News on Cultural Institutions and Parks

NY Budget Historic Sites

2010-03-19T13:17:21Z

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2009 file photo, John Brown Farm State Historic Site is seen in Lake Placid, N.Y. New York state plans to close 13 of its 35 historic sites and cut the hours at a 14th as part of Gov. David Paterson's budget proposal. Paterson's plan also calls for closing 41 state parks, including two battlefields. (AP Phot...

NY, Pa. historic sites fall victim to budget cuts

2010-03-19T13:15:35Z

<div id="subtitle">History under fire: NY and Pa. historic sites face closing, cutbacks as state budgets tighten</div><div><p>State budget cuts in tough economic times are falling on historic sites, from George Washington's Continental Army encampments to a World War II Holocaust refugee center.</p><p>Several states in the...

Rome to display ancient Greek silverware

2010-03-19T09:30:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Ancient Greek artifacts go on display in Rome after being returned by the Met</div><div><p>A collection of ancient Greek silverware dating to the third century B.C. is going on display in Rome after being returned by the Metropolitan Museum in New York, officials said Friday.</p><p>The 16 pieces of silverware with gold detail were returned...

Attempt stalls to ban smoking at Calif state parks

2010-03-18T13:15:18Z

<div id="subtitle">Bill that would ban smoking at Calif. state parks stalls; lawmakers vow to try again</div><div><p>An attempt by the California Legislature to impose what is believed to be the nation's most far-reaching smoking ban in state parks stalled Thursday over objections it would inappropriately punish smokers.</p><...

Ecuador Galapagos Grounded Yacht

2010-03-18T13:00:43Z

This photo released by Galapagos National Park shows the grounded Alta yacht in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Thursday, March 18, 2010. Sixteen Canadian tourists and eight Ecuadorian crew members were rescued from the yacht that ran aground on Wednesday. No injuries were reported. (AP Photo/Galapagos National Park)

Copyright 2010 Reuters Life!) - British artist Steve McQueen, a Turner Prize winner and acclaimed filmmaker, has called for portraits of soldiers killed in the Iraq conflict to be turned into postage stamps.</p><p>Presenting his installation made as offic...

TV Trump Apprentice

2010-03-17T14:33:40Z

FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2009 file photo, Donald Trump attends the screening of "The September Issue " at The Museum of Modern Art, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)

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Smithsonian Human Evolution

2010-03-17T14:03:50Z

A wall comparing skulls of early humans is seen inside the David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, on Wednesday, March 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Smithsonian opens $21M human evolution hall

2010-03-17T06:45:17Z

<div id="subtitle">Smithsonian's Natural History museum opens $21 million permanent exhibit on human evolution</div><div><p>The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is opening a new permanent exhibit exploring human evolution over 6 million years.</p><p>The nearly $21 milli...

China zoo shut amid tiger parts harvest allegation

2010-03-16T22:17:18Z

<div><p>A zoo in northeastern China has been shut after a spate of Siberian tiger deaths as reports Wednesday said dozens of the dead animals may have been used to make a virility tonic.</p><p>China's forestry ministry has ordered the zoo in the city of Shenyang to suspend operations and urged the local government to step up a probe into the deaths of 13 of the endangered tigers, the...

Puck in gold-medal game heads to Hall of Fame

2010-03-16T15:15:28Z

<div id="subtitle">Sidney Crosby's gold-medal puck going to Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto after a Swiss detour</div><div><p>The gold-medal puck is going to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, after a brief detour to Switzerland

Irate Brazil artist adds randy bulls to CowParade art exhibit

2010-03-16T10:18:14Z

<div><p>A Brazilian artist launched a subversive protest against the popular "CowParade" travelling art exhibit, which he deemed an affront to his country's homegrown art scene.</p><p>The popular CowParade urban art display brings dozens of brightly-coloured life-sized resin cows to cities around the world, installing them in public spaces.</p><p>The exhibit is now on display in Sao Paulo, with individually dec...

NYC art exhibit includes nude pair standing still

2010-03-16T06:15:20Z

<div id="subtitle">Nude performance art causes some discomfort at NYC retrospective of performance artist's work</div><div><p>Laurence Lallier slipped carefully between two naked women facing each other in a narrow doorway at the Museum of Modern Art.</p><p>"I didn't want to step on their feet," said Lallier, a student from ...

BOMBS AWAY: AS LONG AS ITÕS TO SEED PARK

2010-03-16T02:15:15Z

<div id="subtitle">Harvest of native plantsto yield seeds to sow in a new play area near Laughlin</div><div><p> The National Park Service is planning to bomb a new park near Laughlin. Seed bomb, that is. The agency is building a park complex on land south of Davis Dam nea...

3 tigers very ill at Chinese zoo where 11 starved

2010-03-15T21:15:10Z

<div id="subtitle">Rush is on to save 3 sick Siberian tigers at Chinese zoo where 11 starved to death</div><div><p>Zookeepers are scrambling to save three seriously ill Siberian tigers at a cash-strapped zoo in northeastern China where 11 of the big cats starved to death recently.</p><p>The three tigers were shedding fur, had lost their appetites and were listless, the official Dublin is one of the most charming and fascinating cities which is officially known as the 'Baile Atha Cliath' or 'Ath Cliath' in Irish.It is the capital of Ireland, situated near the banks of east coast of Ireland and along the River Liffey.It is voted as the most popular holiday destinations of Rembrandt's "The storm on the Sea of Galilee," which remains on display at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. The painting was o...

Sargent, Velazquez reunited at the Prado

2010-03-15T10:17:42Z

<div><p>In a first, the Prado is to display John Singer Sargent?s "The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit" from Tuesday beside the painting which inspired it -- Diego Velazquez's "Las Meninas".</p><p>Singer's painting, one of the top draws at Boston's Museum of Fine ...

Explore the City of Corpus Christi For Classic Hotels & Attractions

2010-03-15T09:26:48Z

Corpus Christi is one of the most striking and the most popular holiday destinations in the state of Texas. It is one of the most vibrant and happening cities of United States. It serves as the county seat of Nueces County with estimated population of about 416,376 which makes i...

China zoo where tigers died to get emergency funds

2010-03-14T21:16:03Z

<div><p>A Chinese zoo where three dozen animals, including 13 endangered Siberian tigers, died from malnutrition is to receive a cash boost of one million dollars, state media said Monday.</p><p>The China Daily said officials in the northeastern city of Shenyang also have launched a probe into the deaths, which spotlighted poor cond...