Following a successful regional trial in Sheffield, the British Library is launching an interactive survey, UK SoundMap, to cover the whole of the United Kingdom. The survey will map and preserve the sounds of the [Read More]
Monthly Archives: August 2010
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The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art presents Tibetan Portrait: The Power of Compassion open through December 31, 2010. The purpose of Tibetan Portrait is to heighten visitor’s awarenss of Tibet, a mountainous region of [Read More]
Evolving English: One Language, Many Voices, open 12 November 2010 – 3 April 2011 is the first ever exhibition exploring the English language from Anglo-Saxon runes to modern day rap. Driven by developments in religion, [Read More]
The Powerhouse Museum presents a new exhibition, open 11 September – 28 November 2010, celebrating the history, music, performance and creativity of one of the world’s greatest Rock’n’Roll bands, AC/DC. Featuring original material never before [Read More]
The National Gallery of Australia unveiled a major new acquisition for the national art collection, Within without, a monumental ‘Skyspace’ installation by renowned American artist James Turrell. The only work of its kind in Australia, [Read More]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will present a major international loan exhibition devoted to the art of the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)—one of the most dynamic and culturally rich periods in Chinese history—beginning September 28. Bringing [Read More]
Seventh Highest Exhibition Attendance on Record at the Met New York – The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that the landmark exhibition Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art drew 703,256 visitors during its [Read More]
KUALA LUMPUR – The National Museum will organise a Snake Exhibition, showing 100 venomous and non-venomous snakes, for one month beginning Sept 4. Its director-general, Datuk Ibrahim Ismail said the exhibition would be held in [Read More]
The Milwaukee Art Museum presents ‘Art in Clay: Masterworks of North Carolina Earthenware’ open September 2, 2010–January 17, 2011. Slipware, sculptural bottles, faience, and creamware are all part of the rich artistic legacy of North [Read More]
Exhibition combines majestic sixth-century Chinese Buddhist sculptures with digital components to reconstruct and contextualize damaged cave temples The University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institution’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery present Echoes [Read More]
Groundbreaking Fall Residency Plays a Central Part in Duo’s Three-Year Retrospective Project Art forms merge and a gallery becomes a stage when renowned Japanese American movement artists Eiko & Koma create a new “living installation” [Read More]
Part of the Chinese terracotta army and the most recent archaeological findings will be exhibited the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm, 28 August 2010 to 16 January 2011. For the first time outside [Read More]
The Newseum marks the fifth anniversary of the most destructive hurricane in U.S. history with “Covering Katrina,” a new exhibit that chronicles the dramatic tale of the media’s reporting of the killer storm that struck [Read More]
Ambitious plans to restore and conserve the iconic World War II era submarine HMS Alliance have been announced by the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, in Gosport, Hampshire where the vessel has been on display to [Read More]
The Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center has received a $144,000 grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services to create a permanent exhibit depicting life on the Mashantucket Pequot reservation during the [Read More]
Washington, DC – The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced release of a podcast on 21st century skills by IMLS Acting Director Marsha L. Semmel. What are 21st century skills? Where did the [Read More]
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum announced that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation in New York will create a $5 million endowment fund to ensure the nonprofit museum experience [Read More]
SEATTLE – In an Aug. 28 presentation, NASA Solar System Ambassador Dr. Ron Hobbs will provide an overview of the development, launch and orbital refurbishment of the best known telescope in history–the Hubble Space Telescope. [Read More]