The Chrysler Museum of Art announced it will open the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio in 2011. The addition of the Glass Studio enhances the Museum’s stature as one of the top three museums in the [Read More]
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Kate McGroarty, recently announced as the winner of MSI’s Month at the Museum contest, officially moved into the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 at 10 a.m. Kate was welcomed [Read More]
The Burke Museum presents Weaving Heritage: Textile Masterpieces from the Burke Collection, open Oct. 2, 2010 – Feb. 27, 2011. The Burke Museum, this year celebrating its 125th anniversary, has been collecting international textiles for [Read More]
The Kentucky Derby Museum has retired a longtime friend and favorite, former Thoroughbred racehorse Phantom on Tour. Phantom has greeted hundreds of thousands of guests at the Derby Museum since first arriving in March of [Read More]
The Erie Art Museum invites teachers of all subjects and grade levels to a festive evening of learning and fun on Thursday, November 11, 2010, 4-7 p.m. Teachers will earn three hours of Act 48 [Read More]
Liverpool World Museum presents Inside DNA an exhibition, open 23 October 2010 – 8 May 2011, free admission. A little DNA can make a big difference! This touring exhibition from At-Bristol will help you get [Read More]
Fakes, Forgeries, and Mysteries, on view at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) Nov. 21, 2010–April 10, 2011, takes visitors behind the scenes to reveal how art experts and scientists determine if a work of [Read More]
The Marathon Marathon Project (hereinafter τουμαραθωνίουmarathonproject), will take place in Athens at the Museum of the Acropolis on October 31, 2010 under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The project takes as [Read More]
Four new galleries have been opened at the Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim al-Thani Museum. The new galleries show vintage vehicles, currency, Islamic art, and Qatari Heritage. The museum which opened in 1998 holds one of [Read More]
Key Bush Administration Artifacts, Papers featured from October 23, 2010, to February 6, 2011 The George W. Bush Presidential Center and SMU announced a special exhibition that will preview some of the historic holdings eventually [Read More]
The Erie Art Museum will open the doors of its newly expanded $10 million facility, becoming the first building in the City of Erie to attain Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification. The building, [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) is to host a press conference at 2pm on Saturday, November 6, 2010, announcing a major skipjack restoration project that will be funded by $500,000 in philanthropic support and [Read More]
The Phelps Mansion Museum in Binghamton will present an Abraham Lincoln 1860 Election Exhibit, opening Friday, November 5, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 was full of surprises. [Read More]
The V&A Museum presents Shadow Catchers an Exhibition open through 20 February 2011. Floris Neusüss, ‘Untitled, (Körperfotogramm), Kassel, 1967’, 1967. Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel, Graphische Sammlung, Germany, © Courtesy of Floris Neusüss The essence of photography [Read More]
The Speed Art Museum presents Pursuing the Masterpiece : Five Recent Acquisitions, open through December 31, 2010. This installation celebrates the sheer quality of great works of art and examines the role of museums in [Read More]
The Santa Monica History Museum is to open on October 24, in a new facility located in the Santa Monica Main Library. The City of Santa Monica allocated a 5,000 square foot facility at the [Read More]
The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) presents Farming for the New Britain : images of farmers in war and peace, open now through December 2010. The experience of the Second World War transformed the [Read More]
Roy joined the University in 1979 at the age of 27. He was an early graduate of the University Leicester Museum Studies course, gaining a post graduate certificate in 1974, having graduated in history the [Read More]