PHILADELPHIA — Step into a garden of wonders and experience the fascinating science that’s literally in your own backyard in a new exhibit opening Friday, June 9, at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Backyard Adventures is filled with interactive play stations where families can investigate the great outdoors and discover a hidden […]
Museum Ball on Saturday, June 10 at 7 p.m. Honorees: Rita & Frank Castagna The 2017 Museum Ball recreates the glamorous world of Studio 54 where superstar fashion designer Halston, subject of Halston Style, the Museum’s current comprehensive retrospective, spent memorable evenings with his celebrity friends—Liza Minnelli, Bianca Jagger and Andy Warhol, among them. The […]
Annet Couwenberg: From Digital to Damask shows fiber art through multiple disciplines BALTIMORE, MD – The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) presents Annet Couwenberg: From Digital to Damask, an intimate exhibition of 10 extraordinary works by Maryland-based artist Annet Couwenberg. On view August 16, 2017–February 18, 2018, the exhibition shows how art, science, and history […]
BMA Opens Black Box Film and Textiles Exhibition this Summer BALTIMORE, MD – The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) presents two compelling works that explore the legacy of slavery in America in Black Box: Kara Walker & Hank Willis Thomas. On view June 28, 2017– March 18, 2018, the installation brings together Kara Walker’s Salvation, […]
Funds raised from this benefit auction will support The Glass House, a National Trust Historic Site built between 1949 and 1995 by architect Philip Johnson and located in New Canaan, CT. Works by Jeff Koons, Carrie Mae Weems, Herb Ritts, and more go to support this iconic modernist design. The Glass House, 199 Elm Street, […]
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum guests are invited to watch model skipjack races beginning Sunday, June 11, 2017, with the race series continuing on select Sundays through October. The radio-controlled (RC) sailing races are organized by CBMM’s Model Sailing Club, which meets regularly throughout the year to build and race these models. Other race dates include […]
The Hofstra University Museum has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support its program Art Travelers Through Time for elementary schools. Art Travelers is geared toward third graders in schools in diverse districts throughout Nassau County. The program is often the students’ first visit to an art […]
Exhibition features over 70 original costumes including Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, R2-D2, Darth Vader and more A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY – Iconic costumes from “a galaxy far, far away” are presented in the Smithsonian traveling exhibition Star Wars™ and the Power of Costume, now open at Cincinnati Museum Center. Pulled from the collection […]
SEATTLE – The Museum premieres the new 3D film, Aircraft Carrier on Friday, May 26. Media are welcome to screen the film at their latest convenience. For show times, visit https://www.museumofflight.org/Plan-Your-Visit/Tours-and-Experiences/3D-Movie-Theater. Aircraft Carrier is a large-format, immersive film packed with adrenaline-laced visuals and human stories that pay stirring tribute to the crucial role modern aircraft […]
The skipjack Sigsbee can be seen at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., on Sunday, July 9, 2017, with dockside tours available from 1-3 pm. Tours are free with general admission to CBMM, which is good for two days and is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, $6 for children ages 6-17, […]
Museum Open Six Days A Week Memorial Day through Labor Day Weekend CINCINNATI, OH — The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center announced today that it will be open on Sundays throughout the summer, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., beginning May 28. The museum will also be open to the public on Memorial Day from 11:00 […]
Organized by the Contemporary Arts Center; Curated by Steven Matijcio. Opens July 15, 2017 The story of two Iraqi brothers who escaped from Baghdad in early 2002 becomes a vehicle for British-born, NY-based artist Jane Benson (b. 1975) to explore the social reverberations caused by geo-cultural separation. Benson uses music to tell this story in […]
