Museum of Man awarded $300,000 grant for preservation project
By: Ann Chin, San Diego Daily Transcript, February 28, 2008
http://www.sddt.com/News/article.cfm?SourceCode=20080228tga
Seeds for Santa Paula agriculture museum beginning to germinate
By: Cynthia Overweg, Ventura County Star, February 28, 2008
http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/feb/28/seeds-for-santa-paula-agriculture-museum-to/
Guggenheim’s Provocative Director Steps Down
By: Carol Vogel, New York Times, February 28, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/arts/design/28muse.html?ref=arts
Berkeley accused of racism over failure to return tribal bones
By: Richard C. Paddock, Los Angeles Times, February 27, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-bones27feb27,1,6882753.story
China blasts U.S. role in illegal relics trade [labeled the United States as the world's largest importer of smuggled Chinese relics]
Washington Post, February 26, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/26/AR2008022603966.html
California Creates Cabinet Post to Manage Volunteers
By: Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times, February 26, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/us/26calif.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=california+volunteer+cabinet&st=nyt&oref=slogin
Museums to offload unwanted items: British museums and galleries are being urged to get rid of objects that are gathering dust in their collections
BBC News, February 25, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7262834.stm
Gull Wings Children's Museum earns $5,602.76 from Vons 10% Back to Schools Program
By: Lorraine Villarreal, Ventura County Star, February 21, 2008
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/feb/21/gull-wings-childrens-museum-earns-560276-from-10/
Museum opening hours to be extended [Ireland’s Arts and Culture Plan 2008 initiatives to increase public access to the arts]
By: Luke Cassidy, Irish Times, February 21, 2008
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0221/breaking56.htm
California's budget deficit grows to $16 billion
By: Aaron C. Davis, San Jose Mercury News, February 20, 2008
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8314864
Renzo Piano's L.A. museum opens to public
By: Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, February 18, 2008
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/18/DD38UVBF3.DTL
No plans to immediately replace satellite museum: Lack of staffing, exhibit preparation time cited [Museum of Ventura County’s satellite location]
By: Kitty Dill, Ventura County Star, February 18, 2008
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/feb/18/no-plans-to-immediately-replace-satellite-museum/
Richmond history gets personal touch
By: Chris Treadway, Contra Costa Times, February 17, 2008
http://www.contracostatimes.com/columns/ci_8288843?nclick_check=1
Pasport [sic] to culture: Libraries offer museum passes [new program allows library members to pick up free passes to museums and historical centers]
By: Christopher Nagy, Livingston Daily Press & Argus (MI), February 17, 2008
http://www.dailypressandargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080217/LIFESTYLE/802170326/1024/CUSTOMERSERVICE02
San Jose needs to quit playing politics with public art [Opinion]
By: Scott Herhold, San Jose Mercury News, February 17, 2008
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_8287893?nclick_check=1
Zoo education gets short-term boost: Micke Grove to hire coordinator for programs
By: Zachary K. Johnson, Stockton Record, February 17, 2008
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080217/A_NEWS/802170338
Municipalities Feel Pinch as Another Debt Market Falters [effect of auction-rate securities on nonprofits]
By: Julie Creswell and Vikas Bajaj, New York Times, February 15, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/business/15muni.html
Protest Group Assails Eli Broad Art
By: Edward Wyatt, New York Times, February 14, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/arts/14arts-PROTESTGROUP_BRF.html?scp=1&sq=nonprofit&st=nyt
Finders, keepers: As museums ship ancient treasures back to the countries where they were found, some are now saying: Enough.
By: Drake Bennett, Boston Globe, February 10, 2008
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/02/10/finders_keepers/
Construction to start on housing site for artists: Other developments delayed or at standstill, officials say
By: Kevin Clerici, Ventura County Star, February 9, 2008
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/feb/09/construction-to-start-on-housing-site-for/
First Salinas arts congress strives to boost business, young minds
By: Dave Nordstrand, The Salinas Californian, February 7, 2008
http://www.californianonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080207/NEWS01/80207026/1002