Daily Archives: April 9, 2013

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Edward Harley – The Great Collector

From opulence and obsession to debt and despair, new exhibition Edward Harley: The Great Collector follows the fortunes of the 2nd Earl of Oxford (1689-1741). Showing at The Harley Gallery from 25 May 2013, this […]

National Museum of Health and Medicine Seeks Funding

The National Museum of Health and Medicine is seeking funding for Touch Screen Walls, and other High-Tech features. At present thin touchscreens are fitted with Kinect motion sensors built by Microsoft for the Xbox gaming […]

Anchorage Museum director resigns

James Pepper Henry, director and chief executive of the Anchorage Museum for the past six years, is to leave the Anchorage Museum on July 5 for a position as executive director and CEO of the […]

David Geffen donates to film museum

The David Geffen Foundation has made a donation of $25 Million for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences museum scheduled to open in 2017 next to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. […]

Oak Ridge rail museum plans dropped

Plans for an Oak Ridge railroad museum are in doubt after officials announced that bids for the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum building came in higher than expected, at nearly $1 million. Members of the railway […]

Museum of Modern Art Presents LittleBits Installations

Open-source electronics company littleBits present their tiny gadgets to the art world at New York’s Museum of Modern Art Design Stores. The company, which creates systems of LEGO-like electronics that snap together with magnets, featured […]

Tate Modern announces Saloua Raouda Choucair exhibition

Tate Modern presents Saloua Raouda Choucair an exhibition on view 17 April–20 October 2013. Comprising over 120 works, many of which have never been seen before and are being exhibited for the first time, this […]

EYE presents Johan van der Keuken / Up to the light

EYE presents Johan van der Keuken / Up to the light. Filmmaker and photographer on view March 30–June 9, 2013. The exhibition’s line of approach is the extraordinary way in which van der Keuken brought […]

SMHS students plant CBMM’s living shoreline

On Monday, April 8, St. Michaels High School students came to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, MD to plant native salt marsh hay and cord grass along CBMM’s newly extended living […]