Articles in Museum News
Anchorage Museum Presents Wonderland of Toys
The Anchorage Museum presents Wonderland of Toys. On view Nov. 29 through Jan. 8, 2012 For many Alaska families, journeying to the museum to see “Wonderland of Toys” is a beloved holiday tradition. Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, the museum’s atrium is transformed into a dazzling tableau of toys, some that date back as far as the 1800s. Against a backdrop of twinkling lights and tinsel, find life-sized French dolls, carousel horses, World War I toy soldiers, and an evergreen tree decorated with more ... Read More
Taft Museum of Art Antique Christmas
The Taft Museum of Art announces Antique Christmas at the Taft Museum of Art open through January 29, 2012. This year visitors will be able to see an intricate Christmas village composed of many houses and inhabited by small lead figures; a tree with Russian paper and glass ornaments representing Russian fairy tales; a miniature Santa’s toy shop; a Tudor-style dollhouse; a tree bearing American-made World War II ornaments; a display of early wooden Jack-in-the-box toys; a collection of wire-wrapped blown-glass ... Read More
McNay Art Museum Announces Expressions of the Orient Lecture
The McNay Art Museum presents Cross-cultural Infusions onThursday, December 1, 6:30 pm in the Chiego Lecture Hall and Leeper Auditorium. Artist Roger Shimomura speaks about his painting Him-a-Hero, his influences, and artistic approaches. Layered with stereotypes, self-portraiture, and cross-cultural influences, his vibrant works draw upon Japanese manga characters yet delve into complex ideas and motivations. Asian-inspired hors d’oeuvres follow. Fee (includes exhibition admission, lecture, and hors ... Read More
Gilmore Car Museum Announces All Year Opening
Driven by Success – Museum Experiences Unprecedented Growth The ever-expanding Gilmore Car Museum, a favorite destination which has been visited by more than a million guests since opening to the public in 1966, has begun year-round hours for the first time in its 45-year history. “It is a very exciting time for us,” said museum executive director Michael Spezia, “as we become a resource for a much larger community.” Gilmore Car Museum, Hickory Corners, MI The museum and its 90-acre park like ... Read More
Museum Georg Schafer Opens Magic Nocturnal Moments. Carl Spitzweg and Artists From the Collection
The Museum Georg Schafer presents Magic Nocturnal Moments. Carl Spitzweg and Artists From the Collection on view 27 November 2011 to 19 February 2012. What did Carl Spitzweg visually expressive of the night and it was like to play a trick, this exhibition features numerous night pieces are first compiled into a separate group from the rich holdings. Friends of the night and Carl Spitzweg meet his interpretation of the Star of Bethlehem, the tattoo or the woman with a lantern. You will witness the ... Read More
Bennington Museum Presents The Mill Children Exhibition
The Bennington Museum Presents The Mill Children an exhibition on view through December 31, 2011. The Mill Children Poster, digital collage, 2011, Bennington Museum What was it like to be a child worker in the Eclipse Cotton Mill in North Adams in 1911? This is the question that will be explored in ‘The Mill Children’ on view November 19 through December 31 in the Regional Artists Gallery of the Bennington Museum. The exhibit is a distillation of an exhibit previously held at the Brill Gallery at the ... Read More
British Library Launch Historical Newspapers Website
The British Library and online publisher brightsolid today launch a website that will transform the way that people use historical newspapers to find out about the past. The British Newspaper Archive website will offer access to up to 4 million fully searchable pages, featuring more than 200 newspaper titles from every part of the UK and Ireland. The newspapers – which mainly date from the 19th century, but which include runs dating back to the first half of the 18th century – cover every aspect of local, ... Read More
Nassau County Museum of Art Announces The Paintings of Louis Comfort Tiffany. Works from a Long Island Collection
First New York Exhibition to Focus on Tiffany’s Paintings in More than Three Decades Drawn from an important Long Island collection, “The Paintings of Louis Comfort Tiffany: Works from a Long Island Collection” is a major exhibition that showcases approximately 125 oils and works on paper by Louis Comfort Tiffany, an American artist most closely associated with the Art Nouveau and Aesthetic movements. This exhibition, the first focusing on Tiffany’s paintings to be seen in the New York ... Read More
Cincinnati Art Museum Announces The Collections. 6,000 Years of Art Exhibition
The Cincinnati Art Museum presents The Collections: 6,000 Years of Art an exhibition on view December 01, 2011 – December 01, 2013. Cincinnati Art Museum The Art Museum welcomes hundreds of important works of art onto permanent display. Explore a variety of works of art spanning six thousand years, some pieces brought up from the Cincinnati Art Museum’s storage, and placed in what has been transformed into open storage for the community to see. These galleries will include most of the antiquities ... Read More
Goethe-Institut Announce We would provide complete darkness
The Goethe – Institut present We would provide complete darkness. Exhibition on view 12/02/11 – 12/22/11. Opening: 12/01/11, 6:00-8:00pm. Complete darkness envelops three art works as well as a library. Shutting out light is the prime, physical condition for this exhibition. Light and reflections, in contrast, provide the basic ingredients for the works that explore notions of movement, scale, organization, or orientation. In parallel, a small twilight library functions as support for the display and ... Read More
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