The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History presents “Yesterday’s Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future”. Exhibition on view through May 1, 2011. What do we think the future holds? That perennial question is [Read More]
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Author and journalist Will Self is in conversation with Dr Sebastian Groes about London’s pychogeography and how the city’s myths, memories and narratives can be mapped and recorded. All ticket holders will receive a free [Read More]
The Victoria and Albert Museum presents one of the most influential and enigmatic fashion designers of the last forty years, Yohji Yamamoto. Yamamoto is a visionary designer who has made a vital contribution to fashion, [Read More]
OPENING EXHIBITION Transcending Vision: American Impressionism, 1870-1940 May 14 – September 25, 2011 Featuring 125 works drawn from the Bank of America Collection, “Transcending Vision” traces the development of Impressionism in the United States and [Read More]
The Autry National Center celebrates Earth Day with an outdoor festival designed to inspire simple changes for a healthier planet. Drawing on Native cultures and traditions, this family-friendly event includes local environmental groups, community organizations, [Read More]
The new Perot Museum of Nature and Science has held topping out ceremonies, in downtown Dallas. Recalling the years when many dismissed the idea of a new science museum in Dallas, longtime board member David [Read More]
The McKissick Museum presents Beyond Domesticity: U.S. Women Writers, 1770-1915 Rare Books and Special Collections, Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library on view April 30, 2011. Popular conceptions of women’s literature before the First World [Read More]
One of the world’s foremost collections of decorated Jewish marriage contracts (ketubbot) is held by The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. Thirty of the finest will be on display at [Read More]
The McKissick Museum presents From Snapshot to Civic Action: Creating Healthy Environments through Community Engagement on view now through arch 26, 2011. From Snapshot to Civic Action features photographs and corresponding stories from Columbia’s Waverly [Read More]
Celebrate the Persian New Year on Sunday, March 13 at 11:00 am with a full day of activities throughout LACMA’s campus, including live music, film, dance performances, and a traditional Nowruz display called Haft Sîn. [Read More]
Miami Art Museum presents Mark Dion’s complete South Florida Wildlife Rescue Unit, a large-scale installation that focuses on the Everglades and human attempts to control the South Florida ecosystem. The installation will be on view [Read More]
A Kingfisher Fort Headdress is reunited with members of Alaska’s Tlingit tribe The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts returned a Kingfisher Fort Headdress (late 19th – early 20th century) to the Lúkaaxh.ádi clan of the [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is currently performing a specialized conservation treatment to ensure the long-term preservation of Thomas Jefferson’s bible, a small handmade book that provides an intimate view of Jefferson’s private [Read More]
The Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh presents Ragnar Kjartansson: Song through September 4, 2011. Ragnar Kjartansson: Song at Carnegie Museum of Art is Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson’s first solo museum exhibition in the United [Read More]
The Photographic History Collection at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has recently discovered color, three-dimensional photographs of the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. The photographs by Frederick Eugene Ives (1856–1937) [Read More]
The Sitka Historical Society and Museum announced the hiring of Jacqueline E. Fernandez as new Curator of Collections and Exhibits. Ms. Fernandez has an advanced museum studies degree from Tufts University in Massachusetts, and completed [Read More]
The Museum of Liverpool will open to the public on Tuesday 19 July 2011. This is a significant date as it is exactly 100 years after the museum’s iconic neighbour the Royal Liver Building opened [Read More]
Dan Cherry and Nguyen Hong My talk of “My Enemy, My Friend – A Story of Reconciliation from the Vietnam War” SEATTLE – Two Vietnam War fighter pilots who once flew combat against each other, [Read More]