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stv.tv Longlist for Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year 2012 announced Culture24 By Culture24 Reporter | 08 February 2012 Glasgow's £74 million Riverside Museum of Transport, sculpture sanctuary The Hepworth Wakefield and the well-received Turner Contemporary in Margate are among ten museums in the running for the Art Fund Prize, ... Bletchley Park nominated for £100000 national museums awardTelegraph.co.uk Bristol's M Shed in line for museum of year awardBristol24-7 Three Scottish museums in the running for prestigious awardstv.tv BBC News -Yorkshire Post -This is Bath all 11 news articles »

Red House Museum is saved in council budget rethink Bradford Telegraph and Argus By Jo Winrow » An under-threat museum was given an eleventh-hour reprieve at a dramatic meeting last night after passionate speeches from campaigners opposed to its closure. Controversial proposals to close Red House Museum in Gomersal, ... All museum-goers in Huddersfield could face entrance charges to keep Red House ...Huddersfield Examiner all 7 news articles »

CBC.ca Museum hunts for stolen artifacts Calgary Herald Many were relics paid for with the blood of Canadian veterans: hundreds of medals and other military artifacts stolen from a Calgary war museum and sold for profit. Although a recent police investigation recovered some of the relics stolen from the ... Museum staff issues plea for return of missing artifactsMetroNews Canada Military Museums asking for return of cache of stolen artifactsCalgary Sun Military museum volunteer, 81, charged for stolen propertyCBC.ca CTV.ca all 9 news articles »

Auburn Journal Placer's gold collection safe and secure at Auburn museum Auburn Journal AUBURN CA - While Siskiyou County has put out a $15000 reward for its stolen gold, Placer County's own sizeable collection is safe and secure in a vault at an Auburn museum. The Placer County Museum at the historic courthouse in Old Town Auburn has ... and more »