The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) has launched its 150th anniversary year, a major milestone in the history of Australia’s first public art gallery. Victorian Premier and Minister for the Arts, Ted Baillieu, NGV Council [Read More]
Museum News
The National Civil War Museum announced it will open a series of year-long exhibits in recognition of the Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War. In January of each year beginning in 2011 through 2015, each [Read More]
The American Folk Art Museum will dramatically transform the Park Avenue Armory’s historic 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall with the installation of 650 red and white American quilts, all of which are on loan from [Read More]
The Children’s Museum, Seattle is celebrating National Wear Red Day by offering free admission* to children wearing red on Friday, February 4th. On National Wear Red Day children ages 10 months to 10 years old [Read More]
The long list of museums competing for the ‘Museum of the Year’ accolade has been selected by an independent panel of judges, chaired this year by broadcaster and former cabinet minister Michael Portillo. The Art [Read More]
The Museum of Modern Art presents Documentary Fortnight 2011: MoMA’s International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media February 16–28, 2011. Documentary Fortnight 2011: MoMA’s International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media, running February 16 through [Read More]
The Toledo Museum of Art will be closed today, February 2, due to the Level 3 snow emergency declared in Lucas County. The Toledo Museum of Art was founded April 18, 1901. The seven incorporators [Read More]
The Arizona State Museum hosts the 13th Annual Southwest Indian Art Fair, Saturday, February 19, 10 a.m.–5 p.m – Sunday, February 20, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Meet 200 Southwest Native artists, many of them award-winning. Talk [Read More]
Key, original excerpts from the historic Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo can be seen at Arizona State Museum, February 2 through 28, 2011. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (named for the town near Mexico City where [Read More]
The Sprengel Museum in Hannover presents Portrayals of Dance in Modern Art. From Varieté to the Bauhaus Stage, on view 02. February 2011 – 01. May 2011. The renowned dancer, choreographer and dance teacher Mary [Read More]
The first of 70 million Baby Boomers will reach age 65 in 2011. The size and impact of this post World War II generation will challenge America’s resources, communities, and concepts of what it is [Read More]
The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) has announced that Suzanne Isken, former Education Director at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), has been appointed to the role of director, following Maryna Hrushetska’s departure at [Read More]
The University Museums host lectures, gallery talks and curator’s talks throughout the year, in conjunction with current exhibitions or to highlight research on works from the permanent collection. All events are free and open to [Read More]
Featuring David Harrington of Kronos Quartet, WAC ATTACK: TASK Party, Film Screenings, and the Logic of LeWitt Gallery Talk Target Free Thursday Nights in February feature Making Music: David Harrington (February 3), a conversation between [Read More]
On Saturday and Sunday, February 12 and 13, SFMHS will bring together more than 20 San Francisco neighborhood historical associations to create mini-museums in the Old Mint, showcasing their unique contributions to our City. Through [Read More]
The Kemp Auto Museum Hosts Chesterfield Arts 12th Annual “Art Feast” gala event, on Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 6:00 to 11:00 pm. This popular annual event highlights the diverse and talented community of visual [Read More]
The Lost City Museum hosts two Native American weavers on February 19, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Native American Weaving Day will feature Navajo rug weaver Alice Turquoise and Moapa Paiute basket weaver [Read More]
The Please Touch Museum hosts an interactive, yet sensitive disability awareness exhibit that delivers the message to children, parents and educators that as human beings, we are more alike than different. On view through April [Read More]