiger attack
By: Patricia Yollin, San Francisco Chronicle, June 21, 2007
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/21/BAG43QJSON44.DTL

Why museums must stay free
By: Ben Russell and Jerome Taylor, The Independent, June 18, 2007
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2669895.ece

Donating to charity is good for the brain, according to study
By: Robert Mitchum, Chicago Tribune, June 15, 2007
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-altruism_15jun15%2C1%2C4484407.story?track=rss&ctrack=1&cset=true


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