Smithsonian’s Small Quits in Wake of Inquiry
By Jacqueline Trescott and James V. Grimaldi
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, March 27, 2007; Page A01
Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence M. Small, the banker who took over the world’s largest museum complex seven years ago, has resigned under pressure following revelations regarding his housing allowance and office and travel expenditures.
Museum officials announced […]
Posted in administration, Museums, Greed |
Smithsonian Documents Detail Chief’s Expenses
Invoices Include Work on Home of Secretary Small
By James V. Grimaldi
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, March 19, 2007; Page A01
Internal Smithsonian documents offer a glimpse into what one senator called the “Dom Perignon” lifestyle of the taxpayer-supported institution’s chief official, who turned in a $15,000 receipt for the replacement of French doors […]
Posted in Graft, Washington, Museums, Interior Design |
£1bn merger creates leisure empire built with wax and plastic bricks
· Merlin, owner of Legoland, buys Tussauds group
· Combined business now nearest rival to Disney
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David Teather
Tuesday March 6, 2007
The Guardian
It might seem like a strange remnant from another era, a curio designed to tickle the Victorians. But if the queues snaking down Marylebone High Road […]
Posted in Business, Great Britain, Toys, Museums |
ABC News
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In this undated photo released by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, researchers collect the skull of Albertaceratops nesmoi at a dig site in Alberta, Canada. The dinosaur was discovered by Michael Ryan, curator of vertebrate paleontology for the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. (AP Photo/Cleveland Museum of Natural History)
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Museum IDs New Species of […]
Posted in Ohio, Canada, Museums, Dinosaurs, Paleontology |
This morning Don Imus thought the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum looked like a suburban Ford dealership. I respect the late president,
but Don Imus should not be faulted for his powers of observation.
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Images: (Night) mishami.image.pbase.com; (Day) hwcn.org; (crown vic) edmunds.com
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