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]
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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]
On Saturday, October 23 and in conjunction with Frederick Douglass Day, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, Maryland will unveil the recently restored, historic Mitchell House as a new permanent exhibit. Now [Read More]
Nevada historian and author, Phillip I. Earl, presents Barnstorming! Early Aviation in Nevada, Thursday, October 28, at 7 pm at the Nevada State Museum. Earl’s presentation accompanies the theme of this year’s Nevada Day celebration, [Read More]
The Dorsky Museum of Art will present Binary Visions : 19th-Century Woven Coverlets from the Collection of Historic Huguenot Street in the Sara Bedrick Gallery October 16, 2010 – March 18, 2011. This exhibition, selected [Read More]
The North Lincolnshire Museum presents William Fowler of Winterton Exhibition, open through January 16, 2011.. A look into the life and work of William Fowler, architect and artist, who worked in Winterton during the Georgian [Read More]