California Association of Museums

Museums in the News 2/13/08


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Protesters Dispute Museum Holdings
By: Valerie Woolard, Daily Californian, February 12, 2008
http://www.dailycal.org/article/100351/protesters_dispute_museum_holdings

At Zurich Museum, a Theft of 4 Masterworks
By: Uta Harnischfeger and Nicholas Kulish, New York Times, February 12, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/world/europe/12swiss.html?ref=arts

No Child Outside the Classroom
By: Roxana Popescu, Newsweek, February 11, 2008
http://www.newsweek.com/id/107596

To Have and Give Not [Eli Broad and LACMA]
By: Edward Wyatt, New York Times, February 10, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/arts/design/10wyat.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

S.F. Zoo policies under review by expert panel
By: Anastasia Ustinova, San Francisco Chronicle, February 8, 2008
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/08/BA69UUI5K.DTL

Railroad museum proposed near Guadalupe River and Highway 87
By: Mary Gottschalk, San Jose Mercury News, February 7, 2008
http://www.mercurynews.com/valley/ci_8198953

Camarillo Air Force museum reopens
By: Hans Laetz, Ventura County Star, February 6, 2008
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/feb/06/hangar-houses-history-camarillo-air-force-museum/

Fender Center museum reopens in Corona with new memorabilia
By: George A. Paul, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, February 5, 2008
http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_8179466

Museum post on P.G. agenda
By: Kevin Howe, Monterey County Herald, February 5, 2008
http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_8172137?nclick_check=1

Tax Scheme Is Blamed for Damage to Artifacts [in recent So. Cal. raids]
By: Matthew L. Wald, New York Times, February 4, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/arts/design/04frau.html?ex=1202792400&en=767b526549f04974&ei=5070&emc=eta1

A lack of street smarts near LACMA
By: Christopher Hawthorne, Los Angeles Times, February 4, 2008
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-lacma4feb04,0,4174994.story

Beyond the basics: West Contra Costa district is using grant money to buy equipment and train teachers to improve art and P.E. instruction
By: Kimberly S. Wetzel, Contra Costa Times, February 3, 2008
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_8157100?nclick_check=1

Plan to boost California's arts budget dies in committee: Time expires on a bill to designate a percentage of arts-related sales tax for state arts grants.
By: Mike Boehm, Los Angeles Times, February 2, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-artsbudget2feb02,1,1159333.story

San Diego Zoo and Polar Bears International Form Conservation Alliance
Imperial Valley News, February 1, 2008
http://www.imperialvalleynews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=770&Itemid=2

Smithsonian travel reviewed: No new problems are found after a former executive's spending raises questions from members of Congress
By: Brett Zongker, Los Angeles Times, February 1, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-smithsonian1feb01,1,5712322.story?ctrack=4&cset=true

Asking too much: A state bill puts big foundations' employees and others under a microscope [Opinion]
By: David A. Lehrer and Joe R. Hicks, Los Angeles Times, January 31, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-nulehrer31jan31,0,213071.story

JA National Museum CEO to Step Down: Irene Hirano Will Marry Sen. Dan Inouye
Nichi Bei Times Weekly, January 31, 2008
http://www.nichibeitimes.com/articles/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1201738980&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1

Udvar-Hazy Center Lands $15 Million for New Wing [New space where visitors can watch historic airplanes being restored at the National Air and Space Museum]
By: Jacqueline Trescott, Washington Post, January 31, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/30/AR2008013003448.html

Presidio Trust to work with Fisher on museum
By: Robert Selna, San Francisco Chronicle, January 31, 2008
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/31/BABIUP0CQ.DTL

Little glamour surrounds alleged smuggler: A key target of a federal investigation lives in a small apartment and says he never made a lot on Thai artifacts.
By: Jason Felch, Los Angeles Times, January 31, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-me-olson31jan31,1,3040235.story?track=crosspromo

Science facilities not a part of cuts: Budget projections leave room for massive science buildings [Sacramento State University]
By: Derek Fleming, The State Hornet, January 30, 2008
http://media.www.statehornet.com/media/storage/paper1146/news/2008/01/30/News/Science.Facilities.Not.A.Part.Of.Cuts-3174775.shtml

Arts Education Touted as Key to U.S. Innovation Agenda
By: Andrew Trotter, Education Week, January 30, 2008
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/01/30/21arts.h27.html

Smithsonian Panel Advises Stronger Link With Business Arm
By Jacqueline Trescott, Washington Post, January 29, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/28/AR2008012802137.html

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