Free admission, space-related family activities 5 to 9 p.m. The Museum of Flight SEATTLE – On May 5 from 5 to 9 p.m., the Museum will offer space-related activities in observance of Space Day. [Read More]
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The 24th Annual Antique & Classic Boat Festival is coming to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, MD on Friday, June 17 through Sunday, June 19. The largest event of its kind in [Read More]
The Hunterdon Art Museum hosts it’s 10th Annual Spring Wine & Food Tasting on Saturday, May 14, 2011. Presented by the Hunterdon Art Museum and Chris Cree, Master of Wine and owner of 56 Degree [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has recently acquired 17 items from sculptor Glenna Goodacre from her successful commission to design the Sacagawea dollar coin released in 2000. This donation preserves the creative and [Read More]
Steven E. Young, Chairman of the Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation’s Board of Directors, announced that the Museum Foundation has received a gift of approximately $100,000,000 from Margie Petersen and the Margie & Robert E. Petersen [Read More]
The Benjamin E. Mays Historical Preservation Site has been established on the campus of GLEAMNS Human Resources Commission which is located in the old African-American Brewer Hospital before desegregation. The site, adjacent to and part [Read More]
(Re)Staging the Art Museum (ed. Tone Hansen, Henie Onstad Art Centre) is released May 25th 2011. The anthology is published by Revolver Publishing. The anthology (Re)Staging the Art Museum discusses the implications of the increasing [Read More]
The new Children’s Museum of Tacoma at 1501 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA has started construction with a planned opening on Jan. 14, 2012. The present museum will close over the Christmas holidays for the move. [Read More]
The TMA Derby Party being held Saturday, May 7, 2011 | 4–8 p.m, is a community outreach and fundraising event to celebrate the Kentucky Derby and raise funds for educational programming. This year’s 137th Derby [Read More]
Wednesday, May 4, at 11 a.m. – Art History 201: Masterpieces of World Art, The 20th and Early 21st Centuries, presented by Janetta Rebold Benton, Distinguished Professor of Art History at Pace University. The final [Read More]
New research informs Alaska Native basket exhibition In the 1990s, several baskets were discovered near Sitka that scientists carbon dated to nearly 5,000 years ago. The spruce and hemlock baskets were prepared and woven using [Read More]
The Levine Museum of the New South presents Cotton Fields to Skyscrapers: Charlotte and the Carolina Piedmont in the New South. The centerpiece of the Museum is this award-winning permanent exhibition. Covering 8,000 square feet, [Read More]
In its 19th year, the 2011 High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction reached a Live Auction total of more than $1.125 million and a Silent Auction total $158,100. Silent auctions under the tents on Saturday, March [Read More]
Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2011 – 16 February – 7 August Brit Insurance Designs of the Year has established itself as a leading showcase of the most innovative and forward thinking designs from [Read More]
Dearborn, MI – What was a thriving enclave and first stop for Arab immigrants a century ago – and home to writers Khalil Gibran, Ameen Rihani, Elia Abu Madi, the PEN League and early Arab [Read More]
The San Telmo Museum in San Sebastián officially reopened to the public on April 2. San Telmo Museum A 4 year restoration by Nieto Sobejano Architects, has provided the museum, the oldest of the Basque [Read More]
The Ulster Museum presents From Bach to Bacharach a recital 14:30 – 16:15, Monday 25 April. A classical quartet with a difference Demesne are Rachel Thompson, soprano, Brendan Popplestone, guitar, Andrea Rea violin/viola and Fergus [Read More]
The High Museum of Art hosts a Print Fair on May 7, 2011, 10 a.m.-5 p.m in the Anne Cox Chambers Wing, co-sponsored by the International Fine Print Dealers Association. Free admission. This event is [Read More]