St Fagans National History Museum presents Childhood in Wales on view Mar 2 2011. For many, childhood signifies a magical time filled with fun and excitement, when friendships are forged and happy memories created. For [Read More]
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The Museum of Modern Art has acquired a complete version of A Fire in My Belly (1986–87) by David Wojnarowicz—both its original 13-minute version and a 7-minute excerpt made by the artist—announced MoMA Director Glenn [Read More]
The Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC), will debut a new online exhibit at museum.tv, “We’ll be Right Back: 60 years of Television Commercials” on January 12, 2011. The online exhibit has been culled from the [Read More]
The Mint Museum announces the 2011 program schedule for its First Fridays and Let’s Get Reel series. First Fridays is an ongoing evening event series held the first Friday of every month at the new [Read More]
The Figge Art Museum presents Crossing the Mississippi: The Quad Cities, the Railroad and Art on view The arrival of the railroad in the mid-nineteenth century sparked a period of tremendous economic growth that transformed [Read More]
North Somerset Museum is closing temporarily from 17-29 January to enable essential building maintenance to be carried out and a new boiler installed. The work has been intentionally planned for what is traditionally the quietest [Read More]
The Figge Art Museum’s Board of Trustees is seeking candidates for the position of Executive Director. The Executive Director provides vision, leadership and direction for the organization and is responsible for the overall development, programming [Read More]
Juan Williams, a Fox News analyst and Fox News Sunday panelist, will present the talk “King Alive: His Dream Lives on Today.” on Friday, January 14, 2011 – 7:00pm – 9:00pm in the aird Auditorium, [Read More]
The Figge Art Museum presents a lecture – Tracking the Trains: Artists and American Railroads by Joni L. Kinsey, PhD at 2 pm Sunday, January 30, 2011. This lecture goes beyond the exhibition to survey [Read More]
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts collection of African art is regarded as one of the strongest in the United States. More than 100 cultures are represented through some 500 works that span 2,000 years. [Read More]
A landmark gift of $10 million to The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch will support the creation of a major exhibition space within its Costume Institute. This gift will allow the [Read More]
The Rogers Historical Museum presents Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children’s Book Illustration open April 9 through May 21, 2011. A good children’s picture book still has the power to whisk young minds [Read More]
– Monday, February 7, 2011, 7 p.m. Film Screening, Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Center for the Arts A Gift for the Village by Jane Vance, Instructor, Department of Religion and Culture, Virginia Tech, in association [Read More]
In mid-2011 the National Museum of Australia will open Landmarks: People and Places across Australia (formerly known as Creating a Country), a major new permanent gallery. Landmarks will trace a broad history of Australia since [Read More]
Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route, a remarkable collection of paintings and stories which reclaims the Aboriginal history of the world’s longest stock route through the deserts of Western Australia, has set a new record [Read More]
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s popular Landscape Visions lecture series continues its 2010-11 season—entitled CITY.GARDEN.NOW—this spring with three new talks on gardens and the urban environment. The series will be presented off-site this season (at [Read More]
The National Museum of Australia presents Not just Ned: a true history of the Irish in Australia, open17 March to 31 July 2011. Discover the surprising but true history of the Irish in Australia at [Read More]
In anticipation of the January 14, 2011 release of the 3D action comedy The Green Hornet, starring Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, and Cameron Diaz, the vigilante hero’s automotive co-star Black Beauty is now taking on [Read More]