The O. Winston Link Museum is closed until September 18, due to flooding. The Collection of the O. Winston Link Museum is focused on the Norfolk and Western project. Link captured the last days of […]
Daily Archives: September 15, 2011
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The Smithsonian is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 with a series of performances, lectures, exhibitions, family activities and tours at various museums around the Institution. All programs are free unless otherwise […]
From September 18, 2011 to January 2012, the Eileen S. Kaminsky Foundation and Mana Art Center will present highlights from the Meisels’ personal art collection. Our Own Directions: Works from the Louis K. and Susan […]
The Natural History Museum of Utah plans to add a whole new level of expertise to its popular Science Movie Night program by partnering with the Utah Film Center. The program will continue to be […]
On Saturday, October 15, 2011, the Herbert F. Johnson Museum will open renovated spaces in its landmark I. M. Pei building and a 16,000 square-foot extension inspired by Pei’s original museum plan, designed by the […]
Exhibition brings together 41 drawings, photographs and sculpture exploring artistic identity over the past five centuries Images of the Artist, a fascinating exhibition that explores artistic identity and image-making by showcasing some of the ways […]
The Georgia Museum of Natural History re-opened on on September 15. The opening reception included a special art exhibition entitled “Lost Species, Visions of Landscapes Past” featuring the landscape paintings of Philip Juras and a […]
THe Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum presents Stripped: The Body Beautiful, an exhibition on view through 2nd January 2012. Featuring sculptures, paintings and objects from the Museum’s collection, visitors are encouraged to debate whether beauty […]
The Roald Dahl Museum is appealing for £500000 to save Roald Dahl’s writing hut. The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre is a registered charity (number 1085853) and company limited by guarantee (number 4178505), registered […]
Stephanie Wiles of Oberlin College has been named the next director of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Provost Kent Fuchs has announced. Wiles has been the John G.W. Cowles Director of the Allen […]
Detroit collector’s bequest features eclectic mix of styles, subjects and artists The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) recently received a generous bequest and rich art collection from James Pearson Duffy, one of Detroit’s most unorthodox […]
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science has begun construction of its long-anticipated Education and Collections Facility. The Museum is adding 126,000 square feet and five levels of discovery to its south side, providing even […]
Free admission with downloaded Museum Day tickets SEATTLE, Sept. 14, 2011–The Museum of Flight will honor Smithsonian Media’s Museum Day tickets for free admission to the Museum on Sept. 24. Museum Day is an annual […]
Kunsthalle Zürich presents Walid Raad Miraculous Beginnings on view through 30 October 2011. What forms, stories, gestures and concepts are made possible by wars? How are certain events lived but not experienced? How does violence […]
One of the most curious tendencies in modern and contemporary art has been that of museums created by artists. Museum Show is a historical survey exhibition—or a ‘museum of museums’ perhaps—displaying a comprehensive selection of […]
New museum complex, designed by celebrated firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro, to be located in the Downtown Berkeley Arts District. View from the corner of Center and Oxford Streets. Image courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro. […]