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Smithsonian Institution to temporarily close some art galleries
Because of budget cuts mandated by the federal sequestration, the Smithsonian Institution will begin closing galleries in some art museums to the public. Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough said Tuesday in a news release that the temporary closings would...
Tags: Arts, Arts and Culture
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New Autry chief executive saddles up for challenging task
Recruiting a new leader for a big museum can take months — sometimes more than a year — involving search committees, consultants and rounds of interviews and negotiations. In the case of the Autry National Center of the American West,...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Mashantucket, Arts, Music, Daniel Day-Lewis
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Obama's arts budget plan goes beyond restoring 'sequester' cuts
President Obama’s budget proposal for the coming fiscal year would boost federal arts spending 10% above where it stands at the moment, lifting it to $1.58 billion for the 2013-14 budget year that begins Oct. 1 and more than compensating for cuts...Tags: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Taxation, Culture, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting
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Smithsonian closing some spaces due to sequester
The Smithsonian Institution museums in Washington have had to close some spaces due to the effects of the federal budget cuts known as sequestration, the organization announced this week. The budget cuts have resulted in a reduction in a contract for...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Arts, Arts and Culture, Museums, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Scientists find cannibalism at American settlement in Jamestown
Scientists say they have found the first solid archaeological evidence that some of the earliest American colonists survived harsh conditions by resorting to cannibalism. On Wednesday, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and...
Tags: Culture, Museum of Natural History, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Arts and Culture, Colonial Williamsburg
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Diplomats to speak Wednesday at Centre as part of lecture series
Bea Camp and David Summers will deliver the Press Distinguished Lecture at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in Newlin Hall on the Centre College campus. The lecture is free and open to the public, and counts as a convocation credit for students. Camp and Summers,...
Tags: China, U.S. Foreign Service, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, Arianna Huffington
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Southwest Museum's prospects for festive 100th birthday are dim
Los Angeles’ oldest museum site, the Natural History Museum in Exposition Park, is celebrating its centennial this year with the debut of a new entrance halland outdoor nature center, capping a full makeover that’s already yielded new halls...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Renovation, Museums, Science and Technology, Finance
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National Museum of Industrial History names new chairman
The National Museum of Industrial History has announced that builder L. Charles Marcon will be replacing the late philanthropist Priscilla Payne Hurd as chairman of the board. Marcon, who is CEO of Duggan and Marcon Inc. and a trustee of the Harry C....Tags: Arts and Culture, Museums, Bethlehem Steel
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Everglades pythons hide in plain sight, but hunt may resume
The hunters tramped through the Everglades, scouring the ground for Burmese pythons, ready to do battle with the giant snakes that have invaded South Florida's wilderness. Meanwhile, up in a tree, a python watched, completely unnoticed, as the hunters...
Tags: Conservation, Pembroke Pines, Everglades, Hunting, Ecosystems
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Terps' Schwarzmann among many locals nominated for Tewaaraton
The Tewaaraton Foundation today announced the Tewaaraton Award men's and women's nominees, including 2012 winners Katie Schwarzmann (Maryland) and Peter Baum (Colgate). Twenty-five women and 25 men were selected as nominees, from which 10 finalists...
Tags: Georgetown
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Hopi masks auctioned in Paris amid outrage and legal objections
This post has been corrected. See below for details. The gavel came down on 70 sacred Hopi Indian masks at the Drouot auction house in Paris on Friday, generating $1.2 million for the owners and auctioneers – and anger and emotional cries from...Tags: Auction Service, Mexico, Arts and Culture, UNESCO, Museums
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Endeavour shuttle helps draw 1 million visitors to Science Center
L.A. NOWMore than 1 million people have visited the California Science Center since space shuttle Endeavour arrived, a considerable boost for the Exposition Park museum that averages about 1.6 million visitors a year....
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