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]
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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]
The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow has extended The River Runs Through It exhibition. Riverside Construction (detail) by Charles Jamieson, MFA PAI PPAI Last year, a number of artists were invited to visit [Read More]
In 2009, when the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon unveiled a previously unidentified portrait with strong claims to be the only surviving contemporary likeness of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), it created an international stir. The Jacobean-era [Read More]
The Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center will show an environmental film River Ways on Tuesday, February. The 85-minute documentary is the fourth film in this season’s Wenatchee Valley Environmental Film Series, presented by the [Read More]
The National Children’s Museum (NCM), announced it will work in partnership with Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind Sesame Street. The National Children’s Museum will provide Sesame Workshop a permanent museum home in the nation’s [Read More]
The Oceanographic Museumis displaying a site-specific commission by Huang Yong Ping as part of a major exhibition dedicated to the Mediterranean Sea The Oceanographic Museum in Monaco hosts a unique exhibition dedicated to the Mediterranean [Read More]
The Delta Museum and Archives presents Border, Bay, and Beach: Always in the Headlines on view until April 2011. This exhibit will provide a look into the development of areas in and around South Delta. [Read More]
Visitors of the Ava Gardner Museum have long known that the Museum is one of North Carolina’s most remarkable attractions and the one-of-kind venue is an outstanding tribute to one of Hollywood’s most glamorous leading [Read More]