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]
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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]
The Museum of Art and History presents Trains of Santa Cruz on view December 18, 2010-March 13, 2011 in the Art Forum Gallery. Continuing the series, “Things That Roll,” the Museum of Art and History [Read More]
The Gunn Historical Museum will host a New Year Tea Party on Sunday, January 2 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Ring in the New Year with an old-fashion Victorian tea party at the Museum. Visitors [Read More]
As part of its 2010–2011 season, the Louvre pays tribute to the 18th century with a special series of four exhibitions. The first of these, Paper Museums: Antiquity in Books, 1600–1800, opens in September, followed [Read More]
Commemorating the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, The Charleston Museum presents Threads of War: Clothing and Textiles of the Civil War. On view now through September 5, 2011. This original exhibition offers a glimpse into [Read More]