One of the first museums we visited when we began Curious Expeditions nearly three years ago was the fantastic Naturhistorisches Museum in Bern, Switzerland.

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Insect Month: Naturhistorisches Museum | Curious Expeditions

An intimate concert with a Coachella 2010 performer, anyone? If you’re looking for a pre-Coachella concert with Shooter Jennings, then we have a show for you! On Thursday, March 25, Shooter Jennings will perform live at the Grammy …

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The Scenestar: Contest: Shooter Jennings @ Grammy Museum

CHAPEL HILL, NC – Each spring, the Ackland Art Museum at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill presents New Currents in Contemporary Art (April 9 – May 23, 2010), an exhibition of works by graduating UNC-Chapel Hill master of …

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Ackland Art Museum presents New Currents in Contemporary Art | Art …

It remains the largest theft in the history of the art world, and the daring midnight heist still captures our imagination: Who stole them? Was it for money, or …

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Simoleon Sense » Blog Archive » The Psychology of Art Thieves

Mystery surrounds a small charcoal-gray box recently removed from the cornerstone of Smith Hall, home of the Alabama Museum of Natural History on The University of Alabama campus. Nobody knows what’s inside the shoe-box sized copper …

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University of Alabama News » What's in the Box? UA's Alabama …

Museum practitioners are pre-adapted to be futurists. Why? Because futurism is, basically, the process of telling compelling stories about things that haven’t happened yet. These stories help people explore what alternate futures might …

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Center for the Future of Museums: Museum Design 2034: The …

The article does not specify, but it looks like upon completion the complex will beat out the Oklahoma City Museum as the institution showcasing the most work from the northwestern artist. [USAToday]. Sponsored by · ? Dale Chihuly …

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Gridskipper: Chihuly Museum Coming To Seattle Center

Issaquah History Museums needs volunteers Saturday. March 11, 2010. By Warren Kagarise. NEW — 6:30 a.m. March 11, 2010. Help the Issaquah History Museums restore a vintage caboose Saturday. Organizers need two or three volunteers to …

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It is easy to get caught in the newness of all of this and the result is that people get lost in the details (eg., what would an integrated search of library and museum catalogues look like?), or in why the convergence is happening now. …

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Christine Madsen · Library, Archive, and Museum Convergence

Architect magazine–edited by Ned Cramer, former curator at the Chicago Architecture Foundation–is a finalist for one of this year’s National Magazine Awards. The American Society of Magazine Editors announced the finalists today.

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Cityscapes: Architect magazine, led by former Chicago Architecture …