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Star Wars memorabilia on show in London

Edit BBC News 26 Sep 2016
Star Wars fans can get a rare glimpse at original costumes from the franchise, including one of Darth Vader's suits, in an exhibition open to the public in London later this year ... The props have been loaned by the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, established by the saga's creator George Lucas. The exhibition opens on 8 November.'Fresh perspective on Star Wars' ... Return of the Jedi ... ....

Sweet salvation: The A&B; Sugar Museum’s mission goes on, despite plantation closure

Edit Star Advertiser 25 Sep 2016
For 36 years, a museum dedicated to sugar cane farming has operated next to Hawaii’s largest sugar plantation with an umbilical cord kind of connection. Bottles of sugar sold in the museum gift shop ... The sweet burnt smell of processed cane wafting over museum grounds ... Electricity and water for museum operations ... ABOUT THE MUSEUM ... So right after the shutdown announcement, the museum began developing new merchandise....

Everything you want to know about Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum

Edit Your Story 25 Sep 2016
The New Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum Complex will be open to the public from October 2, 2016 ... Marking the completion of four years of Pranab Mukherjee‘s stint as head of the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the museum on July 25. The underground museum took almost two years to complete, with an estimated cost of Rs 80 crore. Want to know more about the museum?....

Old City, Old Buildings, New Life

Edit The Atlantic 25 Sep 2016
Today the bank-turned-customs-house is one of a group of historic buildings, all connected, that comprise the LEEDS-certified Erie Art Museum.The Old Customs House portion of today’s Erie Art Museum (Courtesy Erie Art Museum). Nestled next door to the Old Customs House, as the building is fondly called around town, is the former bank cashier’s house, also part of the museum ... (courtesy Erie Art Museum)....

National Museum of African-American History opens in DC

Edit New York Post 25 Sep 2016
A century after it was first proposed, a museum devoted to centuries of African-American history opened Saturday on the National Mall. Barack and Michelle Obama ring a bell during the dedication of the National Museum of African American History and Culture with the Bonner family.Photo ... “This national museum helps to tell a richer and fuller story of who we are,” the president said in an impassioned speech....

A museum of African-American history at long last

Edit Jamaica Observer 25 Sep 2016
Yesterday, United States President Barack Obama formally opened the National Museum of African History and Culture (NMAHC) in Washington, DC, almost 100 years after the idea was first mooted ... The NMAHC was also preceded by a Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1980 to remind of the events endured by the Jews in Nazi Germany ... Jamaicans played a tangible role in the National Museum of African History and Culture....

New Smithsonian museum chronicling black history opens

Edit Boston Herald 25 Sep 2016
WASHINGTON — Centuries of struggles and strife, decades of planning and pain, and years of hoping for a place that African-American history can call home will culminate as President Barack Obama officially opens the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture ... Thousands gathered on the National Mall on Saturday morning to watch Obama, the nation's first black president, cut the ribbon to open the museum....

Oklahoma lifestyle briefs,Sept. 25

Edit The Oklahoman 25 Sep 2016
First recognized for his “Pop Art” milk bottle paintings and cloud imagery, Goode has work in museum collections, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Smithsonian Institution, The Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art, New York ... Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma, with the Norman Arts Council, will open the 2017 Biennale on April 23....

Obama says new US black history museum tells story of America

Edit The Himalayan 25 Sep 2016
US President Barack Obama speaks during the dedication of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, US, on September 24, 2016 ... President Barack Obama on Saturday expressed hope that a new national museum showcasing the triumphs and tragedies of the African American experience will help to bring people together as the nation reels from recent racial upheaval....

Obamas help ring in opening of new Smithsonian museum chronicling black history

Edit The Oregonian 25 Sep 2016
With hugs, tears and the ringing of church bells, the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture opened its doors Saturday to help this nation understand, reconcile and celebrate African-Americans' often-ignored contributions toward making this country what it is today ... Obama noted one artifact in the museum ... The museum's opening "finally marks the place and time where we're finally recognized ......

Black history finds home on National Mall with new museum

Edit Times Free Press 25 Sep 2016
With hugs, tears and the ringing of church bells, the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture opened its doors Saturday to help this nation understand, reconcile and celebrate African-Americans' often-ignored contributions toward making this country what it is today ... Obama noted one artifact in the museum ... "This national museum helps to tell a richer and fuller story of who we are," Obama said....

The Gweagal shield and the fight to change the British Museum's attitude to seized artefacts

Edit The Guardian 25 Sep 2016
Now Kelly is heading on a quest to the British Museum in London to reclaim the precious shield and spears on behalf of his Gweagal people ... The British Museum, which has the biggest collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural artefacts outside Australia, is considering loaning the Gweagal its most significant first contact item – a bark shield Cooman dropped during that first violent encounter....

Watch Obama’s Moving Speech at the Opening of the National Museum of African American History

Edit Slate 25 Sep 2016
President Obama spoke today at the opening ceremonies for the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the newest addition to the National Mall, which opened Saturday ... He opened with a heartbreaking example of the ways America has chosen to tell its own story over the years, describing a block of stone that is now on display in the new museum....
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