The Gateway Science Museum is to present Microbes: Invisible Invaders, Amazing Allies open Feb 12, 2011 through May 30, 2011. Microbes takes visitors on a journey through an unseen world, one which sustains all life [Read More]
Monthly Archives: December 2010
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Three early paintings by Johannes Vermeer will be reunited in a rare display at the National Galleries of Scotland this December. The Young Vermeer will present a unique opportunity to see three magnificent works by [Read More]
Anne Hawley, Norma Jean Calderwood Director, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum announced the appointment of landscape scholar and educator Charles Waldheim, principal, Urban Agency as the Museum’s new consulting Curator of Landscape, effective January 2011. Rooted [Read More]
On view at the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Center, December 7, 2010—April 24, 2011, Felice Beato: A Photographer on the Eastern Road presents the first survey of Felice Beato’s (British, born Italy, 1832-1909) [Read More]
This Christmas the National Galleries of Scotland will be celebrating the festive period in style with a range of activities for all the family to enjoy. Christmas themed activities will include: • A unique shopping [Read More]
The National Galleries of Scotland present The Young Vermeer – History, Stories, Questions on Tuesday, 18th January 2011 at 12.45 1.30pm in the Hawthornden Lecture Theatre. Dr Tico Seifert, Senior Curator at the National Gallery [Read More]
The Metropolitan Museum presents Thinking Outside the Box a new installation featuring Cabinets, Caskets, and Cases from the Museum’s Collection, on view December 7, 2010–August 21, 2011. The objects featured in this installation will range [Read More]
The Museum of Modern Art in New York presents Performance 9: Allora & Calzadilla on December 8, 2010 – January 10, 2011. For the ninth installment of MoMA’s ongoing Performance Exhibition Series, the artists Jennifer [Read More]
National Museums Liverpool and Liverpool Hope University have joined forces to share expertise and develop links. A formal partnership has been signed which will see both organisations working closer together on cultural programmes. Hope has [Read More]
On Saturday (December 11) at 4pm, world-renowned scientist, Dr. Andrew Maynard, gives a no-holds-barred presentation on the future of technology. His latest blog post http://2020science.org/2010/12/06/small-gods-and-the-art-of-technology-innovation explains the topic of his talk and charmingly describes his [Read More]
The program last night at the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) saw over 150 people come together at the museum to view the documentary Handmade Nation and hear the filmmaker, Faythe Levine, discuss the handmade/maker movement [Read More]
The Wellcome Collection is to present High Society: Drugs in Victorian Britain on February 11-12 2011. This event will open with a Friday evening of traditional Victorian entertainment, a performance of the extraordinary Magic Lantern- [Read More]
Spanning the period from 1470-1526, covering the Wars of the Roses to ten years before the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the hoard is the largest intact assemblage of its kind. It contains some rare pieces, [Read More]
The V&A museum presents Imperial Chinese Robes from the Forbidden City an exhibition open 7 December 2010 – 27 February 2011. This exhibition shows three centuries of beautiful and historic royal robes worn by the [Read More]
The Swedish American Museum presents Dalsland goes West on viwe through Jan. 30, 2011. The Museum will partner with the Dalsland Art Association and the Society of Artists in Dalsland for a special exhibit titled [Read More]
The American Swedish Historical Museum in Philadelphia presents a special temporary exhibit about the New Sweden colony now on display at the Swedish American Museum. Open through Jan. 30, 2011. This exhibit titled Colony to [Read More]
The Arizona Historical Advisory Commission, Arizona Centennial Commission, and Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records will host Centennial Commemoration of Arizona’s Constitutional Convention. One hundred years ago, delegates adjourned Sine Die Arizona’s Constitutional Convention. [Read More]
From 7 December, the Rijksmuseum will display a selection of 20th-century photographic works acquired in recent years with the support of Baker & McKenzie. Helen Levitt, Squatting girl/spider girl, New York City, 1980 The sponsorship [Read More]