Museum News

Dr. Doris Dwyer presents a lecture, Women’s Voices from the Overland Trail, at the Nevada State Museum Thursday, May 26, 2011, from 7:00 – 8:00 pm. Dwyer’s presentation features stories from women’s diaries and reminiscences [Read More]

The Wisconsin Veterans Museum presents Point of View: The Veteran Print Project, on display until July 31, 2011. Point of View connects a new generation of Wisconsin veterans with their community by inviting them to [Read More]

FREE ADMISSION from 7 May to 22 May 2011 Andreas und Oswald Achenbach – Alexander Archipenko – Stephan Balkenhol – Max Beckmann – Giovanni Bellini – Bernardo Bellotto – Joseph Beuys – Arnold Böcklin – [Read More]

For Rent: Consuelo Castañeda (Havana, Cuba, 1958) is the first of a series of three annual exhibitions from 2011– 2013. The concept of For Rent transfers the use and symbolic value of the Americas Society [Read More]

The Art Gallery of Ontario presents New Works by Brian Jungen on view in the AGO’s Henry Moore Sculpture Centre, May 5 through August 7, 2011. Presented in celebration of Jungen’s receipt of the $25,000 [Read More]

The Morris Museum presents Jersey Rocks : A History of Rock & Roll in the Garden State, on view May 5 – September 5, 2011. The Jersey Rocks exhibition explores rock & roll’s roots, rise, [Read More]

The Imperial War Museum in London presents Legacy a commissioned film work by Roderick Buchanan, on view 6th May 2011 to 7th August 2011. Free admission. Scottish artist Roderick Buchanan was commissioned by the Imperial [Read More]

Emphasis on Islamic Culture of Morocco, Spain, North Africa, and Western Mediterranean Honors Memory of Longtime Supporter Patti Cadby Birch Two new galleries at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and related education programs—all focusing on [Read More]

The Rahr-West Art Museum is seeing a new Museum Director The Director is the executive officer of the Museum and is responsible for the overall leadership of the institution. This individual, in concert with the [Read More]

The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville Ark., Executive Director Don Bacigalupi, Ph.D. has announced three endowments from the Walton Family Foundation. “We are in the fortunate position of having a founding donor [Read More]

For the first time in more than 50 years American audiences can discover rarely seen treasures from the South Pacific The Menil Collection presents Ancestors of the Lake: Art of Lake Sentani and Humboldt Bay, [Read More]

The Portland Art Museum presents Refashioned an exhibition on view May 21, 2011 – July 31, 2011. Inherent in the structure of a garment is the story of its purpose, time, and place. Contemporary artists, [Read More]

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund announce the acquisition of a noteworthy and special artifact — a structural beam collected from Ground Zero in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. [Read More]

The Queensland Art Gallery Ppesents Surrealism: The Poetry of Dreams on view 11 June–2 October 2011. Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art is the exclusive Australian venue and one of only two museums worldwide to present [Read More]

KUNSTHALLE wien presents Loris Gréaud: CELLAR DOOR on view through 7 June 2011. CELLAR DOOR, a series of exhibitions and works by the young French artist Loris Gréaud, which spans several years, culminates in a [Read More]

The Romanian Cultural Institute of Stockholm and Färgfabriken announce Daniel Knorr’s first solo show in Sweden: Limits of Jurisdiction. The project takes place in Stockholm and consists of three parts: Artist Books, 1m3 Freedom and [Read More]

A new iPhone app is now available that guides visitors through the Civil War Battlefield of Fredericksburg, Virginia. History Associates Incorporated, the leading historical research firm in the United States, collaborated with the Civil War [Read More]