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Muppets creator's items head to NYC museum

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:02:10 -0400

NEW YORK - The Muppets may have taken Manhattan, but they're getting a spiffy new home in Queens.

V-2 rocket on display at Everett aviation museum

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:36:14 -0400

EVERETT, Washington - Had World War II not ended when it did, Nazi Germany likely would have sent more V-2 rockets hurtling toward potential victims.

Muppets creator's items head to NY museum

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:29:55 -0400

NEW YORK - The Muppets may have taken Manhattan, but they're getting a spiffy new home in Queens.

2 downtown museums lowering rates for LR Riverfest

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:36:08 -0400

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - Two museums in downtown Little Rock are lowering their admission rates during this year's Riverfest.

Okla. House panel approves $40M for Indian museum

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:12:04 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY - A plan to divert $40 million in use taxes over three years to help complete construction of an American Indian Cultural Center and Museum along the banks of the Oklahoma River has cleared a House committee.

Exhibit on US Jews who helped refugees from Nazis

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:42:17 -0400

NEW YORK - An exhibition opens Tuesday at a museum in Lower Manhattan about efforts by American Jews to bring refugees to the U.S. from Europe during the Nazi era.

2 old lions retire at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:56:05 -0400

TUCSON, Arizona - It's retirement time for two mountain lions at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum near Tucson.

Decommissioned Coast Guard ship set for reopening

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:08:45 -0400

PORT HURON, Michigan - A decommissioned U.S. Coast Guard ship that was sold to a private owner by the Port Huron Museum is being reopened to the public.

Dothan museum hosts exhibit of World War II images

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:56:16 -0400

DOTHAN, Alabama - A new exhibit at a southeast Alabama museum includes dozens of photographs from World War II.

Winslow Homer studio tours to begin June 23

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:06:00 -0400

SCARBOROUGH, Maine - The Portland Museum of Art has announced the dates for its summer tours of the Winslow Homer studio in Scarborough.

Dress like Bob Dylan and get in free, says museum

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:47:31 -0400

WORCESTER, Massachusetts - The Worcester Art Museum is offering free admission to anyone who dresses up like Bob Dylan on May 24, which will be the musician's 72nd birthday.

Museum in Knoxville to host 'Birds in Art' exhibit

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:34:23 -0400

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - A new museum exhibit at the University of Tennessee that is scheduled to be unveiled later this month will celebrate the timeless appeal of birds.

Jet donated by Travolta being moved to Ga. museum

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:38:05 -0400

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Georgia - The military is helping move a Gulfstream jet once flown by actor John Travolta to its new home at an aviation museum in middle Georgia.

Milwaukee Public Museum to feature "poop" exhibit

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:04:18 -0400

MILWAUKEE - An exhibit traveling to the Milwaukee Public Museum this fall concentrates on something few like to talk in depth about: poop.

Sheaffer Pen centennial gala in Fort Madison

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:44:26 -0400

FORT MADISON, Iowa - The centennial celebration of the Sheaffer Pen Co. made its way to where the famed writing implement got its start - in Fort Madison, Iowa.

'All aboard' for West Point transportation museum

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:23:28 -0400

WEST POINT, Mississippi - It's not so often a grown man gets to report to work and play with trains. For Terry Craig, though, it's a weekly joy. As curator of the Sam Wilhite Transportation Museum on West Point's Depot Drive, he is not only conductor of the largest working stationary train of its scale in North Mississippi, he got to build much of it.

Grand opening held for Model A museum in Michigan

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:07:36 -0400

HICKORY CORNERS, Michigan - A new Ford dealership opened up in southwestern Michigan.

Philly 'a living monument' to the Civil War

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:26:06 -0400

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphians were clearly tired of the Civil War in the days leading up to the invasion.

Fort Worth museum displays art of 91-year-old

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:04:44 -0400

FORT WORTH, Texas - A Fort Worth museum has granted the wish of a 91-year-old amateur artist by exhibiting her works.

12 inducted into 4-H Hall of Fame

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:08:08 -0400

MANSURA, Louisiana - A dozen new inductees into the Louisiana 4-H Hall of Fame were recognized in ceremonies May 11 at the 4-H Museum in Mansura.

Archaeology curator applicant to give talk

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:23:25 -0400

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - An anthropologist seeking a job as archaeology curator at the University of Alaska Museum of the North will speak at a public seminar on prehistoric subsistence next week.

Miami Art Museum gets $15 million gift

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:04:33 -0400

MIAMI - A new art museum being built in South Florida has received a $15 million gift from an anonymous donor

Museum waives fee for veterans, service members

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:49:04 -0400

NEW ORLEANS - The National World War II Museum will waive admission charges on Saturday for veterans and current members of the armed services.

Plans to fund Okla. pop culture museum still alive

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:02:13 -0400

TULSA, Oklahoma - Backers of a museum devoted to Oklahoma popular culture said they're still hopeful state lawmakers will approve $40 million for the project before adjourning in two weeks.

Hope College in western Michigan plans new museum

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:37:08 -0400

HOLLAND, Michigan - Hope College in western Michigan announced Friday that it's planning a new art museum to provide exhibition space and house the college's permanent collection.