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Museum Scotland's top attraction

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum was Scotland's busiest visitor attraction last year, according to VisitScotland.

Museum is top visitor attraction

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum was Scotland's busiest visitor attraction last year, according to VisitScotland.

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.

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

Top Button Launches TheTopSecret.com - Exclusive Online Sample Sale Website

NEW YORK -- Beginning Thursday, June 12, TopButton.com, a premier fashion and beauty destination with nearly 1 million subscribers, will launch TheTopSecret.com, an exciting invitation only online sample sale experience featuring premium brands from top quality designers. Subscribers to Top Button will be granted exclusive access to TheTopSecret.com enabling them to secure the designer fashions and accessories at real sample sale prices. If a potential shopper is not a Top Button subscriber, membership can be granted to TheTopSecret.com through an invitation by other Top Button members. Visitors may also register at TheTopSecret.com where they will be placed on a waiting list and notified when they are granted access to the site.

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.

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.

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.

In-House CIA Museum Features 2001 War in Afghanistan

The Central Intelligence Agency museum has been called "the best museum you never saw" because its location in the CIA headquarters building makes it off limits to visitors. The museum is filled with artifacts and pictures from the 60 year history of the CIA, and the agency's World War II-era predecessor, the Office of Strategic Services or OSS. A new exhibit was recently opened in the museum, and VOA correspondent Gary Thomas was granted rare access to visit it.

New director at Herreshoff museum

The Herreshoff Marine Museum announced its first executive director in April, Lawrence A Fisher, who has more than 30 years' experience in arts management. He has worked for organisations including Walt Disney Imagineering, the Henry Ford Museum, the National Canal Museum and Mystic Seaport. Trustees of the museum and its America's Cup Hall of Fame say that Fisher's expertise will help them reach a greater audience.

Media Alert: Field Museum Sends a ''Global Warning''

(Business Wire)-- The Field Museum: -0- *T What: A leading institution in scientific research and conservation, The Field Museum invites the public to A Global Warning: Understanding Climate Change, presented by The Gary C. Comer Family. The free symposium will feature a keynote address on climate change policy by Senator Tim Wirth, President, United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund. A round table discussion moderated by WGN radio personality John Williams will follow. Panelists include Senator Wirth; Dr. Ray Pierrehumbert, Louis Block Professor in Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago; and Dr. Doug Stotz, Conservation Ecologist, Environmental and Conservation Programs, The Field Museum. Following the symposium, attendees will be invited to view The Field Museum's new contemporary art exhibition Melting Ice / A Hot Topic:

San Antonio's McNay Art Museum Reopened After $33.1 Million Expansion

SAN ANTONIO, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, the oldest modern art museum in Texas, has officially reopened after doubling in size. The 45,000-square-foot expansion -- named the Jane and Arthur Stieren Center for Exhibitions -- allows the museum to host larger, critically-acclaimed exhibitions and enables it to show more of its collection, with distinctive additions such as a beautiful outdoor sculpture garden to showcase the museum's growing sculpture collection. The $33.1 million Stieren Center re-opened on June 7, 2008.

Search for artworks stolen from UBC museum goes international

This gold box by Bill Reid with a sculptured eagle on top was one of 15 art objects stolen from the UBC museum overnight Friday.This gold box by Bill Reid with a sculptured eagle on top was one of 15 art objects stolen from the UBC museum overnight Friday.

Dr. Jon Thompson to Receive The Textile Museum's 2008 George Hewitt Myers Award

Washington, DC (PRWEB) June 6, 2008 -- The Textile Museum announced today that Dr. Jon Thompson, one of the foremost scholars in the field of Oriental carpets, has been chosen as the 2008 recipient of the Museum's George Hewitt Myers Award, the highest honor given in the field of textile arts. The Myers Award, named for The Textile Museum's founder and given by the Museum's Board of Trustees, recognizes Thompson's lifetime achievement and exceptional contributions to the study and understanding of the textile arts. He will be honored with the award at a Tribute Dinner on Thursday, October 16 in Washington, D.C.

Smart Home Exhibit at Museum of Science and Industry Showcases ComEd Environmental Programs

CHICAGO, May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its ongoing environmental commitment, ComEd is sponsoring the new Museum of Science and Industry's Smart Home: Green + Wired, Powered by ComEd and Warmed by Peoples Gas exhibit, which showcases the utility's electricity-saving programs for customers and other ways to practice green living. The exhibit is open today through Jan. 4, 2009. The Smart Home demonstrates the latest offerings in sustainable living and environmentally-friendly technologies and offers Museum patrons simple, practical ways they can incorporate green living into their lifestyle. Guests will go on tours of the 2,500-square-foot, modular and contemporary home, located on the east side of the Museum. "At ComEd, we are proud to serve as a key sponsor of this innovative exhibit and to partner with the Museum of Science and Industr

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.

Thom Mayne to Design New Home for Orange County Museum of Art

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne and his firm Morphosis will design the new home for the Orange County Museum of Art, reports the New York Times. The museum, which is currently located in Newport Beach, will move to a newly acquired piece of land at Costa Mesa's Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Morphosis will work with the museum over the next six months to create a design and budget for the new building, which is expected to break ground in 2013 and open by 2016. This will be Mayne's first art museum.

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

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

WAXHAW, N.C. (Business Wire) -- 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.

British Museum 'is Britain's most popular attraction'

The British Museum has overtaken Blackpool Pleasure Beach and the Tate Modern to become the nation's most popular cultural attraction.

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