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	American Masters . Edward Curtis \| PBS
		Not content to deal only with the present population, and their arts and industries, he recognized that the present is a result of the past, and the past dimension must be included, as well.
		Curtis spent the remaining years of his life with his daughter Beth and her husband in Los Angeles.
		While Curtis was a master technician, the Indian people possessed the beauty and their descendants carry on these same traits today.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/americanmasters/database/curtis_e.html (744 words)

	Hollywood Cowboys An exhibit at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum--Ken Curtis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Curtis was born "Kenneth Curtis Gates" and raised in Las Animas, Colorado, the son of the local deputy sheriff.
		Curtis began his show business career as a singer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in the 1940s and found film work at the tail end of the "singing cowboy era." He sang in several low budget westerns for Columbia.
		Curtis joined the musical group "Sons of the Pioneers" in 1949 and found steady work on various western television shows and as a bit player in the films of his father-in-law, John Ford.
	hoover.archives.gov /exhibits/HollywoodCowboys/sidekicks/KenCurtis.htm (236 words)

	MUSEUM SECURITY MAILINGLIST REPORTS
		Curtis says an unknown but probably large number of works were stolen from the museum's storage area, which held as many as 200,000 objects.
		Curtis says it is unclear how long it would take to determine how many objects were looted from the storage area.
		Museum officials spoke at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, where an exhibition of Mesopotamian urban treasures from third century B.C. Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Pakistan are on view.
	www.museum-security.org /03/073.html (1612 words)

	Edward Sheriff Curtis (Getty Museum)
		The Curtis family moved to the Washington territory, and around 1892 the newly married Curtis bought his first photographic studio in Seattle for 150 borrowed dollars.
		Curtis is best known, however, for his exhaustive photo-documentation of American Indians.
		Curtis intended to preserve the vanishing native cultures, but he actually constructed the portraits out of nostalgia for cultures long past; rather than being historically accurate, he often used wrongly attributed cultural artifacts and costumes as props.
	www.getty.edu /art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=1814&page=1 (249 words)

	House is homage to one-time owner 01/21/06
		After Curtis' death in 1936, the house was used by a church as an orphanage for a couple of years, Cottrell said, then it was purchased and turned into a boarding house.
		Rockhill told her the Curtis home was one of only two in the state with the style of architecture he described as eclectic Italianate and Victorian.
		Curtis' next elective office was congressman, and he was in his fifth term in the House when he was appointed to fill an unexpired term in the U.S. Senate.
	homes.cjonline.com /stories/012106/hom_curtishome.php (1272 words)

	FT.com / Arts & Weekend - Enlightened empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Curtis explains how the works nearly became an early victim of the surprise election in June of Iran’s new president, Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, the former mayor of Tehran who has been generally perceived as an anti-western hardliner.
		Curtis, who has been dealing with Middle Eastern governments and the strictures of political compromise for most of his academic life, gives a classic diplomatic answer which he all but reads off an autocue: “I think it is premature to start speculating on the attitude of the new government towards culture and cultural heritage.”
		That sense of the museum engaging with controversial issues is central to MacGregor’s conception of the British Museum.
	www.ft.com /cms/s/f64ea7b8-1aaf-11da-a117-00000e2511c8.html (3263 words)

	SDAM - Welcome to the San Diego Air & Space Museum
		Under Curtis' leadership, the Museum introduced some of the most significant additions to its public exhibits, most notably the Command Module from the 1969 Apollo 9 mission, and an RQ-1 Predator - one of only three on display in the world and the only one the west coast.
		Curtis, a retired Navy Captain and helicopter pilot, served on the Museum's Board of Directors from 1999 until June 2005.
		Curtis took on the role as the Museum's first CEO in October 2003 to accomplish the same for the financially ailing Balboa Park institution.
	www.aerospacemuseum.org /press/releases/10112005.html (900 words)

