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Renovated American history museum reopens AP
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2008-11-21 17:18:12
Sierra Leone: Historian Discovers A Genealogical Connection
Still in a celebratory mood over the election of America's first black president, students and guests at South Carolina State University's I.P. Stanback Museum and Planetarium on Thursday evening were made privy to the compelling story of one alumna who completed a metaphorical connection to her African origins -- all through a family member brought to the Palmetto State as a slave 250 years ago.
2008-11-21 03:26:13
Doha museum sets mark for Gulf architects
Instead of the obsession of size being everything, the design of the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha raises standards of the Gulf and is informed by the region's past
2008-11-21 03:21:25
Museum aims to repair bathing hut
A Suffolk museum aims to raise xA314,000 to restore a rare bathing hut once used to preserve the dignity of female swimmers.
2008-11-20 15:06:07
Activists say tobacco settlement is being wasted AP
AP - In 2006, Alaska desperately needed cash to complete a museum featuring a mummified bison and other natural wonders of the frozen north. So the state dipped into its share of the landmark 1998 tobacco settlement.
2008-11-20 14:09:15
Botswana: Supa Ngwao Museum Hosts Arts Exhibition
Supa Ngwao Museum has kick started the Artist of the North Exhibition, which is open to all artists in the northeast region.
2008-11-19 11:31:14
Tunisia: Kairouan Exhibit Highlights Common Sharing of Mediterranean Heritage
From December 2 to March 31, 2009, Kairouan will host a cultural exhibit dubbed "Mediterranean civilizational innovation: exchange and communication". The exhibit which is hosted by the Rekada Museum...
2008-11-19 11:27:14
Museums' admission fees to rise
Admission prices to various museums and attractions in Guernsey are set to rise in the new year.
2008-11-18 14:36:07
India's first ever museum on explosives in Assam
Guwahati, Nov.17 ANI: With terrorist activities becoming a global reality, a lot of people have started showing curiosity in understanding the details of blasts. Such inquisitive people can now educate themselves by visiting the Forensic Science Laboratory in Guwahati which has instituted India's first ever museum on explosives. Forensic Science Laboratory in Guwahati is meant to develop methodologies and facilitate in probing blast explosions in detail and thereby preventing such incidents in future. This Explosive Museum, inaugurated recently will be a nodal point to research and develop methodologies to probe blast explosions in detail and thereby prevent such incidents in the country.It may be recalled that Assam has witnessed several violent incidents in the last couple of years, the worst being the recent bomb blasts on October 30 in Guwahati and other places in the State.Over 80 people had died and several injured in the serial blasts in the State capital and other areas last month. The credit for setting up the museum is attributed to Dr. Padma Pani, currently Joint Director of the Forensic Laboratory of Guwahati, regarded to be among the best in country.This institution has trained personnel not only from the north-east but also from many other States and foreign countries."This is a really good effort to have a place which you can use for the capacity building of the police officials as well as even the public to see and gain knowledge on this. Because such type of gallery or museum can provide a place where one can get to know how different kinds of explosives have been used in the recent times as well as earlier. And how police actions and other steps are required to check the menace of illegal explosives," said Dr. Padma Pani, Joint Director, Forensic Science Laboratory, Assam.Padma Pani says that in north-east there have been around 1,000 blasts over the years and some way or the other, he has been associated in the investigation of many blasts. And, thus it came to his mind to set up an "Explosive Museum", which he says will help Investigators in many ways.Dr. Padma Pani has also authored many books on forensic sciences including a couple in Assamese. An expert in forensic science, he has been a regular guest speaker at seminars on criminology.Besides the police personnel, general public can also come to the museum and gather knowledge about explosives.The explosive materials that have been displayed in the museum include the RDX, PTD devices, TNT explosivse, grenades, guillotine sticks, detonators, and many others devices that have been used since early times in the North East. by Peter Alex Todd ANI
2008-11-17 10:04:08
Milestone for Black Watch appeal
An appeal to secure the spiritual home and museum of one of Britain's most famous regiments raises xA31,25m.
2008-11-17 05:19:09

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Renovated American history museum reopens AP

Sierra Leone: Historian Discovers A Genealogical Connection

Doha museum sets mark for Gulf architects

Museum aims to repair bathing hut

Activists say tobacco settlement is being wasted AP

Botswana: Supa Ngwao Museum Hosts Arts Exhibition

Tunisia: Kairouan Exhibit Highlights Common Sharing of Mediterranean Heritage

Museums' admission fees to rise

India's first ever museum on explosives in Assam

Milestone for Black Watch appeal