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Family Ties: Jarrett, Petty enter NASCAR hall

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:59:38 -0400

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - NASCAR honored a pair of its most famous and successful families with inductions into the Hall of Fame on Wednesday.

Dallas exhibit reunites art JFK saw before death

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:13:22 -0400

DALLAS - Artist Jack Zajac said learning earlier this year that his bronze sculpture was among the last works of art ever seen by President John F. Kennedy left him feeling "reverential."

Vets get into Milwaukee Art Museum free all summer

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:03:20 -0400

MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Art Museum is offering free admission to veterans and active military members all summer starting on Memorial Day.

Lunch tours offer different way to see Carroll

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:40:24 -0400

TANEYTOWN, Maryland - To lifetime Carroll County residents, the history of the area may be something they take for granted. But to those just moving here or in surrounding counties, it might be interesting to learn that all of Uniontown is on the historic registry and that to drive through it used to cost 3 cents in the 18th century.

Smithsonian firearms on display at Cody museum

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:50:44 -0400

CODY, Wyoming - In 1803, the U.S. frigate Philadelphia sparked a major international incident when it ran aground in Tripoli harbor.

State Penitentiary Museum set to open next week

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:05:46 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - Visitors to Jefferson City will be able to get a glimpse of life at the Missouri State Penitentiary at a new museum.

Gulfport council to consider new museum

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:32:14 -0400

GULFPORT, Mississippi - The Historical Society of Gulfport hopes to open a museum in the reconstructed Mississippi City Courthouse on Courthouse Road, along with a visitor center that would be run in cooperation with local chambers of commerce.

Vets get into Milwaukee Art Museum free all summer

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:11:34 -0400

MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Art Museum is offering free admission to veterans and active military members all summer starting on Memorial Day.

Muppets creator's items head to NYC museum

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:45:11 -0400

NEW YORK - The Muppets are getting a new home in a Queens museum with a permanent exhibit the city hopes will persuade more tourists to venture beyond Manhattan.

Muppets creator Henson's items head to NYC museum

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:14:08 -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.