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Iron Warriors Motorcycle Club Donates 20K to National Law Enforcement Museum: related news

Iron Warriors Motorcycle Club Donates $20K to National Law Enforcement Museum

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund has announced that the Iron Warriors Motorcycle Club (IWMC), an international club of law enforcement motorcycle enthusiasts, has generously donated $20,000 in support of the National Law Enforcement Museum. The money was raised by chapters of the IWMC across the United States and was presented to the Memorial Fund by Mike Pascoe and Ian Ale during this year's National Police Week observance in Washington, DC.

Bell Helicopter Donates Helicopter to National Law Enforcement Museum

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, is donating one of its 206B helicopters to the National Law Enforcement Museum, the company announced during the annual Airborne Law Enforcement Association (ALEA) conference held this year in Houston, TX.

Bell Helicopter Donates Helicopter to National Law Enforcement Museum

FORT WORTH, TEXAS (July 17, 2008) - Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, is donating one of its 206B helicopters to the National Law Enforcement Museum, the company announced during the annual Airborne Law Enforcement Association (ALEA) conference held this year in Houston, TX.

Online Law Schools

Going to law school is an experience that is both incredibly challenging and immensely rewarding. Unfortunately, not everyone has the chance to study law at a university. Not only is it expensive and difficult to get in, but law school is also very demanding of your time. There are many people who want to study law but are constrained by the requirements of their work or family. Perhaps you are such a person, who would like to earn a law degree but cannot take time off to attend university classes. In that case, you are the perfect candidate to go for an online law degree. Such online degrees are now available at many law universities, who are receptive to meeting the demand for online law programs for the growing number of people who require them.

California Correctional Peace Officers Association Pledges $1 Million to National Law Enforcement Museum

Representing 30,000 correctional peace officers and parole agents, the CCPOA is sponsoring the "Corrections" exhibition, providing Museum visitors with a first-hand look at one of law enforcement's toughest beats

Museum of Islamic Art - an international centre for dialogue and cultural exchange

The Museum of Islamic Art, which will be opening on November 22, in Doha, Qatar, under the patronage of Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, had its reception at the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum on May 27. It will be a new international centre for learning and creativity. While welcoming the guests, Lord Jacob Rothschild, Trustee of the Museum of Islamic Art, said, “Beyond the Museum it is also the place of learning and the platform of dialogue. [The] museum will develop a fruitful relationship with world class institution like the British Museum.”

Mystery insect bugging experts at London museum

In this undated image made available by Natural History Museum, showing the tiny red-and-black bug which is thought to be a new species of insect, and that has appeared inside London's Natural History Museum gardens, according to information made available Monday July 14, 2008. The almond-shaped insect, about the size of a grain of rice seems to thrive on plane trees at the grounds of the 19th-century museum, but this insect is not the same as any of the 28 million insects currently classified by the museum, 'I don't expect to find a new species in the gardens of a museum,' said Max Barclay, Collections Manager at the Natural History Museum.

Air Force museum receives highest national recognition

8/13/2008 - DAYTON, Ohio (AFPN) -- The National Museum of the United States Air Force has again achieved accreditation by American Association of Museums officials. It is the highest national recognition a museum can receive.  

Pretoria's national cultural museum burgled

Items such as coins, stamps and Kruger rands, as well as office equipment have been stolen during a break-in at the National Cultural Museum in Pretoria. National Flagship Institution CEO, Makholo Makholo, says a nightshift security guards team at the museum was attacked by the armed robbers.

Sparks Fly and Metal Melts as Harley-Davidson Museum Opens in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE--The Harley-Davidson Museum, located in Harley's hometown of Milwaukee for nearly 105 years, opened its doors for the first time to the public today. The Museum opening kicked off with a Harley-Davidson-style "ribbon cutting" ceremony in which a motorcycle primary chain wrapped around a Museum tower was cut with an acetylene torch. Festivities - including the Harley-Davidson, Inc. president and CEO Jim Ziemer receiving his first tattoo, a 2008 Super Glide Custom bike build-off, and live music - will continue all weekend. "Harley-Davidson has dreamed about building this Museum for a long time," said Jim Ziemer, president and chief executive officer of Harley-Davidson, Inc. "It adds a whole new dimension to the Harley-Davidson experience.

ADDING MULTIMEDIA Sparks Fly and Metal Melts as Harley-Davidson Museum Opens in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE--The Harley-Davidson Museum, located in Harley's hometown of Milwaukee for nearly 105 years, opened its doors for the first time to the public today. The Museum opening kicked off with a Harley-Davidson-style "ribbon cutting" ceremony in which a motorcycle primary chain wrapped around a Museum tower was cut with an acetylene torch. Festivities - including the Harley-Davidson, Inc. president and CEO Jim Ziemer receiving his first tattoo, a 2008 Super Glide Custom bike build-off, and live music - will continue all weekend. "Harley-Davidson has dreamed about building this Museum for a long time," said Jim Ziemer, president and chief executive officer of Harley-Davidson, Inc. "It adds a whole new dimension to the Harley-Davidson experience.