	Opinion: Museum mediocrity
		Building a new arts museum in Tampa was supposed to put the city on the cultural map, remake Ashley Drive and open up the downtown riverfront.
		The building would be one of three in a battleship row between Ashley and the river; the first two, the children's and fine arts museums, would form a buffer hiding the garage from the park.
		Museums are an opportunity for the government to contribute architecturally to their communities.
	www.sptimes.com /2006/08/23/news_pf/Opinion/Museum_mediocrity.shtml (459 words)

	Curtis Museum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Curtis Museum in Alton, is one of the finest collections of local history in Hampshire, England.
		The museum was founded by Dr William Curtis (1803–1881) in 1865.
		The museum is managed by the Hampshire County Museums Service and is near the Allen Gallery.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Curtis_Museum (131 words)

	Philadelphia Museum of Art - Information : Press Room : Press Releases : 1999
		Upon entering the Curtis Institute in 1995, Jason studied with renowned violinist Aaron Rosand, and continues his studies with Rafael Druian, former concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic.
		The Curtis Institute of Music was founded in 1924 to train exceptionally gifted young musicians for performing careers on the highest professional level.
		The Philadelphia Museum of Art is among the largest art museums in the United States, showcasing more than 2,000 years of exceptional human creativity in masterpieces of painting, sculpture, works on paper, decorative arts and architectural settings from Europe, Asia and the Americas.
	www.philamuseum.org /press/releases/1999/94.html (504 words)

	Secret vaults yield Iraqi artifacts / Museum staff hid them for safety, but some antiquities still missing
		Officials said that an Iraqi museum curator who was taken to one of the vaults in Baghdad in recent days had fainted on discovering that some of the most valuable items stored there before the war had vanished, apparently stolen by someone with access to the vault.
		After the first reports of looting at the museum, long recognized as possessing one of the Middle East's largest and most valuable archaeological collections, the customs agents shifted their focus to the hunt for those artifacts.
		U.S. investigators have complained that their work has been hindered by a lack of cooperation from museum workers, who have been unable to provide a full inventory of the museum's collection, and by uncertainty over how many objects were on open display when the looting began.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/05/08/MN252517.DTL (658 words)

	The British Museum: Iraq Crisis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The National Museum in Baghdad had been looted and the safety of the country's numerous archaeological sites was unknown, events that an international community of museum curators and university lecturers had sincerely hoped would not come to pass.
		The British Museum has been and still is at the forefront in informing the public about the current situation and reminding its visitors of the importance of Iraq’s archaeological and historical legacy.
		BM Mission (John Curtis, Dominique Collon, Ken Uprichard and Birthe Christensen) depart for Iraq to undertake a curatorial and conservation assessment in the Iraq Museum Baghdad and in the Mosul Museum and to visit the sites of Nimrud, Nineveh and Babylon to inspect damage.
	www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk /iraqcrisis (837 words)

	Aerospace Museum is losing its visionary \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		His other legacy to the museum is the strength of its education department, which he started in 1993.
		Ruth Varonfakis, the museum's spokeswoman, said that in one recent week she got calls from France, Mexico City and Britain about a new museum acquisition, a rare Boeing FB-5 fighter from the 1920s.
		In 1978, an arsonist burned the museum to the ground during the night.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050418/news_1m18aero.html (994 words)

	Colby-Curtis Museum Receives Grant (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The money will be used towards much-needed restoration work on the woodwork around the windows, front entranceway, and balconies of Carrollcroft, the elegant heritage home built in 1859 and occupied by the museum since 1992.
		This week’s announcement is indeed good news for the museum, which has been in serious need of repair for years.
		The downside for the museum is that that the organization must raise a percentage (as yet undetermined) of the total cost of the project to qualify for the grant.
	www.townshipsheritage.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Eng/Articles/News/colby.grant.html (127 words)

