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Art Museum offering free admission to active military and their families
June 15th, 2011 | 
Author: HUNTINGTON — The Huntington Museum of Art announced the launch of Blue Star Museums, a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and more than 1,300 museums across America to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day
Published Jun 12, 2011.
Read more: The Huntington Herald-Dispatch
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Susquehanna Art Museum’s $5M grant approved by Pennsylvania budget office
The state office of the budget confirmed Wednesday that a $5 million redevelopment grant has been approved for the museum in midtown Harrisburg, clearing the way for museum officials to begin negotiating a purchase agreement on the site at North Third and Calder streets.
Published Jun 1, 2011.
Read more: The Patriot-News
Art museum in Cincinnati provides visitors with close look at restoration of van Gogh painting
CINCINNATI — An art historian has put himself on display at an Ohio museum as he works to restore an 1890 painting by Vincent van Gogh (goh). Visitors to the Cincinnati Art Museum can watch as chief conservator Per Knutas (payr kuh-NOO’-tahs) slowly and carefully removes wax that was applied in the 1970s to the masterpiece, “Undergrowth with Two Figures.†The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the …
Published May 23, 2011.
Read more: Washington Post