Norton Museum of Art presents The Middle East and the Middle Kingdom. Islamic and Chinese Artistic Exchange, an exhibition on view February 2, 2013 – August 4, 2013. Chinese art has fascinated the outside world, [Read More]
Antiquities
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bowl featuring a colorful inlaid Nilotic scene. Preserved for over three millennia, these works showcase the ingenuity and creativity of ancient glassmakers. The Roman bowl, which dates from the 4th-5th century A.D., has never been [Read More]
Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents Ming Masterpieces from the Shanghai Museum, an exhibition on view March 3-June 2, 2013. This exhibition presents ten masterpieces of early Ming dynasty court painting executed in the [Read More]
Heritage Preservation announce that the Housatonic Museum of Art has completed the 2012 Conservation Assessment Program (CAP). The Housatonic Museum of Art joins the 2,800 museums that have participated in CAP in its twenty-two year [Read More]
Museum of Cycladic Art opens Princesses of the Mediterranean in the dawn of History, an exhibition on view 13 December 2012 – 10 April 2013. Regal ladies or princesses; priestesses or healers; women of authority [Read More]
On Saturday, December 22, 2012, the LBJ Presidential Library will unveil innovative, state-of-the art exhibits giving visitors a contemporary experience relating to one of the most significant presidents and eras in our country’s history. Following [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum hosted a celebration event this month to recognize Alan Holyoake, whose leadership helped spearhead the initiative, and the founding partners—Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum and Smithsonian Libraries in Washington, D.C., the [Read More]
Art Museum of Greater Lafayette presents Navajo Rugs and Pueblo Pots. From the Compton and Hasegawa Collections, an exhibition on view through December 18, 2012. Navajo Rugs and Pueblo Pots Image by Alex Buntin Jean [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian presents “Bak’tun 13: A Guatemalan Celebration of Time,” a three-day festival celebrating Guatemalan history and culture as well as the legacy of the Mayan people. The festival [Read More]
Tennessee State Museum is to allow visitors to see the original Emancipation Proclamation in February. Visitors can either walk in and wait, or pay a minimum fee for a timed reservation in advance. The Emancipation [Read More]
Ca Rezzonico presents Eighteen Century Porcelain in an exhibition on view from December 15th 2011 to December 31st 2012. Porcelain is perhaps the material that best embodies the spirit of the Rococo style. Its use [Read More]
Neues Museum in Berlin presents In the Light of Amarna. 100 Years of the Find of Nefertiti, an exhibition on view Fri 7 December 2012 – Sat 13 April 2013. Bust of Queen Nefertiti On [Read More]
The J. Paul Getty Museum announced the acquisition at auction of the Roman de Gillion de Trazegnies, an illuminated manuscript from Flanders by Lieven van Lathem (1430–1493). The work is considered one of the finest [Read More]
Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery opens Pure Land. Inside the Mogao Grottoes at Dunhuang, an exhibition on view on view Dec. 1–Dec. 9. A viewer takes in the Pure Land digital cave. ©ALiVE, CityU, and [Read More]
To commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., will launch a monthlong film series this December, “Lincoln’s Indian Legacy.” Throughout the month, two documentary [Read More]
The British Museum announces that one of its most iconic objects, the Cyrus Cylinder, will tour to five major museum venues in the United States in 2013. This will be the first time this object [Read More]
Titanic Belfast is to display the Original Titanic Inquiry Plan used throughout the British Titanic Inquiry just one month after the great ship’s sinking in April 1912. Titanic Belfast The historic plan, commissioned by the [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art presents “Henry Mosler’s Civil War Diary,” a digital exhibition at http://civilwardiary.aaa.si.edu launched in recognition of the sesquicentennial of Mosler’s diary. Mosler (1841-1920) was a painter and illustrator who worked [Read More]