ADDING MULTIMEDIA Sparks Fly and Metal Melts as Harley-Davidson Museum Opens in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE--(Business Wire)-- The Harley-Davidson Museum, located in Harley's hometown of Milwaukee for nearly 105 years, opened its doors for the first time to the public today. The Museum opening kicked off with a Harley-Davidson-style "ribbon cutting" ceremony in which a motorcycle primary chain wrapped around a Museum tower was cut with an acetylene torch. Festivities - including the Harley-Davidson, Inc. president and CEO Jim Ziemer receiving his first tattoo, a 2008 Super Glide Custom bike build-off, and live music - will continue all weekend. "Harley-Davidson has dreamed about building this Museum for a long time," said Jim Ziemer, president and chief executive officer of Harley-Davidson, Inc. "It adds a whole new dimension to the Harley-Davidson experience.

Wuhan to build new 1911 Revolution Museum

The city of Wuhan in Hubei Province has decided to invest 300 million yuan to build the 1911 Revolution Museum (New Museum), creating a commemorative 1911 Revolution national landmark to welcome the 100th anniversary grand ceremony of the Revolution of 1911. The total construction area of the 1911 Revolution Museum is approximately 30,000 square meters. The Museum will shoulder four main functions: storage of 1911 Revolution relics (relics of historical figures, historical events information); an exhibition of the Revolution's history; Wuhan modern history research and academic exchanges; and integrated services.

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.

Motorcycle Museum Built in Akureyri

Ground will be broken for an 800-square-meter motorcycle museum in Akureyri, north Iceland, on Saturday. The museum will be built in four phases—the first phase is scheduled to finish next year—and once completed, exhibit about 50 motorcycles.

National Postal Museum expansion plans

The director of the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum is embarking on his most ambitious project since taking charge of the museum six years ago.

Scottish national museum in massive development

EDINBURGH (Reuters Life!) - Scotland's National Museum has opened a major new gallery covering the dramatic changes the country has undergone over the past 100 years as part of a 60 million pound refurbishment and development of the museum complex in the heart of Edinburgh's Old Town.

Scottish national museum in massive development

EDINBURGH (Reuters Life!) - Scotland's National Museum has opened a major new gallery covering the dramatic changes the country has undergone over the past 100 years as part of a 60 million pound refurbishment and development of the museum complex in the heart of Edinburgh's Old Town.

Love and Destiny at National Museum on Culture Night

Love will be in the air at the National Museum of Iceland on ReykjavĂ­k Culture Night tonight. Various objects and artworks related to romance, love and destiny will be on display at the museum on the occasion.

U.S. Reps Seeks Permanent Home for National Women's History Museum

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswomen Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) and Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) have introduced bipartisan legislation that would give the National Women’s History Museum a permanent home in the nation’s capital. The Museum, which is dedicated to preserving, interpreting, and celebrating the diverse historic contributions of women, was conceived of over a decade ago and has been repeatedly denied a permanent site in Washington, D.C.

Company Reinforces Community Commitment with Donation to National Science and Technology Museum of Milan

MILAN, Italy, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Spansion Inc. , the world's largest pure-play provider of Flash memory solutions, today reinforced its community commitment with a donation to the National Science and Technology Museum of Milan. The donation was presented to representatives of the Museum at Spansion's official opening of its Security and Advanced Technology Division (SATD) headquarters in Agrate Brianza.

Company Reinforces Community Commitment with Donation to National Science and Technology Museum of Milan

MILAN, Italy, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Spansion Inc. (Nasdaq: SPSN), the world's largest pure-play provider of Flash memory solutions, today reinforced its community commitment with a donation to the National Science and Technology Museum of Milan. The donation was presented to representatives of the Museum at Spansion's official opening of its Security and Advanced Technology Division (SATD) headquarters in Agrate Brianza.

Rockstar Games announces new release date for Midnight Club: Los Angeles on the Xbox 360(R) and PLAYSTATION(R)3 and Midnight Club: LA Remix for the PSP(R) system

Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) today announced a new release date for the fourth installment of its critically-acclaimed and genre-defining Midnight Club franchise, Midnight Club: Los Angeles. Set for release on October 7th in North America and October 10th in Europe and developed by series creator Rockstar San Diego, Midnight Club: Los Angeles will give gamers the unprecedented freedom to race through a hyper-realistic LA.

Rockstar Games announces new release date for Midnight Club: Los Angeles on the Xbox 360(R) and PLAYSTATION(R)3 and Midnight Club: LA Remix for the PSP(R) system

NEW YORK - (Business Wire) Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) today announced a new release date for the fourth installment of its critically-acclaimed and genre-defining Midnight Club franchise, Midnight Club: Los Angeles. Set for release on October 7th in North America and October 10th in Europe and developed by series creator Rockstar San Diego, Midnight Club: Los Angeles will give gamers the unprecedented freedom to race through a hyper-realistic LA.

Far Out! New Museum at Bethel Woods Celebrates the 60s

The Museum at Bethel Woods, designed by museum designer Gallagher & Associates and museum architect Westlake Reed Leskosky and making up the newest part of the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, N.Y., opened last month at the site of the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair. The museum, designed to offer a multimedia understanding of the turbulent decade that reshaped America, offers 10,000 square feet of permanent display space, 6,000 square feet of changing exhibit gallery, a research and archive library, a 1,000-seat performance amphitheater, and a 4,500-square-foot events gallery. To understand the iconic significance of Woodstock, the architects say that the project will help younger visitors grasp the vital context of what was happening at the time “politically, militarily, and socially,” while enabling boomers to look bac


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