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]
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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]
The National Law Enforcement Museum Groundbreaking Gala was held on October 14, 2010 to celebrate the beginning of construction of the first-ever Museum dedicated to the law enforcement profession. More than 700 distinguished guests from [Read More]
The Japanese American Museum of San Jose opens on the weekend of October 16 and 17, when a variety of celebrations will take place to commemorate the opening. The opening ceremony on Saturday, October 16, [Read More]
The University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive’s eclectic art and performance series L@TE: Friday Nights @ BAM/PFA closes out 2010 with a spate of genre-crossing events. From meditative masterpieces to off-kilter [Read More]
The Sonoma Valley Museum of Art presents Fletcher Benton : The Artist’s Studio and Living Walls: A Collaborative Installation, open Saturday, November 20, 2010 – Sunday, February 6, 2011. Fletcher Benton: The Artist’s Studio explores [Read More]
The Louvre presents Paper Museums The Antiquity in Books, 1600–1800, open through 01-03-2011. ntiquarians in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries often compiled their knowledge in imposing figurative books of antiquities, like “paper museums” that displayed, [Read More]
A grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation has allowed the National Maritime Museum (NMM) to make part of its considerable collection of prints and drawings available online for the first time. The NMM’s collections [Read More]
Enjoy a magical day out this Halloween as the Queen’s House opens its doors to all budding wizards and witches. Come along to conjure up some spooky spells and create magic potions. Watch out for [Read More]
On November 19 & 20 Noel Barrett will auction will be one of the most important sales of 2010. It will feature toys from the Tom Gray Collection along with those of the Old Salem [Read More]
Dorset’s Teddy Bear Museum auctioned off a unique collection of Steiff Teddy Bears and animals at Christies. The collection that is expected to fetch in the region of 1.3 million pounds contains many rarities including [Read More]
Alzheimer’s: Forgetting Piece by Piece is a poignant new exhibition about Alzheimer’s, its impact on those affected by the disease and the artistic expression of complex emotions felt by those confronting the disease. The exhibition [Read More]
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, with museum representatives and Holocaust survivors, opens the doors to the new home of the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust located in Pan Pacific Park, on OCT 14, 2010. City officials, [Read More]
‘Out of Art into Literacy’ celebrates the outcomes of two innovative projects with primary schools: ‘Into the Frame’ and ‘Out of Art into Storytelling’. Both enabled teachers to explore the potential of National Gallery paintings [Read More]
In an effort to highlight the multiple cultural attractions located within convenient walking distance of each other, several of Manhattan’s downtown museums have banded together to create the Downtown Culture Pass — a ticket, good [Read More]
For better or worse, politicians and entertainers have dominated public life in America for much of the twentieth century. Members of both professions, striving to create a vibrant connection with the public, have found their [Read More]