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]
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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]
The Rogers Historical Museum has unveiled a new logo, tagline, and design sets for its calendars, posters, rack card, and advertisements. The museum also has improved its website to make it easier to navigate. The [Read More]
In Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Holiday Recognizing One of Our Nation’s Greatest Heroes And in Reflection upon His Poignant Question: Where Do We Go From Here? In honor of Dr. Martin Luther [Read More]
The Nevada State Museum is seeking volunteers to attend the Nevada State Museum’s Winter Tour Guide Training. The four-day training, always fun-filled and inspiring, runs 9:00 am to 3:30 pm, January 11-12 and 18-19, 2011. [Read More]
MONA, Museum of Old and New Art opened to the public on January 22, 2011. It is Australia’s largest privately funded museum and houses antiquities, modern, and contemporary art from David Walsh’s private collection. TIn [Read More]
The Newark Museum will hostit’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration on 1.17.2011 12:30–4:30 pm Monday (Museum Opens: 12 Noon). This Martin Luther King Jr. Day explore African-American artists in the Newark Museum ‘s [Read More]
The MIT Museum has opened its first exhibition curated with the aid of the “collective intelligence” of the MIT community. The Museum will display 150 evocative objects selected to reveal the extraordinary qualities of the [Read More]
The Charleston Museum, America’s first museum, holds one of the finest historic textiles and clothing collection in the southeastern United States. To increase public accessibility to this rich collection, the Museum has created a 2,000 [Read More]
Thw Muskegon Museum of Art is hosting Super Tornado Saturday/Free Family Fun Day on Saturday, January 08. 10:00 am Watch Out! This is a wild and crazy sort of Saturday that spins around the MMA’s [Read More]
For Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen an extraordinarily successful year has drawn to a close. More than 320,000 people visited the 30-plus presentations that the museum organised in its own building and on location. The museum [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is displaying nine photographs of President John F. Kennedy and his family taken by Richard Avedon for Harpers Bazaar. The photos will be on view until Feb. 28. [Read More]