Daily Archives: August 12, 2011

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has been named as the best children’s museum by Trekaroo, a leading family travel website which “provides reviews of kid-friendly hotels, activities, and travel tips for family fun.” Children’s Museum […]

The Grout Museum District will attempt to break the Guinness World Records” Largest Chemistry Lesson. Visit Young Arena on Saturday, August 13, to get a free chemistry lesson and complete an individual hands-on experiment with […]

The Power of Music: Photographic Portraits of Americans and Their Musical Instruments, 1860–1915, is the featured traveling exhibit at the Musical Instrument Museum, which will run from September 24 to November 27, 2011 in the […]

Artist Michael Reagan’s portraits honor thousands of American service men and women killed in Iraq and Afghanistan SEATTLE, – Edmonds, Wash.-based artist Michael Reagan has created over 2,200 custom, hand-drawn portraits of service men and […]

The Museum of Flight SEPTEMBER Wells Fargo Free First Thursday Thursday, Sept. 1, 5 to 9 p.m. Once a month, the Museum stays open late – for free! Enjoy the Museum’s Great Gallery, Personal Courage […]

Installation Debuts at Cooper-Hewitt and Will Travel Nationwide “Quicktake: Stamps of Approval” features the work of American industrial designers recognized by the U.S. Postal Service in a new series of Forever stamps. The stamps commemorate […]

The National Museum of the Marine Corps opened a new traveling exhibit that presents a multifaceted portrait of service women returning from war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan. Female service members are as diverse as […]

The Nebraska Firefighters Museum & Education Center are hosting a JR. Firefighters Fun Day on August 13th, 1:00 – 5:00PM. RSVP TODAY: call 308-338-FIRE The mission of the Nebraska Firefighters Foundation is to preserve Nebraska’s […]

“In the Beginning Was the Word”: Medieval Gospel Illumination The four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, among the most well-known texts in the Bible, offer powerful accounts of the life of Christ and […]

The Allure of the Automobile at the Portland Art Museum has been drawing record crowds for a summer exhibition. The exhibition is the first time the Museum has allowed photography (without flash) in its special […]

During the opening celebration of the Contemporary Northwest Art Awards, Museum Director Brian Ferriso announced Seattle artist John Grade as the recipient of the prestigious $10,000 Arlene Schnitzer Prize. The prize winner is chosen by […]

14-Week Training Program to Begin Aug. 30 The Library of Congress is recruiting the 2011 class of volunteer docents to lead tours of the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution. To best serve the more than […]

This selection of 300 images from the Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs portrays the people and landscape of a kingdom high in the Himalaya Mountains. Sikkim, now part of India, borders on […]

The Library of Congress presents the 2011 National Book Festival, September 24-25 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama are honorary chairs for the event. The festival is free […]

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles announced that the exhibition Art in the Streets, presented in the first year of MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch’s tenure at the museum, attracted 201,352 visitors from April […]

Kunsthalle Bern presents Marianne Flotron – Work the first institutional solo exhibition of Swiss artist Marianne Flotron. The exhibition, on view 13 August–25 September 2011, will feature major recent works by the artist as well […]

PLATEAU, Samsung Museum of Art presents My Way, a mid-career retrospective of the leading French artist Jean-Michel Othoniel (b.1964, Saint-Étienne). This exhibition encompasses the artist’s unique artistic spectrum from the early works of the 1980s […]