Museums in the News – The More Timely Roundup

Museums in the News – The More Timely Roundup

Welcome to our weekly museums in the news roundup! Attendance spikes at nuclear museum (National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, Albuqueque, New Mexico) Museum will occupy former Real World House (Laogai Museum, Washington, D.C.) Bieber-worn kicks enshrined at Toronto shoe museum (Bata Shoe Museum, 

Japan

Japan

Though, as CultureGrrl points out, it is clearly too early to worry about and assess damage to museums and cultural sites in Japan, not before the human cost of the earthquake and tsunami has been addressed, it’s still good to hear Japanese museums check in. 

Museums in the News – The Overdue Roundup

Museums in the News – The Overdue Roundup

First: sorry for missing last week’s museum’s in the news roundup! I am not always as on top of my intrepid blog editor persona as I’d like to be. As a bonus, this week’s news roundup will be twice as long. I know you’re excited. 

Museums in the News – The More #$@$# Snow Roundup

Museums in the News – The More #$@$# Snow Roundup

Welcome to the weekly museums in the news roundup! Without a doubt the weirdest story of the week is this one: Desperate museum guard holds Renaissance masterpieces for ransom, only to have them stolen from his car (Museum of Fine Arts, Corsica, Italy) Worcester Art 

Museums in the News – The Spring Thaw Roundup

Museums in the News – The Spring Thaw Roundup

Welcome to the museums in the news roundup. Deeply scientific – but not completely rational (interview with director of the Charles Hayden Planetarium) (Museum of Science, Boston, Massachusetts) Summoning the heavens: Malden man at helm of revamped planetarium (ditto) Hello out there: anyone want to 

Museums and Historic Preservation in FY 2012

Museums and Historic Preservation in FY 2012

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is live-blogging their analysis of President Obama’s proposed budget for next year. They’ll be updating throughout the day as they discuss areas of the budget that relate to historic preservation and public funding for the arts. If you want