The Hess Heritage Museum in Ashton, Idaho has closed. Prime Time Auctions will offer the entire collection at auction. Items to be sold include: Aviation, Tractors, Classic Cars, Antique Furniture, Military, Clothing – Rare Collection, [Read More]
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The Morris Museum of Art presents Wolf Kahn Pastels exhibition, open through November 7, 2010. Widely considered one of America’s finest landscape painters and a master of pastel, Wolf Kahn is undeniably a brilliant colorist. [Read More]
The Morgan Library & Museum and The New York Public Library, which hold two of the world’s great collections of manuscripts, rare books, letters, and other items related to the life of Mark Twain (1835–1910), [Read More]
The Wallraf-Richartz Museum presents Do or Die – The Human Condition in Painting and Photography Teutloff Photo + Video Collection meets Wallraf, open 17 Sept 2010 – 9 Jan 2011. Helmut Newton & Ingres, Nan [Read More]
Jersey City Museum (JCM) is working in conjunction with the Jersey City Cultural Affairs Office and Victory Arts Project to curate the second annual Beacon Art Fair, open October 2 – 3, 2010. Continuing with [Read More]
The British Library today launches its 2020 Vision, which sets out the UK national library’s priorities and aspirations for the next decade. The vision highlights what are likely to be the key trends and opportunities [Read More]
On Saturday, September 18, 2010 from 9:00 -3:00 p.m. in the DCM parking lot at 301 North Washington Street in Naperville, DCM volunteers will be washing cars, playing with children at the Museum’s outdoor water [Read More]
PHOENIX – After a highly-anticipated and celebrated unveiling at the recently opened Russian Fashion Museum, Moscow, Extending the Runway: Tatiana Sorokko Style makes its U.S. debut on September 16, 2010, at Phoenix Art Museum. Curated [Read More]
Indian President Pratibha Patil and Deputy Prime Minister Kong Sam Ol have taken part in a ground breaking ceremony for The Asian Traditional Textiles Museum in Siem Reap. Construction of the museum, funded by a [Read More]
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is set to open the world’s first permanent, museum-quality exhibition on modern-day slavery and human trafficking. The exhibition, entitled Invisible: Slavery Today opens on October 9, and will be [Read More]
The Enemy Within: Terror in America – 1776 to Today, the only museum exhibition to provide historical perspective on acts of terror that have taken place on American soil. The Enemy Within will be open [Read More]
On Monday, September 13, 2010 , the Dorcheat Historical Museum hosted its second fundraising event since the 2008 opening of the parish museum. “This fundraiser was a huge success, raising over $20,000.” Louise Snook, board [Read More]
On Wednesday, September 15, the Maryland Dove arrived at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, Maryland, and will stay through Sunday, September 19. Local school groups will be touring the ship through [Read More]
The British Library today opens its newly refurbished and expanded Learning Centre. Funded entirely through private donations, the Harry M Weinrebe Learning Centre will offer pupils and teachers cutting-edge facilities to support digital literacy skills [Read More]
The Harbor History Museum, (formerly the Gig Harbor Peninsula History Museum) will host a Grand Opening on Grand Opening September 18, at 2010 9:30 AM. At the new museum you will find top-rate exhibitions, larger [Read More]
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announced today that Rod Bigelow will join its senior management team as deputy director, operations and administration, effective October 1. Bigelow has most recently served as interim executive director [Read More]
Warner Bros. Entertainment has made a $5 million donation to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History to establish a new theater to present the history of American film. The gift will enable the museum [Read More]
The retail experience at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art will be shaped by local hardwoods, local craftsmen and an award-winning local architect, Marlon Blackwell. Blackwell’s design proposal for the Museum Store interior centers on [Read More]