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The Tech Museum of Innovation Partners With the International Council of Museums to Host First Virtual International Museums Day on May 18

The Tech Museum of Innovation Partners With the International Council of Museums to Host First Virtual International Museums Day on May 18

Modern art museum planned for Dubai

Plans to build a museum of Middle Eastern modern art in Dubai have been revealed by Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai.

Modern art museum planned for Dubai

Plans to build a museum of Middle Eastern modern art in Dubai have been revealed by Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai.

Madame Tussauds wax museum to open in Dubai

The world famous Madame Tussauds wax museum, which was bought over by the Dubai Ruler in 2005, is to be launched here soon. Madame Tussauds was acquired by state-owned Dubai International Capital (DIC) in 2005. Tussauds group annually attracts 14 million visitors and is one of the major draw in Europe.

Bowers Museum to Bring Priceless Artifacts to Southern California; Viking River Cruises a Sponsor

LOS ANGELES, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Viking River Cruises, the world's leading river cruise line, is supporting the efforts of Orange County's prestigious Bowers Museum to bring the largest display of Chinese Terra Cotta Warriors and related artifacts outside of China to Southern California. The Bowers exhibit, which recently ended a popular 7-month run at the British Museum, opens to the public Sunday, May 18. It will remain at the Bowers for nearly 5 months before it moves on to Atlanta, Georgia for installation at the High Museum. The exhibit will also stop at Houston's Museum of Natural Science before continuing to the National Geographic Museum at Explorers Hall in Washington D.C.

Bowers Museum to Bring Priceless Artifacts to Southern California; Viking River Cruises a Sponsor

LOS ANGELES, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Viking River Cruises, the world's leading river cruise line, is supporting the efforts of Orange County's prestigious Bowers Museum to bring the largest display of Chinese Terra Cotta Warriors and related artifacts outside of China to Southern California. The Bowers exhibit, which recently ended a popular 7-month run at the British Museum, opens to the public Sunday, May 18. It will remain at the Bowers for nearly 5 months before it moves on to Atlanta, Georgia for installation at the High Museum. The exhibit will also stop at Houston's Museum of Natural Science before continuing to the National Geographic Museum at Explorers Hall in Washington D.C.

Thomas Hoving, Best-Selling Author and Former Director of the Metropolitan Museum...

Thomas Hoving, Best-Selling Author and Former Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Joins artnet as Contributor to artnet Magazine NEW YORK & BERLIN--(Business Wire)-- artnet is pleased to announce that Thomas Hoving, best-selling author and former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has joined artnet as a contributor to artnet Magazine. A renowned museum executive, Hoving was first a curator (1959-65) and then director (1967-77) of the Met, where he presided over a dramatic expansion of both the museum and its audience. He specialized in high-profile acquisitions of masterworks -- an abiding interest, and the subject of his first artnet Magazine column -- as well as opening the museum to a broader and more youthful public via blockbuster exhibitions like "King Tut.

Culture museum in Dubai will be first in the region

Dubai: A Museum of Middle East Modern Art will rise on the shores of the Dubai Creek, the first in the region.

Museum celebrates international day

THE Fiji Museum celebrated International Museum Day, where more than 200 people flocked to see for themselves the tools and artifacts that once dominated this country.

International Museum Day tomorrow

Update: 11:50AM INTERNATIONAL Museum Day will be celebrated tomorrow and the Fiji Museum will be open for half a day tomorrow.

JAARS Museum of the Alphabet Contributes to the National Museum of the Language Opening

WAXHAW, N.C. - The National Museum of Language will open its doors tomorrow in College Park, Maryland and visitors will see displays from Waxhaw, N.C.’s Museum of the Alphabet. Dr. Amelia Murdoch, president of the National Museum of Language (N

Peru celebrates International Museum Day

Museums across Peru took heed to recommendations made by UNESCO and the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and celebrated International Museum Day on Sunday.

