On March 26, 2011, the de Young Museum in San Francisco opened Balenciaga and Spain, an exhibition curated by Hamish Bowles, European editor at large of Vogue, featuring 120 haute couture garments, hats, and headdresses [Read More]
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The Mütter Museum presents The Elephant Man on Monday, April 11 at 6:30PM. The Elephant Man tells the story of Joseph Merrick, a grossly deformed English man who was taken in by the Royal London [Read More]
The Blaffer Art Museum presents Elaine Bradford: The Sidereal on view April 6 – June 22, 2011. In spring 2011, Blaffer will debut a new exhibition series, Window into Houston, at 110 Milam Street in [Read More]
The Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem (MMKA) presents the exhibition The End of History…and The Return of History Painting. On view through 8 May 2011. Curated by Paco Barragán, the exhibition is structured around 4 [Read More]
Scheduled to open to public on April 30, 2011, the renovated downtown warehouse is an approximately 20,000 square foot facility that will accommodate all of the museum’s operational goals, including 3 galleries and dedicated educational [Read More]
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is pleased to announce that it will provide access to free high-resolution images of the museum’s rich encyclopedic collection through its newly created Image Library. Visitors to [Read More]
The AnchorageMuseum’s annual gala takes place 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 9 at the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center. This “Mammoths and Mastodons”-themed evening includes a scrumptious dinner, dancing to a DJ, and live and silent [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum of St. Michaels, MD has announced Marc Barto of Wittman, MD has been named project manager for the three-year restoration of the Museum’s skipjack, Rosie Parks. Built by Bronza Parks [Read More]
TRhe Beijige Meteorological Museum opened in Nanjing, capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province on World Meteorological Day March 23. Every year on 23 March, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the international meteorological community join [Read More]
Tuner features original “Rosies” in Q and A after performance Seattle’s acclaimed 5th Avenue Theatre brings its Adventure Musical Theatre Touring Company (AMT) to The Museum of Flight for a special performance of a new [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has acquired objects from the career of boxer Gene Tunney (May 25, 1897 – Nov. 7, 1978), through a donation from the Tunney family. The donation includes two [Read More]
The Museum of Design Atlanta has announced Camp MODA 2011 Summer Design Camp. MODA will offer six one-week sessions of CampMODA 2011. Sessions will begin on the following Mondays: June 13, June 20, June 27, [Read More]
Fort Walla Walla Museum announce the opening of a very special exhibit, Honoring the Red, White and Blue: Patriotic Beadwork of the Plateau People, on April 1. This display, loaned to the Museum from the [Read More]
S.M.A.K. presents Michael Sailstorfer Raum und Zeit, 26 March–3 July 2011. Raum und Zeit is the first solo exhibition by German sculptor Michael Sailstorfer (°1979, Velden/Vils) in Belgium and the largest so far. On the [Read More]
Museum Welcomes Surviving Members of the First Integrated Female Big Band The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will mark the 10th annual Jazz Appreciation Month in April with a monthlong celebration of jazz featuring [Read More]
The new 62,000-square-foot national broadcast museum in the heart of downtown Chicago at State and Kinzie Streets is back under construction. The new MBC will include expanded areas for collection development, two exhibit galleries and [Read More]
The Hyde Collection has announced the debut of its new website, aimed at broadening the Museum’s connection with cyber-visitors of all ages and interests. In addition to the new format, which features monthly event and [Read More]
The British Museum presents a small display that explores the range of work by sculptor, letter cutter, engraver and typographer Eric Gill by contrasting his public commissions with his private art. On view through 7 [Read More]