http://www.newstin.com/us/museums Global Social News Platform Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66345936 Posted to the web 3 July 2008 Beatrice Gachenge Majority of Kenyans do not buy art because they think it is expensive. But what if the prices were reduced, would they go for it? The answer to that question will soon be known. A... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:35:33 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66345936 2008-07-03T20:35:33Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66406446 On this red-white-and-blue national holiday, we bring you a simple news story to assure you that our borders are safe from immigrants coming over to work on construction projects and build things in 'murca. Even when it's a... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66406446 2008-07-04T04:00:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66399950 Cold war culture has been back in style for a while now, at least in architecture circles. For people of my generation, who spent much of their childhoods clambering over jungle gyms inspired by Fuller's geodesic domes, his... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:43:02 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66399950 2008-07-04T03:43:02Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66386606 Tom Gray, owner of Cowden Art Conservation, inspects an 1851 Alger Cadet Gun after it was placed on display at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, July 3, 2008. The bronze Artillery... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:11:57 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66386606 2008-07-04T02:11:57Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66328788 The Asian Art Museum holds one of the most comprehensive collections of Asian art in the world. Spanning 6,000 years, its scope and breadth enables the museum to provide an introduction to all the major traditions of Asian art... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:33:08 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66328788 2008-07-03T18:33:08Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66402671 A Traveler's DiaryFerdinand Richardt's Drawings of America 1855-1859June 27 - September 7, 2008When thirty-six year old Ferdinand Richardt set foot in New York in July 1855, he was already a successful professional artist in... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:33:24 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66402671 2008-07-04T04:33:24Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66370168 Arlan Ettinger will never forget the response he got the day he took one of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks’ hats to a meeting at Harlem’s historic Apollo Theater. “It was a fairly plain-looking black hat. And then I said it... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:25:11 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66370168 2008-07-03T23:25:11Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66350970 The "modest and little" Statue of Liberty, a gift from his country, did not impress Fernand Leger as he watched from the deck of a liner sailing into the inner harbor of New York Bay in 1931. But the artist was immediately... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:44:25 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66350970 2008-07-03T20:44:25Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66376933 The IGFA Journeys Theatre is hosting the award-winning documentary Sharkwater at selected showtimes. An interactive and educational exhibition based around shark conservation will be featured in the Museum's Changing Gallery. A... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:53:09 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66376933 2008-07-04T00:53:09Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66400771 Morse Plans New Wing to House Objects from Tiffany's Estate on Long Island WINTER PARK, Fla., July 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Trustees of the Charles Hosmer Morse Foundation announced today that the Morse Museum has begun... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66400771 2008-07-04T04:01:00Z