By Michelle Krupa, The Times-Picayune “Spearheaded by a pair of Mayor Ray Nagin’s close allies, the Center for Entertainment and the Creative Industry, dubbed CECI, would reinvent the Municipal Auditorium, still shuttered since Hurricane Katrina, as a structure that combines traditional stages with digital production facilities, a merchandise distribution center, a culinary school, a jazz museum and offices for nonprofit …
Discovery Museum plans move to next phase
From the Morning Sun “The proposed Mt. Pleasant Discovery Museum is still a dream, but the dream could be a little closer to reality. Organizers of the children’s museum announced last week the start of a capital campaign. The group that began with four mothers and an idea says that to make the project a reality, it wants to raise …
World War II museum to dedicate major expansion Friday
By John Pope The Times-Picayune November 05, 2009 In its first move across Andrew Higgins Drive, the National World War II Museum on Friday is dedicating a massive $60 million building where visitors can travel forward and backward in time.
Long-anticipated Lightcatcher Building opens this week
BY KIE RELYEA THE BELLINGHAM HERALD BELLINGHAM – When the Lightcatcher Building opens to the public Nov. 14, visitors will be able to stand in the open courtyard and stare up at the gently curved glass wall that gives the new addition to the Whatcom Museum its name.
Voters Will Decide On Natural Science Center Bond
By Meghan Packer Posted November 2, 2009 Voters Will Decide On Natural Science Center Bond “Greensboro, NC — When voters head to the polls Tuesday, they’ll have a chance to vote for more than a mayor and city council members. They can also choose whether to support a $20 million bond referedum for the Natural Science Center.”
Science Learning Center in the works
Science Learning Center in the works By: alisonb@spokesman.com The Spokesman Review November 2, 2009 A North Idaho nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting science and technology education plans to build a 20,000-square-foot science center in Rathdrum…
Miami Science Museum envisioned as a natural wonder
Miami Science Museum envisioned as a natural wonder Posted on Monday, 09.28.09 BY ANDRES VIGLUCCI The opening target is 2014. The new facility would make the Miami Science Museum one of the very few in the country to have both an aquarium and a …
Children’s museum site dedicated
Children’s museum site dedicated By AMANDA O’TOOLE World Correspondent Published: 9/28/2009 Tulsa World Ruth Cavins, the executive director of the Stillwater Children’s Museum, talked about how the organization has grown to serve more than just the city and …
Plans finished for US Forest Service museum
By The Associated Press MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Plans for the future National Museum of Forest Service History will be unveiled in Missoula on Tuesday, and officials say construction of the $12 million facility could begin within a year. The first Forest Service district office was opened in Missoula in 1908 and eventually became the headquarters for Forest Service Region …
Walt Disney Family Museum
“Walt Disney Family Museum to open Oct. 1 in San Francisco” Article by Diane Haithman Original Article Back in 2007, Diane Disney Miller, daughter of Walt, told The Times that a new Walt Disney Family Museum — dedicated to telling the story of the man, not the entertainment conglomerate — was being planned for San Francisco’s Presidio, a former U.S. military facility that has been …