This summer, the National Railway Museum present a jam-packed schedule of activities to keep the whole family entertained. The theme is the seaside, 1930s style – we’re celebrating the 175th anniversary of the Great Western [Read More]
Monthly Archives: July 2010
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BOSTON, MA – Themes such as the passage of time and the enduring nature of close family relationships are brought into focus in the exhibition Nicholas Nixon: Family Album at the Museum of Fine Arts, [Read More]
The Erie Art Museum is proud to announce that it has received a Museums for America grant for $91,714 from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services, to support the Museum’s popular Kids As [Read More]
Los Angeles,- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Catherine Opie: Figure and Landscape, featuring recent work by the internationally renowned and LA-based photographer Catherine Opie. The show’s primary focus is high-school football, [Read More]
Enjoy hands-on activities and special demonstrations all summer long as Naper Settlement celebrates “Summer at the Settlement” at its historic museum village, located at 523 S. Webster St. in Naperville. Ongoing activities include the popular [Read More]
Sail into history with the Australian National Maritime Museum as HMB Endeavour embarks on its first ever circumnavigation of Australia! In April 2011, the magnificent replica of James Cook’s HM Bark Endeavour will undertake an [Read More]
The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) presents PIXAR: 25 Years of Animation, a major exhibition of over 500 works by the artists at Pixar Animation Studios, including drawings, paintings, and sculptures that illustrate the creative [Read More]
Selected drawings from the John E Christian Family Memorial Trust, Inc. Collection are on display at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum through December 2010 as well as two automobiles owned by Frank Lloyd Wright. [Read More]
Steven Holl Architects has received International Architecture Awards for the Knut Hamsun Center in Hamarøy, Norway and the Herning Museum of Contemporary Art in Herning, Denmark The awards, administered annually by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum [Read More]
Never before seen by the public, the contents of an Emperor’s private retreat deep within the Forbidden City will be revealed for the first time at the Peabody Essex Museum. On view September 14, 2010 [Read More]
James T. Ulak, deputy director and senior curator of Japanese art at the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Galleries, has been selected to receive the “Order of the Rising Sun,” an [Read More]
SALEM, MA – Libraries, archives, and museums face similar challenges. Libraries and archives affiliated with art museums have a second layer of concerns to consider in determining how they best relate to their parent institution. [Read More]
This special exhibition at the Amon Carter Museum demonstrates how documentary photography transformed modern art in America through an examination of the work of photographers Berenice Abbott, Margaret Bourke-White, and Walker Evans. Open October 2, [Read More]
The new Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts in Winston-Salem, NC, will open its doors on Friday, September 10 with the Light Up the Arts Gala with Tony Bennett presented by Hanesbrands Inc., followed by [Read More]
The renovated Israel museum in Jerusalem has been officially opened in a grand opening. After almost three years of detailed design work with the museum architects, interior designers and curators, the museum now includes more [Read More]
Plastiki, the remarkable ocean-going yacht made from 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles, will be on view at the Australian National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour, for a full month after its arrival in Sydney today. The 18-metre [Read More]
Penrith and Eden Museum will reopen after refurbishment Penrith and Eden Museum is temporarily closed as work is underway to make the venue more accessible to disabled visitors but also increase space for temporary exhibitions [Read More]
This exhibition assembles around sixty paintings from some of the best private and public collections in Europe (Art museums in Lille, Nantes, Rennes, Oxford, Liège, and more). It offers a unique view of two great [Read More]