The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, MD, presents Marc Castelli: The Art of the Waterman, The Simison Collection in the Steamboat Gallery, January 31 through March 25. This exhibit features 23 paintings [Read More]
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The Detroit Institute of Arts elected three new board members in November: H. William Burdett, Jr., an attorney with Boyle Burdett, PC; Juliette Okotie-Eboh, senior vice president, Community Affairs/Administration at MGM Grand Detroit Casino; and [Read More]
SEATTLE, – On Jan. 15, author and mountaineer Peter Stekel will tell the remarkable story of a mysterious 1942 military plane crash that did not begin to unfold until decades later, when the mummified remains [Read More]
The General George Patton Museum has ambitious plans for a new museum. The project goals go far beyond renovation or enhancement of the current museum. The General George Patton Museum will set a new standard [Read More]
The El Paso Museum of History and the UTEP History Department present El Paso: The Other Side of the Mexican Revolution. El Paso provided a unique opportunity for both Americans and Mexicans to view – [Read More]
Holiday History Film Festival Presents Celebration of Cultures Tuesday, December 28, 2010 10:00 to 11:00 AM FREE Members of the Piro, Manso, and Lepan Apache tribes describe their culture as it was before contact. Holiday [Read More]
The American Association of Museums (AAM) announced the Anchorage Museum has again achieved accreditation, the highest national recognition for a museum. “Accreditation is an entirely self-motivated process, and is no small task,” said Ford W. [Read More]
Wednesday, January 5, at 2:30 p.m. – Three Russian Romantics, presented by the pianist, teacher, writer, and broadcaster David Dubal. These lectures, illustrated with performances by students from The Juilliard School, delve into the colorful [Read More]
The whole family can enjoy an artistic holiday at the Getty, with stepped-up schedules of family-focused activities during the holidays. At the Getty Center, join Family Art Stops and get up close and personal with [Read More]
One of the most significant and rare artifacts in toy history—the oldest known version of Monopoly, handmade by Charles Darrow around 1933—has been acquired by the National Museum of Play at the Strong in Rochester, [Read More]
San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum will keep its doors open and maintain operations despite financial challenges faced by the Asian Art Museum’s Foundation, which is the private fundraising arm of the Museum. “The Museum is [Read More]
Historic cabinets from the Natural History Museum and, until very recently, home to some of the world’s greatest butterfly collections, are to be sold at Bonhams Gentleman’s Library Sale in London on 19 January 2011. [Read More]
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art will open to the public on December 30, 2010, in Doha, Qatar. Mathaf (pronounced Mat-haff, which means “museum” in Arabic) will present exhibitions and programs that explore modern Arab [Read More]
Winterlude visitors will now be able to participate in a raft of exciting activities at the National Gallery of Canada The National Gallery of Canada announced that it will add to the magic of the [Read More]
The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) has been awarded Accreditation status by the Museums Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) for its Museum of the Post Office in the Community at Blists Hill Victorian Town, [Read More]
The Columbus Museum of Art presents The Bible Illuminated, an exhibition based on seminal comic artist R. Crumb’s adaptation of the Book of Genesis. On view through JANUARY 16, 2011. Crumb spent the last five [Read More]
The Morgan Library & Museum announced that on December 20, 2010, it will make digital versions of more than forty celebrated music manuscripts from its extraordinary permanent collection available on its Web site for the [Read More]
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is an exhibition that explores one of the best-known English poems written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1835). On view now through 27 February 2011. Drawn from the British Library’s [Read More]