Endangered collections

Article Abstract:

William Brown, a former president at Bishop Museum in Honolulu is appointed as the new president of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia to make it financially stable. The museum in the US in the past years have struggled to survive in the face of diminished government support, competition from the entertainment industry, and lack-lustre philanthropy.

Executive changes & profiles, Pennsylvania, Officials and employees, Economic aspects, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Natural history museums, Brown, William, Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

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Fossil hunters bristle over plans for US tour

Article Abstract:

A museum in Texas is negotiating a deal to bring the skeleton of Lucy from Ethiopia to the United States for its public debt. Concerns are raised regarding the transportation of the fossil from east Africa for a three-year travelling exhibition.

United States, Goods & services distribution, Museums and art galleries, Museums & Art Galleries, Museums, Transportation, Hominids

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