These works will be on display alongside oils, sculptures and pottery from MPM’s own collection, and which have been arranged by theme throughout the eleven rooms of the Palacio de Buenavista. The two portraits placed [Read More]
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The Vancouver Art Gallery is thrilled that its publication Visions of British Columbia: A Landscape Manual has been honoured with the 2010 City of Vancouver Book Award. The City of Vancouver Book Award is a [Read More]
The Nevada State Museum celebrates El Día de Muertos or Day of the Dead from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 6, 2010. Day of the Dead is a multicultural celebration of life [Read More]
The Louisiana State Museum will host a Winter Art and Antiques Show, December 3-5, 2010 at The Old U.S. Mint 400 Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans. The 2010 Winter Art and Antiques Show, presented by Louisiana [Read More]
The Central Wisconsin Childrens Museum is closing down on Friday, October 29th, prior to moving to 1100 Main Street, Stevens Point before Thanksgiving. Construction and renovation work has begun on the museum’s new home in [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and the National Museum of American History are co-sponsoring a celebration of the Latin American holiday Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with a two-day [Read More]
The Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli presents CHINA POWER STATION Contemporary Chinese Art from the Astrup Fearnley Collection, open 7 November 2010 – 27 February 2011. This exploration of the collecting phenomenon brings a new [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian will host its annual Native Art Market Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 4 – 5, at its Washington, D.C., and New York City locations. Featuring the work of [Read More]
Listening to the Spirits an exhibit by local Mesquite artist, photographer and instructor Susan Bergstrom, will be on display at the Lost City Museum during the month of November. The exhibit features a collection of [Read More]
The The New York Public Library Explores Three of the World’s Largest Religions in Exhibition. Three Faiths is now on view through February 27, 2011 at the Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue [Read More]
The Neues Museum in Berlin celebrated it’s first anniversary on 15 October 2010, marking the anniversary of the Neues Museum’s reopening on the Museum Island Berlin. Since opening its doors a year ago, more than [Read More]
The Anchorage Museum presents Kiska and Adak : War in the Aleutians. On view through Feb. 20, 2011. Early in World War II, Kiska was a hotly contested battlefield that figured prominently in Japanese and [Read More]
Main Street Children’s Museum, the Culture & Heritage Museums’ newest site, will open at Rock Hill’s ChristmasVille festival December 2. The name for the children’s museum was selected based on research from the Association of [Read More]
Rugs and Ritual in Tibetan Buddhism, an installation dedicated to ritual practice in Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism, explores the role of the ritual objects that were employed by its practitioners in pursuit of spiritual enlightenment. Exhibition [Read More]
The National World War II Museum will mark November 11, Veterans Day, with a call to ears, not arms. Museum historians and curators are urging young Americans and their parents to reach out to the [Read More]
The National Liberty Museum announces Glass Auction on October 30 as part of the museum’s Glass Now Weekend. The Auction will be held at the same location as last year, the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown at [Read More]
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced a collaboration with the City of Los Angeles’s Department of Cultural Affairs, toward the day-to-day preservation of the Watts Towers in a one-year agreement. LACMA will [Read More]
The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley (MSV) will celebrate what is considered by many to be the first truly American school of painting – the Hudson River School – with the special exhibition American Scenery: [Read More]