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• Alaska reclaims missing moon rocks since 1973

  December 6, 2012 in Nation/World ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A display of moon rocks that disappeared from an Alaska museum after an arson fire nearly four decades ago has been returned to the state following …

• Nation pays tribute to sacrifices of veterans

  November 12, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — From sea to shining sea, the nation paid tribute to its members of the armed services Sunday, both with somber traditions such as a Virginia wreath-laying …

• Nation pays tribute to sacrifices of veterans

  November 11, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — From sea to shining sea, the nation paid tribute to its members of the armed services Sunday, both with somber traditions such as a Virginia wreath-laying … 1

• Across US, Veterans Day commemorations under way

  November 10, 2012 in Nation/World Saturday marked the first of what will be three days of Veterans Day commemorations across the United States. The holiday falls on a Sunday, and the federal observance is on …

• Museums, theaters among NYC attractions reopening

  October 31, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Museums, the Empire State Building, Broadway theaters and many stores reopened Wednesday to the relief of tourists who’d been stuck in hotel rooms since the weekend …

• US returns 4,000 archaeological relics to Mexico

  October 26, 2012 in Nation/World EL PASO, Texas (AP) — More than 4,000 archaeological artifacts looted from Mexico and seized in the U.S. have been returned to Mexican authorities in what experts say is one … 1

• Soundtrack to history: 1878 Edison audio unveiled

  October 25, 2012 in Nation/World SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (AP) — It’s scratchy, lasts only 78 seconds and features the world’s first recorded blooper. The modern masses can now listen to what experts say is the oldest …

• Spotlight: Chicago artist Kaczynski featured at SFCC, EWU

  October 21, 2012 in Features on Page D6 Chicago sculptor and installation artist Kelly Kaczynski will be exhibiting her work and discussing it in Spokane beginning this week. Kaczynski is the featured artist in a dual show – …

• Endeavour finally reaches permanent LA museum home

  October 15, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — Space shuttle Endeavour was finally lodged at its retirement home Monday following a slow weekend parade through city streets that turned out to be a logistical …

• Endeavour finally reaches permanent LA museum home

  October 14, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was supposed to be a slow but smooth journey to retirement, a parade through city streets for a shuttle that logged millions of miles in …

• Curt Schilling might have to sell bloody sock

  October 4, 2012 in Nation/World PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling might have to sell or give up the famed blood-stained sock he wore on the team’s way to the …

• Baltimore police uncover 1951 Renoir theft report

  September 28, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Police have located a 60-year-old theft report from the day a Renoir painting disappeared from the Baltimore Museum of Art that matches the description of an artwork …

• Baltimore museum has strong case in Renoir theft

  September 28, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — An expert on art thefts says the Baltimore Museum of Art likely has a strong case to reclaim a Renoir painting that was stolen in 1951 and …

• Renoir artwork from flea market now thought stolen

  September 27, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Renoir painting that caused a sensation when it was bought at a flea market for $7 may have been stolen from a museum six decades ago, …

• Einstein’s brain is now interactive iPad app

  September 25, 2012 CHICAGO (AP) — The brain that revolutionized physics now can be downloaded as an app for $9.99. But it won’t help you win at Angry Birds. While Albert Einstein’s genius …

• Space shuttle Endeavour has Houston stopover

  September 19, 2012 HOUSTON (AP) — Hundreds of people cheered the space shuttle Endeavour Wednesday as it circled overhead and then landed in Houston, giving Space City a fleeting glimpse of a retired …

• Philly pizza museum serves up slices, memorabilia

  September 18, 2012 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — How much does Brian Dwyer love pizza? Let us count the ways: He holds the Guinness World Record for largest collection of pizza memorabilia; he has a …

• For Sept. 11 anniversary, a turning point passed?

  September 11, 2012 NEW YORK (AP) — As the sun rose over the World Trade Center site Tuesday, the neighborhood around ground zero seemed more like a normal weekday than in previous years …

• Agreement reached for Sept. 11 museum’s completion

  September 10, 2012 NEW YORK (AP) — An agreement that paves the way for the completion of the Sept. 11 museum at ground zero was reached on the eve of the 11th anniversary …

• Debate surrounds annual $60M cost of 9/11 memorial

  September 10, 2012 NEW YORK (AP) — A debate over balancing the need to honor the memory of Sept. 11 with the enormous costs of running a memorial and museum at ground zero … 1

• Restoration completed on historic Motown piano

  August 29, 2012 DETROIT (AP) — A damaged 1877 Steinway grand piano used by Motown artists during the record label’s “Hitsville USA” heyday has been restored, thanks to a little help from Paul …

• Spokane Valley Heritage Museum seeks volunteers, donations

  January 19, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V7 The Spokane Valley Heritage Museum, 12114 E. Sprague Ave., is open Wednesday through Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors, $4 for students and $4 …

• Museum’s new executive director knows the drill

  August 28, 2011 in Features on Page D1 Forrest Rodgers has expertise in two significant areas: getting people to attend museums and getting people to donate to museums. This means he may have exactly the right qualifications for …

• Art and history, near and far

  May 26, 2010 in Awayfinder destinations Whether you’re driving west to Seattle, south to Bend, east to Coeur d’Alene, or staying home this summer, peek into the past at a regional museum.

• Fort Missoula headlines historical sites in Montana’s cultural mecca

  May 2, 2009 in Awayfinder destinations Late author-poet John Updike called Missoula, Mont., the Paris of the 1990s. A decade of so later, Missoula remains the cultural mecca of the Treasure State.

• On the Dinosaur Trail

  May 1, 2009 in Awayfinder destinations An hour northwest of Great Falls, Mont., rests one of the most important discoveries in paleontology. It was 1978 and Marion Brandvold was walking through the rolling hills of Bynum, …