The Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum has launched a new augmented-reality experience that brings to life “Owney the Dog,” mascot of the Railway Mail Service. The experience, offered via iPhone and Web applications, is the first [Read More]
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The Spirit of St. Louis Region of the Classic Car Club of America (SSRCCCA) is hosting the first annual “Classic Car Show” on Sunday, October 23rd at the Kemp Auto Museum. The “Classic Car Show” [Read More]
An important assemblage of Korean ceramics in the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art collection will be on display in “Cranes and Clouds: The Korean Art of Ceramic Inlay” beginning Nov. 5. The exhibition inaugurates a [Read More]
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History will host Owls & Howls Children’s Halloween Party on Saturday, Oct. 15, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Museum. Children can come in costume, help make pumpkin [Read More]
The General George Patton Museum at Fort Knox presents Hollywood Goes To War. 20 October – Casablanca (1942, starring Humphrey Bogart) 17 November – The Long Voyage Home (1940, starring John Wayne) 15 December – [Read More]
The International Art Museum of America (IAMA), a permanent art museum located at 1025 Market Street (near 7th Street) in the new downtown San Francisco Central Market Art District, will open to the public on [Read More]
The Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington presents Videowatercolors. Carel Balth Among His Contemporaries an exhibition on view October 15, 2011 – January 22, 2012. Carel Balth. Skyscape (Blue Horizon). 2003. Inkjet print. [Read More]
The Montclair Art Museum presents The Spectacular of Vernacular. On View October 7, 2011–January 1, 2012. William Eggleston, Untitled (Steak Billboard) Memphis, TN, 1973. Dye transfer print. © Eggleston Artistic Trust. Courtesy Cheim & Reid, [Read More]
The Leonardo MMuseum has opened on Library Square in downtown Salt Lake City. The Leonardo is a new kind of museum that will blend elements from science, technology and art to engage visitors’ curiosity in [Read More]
The Nelson-Atkins Museum presents To Make a World. George Ault and 1940s America, on view October 15, 2011—January 8, 2012. During the turbulent 1940s, George Ault (1891-1948) created precise yet eerie pictures that have come [Read More]
Houdini’s throwing knife goes on exhibit at The Houdini Museum in Scranton, PA, starting October 31, 2011. This coincides with the anniversary of Houdini’s death on Halloween. The Great Throwdini, known as the World’s Fastest [Read More]
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum Open Humberto Calzada. The Fire Next Time, an exhibition on view October 12, 2011 – January 8, 2012. Cuban-American artist Humberto Calzada, one of the most renowned artists [Read More]
The Noguchi Museum presents Civic Action: A Vision for Long Island City on view Thursday, October 13, 2011 – 12:00am – Sunday, April 22, 2012 – 12:00am. In response to this neighborhood, now undergoing significant [Read More]
The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) have announced that, owing to essential and extensive refurbishing works, the main building at IMMA will be closed from 1 November 2011 until 31 December 2012. The works, [Read More]
The Dennos Museum Center presents the 2011 Cape Dorset Annual Graphics Collection on view OCTOBER 5 – NOVEMBER 27, 2011. For the past fifty years original drawings have been selected to become prints in the [Read More]
The H. Lee White Marine Museum presents Titanic: Commemorating the 100th Anniversary an exhibition on view Oct. 15, through Nov. 15. The emporary exhibit features tems and information from the personal collection of Mr. George [Read More]
The Long Beach Museum of Art presents Exchange and Evolution: Worldwide Video Long Beach 1974-1999 on view at the Museum from October 7, 2011 – February 12, 2012. Exchange and Evolution is a retrospective selection [Read More]
After an extensive international search spanning many months, a new Director of Education and Interpretive Programs has been named by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Judith M. Koke comes to Kansas City from the Art [Read More]