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Washington, D.C.'s Anacostia Community Museum turns 40!
September 2007 - Gallery Systems congratulates the Anacostia Community Museum on forty years of service to the community and the world. Starting as an experimental storefront museum in the Anacostia neighborhood of southeast Washington, D.C., the museum opened its doors on September 15, 1967.

The Anacostia Community Museum is the first federally funded community museum, originally established to showcase objects from the Smithsonian Institution in a neighborhood setting. Since then the museum has redefined its focus to become a leading center dedicated to the collection, preservation, interpretation, and presentation of the material culture of the predominantly African American community it serves and of the region. As part of its anniversary observance, the museum is presenting a major exhibition, “East of the River: Continuity and Change,” on view through November 9, 2008. This exhibition examines the history of Far Southeast from its early Native American inhabitation through the present and the way in which use of the land shaped the community. 

To find out more, please visit their website at www.anacostia.si.edu.

National Maritime Museum launches innovative Web-based Australian Register of Historic Vessels
February 1, 2007 - The Australian National Maritime Museum today launched the nation’s first Australian Register of Historic Vessels. Powered by eMuseum, this digital database lists information on select vessels, their designers and builders, classes and types, and events in which they participated. The Museum is looking to the community for a stream of additional listings through its "Nominate Your Vessel" feature.

International Center of Photography (ICP) and George Eastman House launch joint website using Distributed Search technology.
February 1, 2007 - ICP and George Eastman House have launched the website www.photomuse.org, featuring the photographic collections of both organizations. Gallery Systems’ distributed search technology allows museum-goers to seamlessly search both databases from a single search screen. With easier access to extensive information, Photomuse.org serves as a powerful and consistent educational resource.

UK’s newest gallery of modern and contemporary art opens
January 27, 2007 - The newly-opened Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (mima) gallery houses Middlesbrough’s collection of 20th–century modern arts as well as temporary exhibitions on approximately 4,000 m2 of space.
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Museum professionals lend a hand to cultural institutions
October 25, 2006 - The eighth annual White Gloves Gang (WGG) volunteer event took place at Brooklyn and Manhattan museums, historical societies and other cultural institutions. Sponsored in part by Gallery Systems, WGG matches volunteers for projects with institutions in need of assistance. Projects range from cataloguing artifacts to...
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