Significant new collections acquired by the Clarence B. Hanson, Jr. Library at the Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA) deepen the Library’s resources for national and international scholars. The combined Buten Museum Wedgwood Library and Archive, [Read More]
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The Whatcom Museum shows New Gifts and Acquisitions, on display January 22, 11 through June 5, 2011. Featuring a selection of extraordinary artworks that transformed the Whatcom Museum’s collection in 2010, this exhibition of Northwest [Read More]
The Holland Museum presents The Cat Under the Hat: The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss® on displayJan. 22-May 22, 2011. The ‘secret’ art of Dr. Seuss is a collection of authorized estate editions based on [Read More]
The Museum of Somerset plans to open in 2011. The Museum of Somerset is a project to conserve and restore Taunton Castle and to rejuvenate the Somerset County Museum which is located within it. Heritage [Read More]
André P. Larson, Ph.D., Executive Director of the National Music Museum and Professor of Music, announced that he will retire from the Museum effective Wednesday, Feb. 23. Larson has served USD and the National Music [Read More]
The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) presents Space-Light-Structure: The Jewelry of Margaret De Patta open February 4 – May 13, 2012. In conjunction with the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, the Oakland [Read More]
The Morgan Library and Museum presents Exhibition Documenting Diary Keeping by writers, artists and other celebrated figures. Open from January 21, 2011. Charlotte Brontë (1816 1855) relied on her diary to escape stifling work as [Read More]
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) will kick off the construction of its Lenfest Plaza with a groundbreaking ceremony on February 2, 2011 at 11 am. Confirmed guests include Marguerite and H. F. [Read More]
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) announced that Harry Philbrick has been named The Edna S. Tuttleman Director of the Academy Museum, effective March 1, 2011. Since 1996, Harry Philbrick has been the [Read More]
The Bennington Museum will present a Student Art Show on view January 30 – February 27. The Student Art Show brings artwork of the region’s elementary, middle, and high school students to the museum in [Read More]
Grant supports upcoming exhibition “Space-Light-Structure: The Jewelry of Margaret De Patta” The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) a grant of $20,000 to support the development of the [Read More]
The Chemung Valley History Museum presents Facing The Wall on Saturday, January 22 at 1 pm. The event is free and open to the public. Facing the Wall is a documentary that explores the history [Read More]
The North Carolina Museum of Art presents 30 Americans an exhibition open March 19–September 4, 2011. 30 Americans highlights the work of 31 contemporary African American artists in an exhibition organized by and drawn from [Read More]
The Museum of Everything announces The Midgets & Giants Film Festival, screening this and every Sunday at 4:00pm. “The film is quite unlike any other you will ever see. Call it unsettling, disturbing, austere or [Read More]
Salt Lake City – Before the creation of the modern museum, private collections of art pieces, scientific instruments, cultural oddities, and mysterious specimens were housed in rooms or pieces of furniture called cabinets of curiosity. [Read More]
The Rosenbach Museum and Library presents Portraits of Civil War Heroes A World Premiere Concert by Dave Burrell on Saturday, January 22, 2011 – 3:00pm – 5:00pm. Steinway Artist, famed jazz pianist, and Rosenbach Musician-in-Residence [Read More]
The Chairman, Sir John Ritblat, and the Trustees of the Wallace Collection announce the appointment of Dr Christoph Vogtherr as the next Director of the Collection upon the retirement of Dame Rosalind Savill DBE next [Read More]
Since its arrival in the museum over 70 years ago, a bust of Sam Houston sculpted by Gutzon Borglum has languished in storage at the San Jacinto Museum of History. Created as either an object [Read More]