	Colby-Curtis museum (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The museum was later moved to a modern brick building in the town of Stanstead, on the Quebec-Vermont border.
		In 1992, the museum was again moved, this time to Carrollcroft, a fine granite house built in 1859 by Charles Carroll Colby in the classic revival style and inspired by contemporary American villas.
		Open in the solarium from June to the end of September and in the Museum annex during the month of December.
	www.colbycurtis.ca.cob-web.org:8888 /eng/colby_curtis_museum.html (560 words)

	Carver/Curtis Museum Detroit, Michigan, United States - Carver/Curtis Museum Group Booking Reservation Meetings ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Carver/Curtis Museum is the perfect place to hold a corporate event such as; team building, sales meetings, board of director meetings, or just corporate hospitality.
		Weddings at the Carver/Curtis Museum with their facilities, guest rooms and experienced wedding and group management staff, are magnificent.
		A Carver/Curtis Museum wedding reception is a party where guests come to celebrate the marriage of the bride and groom.
	www.meetingforce.com.cob-web.org:8888 /carver-curtis-museum-hotel-118h340.html (622 words)

	Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
		Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952), the most famous photographer of the American Indian, is known for his compelling and romantic portraits.
		And because he sought to represent the past of the Indian, Curtis often resorted to recreation with props and staging.
		Because he was a commercial photographer, Curtis images exist in many formats, from original prints to published photo-engravings.
	hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu /exhibitions/photo/curtis.html (248 words)

	Haggerty Museum Announces Plan to Acquire Rembrandt Workshop Painting
		Acquiring The Philosopher for the museum will be a project of the Friends of the Haggerty Museum in celebration of the museum's 20th anniversary in 2004.
		The man in the painting is the same model seen in “Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer,” on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and “Bearded Man in a Cap,” at the National Gallery of Art in London.
		The Haggerty Museum of Art is located at North 13th and West Clybourn streets on the campus of Marquette University.
	www.marquette.edu /omc/newsroom/news/pr101303.shtml (620 words)

	Colby-Curtis Museum
		b) The museum also houses the Stanstead Historical Society Archives, an important collection of documents pertaining to the history of the Border region and to the Colby family.
		A visit to the Museum includes a guided tour of the house and exhibitions, with information on the history of the Colby family.
		In August, a summer meeting is held, and includes a lecture on a subject related to the Border region, followed by a reception at Carrollcroft.
	www.townshipsheritage.com /Eng/Org/Museums/M_colby-curtis.html (454 words)

	The Curtis Institute of Music
		Since 1928 Curtis has maintained an all-scholarship policy, and it remains the only major music conservatory to provide merit-based full-tuition scholarships to all students regardless of their financial situation.
		Curtis Institute of Music President Roberto Díaz has been nominated for a GRAMMY® Award for his recording of Viola Transcriptions by William Primrose with pianist Robert Koenig.
		The disc includes music by Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Villa-Lobos, Wagner, and others, transcribed by the legendary British violist William Primrose, who was a member of the Curtis faculty from 1942 to 1951.
	curtis.edu /html/30500.shtml (174 words)

	Hillsborough: Museum will weigh site idea
		TAMPA - Museum of Art leaders on Wednesday agreed to consider the latest proposal for the museum's new home put forth by the mayor.
		The art museum board voted unanimously to explore a proposal offered last week by Mayor Pam Iorio to move the museum to Curtis Hixon Park next to the Poe parking garage.
		She suggested moving the museum to Curtis Hixon Park, adjacent to the planned Children's Museum.
	www.sptimes.com /2006/08/24/Hillsborough/Museum_will_weigh_sit.shtml (394 words)

	J.Curtis Earl Memorial Exhibit
		Ken Swanson, administrator of the Idaho Historical Museum, calls the exhibit "world class" in both its content and its documentation of the evolution of arms from the Bronze Age to those used today for sport, law enforcement, and military purposes.
		Curtis Earl was born in Fielding, Utah where he lived during his early life.
		He established the Curtis Earl Idaho Aviation Foundation in 1998 t o fund the construction and maintenance of back country air-strips so that others could access remote areas and enjoy the wilderness.
	www.idahohistory.net /earl.html (819 words)