The Political Power of Sex Exposed in International Museum of Women's Global Online Exhibition

SAN FRANCISCO, May 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Museum of Women (I.M.O.W.), a non-partisan social change museum, confronts provocative stereotypes about women, sex and power in the global online exhibition Women, Power and Politics in the month of May. Launched on March 8, the cutting-edge multimedia exhibition runs until December 31 in four languages--Arabic, English, French and Spanish at

Dubai Broker Starts Fund for Middle Eastern Art

DUBAI—A month after Christie's in Dubai sold Iranian artist Parviz Tanavoli's The Wall (Oh Persepolis) for $2.84 million, setting an auction record for a Middle Eastern artist, Dubai-based broker and private equity company Daman Investments PSC has started a 50 million dirham ($13.6 million) fund to buy Middle Eastern art, reports Bloomberg. "Dubai and the United Arab Emirates are at the very center of a new awareness of the emergence of an Arab art renaissance,'' said chief executive officer Shehab Gargash in a statement.

Dubai art show opens in Germany

DUBAI — Shaikh Majid bin Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (DCAA) on June 3 inaugurated the Dubai Next Exhibition, a unique art show projecting the culture and society of the emirate at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil Am Rhein, Germany.

Museum accessibility settlement agreement: IU expert available to comment

Editors: On June 3, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the terms of a settlement agreement with the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C., to make the museum more accessible to people with visual impairments. Ray Bloomer, director of education for the National Center on Accessibility at Indiana University, provided DOJ and the museum staff with technical guidance on the accessibility needs and expectations of visitors who may be blind or have low vision.

National Museum unveils partnership initiatives

GABORONE The National Museum unveiled two partnership initiatives namely Adopt a monument and Friends of the museum during the International Museum Day celebrations last Friday.

Philadelphia Museum of Art Appoints Interim Leaders

PHILADELPHIA—The Philadelphia Museum of Art board of trustees has announced the appointment of chief operating officer Gail Harrity as the museum's interim chief executive officer and of associate director of collections Alice Beamesderfer as interim head of curatorial affairs. Harrity joined the museum in 1997 as COO; Beamesderfer was first hired in 1987 and has served in a succession of positions, including special assistant to the director for projects and assistant director for collections. Both of their appointments, effective immediately, come in the wake of the unexpected death of Anne d'Harnoncourt, the museum's former director and CEO. A selection committee will be organized in the upcoming weeks to search for a permanent successor.

Dubai Culture and Arts Authority supports first-ever documentary festival in UAE

Under the patronage of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (DCAA) and the support of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), 'Documentary Voices: Pulling Focus', the region's first ever film festival focusing exclusively on documentaries, will premiere in Dubai in July.

Stolen treasures returned to Iraq's museum

A museum employee carries a recovered artifact to be displayed at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad April 27, 2008. More than 700 artifacts that were stolen during the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime were turned over by the Syrian authorities to the museum, a museum official said. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

New Portimao museum

Portimao’s new museum.PORTIMAO’S new municipal museum was inaugurated last week by the Minister of Culture, Pinto Ribeiro. The Museum is housed in an old sardine canning factory and it hosts regular, as well as temporary exhibitions that cover art, history and general culture, all of a local and national content. On permanent show are a large selection of donated artefacts from the region, such as industrial equipment, photographs, documents and archaeological and naval pieces, among others. A local fishing boat, built in Galiza, in 1911 and restored by Portimao Town Council is being exhibited outside the museum.

Scottish National Museum to Undergo Face-Lift

EDINBURGH—The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh will undergo a £46.4 million renovation, the Daily Express reports, leaving the museum's Victorian building closed until 2011. Among the planned features of the renovation are a redesigned entrance hall, 16 new galleries, the creation of a larger special exhibitions gallery, and a new learning center. The museum's modern building, built in 1988, will remain open to the public.

Holland's Zuiderzee Museum Gets Makeover

The Zuiderzee Museum, located in the small town of Enkhuizen, the Netherlands, will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a comprehensive transformation of its exhibits, artwork, design and overall direction. The museum will be undergoing an elaborate makeover. The static displays that showcase the bygone days of the fishing villages will be making way for a new public oriented experience, designed for the masses. This facelift will help to link the museum to the history of the Netherlands and showcase the country's significant contributions in art, heritage, culture, and design to the world. A number of renowned Dutch and international artists, designers and guest curators will add flair to the anniversary makeover with special exhibitions, installations, artwork, and other activities.

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