Museum News

• International Spy Museum in D.C. reopened
  The International Spy Museum in D.C. reopened after undergoing a three-year, $162 million renovation. Errol Barnett reports.
  CBS News.  Saturday, 25 May 2019.
• California show explores Warhol's social, tech foreshadowing
  A retrospective of Andy Warhol's work on display at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art captures his use of artwork to give his subjects public personas the way people do now using social media.
  ABC News.  Saturday, 25 May 2019.
• Boston arts museum bans 2 visitors for offensive language
  Boston's Museum of Fine Arts has banned two visitors and vowed to change protocols for guards after minority middle school students said they were subjected to racism by staff and patrons during a field trip last week.
  Fox News.  Saturday, 25 May 2019.
• Boston museum sorry for racist 'no watermelons' remark
  A teacher accuses staff at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston of racism towards her pupils.
  BBC News.  Friday, 24 May 2019.
• Transformation Underway at Amon Carter Museum
  On June 3, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art will temporarily close to complete an extensive renovation. Photo Credit: Amon Carter Museum of American Art This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. ...
  NBC.  Friday, 24 May 2019.
• 'Unique' Iron Age shield discovered in Leicestershire
  The British Museum, which will store the shield, described it as a "absolutely phenomenal object".
  BBC News.  Thursday, 23 May 2019.
• This Ink Is Made From Air Pollution
  About 45 minutes of diesel car pollution reaps 30 milliliters of AIR-INK, now on display at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
  Smithsonian.  Thursday, 23 May 2019.
• The 'Nation's T. Rex' Prepares to Make Its Smithsonian Debut
  In a new exhibit about "deep time" at the National Museum of Natural History, T. Rex is still the king
  Smithsonian.  Thursday, 23 May 2019.
• Neon Museum gets OK to expand to unused Vegas cultural site
  The Neon Museum is preparing to double in size by expanding across Las Vegas Boulevard into a shuttered cultural center dating to the early 1960s
  ABC News.  Sunday, 19 May 2019.
• Rare and fabulous flying machines of fabric and wood at WAAAM - CNET
  The Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum has an incredible collection of airplanes from the first half of the 20th century, and amazingly, almost all still run. Here's a look inside.
  CNET.  Sunday, 19 May 2019.
• WAAAM! These antique aircraft and autos can actually drive and fly - CNET
  The incredible Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum museum is packed with amazing early-era vehicles, nearly all in flying or driving condition.
  CNET.  Sunday, 19 May 2019.
• Museum volunteers discover new species of extinct heron at North Florida fossil site
  When the bones of an ancient heron were unearthed at a North Florida fossil site, the find wasn't made by researchers but by two Florida Museum of Natural History volunteers. ...
  Science Daily.  Friday, 17 May 2019.
• I.M. Pei's legacy stretched from the West to the East
  BEIJING (AP) - The legacy of American architect I.M. Pei stretches from west to east, from the Louvre museum to his native China, where he helped fuse tradition and modernity as the country opened up after the Cultural Revolution. ...
  Washington Times.  Friday, 17 May 2019.
• I.M. Pei, Master Architect Whose Buildings Dazzled the World, Dies at 102
  Mr. Pei, a committed modernist, was one of the few architects equally attractive to real estate developers, corporate chieftains and art museum boards.
  New York Times.  Friday, 17 May 2019.
• Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms
  Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms on display at The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum.
  Voice of America.  Thursday, 16 May 2019.

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