	Norman Rockwell's Cover Story LiteraryTraveler.com
		The museum's exhibit, right across the street from Independence Hall, is the first to explore thematically Rockwell's work and artistic life, and will be on view through December, 2002.
		His connection to the city is emphasized by a small exhibit-room made to resemble the office of the editor whom the artist visited with sketches of proposals for covers.
		When that museum closed it doors, it generously donated most of its collection to the Atwater Kent, because of Rockwell's close ties to the city.
	www.literarytraveler.com /literary_articles/norman_rockwell.aspx (1219 words)

	Curtis Osceola Portrait Sells: Maine Antique Digest, May 97 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The work is believed to be a copy by the Charleston, South Carolina, portrait painter Robert John Curtis of his original rendering of Osceola that now hangs in the Charleston Museum.
		Curtis painted the original at Fort Moultrie in Charleston in 1838 where Osceola was imprisoned for leading the Seminole resistance during the second Seminole war.
		Curtis was born in Germany circa 1816 but must have moved to the United States at a young age; he began advertising in Charleston as early as 1833.
	www.maineantiquedigest.com /articles/osce0597.htm (587 words)

	The Hammond Museum
		The Hammond Museum of Radio got its start when museum founder Fred Hammond began collecting early radio and wireless artefacts at the age of 16.
		When in the early '70s, Hammond Manufacturing Company built a new plant on Guelph's Curtis Road, Fred made sure a 4,000 square foot area was reserved to house the 'Hammond Museum of Radio'.
		The new Museum is now home to hundreds of receivers and transmitters dating from the spark era up to and including National's first solid state HRO500.
	www.hammondmuseumofradio.org /museum.html (240 words)

	MoS \| Museum of Science, Boston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The NCTL is the Museum's response to our nation's need for improved technological literacy.
		The exhibition explores human and comparative anatomy, health science, anatomy, and physiology through the study of real human bodies that have been preserved using the ground-breaking process called Plastination — providing people with the unprecedented opportunity to discover the wonders of the human body.
		Members can join Museum educators Ken Pauley and Lucy Kirshner on a sensational African safari to discover the rich culture and diverse native wild life of Tanzania.
	www.bostonmuseumofscience.com (385 words)

	Rembrandt Workshop Painting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Acquiring The Philosopher for the museum will be a project of the Friends of the Haggerty Museum in celebration of the Museum's twentieth anniversary in 2004.
		Curtis Carter, director of the Haggerty Museum of Art, saw the painting on a visit to the armory show.
		It was exhibited as a Rembrandt at the Royal Academy, London; The Art Gallery of Ontario; The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; The St. Louis Art Museum; Jeu de Paume, Paris; The Fogg Museum, Cambridge; and also in New York, Berlin and other venues throughout the world.
	www.marquette.edu /haggerty/press/rembrandtpress.html (343 words)

	Collection Spotlight - the de Saisset Museum
		Curtis published the twenty-volume The North American Indian as a limited edition between 1907 and 1930.
		The resulting 2226 published images were highly controversial, as Curtis was more focused on past customs and “lost” traditions than on portraying the Native Americans as they lived at the time.
		Curtis also photographed ceremonies and objects that the various tribes consider sacred and not intended for the eyes of outsiders.
	www.scu.edu /deSaisset/collection/curtis.html (477 words)

	Curtis Turner Museum (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This site is dedicated to the preservation and education of the early days of stock car racing, as it pertains to an extraordinary, independent, Virginia Pioneer of Racing, Curtis Turner.
		Curtis Turner was born April 12, 1924 in Floyd County, Virginia and died October 10, 1970.
		This site is maintained by Sue Turner Wright, daughter of Curtis Turner, legendary stock car racer.
	www.curtisturnermuseum.com.cob-web.org:8888 (91 words)

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