The Arizona Historical Advisory Commission, Arizona Centennial Commission, and Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records will host Centennial Commemoration of Arizona’s Constitutional Convention. One hundred years ago, delegates adjourned Sine Die Arizona’s Constitutional Convention. [Read More]
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The Model Guild of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, MD will host a weekend model-building workshop from 6 to 9pm Friday, February 25 and 9 to 5pm Saturday and Sunday, February 26 and 27. [Read More]
Pohns Hopkins University’s Evergreen Museum & Library presents the exhibition “Edward S. Curtis: Photogravures from The North American Indian,” which will run through March 27. In a project that spanned 23 years, The North American [Read More]
The Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries announced the acquisition of a unique collection of 280 rare books and manuscripts relating to the history of scientific discovery from the late 15th to the 20th centuries. Made [Read More]
The Cape Cod Museum of Art presents Harry Holl Sculpture and Clay Studio Exhibition – December 18 – January 9. This exhibition will display the work created by the artists/teachers, and selected students of the [Read More]
The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art presents Wild Delmarva: The Photography of Kevin Fleming open January 28 – April 10, 2011, Reception: January 28, 5-7p.m. The work of award-winning nature photographer Kevin Fleming is presented [Read More]
The opening of the St. Augustine Pirate and Treasure Museum has been delayed to December 8, while construction is finished. Pat Croce’s St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum relives the Golden Age of Piracy in [Read More]
The People’s History Museum has announced funding cut’s. Following the announcement last week by the Department of Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) the museum will see its funding reduced by about 15% from 2011/12 across [Read More]
The Anacortes History Museum celebrates the holidays and the hundred-year birthday of the Carnegie building on December 8th. The fun starts at 6:30PM – enjoy refreshments along with a special classical guitar performance, a unique [Read More]
Two new exhibits at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s Money Museum examine the use of currency throughout U.S. history and the changes affecting the Bank’s Protection Department since the 1920s. The Money Museum’s [Read More]
The Brunel Institute officially opened its doors on November 29. The Brunel Institute sits alongside Brunel’s ss Great Britain, the great Victorian engineer’s masterpiece and only surviving ship – now at the heart of a [Read More]
The Everhart Museum is to present “With bullets singing all around me”: Regional Stories of the Civil War open February 4 – July 17, 2011. The American Civil War was a defining moment for a [Read More]
The Air Force announced Dec. 2, 2010, the assignment of Senior Executive Service member and retired Air Force Lt. Gen. John “Jack” L. Hudson as Director of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, [Read More]
The Corning Museum of Glass, in America’s “Crystal City,” celebrates the holiday season with a glass wonderland of giant glittering ornament trees, hands-on holiday-themed glassmaking and special events. Through January 2, 2011, visitors to the [Read More]
From winter 2010 the Museum will begin the redevelopment of its Egyptian galleries housed in Charles Cockerell’s Grade -1 listed Beaumont Street Building. Leading the project will be the award-winning practice Rick Mather Architects, who [Read More]
The newest addition to the National Naval Aviation Museum, Hangar Bay One, adds 55,000 square feet of exhibit space to a facility that is already one of the largest of its kind in the world. [Read More]
The Museum of Discovery was awarded a grant of $9.2 million by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation! The grant will enable the Museum to construct a street-level entrance on President Clinton Avenue and to redesign [Read More]
Fort Nelson is currently undergoing a £3.5M development of its galleries and fortifications, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The newly developed site is scheduled for completion in 2011. Existing galleries and fortifications will remain [Read More]