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Harvard Art Museums to offer free admission Friday, May 18
The Harvard Art Museums will offer free admission and a 10% discount on all new membership purchases on May 18 as part of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ (AAMD) Art Museum Day, coinciding with International Museum Day on Friday, May 18, 2012.

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:02:04 -0700

Asia's superrich build their own art museums
Over the past two years Wang Wei and her husband Liu Yiqian dropped a reported $317 million on their hobby. Now they need somewhere to display the collection they've amassed. The solution: a private art museum that Wang hopes will impart some class to China's flashy nouveau riche.

Wed, 09 May 2012 03:08:08 -0700

Sting of recession fades for Kansas City’s art museums
The recession took a toll on Kansas City’s art museums, prompting some to mount fewer shows and others to cut staff or refrain from hiring as their endowments, investments and earned income dropped. Today’s brighter economic picture finds the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and many other museums, locally and around the country, in much better shape.

Thu, 10 May 2012 13:46:31 -0700

Museums in DC participating in ’Art Museum Day’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Museums around the country, including some in Washington, are participating in Art Museum Day with free or reduced admission and special programs

Fri, 18 May 2012 05:01:58 -0700

Art lovers take in five Milwaukee museums for free Sunday
MILWAUKEE — Sunday, May 6th, people had the opportunity to visit five art museums in Milwaukee for free, for one...

Sun, 06 May 2012 12:56:50 -0700