Article: Board erred in closing Bair museum, high court rules

Article: Alberta Bair meant what she said, judge says
The Billings Gazette;  March 8, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... s argument "Alberta Bair did not create ... creation of the museum and a mechanism ... of the Bair Museum, longtime friends of Alberta Bair and residents ... meant for the museum and its collections ... acquisitions of Alberta Bair, her sister ...

Article: Alberta Bair meant what she wrote, attorney says
The Billings Gazette;  June 18, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... unjustifiably closed the museum. Baugh ruled in March that Alberta Bair's trust document ... Friends of the Bair Museum, longtime friends of Alberta Bair and residents ... furniture in the museum were the lifelong acquisitions of Alberta Bair, her sister ...

Article: Gift lifts Alberta Bair Theater free of debt
The Billings Gazette;  January 6, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... of directors of the Alberta Bair Theater announced Monday ... the Yellowstone Art Museum. The ABT's renovation ... basis, segued to the Alberta Bair Theater effort with ... rancher-philanthropist Alberta Bair. Her major gift in ...

Article: Showstopper: Alberta Bair Theater receives $1M ...
The Billings Gazette;  April 29, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... million donation given Thursday to the Alberta Bair Theater from its namesake's trust ... family home once stood and where the late Alberta Bair was born. Her gift of $650,000 to ... this one, Fisher said. To acknowledge Alberta Bair's support for the theater, Fisher ...

Article: Trustees opt to shut down Bair family museum
The Billings Gazette;  February 5, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... agreement left by Alberta Bair, who died in ... Roscoe said Alberta Bair wanted the museum in Martinsdale ... said several museums and private ... to close the museum and disperse ... believe that Alberta Bair had intended ...

Article: Art experts testify at trial over Bair museum closure
The Billings Gazette;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... approached creating the museum at Martinsdale in 1993 following Alberta Bair's death at age 97 ... continue into Friday. The museum houses an eclectic ... people of Montana by Alberta Bair. It was her wish that a museum be created for the ...

Article: Bair family home/museum to reopen
The Billings Gazette;  May 11, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... to realize the Bair Museum that Alberta Bair intended. Bobbie Anner ... who want to keep the museum intact - said, "We ... talk about that." Alberta Bair, who died in 1993 ... was her wish that a museum be created for the ...