Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s (CBMM) Chief Curator Pete Lesher will be participating as a panelist at the 9th National Maritime Heritage Conference, to be held in Baltimore September 15–19. The focus of the conference is “The Maritime [Read More]
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On September 1, 2010 the African American Civil War Museum celebrated the beginning of construction on the permanent home for the museum. The ceremony on the grounds of the Grimke Building, 1925 Vermont Ave. NW, [Read More]
Tate Britain features the work of Clunie Reid and James Richards as part of the Art Now programme of contemporary displays. Open through Sunday 12 September 2010. Reid and Richards create installation and video collages [Read More]
9/11 Memorial President Joe Daniels and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Deputy Executive Director Bill Baroni announced the arrival and planting of the first trees on the Memorial Plaza at the World [Read More]
The exhibition of jewelry, cameos and artifacts carved from gemstones, “And thou shalt breathe life into a gem”, opened yesterday at the Harry Oppenheimer Diamond Museum. The exhibition comprises works by master carvers in Idar-Oberstein, [Read More]
The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum is reopening on September 8th after an $800,000 makeover. The museum serves as a dynamic memorial to social reformer Jane Addams, the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace [Read More]
Pitches for The Bowes Museum’s annual Christmas Market are up for grabs as the Barnard Castle treasure house looks to grow the popular event, both in size and reputation. Verity Naseby, the Museum’s Wedding and [Read More]
Wye Financial & Trust will sponsor the fundraising dinner of the Fourth Annual St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance, to be held September 24-26 at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, Maryland. The event [Read More]
The Bowes Museum’s newly created Reference Library and Archives Reading Room will be opening its doors to show off its hidden treasures to residents and visitors free of charge on Sunday 12 September. Organised by [Read More]
An audio archive charting modern women MP’s representation in Westminster opened to the public on 6 September 2010 at the British Library. In the 82 interviews, women MPs from across all political parties were asked [Read More]
Smithsonian magazine commissioned “And Haiti Will Bloom Again” by Haitian artist, Frantz Zephirin, for its September cover. The work by Zephirin is a response to Haiti’s earthquake, with symbols of the nation’s suffering and struggle [Read More]
A new community exhibition at The Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI), Liverpool Road, Manchester, exploring the waterproofing trade through the eyes of the Jewish community in Manchester. Exhibition open through 4th January 2011. Find [Read More]
Detroit – Puppet shows, family performances and classes are just some of the activities offered in November. In Your Dreams: 500 years of Scary Prints is on view thru January 2, 2011. And don’t miss [Read More]
The Cobb+Co Museum reopened on 4 September. Premier and Arts Minister Anna Bligh was joined by Member for Toowoomba North Kerry Shine and representatives of the Toowoomba community to officially open the new $8 million [Read More]
The Norton Simon Museum presents Master performers Wakana Hanayagi, Jyorokusho Kineya, Kikusa Katada and Yasoyo Kineya of the Japanese Traditional Performing Arts Organization in a concert of traditional Japanese music and dance in a Japanese [Read More]
The Amon Carter Museum of American Art announce its Museum Store has undergone a major renovation. Now featuring a café with locally roasted Aduro Bean & Leaf coffee, an assortment of hot teas, a selection [Read More]
The Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame in Goshen has been awarded a grant of $3,340 for treatment of its 1865 oil painting “Rysdyk’s Hambletonian,” by J.H. Wright. The conservation will be undertaken by [Read More]
Museum participating in science programs for children in Abu Dhabi SEATTLE – Three members of The Museum of Flight educational staff are now part of an entertaining public program in Abu Dhabi designed to promote [Read More]