California Association of Museums

Museums in the News 7/23/08


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Grant to Put South Coast Railroad Museum Project on Fast Track
By: Emily Kryder, Noozhawk, July 22, 2008
http://www.noozhawk.com/local_news/article/072208_grant_to_put_south_coast_railroad_museum_project_on_fast_track/

A lot on her plate: Artist designs license-plate holder to promote Salinas
By: Marie Vasari, Monterey County: The Herald, July 22, 2008
http://www.montereyherald.com/business/ci_9957138?nclick_check=1

Play’s the Tahoe thing
By: Marcus Crowder, Sacramento Bee, July 22, 2008
http://www.sacbee.com/107/story/1098760.html

Museum of Art a dream come true
By Trevor Summons, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, July 20, 2008
http://www.sgvtribune.com/living/ci_9942954

The mystery of the disappearing plaques
San Gabriel Valley Tribune, July 20, 2008
http://www.sgvtribune.com/opinions/ci_9944706

Sequoia Park Zoo admission fees move forward
By: Thadeus Greenson, The Times-Standard, July 20, 2008
http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_9939585

Santa Barbara museum volunteers are busy spiffing up fossil of mammoth found in Moorpark
By: Michele Willer-Allred, Ventura County Star, July 20, 2008
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/20/nb1fcmammoth20/

Micke Grove Zoo seeks volunteers
The Record, July 19, 2008
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080719/A_NEWS/80718023

This museum honors baseball’s rebels, radicals, and reprobates
By: Clark Spencer, Boston Herald, July 19, 2008
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/other_mlb/view/2008_07_19_This_museum_honors_baseball_s_rebels__radicals_and_reprobates/srvc=sports&position=recent

Opponents seek compromise on S.F. Zoo's future
By: Maria Lagos, San Francisco Chronicle, July 18, 2008
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/17/MN7A11R4GG.DTL

The not-so-Jewish museum by the bay
The Jewish Journal, July 18, 2008
http://www.jewishjournal.com/thecalendargirls/item/the_not_so_jewish_museum_by_the_bay_20080718/

Little Tokyo’s’ Aoyama Tree designated a monument
By: Joanna Lin, Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-treebrief18-2008jul18,0,5150935.story

San Rafael storefront could become rock museums
By: Paul Liberatore, Marin Independent Journal, July 17, 2008
http://origin.marinij.com/lifestyles/ci_9914202

Museum Market Plaza on schedule
By: Stefanie Frith, The Desert Sun, July 15, 2008
http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080715/NEWS05/807150328

Fisher Presidio Museum Proposal Hits Wall of Opposition
By: Andy Blue, FogCityJournal.com, July 15, 2008
http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/2008/07/15/fisher-presidio-museum-proposal-hits-wall-of-opposition/

Monterey, CA: Aquarium bids jellyfish adieu
Los Angeles Times, July 14, 2008
http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/monterey-aquarium-bi-2265/

Skullphone leaves his distinctive mark at Riverside Museum
By Camilo Smith, Los Angeles Times, July 13, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/theguide/art/la-gd-art3-2008jul03,0,6911058.story

Landmarks Commission OKs Magnes Museum’s Downtown Move
By Riya Bhattacharjee, The Berkeley Daily Planet, July 10, 2008
http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2008-07-10/article/30514?headline=Landmarks-Commission-OKs-Magnes-Museum-s-Downtown-Move