CINCINNATI – Spring Break is coming and Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) has your ticket for a trip you’re sure to tell your friends about. Travel back in time, sail across the seas to Scandinavia, crawl [Read More]
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Exhibition celebrates the decades-long career of the Maryland artist and her appreciation of weaving in ancient societies and old traditions BALTIMORE, MD – The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) presents Timeless Weft: Ancient Tapestries and [Read More]
Largest Viking ship ever discovered makes North American debut in exhibit at Cincinnati Museum Center CINCINNATI – Cincinnati has been invaded by Vikings. But these Vikings are not the bearded, horned-helmet barbarians depicted in operas, [Read More]
Baltimore, MD — The Walters Art Museum has launched a new website that houses its digital collection of manuscripts: manuscripts.thewalters.org. Featuring a user-friendly design, the site provides visitors with intuitive search options, including the ability [Read More]
Largest Viking ship ever discovered makes North American debut in exhibit at Cincinnati Museum Center November 11 CINCINNATI – Cincinnati is being invaded by Vikings. But these Vikings are not the bearded, horned-helmet barbarians depicted [Read More]
1,800 year old Egyptian mummy now on display as part of Curate My Community CINCINNATI – As students return to campus, a four-year-old is headed to college. Umi, an Egyptian child mummy from Cincinnati Museum [Read More]
This exhibition will present and explore ancient Egyptian animal mummies, prepared in their millions as votive offerings to the gods. Gifts for the Gods will explain the background behind this religious practice in the context [Read More]
CINCINNATI – A seminal document in our nation’s founding will soon be on display at Cincinnati Museum Center. The Holt broadside printing of the Declaration of Independence was instrumental to the unanimous vote for independence. [Read More]
CINCINNATI – The Village of Newtown and Cincinnati Museum Center announced the discovery of a rare Native American artifact. A shell gorget dating back to the early fifth century is currently being conserved and studied [Read More]
Zahi Hawass presents lecture on the mysteries of the Pyramids and the Sphinx CINCINNATI – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and Cincinnati Museum Center will host a lecture by Dr. Zahi Hawass, one of [Read More]
Learn about the Ancient Egyptian process of mummification and the journey to the afterlife, on Thursday 19th February 2pm – 4pm Make your own canopic jar and have a go at mummifying an orange! Booking [Read More]
Largest collection of mummy artifacts ever assembled shares science and stories of mummification CINCINNATI – The nationally-recognized Mummies of the World exhibition made its Cincinnati debut at Cincinnati Museum Center. The exhibition presents a once-in-a-lifetime [Read More]
Largest collection of mummies ever assembled CINCINNATI – The nationally recognized Mummies of the World exhibition will make its Greater Cincinnati debut at the Cincinnati Museum Center on November 26, 2014. The exhibition The New [Read More]
The Zayed National Museum presents A History of the World in 100 Objects an exhibition on view 23 April–1 August 2014. Offering a glimpse of the eagerly anticipated Zayed National Museum, TCA Abu Dhabi has [Read More]
The Norton Simon Museum presents In the Land of Snow: Buddhist Art of the Himalayas an exhibition on view March 28, 2014 – August 25, 2014. In the Land of Snow is the Museum’s first [Read More]
The British Museum in London presents From temple to home celebrating Ganesha an exhibition on view 27 February – 25 May 2014. The elephant-headed Ganesha is one of the most popular Hindu gods – the [Read More]
Kimbell Art Museum presents Samurai: Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection an exhibition on view through August 31, 2014.. Fearsome warriors clad head-to-toe in highly decorated armor, samurai of 12th through 19th century [Read More]
An illuminated play text from the fifteenth century, has been acquired for the nation and allocated to the British Library by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax under the Acceptance in Lieu (AIL) Scheme [Read More]