The Legacy Museum of African American History has celebrated it’s 10th anniversary. From its opening in 2000, Legacy has collected, preserved, documented and interpreted the history and culture of Central Virginia’s African America. For it’s [Read More]
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The Clinton Birthplace 1st Home Museum has opened in Hope, Arkansas. The home is designated as a national park site.. President Bill Clinton’s 1st Home Museum and the adjacent Clinton History Exhibit Center have recently [Read More]
The Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History is presenting a royal wedding stamp exhibit, with both current stamps honoring this month’s royal wedding couple and stamps issued for the ceremony of Princess Diana and [Read More]
Museum of the Moving Image will present a weekend-long series, Tales from the New Chinese Cinema, from April 29 through May 1, comprised of six feature films and two short works that showcase some of [Read More]
The National Portrait Gallery will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, fought from 1861 to 1865, with seven exhibitions, many of which draw heavily on the permanent collection. These rotating presentations, which mark [Read More]
Seattle Art Museum’s (SAM) recent exhibition, Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris, generated an estimated $66 million in economic impact for Washington State, of which $58 million was generated in King County, according [Read More]
The Government of France will award Richard Rand a Chevalier in its Ordre des Arts et Lettres during a ceremony today at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Rand is the Robert and Martha [Read More]
AOL is pleased to present Seven on Seven, a conference that brings together leading figures from the fields of art and technology around the creation of new ideas. Set to take place on May 14, [Read More]
The Walker Art Center’s Adventures in New Puppetry series closes with Improbable’s The Devil and Mister Punch (a work-in-progress), Thursday-Saturday, May 19–21, in the William and Nadine McGuire Theater. In this Walker-commissioned new work, Punch [Read More]
The Maryport Maritime Museum re-opened on the Easter holiday weekend. The museum is being run by volunteers who would be interested in hearing from anyone who might want to help, after Allerdale Council decided that [Read More]
The design of China Comic and Animation Museum opened on Thursday evening in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province, reports Xinhuanet. The museum is designed by MVRDV, an international architecture and urban design company, [Read More]
The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) in Cincinnati, Ohio—one of the nation’s oldest and most celebrated contemporary art institutions—announces the 2011–2012 season of exhibitions featuring both single artist and group shows. The CAC—renowned for the opportunities [Read More]
Richard Armstrong, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, today announced the appointment of Catherine Carver Dunn as Deputy Director, Advancement. In this new position, Dunn will be responsible for directing the major [Read More]
Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes / Ex Teresa Arte Actual presents crisisss. Art and Confrontation in Latin America 1910–2010 on view through 5 June 2011. This exhibition, curated by Gerardo Mosquera, presented an overview of [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum has announced Paul Tudor Jones of Cambridge, MD as the Honorary Chair to the Museum’s 14th Annual Boating Party. The signature fundraising gala, which takes place at the Museum on [Read More]
World War II navy planes fly to museum for day, programs include panel of veteran navy fighter pilots SEATTLE – The Museum launches its celebration of the U.S. Navy’s 100th year of aviation with [Read More]
The Panhandle Plains Historical Museum presents Opening The Cabinet Doors: Clothing And Accessories From The American Indian Collection on view through October 31, 2011. The exhibition focuses on historic American Indian clothing and accessories, such [Read More]
The Cartoon Art Museum presents From Bloom County to Mars: The Imagination of Berkeley Breathed, an exhibition of original artwork featuring one of the most popular cartoonists of the past quarter-century! To commemorate this exhibition, [Read More]