The Corning Museum of Glass, in America’s “Crystal City,” celebrates the holiday season with a glass wonderland of giant glittering ornament trees, hands-on holiday-themed glassmaking and special events. Through January 2, 2011, visitors to the [Read More]
Daily Archives: December 2, 2010
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From winter 2010 the Museum will begin the redevelopment of its Egyptian galleries housed in Charles Cockerell’s Grade -1 listed Beaumont Street Building. Leading the project will be the award-winning practice Rick Mather Architects, who [Read More]
The newest addition to the National Naval Aviation Museum, Hangar Bay One, adds 55,000 square feet of exhibit space to a facility that is already one of the largest of its kind in the world. [Read More]
The Computer History Museum (CHM), the world’s leading institution exploring the history of computing and its ongoing impact on society, today announced the appointment of two new trustees to its Board of Directors: Raymie Stata, [Read More]
“Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing” is in the final stages of completion and will open to the public on January 13, 2011. The Museum will feature special opening hours from January 13 to [Read More]
The Museum of Discovery was awarded a grant of $9.2 million by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation! The grant will enable the Museum to construct a street-level entrance on President Clinton Avenue and to redesign [Read More]
Fort Nelson is currently undergoing a £3.5M development of its galleries and fortifications, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The newly developed site is scheduled for completion in 2011. Existing galleries and fortifications will remain [Read More]
Joan Rosenbaum, who has led The Jewish Museum since 1981, creating its innovative identity as a museum of art and culture and doubling the size of its home at Fifth Avenue and 92nd Street, has [Read More]
New Herzog & de Meuron‐designed museum will open to the public in 2013 Following years of planning and anticipation, Miami Art Museum has broken ground for its new Herzog & de Meuron-designed facility in Downtown [Read More]
The National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA) presents New Gravity / Interesting Thing on view 7 December 2010 – 23 January 2011. The exhibition New Gravity/Interesting Thing includes video and performance works that address, in [Read More]
This autumn Tate Britain embarks on a process which takes the gallery into the first phase of a major building project, through a period of transition and into a changed approach to showing the collections [Read More]
A new display at the National Portrait Gallery marks the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Camden Town group of artists. Focusing on the leading members of the group which flourished around 1911-1912, the [Read More]
The Royal Armouries Museum, Fort Nelson presents Festive Fun at the Fort on 21 December 2010. Enjoy traditional Punch & Judy shows and Christmas craft activities – make yourself a unique greetings card or tree [Read More]
Boeing Engineer Bob Bogash delivers Honeywell Explorer Lecture The Dec. 11 Museum of Flight Honeywell Explorer Lecture features retired Boeing Company engineer Bob Bogash presenting the story of Kelly Johnson, one of the most influential [Read More]
This interactive study day, on 4 December 2010 will examine the process of interpreting pieces recovered from battlefield sites and especially how to tap in to the wealth of expert knowledge in the field of [Read More]