On September 16, 2010, Mexico will commemorate the bicentennial of its independence from Spain and the centennial of the 1910 Revolution that led to the formation of its modern republic. In recognition of these significant [Read More]
Daily Archives: September 16, 2010
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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History recently accepted the donation of a prototype Medical Emergency Crash Cart, referred to as Max, from the ECRI Institute of Plymouth Meeting, Pa. The cart, designed to save [Read More]
On Wednesday, September 15, the Maryland Dove arrived at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, Maryland, and will stay through Sunday, September 19. Local school groups will be touring the ship through [Read More]
The Stamford Museum & Nature Center presents Robert Deyber: Turning a Phrase open through October 17, 2010 in the Bendel Mansion Museum Galleries. Countless artists have been inspired by texts, or have incorporated them into [Read More]
Carolyn Danforth donates nearly 300 objects from Donald Danforth Jr.’s American Indian collection The Danforth Foundation donates $2 million to support collection The Saint Louis Art Museum announced that Carolyn Danforth has initiated a series [Read More]
The China Institute Gallery presents Woodcuts in Modern China, 1937-2008: Towards a Universal Pictorial Language, open September 16 – December 12, 2010. Though China has had a long history in woodcuts and printing, the western [Read More]
The Montclair Art Museum presents Living for Art: The Dorothy & Herbert Vogel Collection, open September 24, 2010 – January 2, 2011. This exhibition will feature 50 gifts of Minimal and Conceptual art the Museum [Read More]
The British Library today opens its newly refurbished and expanded Learning Centre. Funded entirely through private donations, the Harry M Weinrebe Learning Centre will offer pupils and teachers cutting-edge facilities to support digital literacy skills [Read More]
The Harbor History Museum, (formerly the Gig Harbor Peninsula History Museum) will host a Grand Opening on Grand Opening September 18, at 2010 9:30 AM. At the new museum you will find top-rate exhibitions, larger [Read More]
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announced today that Rod Bigelow will join its senior management team as deputy director, operations and administration, effective October 1. Bigelow has most recently served as interim executive director [Read More]
BENTONVILLE, Ark., – Well-known northwest Arkansas restaurateur and Food Editor of CitiScapes Metro Monthly is joining Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Case Dighero of Fayetteville, Ark., has been hired as the Museum’s food and [Read More]
Warner Bros. Entertainment has made a $5 million donation to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History to establish a new theater to present the history of American film. The gift will enable the museum [Read More]
This outstanding exhibition is Gabriel Orozco’s first at the Centre Pompidou, and the first opportunity to see his work in Paris since his exhibition “Clinton is Innocent” at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville [Read More]
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has acquired two stellar examples of Pop art by the artists who defined and shaped the movement. Dolly Parton (1985), painted late in Andy Warhol’s career, expressed his life-long [Read More]
The retail experience at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art will be shaped by local hardwoods, local craftsmen and an award-winning local architect, Marlon Blackwell. Blackwell’s design proposal for the Museum Store interior centers on [Read More]
MIAMI – Following years of planning and widespread anticipation surrounding the transformation of Miami’s Bicentennial Park into a new Museum Park, work crews have begun an environmental remediation process that will prepare eight acres of [Read More]