The Maine State Museum in Augusta marks the 300th anniversary of one of Maine’s most storied nautical disasters with a new exhibit of objects recovered from the underwater wreck site of the British merchant ship, [Read More]
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In a special ceremony, actress Farrah Fawcett’s nephew, Greg Walls, and actor Ryan O’Neal donated objects from the private collection of her estate to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. The donation includes the [Read More]
Thomas d’Aquino, Chair of the National Gallery of Canada Foundation, announced the appointment of Sylvie Clermont Madely as Director of the National Gallery of Canada Foundation. The Foundation’s Board of Directors selected Ms. Madely for [Read More]
Three New York master luthiers, renowned for their hand-carved stringed instruments—particularly their archtop guitars, which have been sought after by many of the most important guitarists of the last century—will be the subject of Guitar [Read More]
Paul Ruddock has been elected to the Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was announced today by James R. Houghton, the Museum’s Chairman. The election took place at the January 11 [Read More]
The Museum of Flight celebrates the 60th annual National Engineers Week with the Puget Sound Engineering Council Engineering Fair and the popular, Younger Member Forum of the American Society of Civil Engineers Popsicle Stick Bridge [Read More]
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology presents the 30th annual Chinese New Year Celebration Saturday, February 12, 2011, from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm! This PECO World Culture Day features music and [Read More]
The Museum of the City of New York presents Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment, on view Feb 8 through May 1. The exhibition traces the evolution of [Read More]
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has awarded 43 fellowships to Virginia art students and professional artists in 2011-12 for a total of $258,000. During the VMFA Fellowship Program’s 71 years, the museum has awarded [Read More]
Worcestershire County Museum at Hartlebury Castle will be running a series of walks and talks and one-day workshops throughout 2011 giving residents the chance to learn more about the building and its surroundings or gain [Read More]
Half-term at The County Museum at Hartlebury Castle promises to be just fantastic with a series of creative events celebrating festivals around the world. South American carnivals, Chinese New Year and the Hindu/ Sikh festival [Read More]
Internationally-recognized archaeologist and historian Ian George will be a featured speaker during “Valuing Historic Perspectives,” the Ninth Annual Historic Preservation Conference, to be held June 22-24, 2011 at the University Park Marriott Hotel near the [Read More]
The New England Carousel Museum is closed to the public for the months of January and February. The Museum will, however, be open for special events programming during school vacations as well as for facility [Read More]
Extended to 6 weeks! Saturday, February 5, through Sunday, March 20, 2011 The country’s most important Western art show, the Masters of the American West Fine Art Exhibition and Sale, opens at the Autry National [Read More]
The Arab American National Museum presents an exhibition of Motawi Tileworks on view through June 12, 2011. Since 1992, the passionate artisans of Motawi Tileworks have handcrafted art tile in their Ann Arbor, Michigan studio. [Read More]
Having completed its major expansion in November 2010, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), is now inviting visitors to build their own mini-museum during the Cogan Family Foundation Vacation Week Adventures, from Monday, February [Read More]
Founded in 1973, the Northeast Document Conservation Center is a nonprofit, regional conservation center specializing in the preservation of paper-based materials. NEDCC’s mission is to improve the conservation efforts of libraries, archives, historical organizations, museums, [Read More]
RMB City Opera, an innovative video by contemporary Beijing artist Cao Fei, will be shown in the Project Space gallery at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art from Feb. 4 to June 5. Cao Fei, Chinese [Read More]