California Association of Museums

Museums in the News 8/1/07


Getty, Italy reopen talks on antiquities: Negotiations resume on 46 disputed artifacts as a deadline for a cultural embargo looms
By: Jason Felch and Ralph Frammolino, Los Angeles Times, July 31, 2007
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-me-getty31jul31,0,1055755.story?coll=cl-art-features

Fresno council OKs loan terms for Met museum
Fresno Bee, July 31, 2007
http://www.fresnobee.com/updates/story/100533.html

Committee directs staff to move forward with county museum roof repair
By: Jenifer Gee, Amador Ledger-Dispatch, July 31, 2007
http://www.ledger-dispatch.com/news/newsview.asp?c=221537

Impossible Job. Here’s What You Need for It [increasing demand for Executive Directors in museums, and Getty Leadership Institute]
By: Jori Finkel, Los Angeles Times, July 29, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/29/arts/design/29fink.html?_r=1&ref=arts&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin

All aboard: Paradise ready to ring the bell for new Depot Museum
By: Alan Sheckter, Chico Enterprise-Record, July 27, 2007
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_6476552

Ex-chief sues L.B. Museum of Art: Nelson alleges defamation, wrongful termination in lawsuit against the museum's foundation
Long Beach Press-Telegram, July 26, 2007
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_6475601

American Indian Tribes Protest Museum Action
By: Katlyn Carter, Daily Californian, July 26, 2007
http://www.dailycal.org/sharticle.php?id=25499

A Tough Sell for Smithsonian's Stores: In Wake of Critical Report, Institution Is Considering Outside Vendor
By: James V. Grimaldi and Jacqueline Trescott, Washington Post, July 25, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/24/AR2007072401667.html?hpid=moreheadlines

Officials approve $80 million to give Fresno zoo a facelift
San Francisco Chronicle, July 24, 2007
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/07/24/state/n105848D07.DTL&type=politics

Tuna slams Monterey Bay Aquarium window, dies
By: Jessie Mangaliman, San Jose Mercury News, July 24, 2007
http://www.mercurynews.com/healthandscience/ci_6449003

Irvine Foundation gives out leadership awards
San Francisco Business Times, July 19, 2007
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2007/07/16/daily33.html

San Jose condo project preserves cannery history
By: Katherine Conrad, San Jose Mercury News, July 17, 2007
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_6393587?IADID

Can US museums help win the war on terror?
By: Jason Edward Kaufman, The Art Newspaper, July 12, 2007
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article01.asp?id=684

Building Audiences with Text Messages
By: Kate Taylor, The New York Sun, July 11, 2007
http://www.nysun.com/article/58197

San Jose neighborhoods get a blast from the past: SEE HOW THEY LOOKED IN 1800s [Online Collections and Visitor Experience]
By: Janice Rombeck, San Jose Mercury News, July 10, 2007
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_6338700?IADID


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