Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces Fifth Avenue Renovation Plans

February 8, 2012 – 8:17 am |

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has unveiled plans for a comprehensive redesign of the four-block-long outdoor plaza that runs in front of its landmark Fifth Avenue façade, from 80th to 84th Streets in Manhattan. Rendering showing bird’s-eye view of proposed Fifth Avenue plaza redesign (image: OLIN) The plan also calls for the creation of new fountains—to replace the deteriorating ones that have been in use since they were built in the 1970s along with the existing plaza. The fountains will be ... Read More

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Grand Rapids Art Museum Offers Free Admission Day

May 17, 2010 – 2:50 pmNo Comment

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., – The Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM), a leading cultural destination, announced today that it will offer free admission on May 18, 2010 as part of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ (AAMD) celebration of International Museum Day. Participation by AAMD member museums will focus attention on the important roles that art museums serve in their communities, further showcase their remarkable collections, and increase opportunities for audiences to engage with the many educational programs art museums offer.

A comprehensive list of participating AAMD member art museums will be available in the newsroom of the AAMD website (http://www.aamd.org/newsroom/). More information about ICOM’s International Museum Day can be found here: http://icom.museum/imd.html