The Brevard Art Museum in Melbourne, Florida presents Elements of Nature: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation on view through June 19. The ancients believed that the world consisted of four elements: earth, [Read More]
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On April 16, 2011, the Du Bois Center in in Great Barrington opened the Museum of Civil Rights Pioneers, the first museum in western Massachusetts devoted exclusively to the acquisition and preservation of historical artifacts [Read More]
The American Academy in Rome announce the winners of the 2011-2012 Rome Prize. Recipients of the 115th annual Rome Prize Competition are provided with a fellowship that includes a stipend, a study or studio, and [Read More]
Cox Communications will again sponsor free admissions to the Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum for all visitors on Tuesday, April 19. The Museum will open at 10 a.m. Monday, following the traditional Remembrance Ceremony on [Read More]
The Cotswold Motoring Museum in Bourton-on-the-Water invites you to look back to 1979 and the British racing legend James Hunt. The Museum is exhibiting the impressive Wolf WR7 Formula 1 Car (1979-1982), the last car [Read More]
The Ball State University Museum of Art has achieved accreditation from the American Association of Museums (AAM), the highest national recognition for a museum. Accreditation signifies excellence to the museum community, donors, outside agencies and [Read More]
The Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum has chosen April 19th, 2011, as the opportunity for it’s official “water breaking” ceremony signifying the beginning of construction on the new Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum. [Read More]
The Maryland Science Center will take visitors to the top of the world and back in time when The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest is now playingat theSt. John Properties IMAX Theater. Playing through 6/10/11. [Read More]
The Spencer Museum of Art presentss Glorious to View: The KU Campus Heritage Project, on view May 7 – September 16, 2011. Inspired by the Getty Foundation-funded Campus Heritage Project and the collective legacy of [Read More]
Nine historic sites and museums throughout Morris County are inviting the public to “Be Our Guest” on Sunday, May 15, from noon to 5 p.m. in celebration of National Tourism Week. Participating institutions will open [Read More]
The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum presents “Steelroots: Touching Earth & Sky,” a unique outdoor exhibition of 16 massive root forms, sculpted in steel by acclaimed Pennsylvania artist Steve Tobin. “Steelroots” opens April 16 and continues through [Read More]
The exhibition galleries and lobby of the National Academy Museum will be closed for renovations until September 2011. Funded by generous bequests from Eleanor D. Popper, a former student of the School, and author Geoffrey [Read More]
From 9 July 2011, Wales will have its own National Museum of Art, showcasing the full range of the nation’s world-class art collection under one roof at National Museum Cardiff. For the first time, the [Read More]
The Ukrainian Museum and the Children of Chornobyl Relief and Development Fund are commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster with the exhibition Inside Chornobyl The world’s worst nuclear disaster took place at the [Read More]
Ca Corner della Regina, thanks to the collaboration between Venice’s Fondazione Musei Civici and the Prada Foundation, is set to become an important new landmark in Venice’s cultural landscape. Venice’s Fondazione Musei Civici—which is in [Read More]
The Alaska Veterans Museum opened on April 17, 2011 in Anchorage. The Alaska Veterans Museum is focused on honoring the nation’s veterans and insuring that because of the sacrifices they made to defend America’s freedom, [Read More]
Badischer Kunstverein presents Atrium Babak Afrassiabi & Nasrin Tabatabai / Pages Two Archives, on view 21 April–19 June 2011. Since 2004, Nasrin Tabatabai and Babak Afrassiabi have been working under the name Pages on joint [Read More]
The Parrish Art Museum Presents Julião Sarmento: Artists and Writers/House and Home, on viewA pril 17–June 11, 2011. The exhibition underscores the artist’s long engagement with the themes of language, writing, and a sense of [Read More]