The world’s largest museum of Islamic art in Cairo has reopened after a seven-year restoration and refurbishment project. Designed by Italian architect Alfonso Manescaloand was completed in 1902 in neo-Mamluk style, founded by the German [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2010
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Dewsbury Museum has reopened after a £700,000 refurbishment. New additions include the Discovering Dewsbury gallery along with local history exhibitions and the 1940s classroom which has been refurbished, the toy gallery has moved to a [Read More]
“Inventing the 21st Century: Celebrating British Ingenuity” Open 6 September – 28 November 2010 Free / Folio Society Gallery In celebration of British ingenuity, “Inventing the 21st Century” will uncover the stories behind 15 of [Read More]
The epic story of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 Endurance expedition is an incredible real life tale of survival The exhibition features about 150 compelling photographs of the expedition’s ordeal taken by ship photographer Frank Hurley, [Read More]
Watpac’s Construction division has been awarded the refurbishment and construction contract for the $53 million Museum of Contemporary Art redevelopment (MCA) in Sydney. Watpac representatives and dignitaries attended the building site today as the first [Read More]
Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas Stanford, California — Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University presents “Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas,” August 4, 2010 [Read More]
Author Peter Unitt presents “Charles E. Taylor – The World’s First Aircraft Mechanic” SEATTLE, – An Aug. 14 lecture and book signing by Peter J. Unitt looks at the man who put the power into [Read More]
A double celebration in The Bowes Museum’s new Reading Room marked a dedication ceremony and the launch of a book about the founders. The room, created in a part of the high central dome formerly [Read More]
Ottawa – Steven Shearer is known for using a wide range of traditional and contemporary media in works that address the human subject and its relationship with the outside world. The Vancouver-based artist will represent [Read More]
Dinosaurs are coming alive at the Museum of Nature & Science, October 21, 2010 through May 1, 2011. Discover dinos like never before with the opening of our newest travelling exhibition Dinosaurs Unearthed. The exhibit [Read More]
$1 Million Gift Puts Museum Within Reach of its $26.6 Million Overall Capital Campaign Goal The Cellular South Foundation, the corporate philanthropic arm of the nation’s largest privately owned wireless communications provider, today announced a [Read More]
Museum Adds New Leadership with Expertise to Support Growth and Transformation – Yves Béhar to Become Museum’s Third Artist Trustee At its May meeting, the Board of Trustees of the San Francisco Museum of Modern [Read More]
A rare medieval roof finial has been found in London’s River Thames by the Museum of London during a survey. The object, which dates from the late 12th Century or 13th Century, is in the [Read More]
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presents The Tribe and the Hermit by Montreal designer Michel Rouleau in the Design Lab, open through November 14, 201 . Six tent‐chairs are arranged in a circle on [Read More]
The Shangdong Tianyu Museum of Nature in east China, has set a record for being the largest dinosaur museum in the world. The Museum, which opened in 2004 and is devoted to dinosaur and other [Read More]
Wells Fargo Free First Thursday Thursday, Sept. 2, 5-9 p.m. Once a month, the Museum stays open late-for free! Enjoy the Museum’s Great Gallery, Personal Courage Wing, Space: Exploring the New Frontier exhibit and more [Read More]
On 16 September 2010 the Ashmolean launches its first major art exhibition in one of the country’s newest and most important temporary exhibition centres. The Pre-Raphaelites and Italy brings together over 140 pictures from the [Read More]
While attending today’s Woodward Light Rail press conference along with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and Governor Jennifer Granholm at Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), Mayor Dave Bing went the extra mile to acknowledge [Read More]