California Association of Museums

Museums in the News 4/2/08


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The Bone People: Donors Help Protect Dinosaur Remains
By: Holly Hall, Chronicle of Philanthropy, April 3, 2008
http://philanthropy.com/free/articles/v20/i12/12f00501.htm

Museum needs bigger space: Move to building across harbor planned
By: Tony Biasotti, Ventura County Star, April 1, 2008
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/01/museum-needs-a-bigger-space/

The Arts at K-12’s Center Stage: Finding ways to increase student access to creative learning
The School Administrator (American Association of School Administrators), March 2008
http://www.aasa.org/publications/saissuedetail.cfm?ItemNumber=10137&snItemNumber=950

Ovation TV Touts Ad Ties with Museums
Broadcasting & Cable, March 31, 2008
http://panasonic.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=346446

Cupertino, Sunnyvale communities active in preserving history
By: Cody Kraatz, Cupertino Courier, March 26, 2008
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_8706233

MutualArt.com Announces Worldwide Partnerships With Top Museums and Galleries
News Blaze.com, March 26, 2008
http://newsblaze.com/story/2008032604430400001.pnw/newsblaze/HIGHTECH/High-Tech.html

City Grapples with Art Museum Debt [Long Beach Museum of Art]
By: Theo Douglas, The District Weekly, March 26, 2008
http://thedistrictweekly.com/daily/staff-infection/briefing/city-grapples-with-art-museum-debt/

Visitor numbers plummet following introduction of entrance charges [Swedish museum see drop in visitors since re-introduction of entrance charges in 2007]
The Art Newspaper, March 26, 2008
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article.asp?id=7613

Neighbors down on Oakland Zoo's growth plans
By: Christopher Heredia, San Francisco Chronicle, March 25, 2008
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/24/MN0JVNFGG.DTL

Council Votes To Raise LA Zoo Admission Prices By $2 In April
KNBC News, March 25, 2008
http://www.knbc.com/news/15703113/detail.html

ACTC holds off on reversing opposition to railroad line abandonment
By: Raheem Hosseini, Amador Ledger-Dispatch, March 24, 2008
http://www.ledger-dispatch.com/news/newsview.asp?c=239022

Discuss: L.A.'s arts and culture scene: The heads of five prominent institutions look to the future, stressing education, community and collaboration.
By: Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times, March 23, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-arts23mar23,1,5029128.story

33 museums in Beijing to start free admission
China View (Xinhua), March 23, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/23/content_7844420.htm

Museum of Tolerance to do environmental study of expansion plan
By: Martha Groves, Los Angeles Times, March 22, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-museum22mar22,1,5669805.story

Mortgage crisis hits cultural institutions: Soaring costs of bonds lead to big losses at the Getty, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Orange County Performing Artscenter, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the Colburn School
By: Mike Boehm, Los Angeles Times, March 21, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-et-crunch21mar21,1,5891313.story

Tiger attack response gets mixed review
By: Marcus Wohlsen, San Jose Mercury News, March 18, 2008
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_8617148

Museums Refine the Art of Listening [growing importance of gathering data about visitors]
By: Carol Vogel, New York Times, March 12, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/arts/artsspecial/12visitors.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

OPINION: Arts groups, facing financial cutbacks, need to be pro-active [condition of arts funding in Solano County]
By: Richard Bammer, Vacaville Reporter, February 29, 2008
http://www.thereporter.com/bammer/ci_8405812

California Cultural Data Project seeks applicants
By: Lynne Heffley, Los Angeles Times, February 8, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-cultural8feb08,1,3807096.story

New Models for Children’s Museums: Wired Classrooms?
By: Nina Simon, Museum 2.0 (blog), February 5, 2008
http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/2008/02/new-models-for-childrens-museums-wired.html

Learning to Mix Business With Art [overview of the inaugural class of the Center for Curatorial Leadership]
By: Randy Kennedy, New York Times, January 30, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/30/arts/design/30cura.html?_r=2&ref=arts&oref=slogin&oref=slogin