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]
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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]
Ghosts, goblins and galleries, oh my! Fall means it’s once again time for the Akron Art Museum’s annual Trick-or-Treat on South High Street event, Thursday, October 21 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Bring the kids [Read More]
On Tuesday November 9, 2010 at 6:00 p.m the Mattatuck Museum Arts and History Center presents a book discussion and signing by Frank DeFord, about his new novel “Bliss Remembered”, a love story set in [Read More]
The State Museum’s annual ghost story festival is back for its tenth year and promises to be more entertaining than ever! Haunted Museum takes place from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 23. The [Read More]
An exhibit which pays homage to Tennesseans whose lives and legacies have contributed to the rich and storied history of the Volunteer State has opened at the State Museum. Tennesseans: A People’s Legacy, tells Tennessee’s [Read More]
Praised by the international press and exhibited throughout the United States and Europe at the turn of the 20th century, the American furniture designer Charles Rohlfs (1853–1936) created innovative works that combined elements of Arts [Read More]
Tthe Georgia Museum of Art (GMOA) at the University of Georgia (UGA) has won an unprecedented nine awards at the Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) annual meeting in Baton Rouge, La. Among the honors bestowed upon [Read More]
This year the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco celebrate two important anniversaries: the 5th anniversary of the new de Young Museum and the 40th anniversary of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. This [Read More]
95 years after a famous British First World War hero attempted to ram a German U-boat with his merchant ship – and was later killed for his lifesaving actions – he is to be remembered [Read More]
The Hillwood Museum presents A Photographic Journey of the Ambassador’s Daughter : Moscow, 1937-38, opening October 26, 2010. While life in 1930s Moscow was a mystery to the outside world, special diplomatic access granted Emlen [Read More]
The Walker Art Center and the University of Minnesota present Ousmane Sembene: African Stories, November 5-20, in the Walker Cinema. Black Girl, 1966 Directed by Ousmane Sembene Africa, a continent full of stories both old [Read More]
The Canadian Canoe Museum has announced Voyageur Canoe Paddling Program for Grades 5-12. The museum’s Education Department launches their new on-water canoeing program for fall 2010 and spring 2011. It is a full day of [Read More]