The free summer shuttle to transport visitors between the National Mall and the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum returns for a third year in time for the Memorial Day holiday. It will offer weekend service May [Read More]
Monthly Archives: May 2011
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The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum presents NASA | ART: 50 Years of Exploration on view from May 28 to Oct. 9. You do not have to be a rocket scientist or an astronaut [Read More]
The Harvard Art Museums announce they have received a 2010 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Access to Artistic Excellence grant. The grant of $75,000 is among the largest gifts awarded by the NEA in [Read More]
Patrimonio Nacional and the Museo del Prado have signed a collaborative agreement for the technical study and restoration in the Museum’s studios of The Crucifixion by Rogier van der Weyden. This is one of the [Read More]
The Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition, a joint project of Polk Museum of Art and the City of Winter Haven, is a yearlong juried exhibition of sculptures from around the country. Ten sculptures were selected by [Read More]
This summer Tate Modern unveils a series of major new photography displays including a significant new body of work by Taryn Simon, iconic works by Diane Arbus and two important early works from Boris Mikhailov [Read More]
The Harvard Art Museums present Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, an exhibition that examines how celebrated Northern Renaissance artists contributed to the scientific discoveries of the 16th century. This exhibition [Read More]
The Whitney Museum of American Art and the City of New York has broke ground for the Whitney’s new museum building on Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg joined Adam D. [Read More]
Bring your family, guests, lawn chairs and blankets for an evening of music, dancing under a tent and fireworks under the stars in historic St. Michaels. Featuring the 17-piece band The Rhythm Doctors, the Chesapeake [Read More]
The Iowa Gold Star Military Museum will host a Memorial Day observance and open house on Monday, May 30, from 5 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the museum on Camp Dodge Joint Maneuver Training Center, [Read More]
Karol Wight, senior curator of antiquities at the Getty Villa and internationally renowned specialist in Roman glass, was named the next executive director of The Corning Museum of Glass, the world’s foremost museum dedicated to [Read More]
The Malki Museum presents it’s 46th Annual Fiesta on Sunday, May 30, 2010. The all day event includes honoring Native American veterans, arts and crafts, fry bread, bird songs, and dances. Malki’s annual Fiesta is [Read More]
migros museum für gegenwartskunst / Hubertus Exhibitions presents an exhibition of work by Alex Bag on view 28 May–14 August 2011. Opening: Friday, 27 May 2011, 6 pm. Since the early 1990s, the artist Alex [Read More]
NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman and Blue Star Families Chairman Kathy Roth-Douquet announced the second annual launch of Blue Star Museums, a partnership with more than 1,300 museums across America to offer free admission to all [Read More]
The Japanese American National Museum presents Fighting for Democracy: Who is the “We” in “We, the People”? Exhibition open May 28 – August 28, 2011. Japanese American National Museum Originally created to highlight the stories [Read More]
The Nevada State Railroad Museum presents annual Memorial Day Steam-Up. The Train runs every 40 minutes from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Saturday, May 28 through Monday, May 30, 2011. Plan to see the museum’s [Read More]
Bali: Art, Ritual, Performance, on view at the Asian Art Museum through September 11, 2011, brings the art and artists of Bali to San Francisco, introducing museum visitors to Balinese history and religious beliefs, and [Read More]
The National Pinball Museum in Washington has announced they are closing due to their lease being revoked. Statement by David F. Silverman Executive Director and Curator “By now, some of you have seen or heard [Read More]