Shelburne Museum Senior Curator Jean Burks announced the overall winners in the museum’s fashion design contest. Four students from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City took top honors for their fashions, [Read More]
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On Saturday, June 11, the North Carolina Maritime Museum opens “Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge” – the largest exhibit to date of artifacts from the shipwreck. “The exhibit includes around 300 artifacts, most of them never [Read More]
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery has started a major conservation project, and announced it has been awarded an important grant by the New York State Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) and the Office of Parks, Recreation and [Read More]
Vist the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, MD on Sunday, August 14 from 10am to 5pm and meet Chesapeake watermen celebrating their heritage at the 2nd Annual Watermen’s Appreciation Day. Beginning at 11am, [Read More]
James Joyce (1882-1941), author of the prolific landmark novel Ulysses, has been called the greatest 20th-century novelist writing in English. On Thursday, June 16 from Noon – 7pm, the Rosenbach Museum & Library will celebrate [Read More]
Event celebrates new civic space and lighting of Claes Oldenburg’s Paint Torch PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) will celebrate the completion of its new civic space, Lenfest Plaza, with PAFA’s [Read More]
The Wilkes Heritage Museum is pleased to present the Fourth Annual Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony on Saturday, June 11, 2011 at the Stone Center for Performing Arts, 613 Cherry [Read More]
Through July 15, visitors to the Michigan Historical Museum in Lansing will have a rare opportunity to see the headquarters flag carried by the Third Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Shenandoah while under the [Read More]
Appointment Accompanied by the Endowment of Two Additional Mid-Level Asian Curatorships The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA), home to one of the most important Asian art collections in the nation, has announced the appointment of [Read More]
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame presents The Beatles a new exhibition on view now. The Beatles Exhibition Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum The impact of the Beatles has often been noted [Read More]
Just days before the 3rd anniversary of the Epic Flood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library (NCSML) will make history in its journey to recovery. Wednesday, June 8, at [Read More]
GRI acquisition brings one of the most important private research collections for modern and contemporary art to Los Angeles The Getty Research Institute has announced the acquisition of the Harald Szeemann Archive and Library—one of [Read More]
The Washington County Museum will host a June Family Day on Saturday, June 11, 2011 at 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Join Museum staff and Print Arts Northwest volunteers to celebrate with free hands-on history [Read More]
The Hunterian at the University of Glasgow has recently boosted its Mackintosh and Expressionist collections with help from the Art Fund and the National Fund for Acquisitions. The Hunterian has now secured two important additions [Read More]
The National Museum and Library Services Board meeting will be held at the Institute of Museum and Library Services offices at 1800 M St., NW on June 13, 2011 from 1 – 3:30 p.m. This [Read More]
Three important paintings by the Scottish Colourists will be seen in Scotland for the first time this autumn. The trio, on loan from the French Government, will form part of a major exhibition at the [Read More]
The Conservation Assessment Program (CAP), which assists small museums in providing appropriate care for endangered collections, has announced this year’s participating museums. In 2011, 101 museums in 36 states and Puerto Rico will have the [Read More]
The Spencer Museum of Art presents Splendor, Pageantry & Performance in Art on view June 11 – September 4, 2011. A fantastical print of Emperor Maxmilian I’s triumphal chariot, a larger-than-life photograph of Chairman Mao’s [Read More]