Daily Archives: October 15, 2010

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Fossil Discovery Center of Madera County Opens

The Fossil Discovery Center of Madera County celebrated its grand opening on Wednesday, October 13, 2010, National Fossil Day There was a ribbon cutting ceremony in the morning and 250 people attend the event. Paleontologists, […]

The Louvre Presents Paper Museums The Antiquity in Books, 1600–1800

The Louvre presents Paper Museums The Antiquity in Books, 1600–1800, open through 01-03-2011. ntiquarians in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries often compiled their knowledge in imposing figurative books of antiquities, like “paper museums” that displayed, […]

National Maritime Museum Drawings Collection Online

A grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation has allowed the National Maritime Museum (NMM) to make part of its considerable collection of prints and drawings available online for the first time. The NMM’s collections […]

Kunsthaus Zurich Opens Pablo Picasso Exhibition

The Kunsthaus Zürich revives the first museum exhibition devoted to Pablo Picasso. Mounted at the Kunsthaus Zürich in 1932, the show was a crucial moment in the history of modern art. Picasso had organized a […]

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Presents On to Pop

Abstract Expressionist New York Celebrates the Achievements of a Generation That Catapulted New York City to the Center of the International Art World Sixty Years Ago Drawn entirely from the collection of The Museum of […]