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American Association of Museums Detroit Institute of Arts serves as a home for Detroit City Chess Club. Do any of your museums do something similar?
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In the middle of Detroit, a city always said to be at war with itself, a group of young students play competitive games of chess at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Within the walls of this museum, the city is being reborn.
American Association of Museums This is a bit belated, but if you have any information about these fossils, please contact Emporia State University Museum.
Museum Security Network » Blog Archive » Emporia State University Fossil Thefts. Security will be ti
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Security will be tightened at an Emporia State University museumafter the theft of several valuable fossils from the school’scollection.
American Association of Museums Missoula Art Museum monthly Artini event helps bring in a younger crowd.
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For Missoula resident Gibson Hartwell, the Missoula Art Museum’s monthly Artini offers him three reasons to keep coming back.
American Association of Museums The University of Michigan's Museum of Zoology's collection will be travelling to a new home.
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Millions of fish, reptile and amphibian specimens preserved in glass jars at the University of Michigan will be carefully boxed up and moved to a new home.
American Association of Museums Giant Tortoise Reveals True Self at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.
American Association of Museums A Negro League baseball museum could be coming to Baltimore.
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American Association of Museums Interested in attending AAM's 2010 Annual Meeting? We have a number of fellowship opportunities available, check it out!
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AAM’s professional education program and Annual Meeting & Museum Expo™ are the best places to find a wide range of innovative and useful professional development experiences. To ensure that ...
American Association of Museums Loads more natural light to be found in the new North Carolina Museum of Art building.
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RALEIGH, N.C. — The Botticelli had happily hung in the North Carolina Museum of Art for more than a quarter-century, moving only a few feet over the years.
American Association of Museums During December, Johns Hopkins University’s Museum Studies Program will match gifts to Museums Now!—doubling the value of all donations. Ask at least one friend to join the cause!
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American Association of Museums Arab American National Museum issues a nationwide call for stories and artifacts for possible inclusion in a new exhibit opening in February 2012.
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American Association of Museums More to like about L.A., site of the 2010 AAM Annual Meeting.
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In February, we hosted a cadre of out-of-town journalists for the opening of the Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA. Many of the visiting writers and editors told us they could really sense a collaborative feel among L.A. ...
American Association of Museums Mariners' Museum reducing hours beginning Nov. 30 and increasing its internet presence.
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NEWPORT NEWS — - Declining physical visitation and the prospect for increased Internet traffic have convinced the president and board of The Mariners' Museum to reduce its operating hours from seven to five days a week beginning Nov. ...
American Association of Museums Fort Worth Museum of Science and History getting ready to open its doors to the public.
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The doors of the $80 million Fort Worth Museum of Science and History are about to open, and hundreds turned out just to see the lantern lit.
American Association of Museums Search all the public collections of the Smithsonian in one place! 2.3 million records so far...
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SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System
American Association of Museums Interested in participating in The Big Read this upcoming year? Grants are available for organizational programming.
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APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 2, 2010PROGRAMMING DATES: SEPTEMBER 2010—JUNE 2011APPROXIMATELY 75 ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE SELECTED
