AUSTIN, Texas – More than 600 individuals from 44 states and 13 countries have contributed to the effort to raise $30,000 to preserve five original costumes from “Gone With The Wind” (1939). The costumes are [Read More]
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As autumn approaches the nation’s capital and the school year begins, the National Gallery of Art offers a number of activities and programs for young visitors. The Gallery’s Film Program for Children and Teens promises [Read More]
Fall 2010 • German Impressionist Landscape Painting: Liebermann—Corinth—Slevogt September 12—December 5, 2010 Drawing from Nature: Landscapes by Liebermann, Corinth, and Slevogt September 12—December 5, 2010 • Cai Guo-Qiang Commission for the Ting Tsung and Wei [Read More]
Primo will provide Finland’s libraries, museums, research institutes and archives with a unified gateway to a wealth of scholarly and cultural resources Ex Libris® Group, a world leader in the provision of library automation solutions, [Read More]
Washington, DC – The National Gallery of Art presents its 69th season of the longest-running free concert series in the nation’s capital from September 26, 2010, through June 26, 2011. Twenty-six of the 42 concerts [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) is hosting one of the nation’s largest gatherings of small boats and unique watercraft at the 28th Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival from 10am to 5pm on Saturday, October 2. [Read More]
The Putnam County Museum, Greencastle, Indiana, has announced the publication and release of its second book, Peeler Pottery; A Retrospective, by Marj Peeler, et al. The 342 page book tells the story of Richard and [Read More]
Online internet users can now use Google Earth to explore the 9/11 Memorial and Museum within the context of the surrounding landscape of lower Manhattan. National September 11 Memorial at Night Google Earth, a satellite [Read More]
Taking Place, open through 9 Jan 2011, reintroduces the Stedelijk Museum by addressing its history, the spatial and temporal conditions of the unfinished building and the ways in which artists use, occupy and animate museum [Read More]
Bethel, NY – On Saturday, September 25, 2010, The Museum at Bethel Woods will participate in the sixth annual Museum Day, presented by Toyota on behalf of the redesigned 2011 Avalon. The Museum at Bethel [Read More]
Just two days before the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, The National World War II Museum in New Orleans has announced major new funding to build a new destination attraction as part of the Museum’s [Read More]
The Mercer Museum is currently undergoing a $12 M construction project to provide expanded exhibition space including a new 3,500 square foot changing exhibit gallery, and a new 1,000 square foot Multi-flex Learning Center, upgraded [Read More]
Sacramento, Calif. – Attendees to the Neo-Crocker 2010: A Modern Culture Party will celebrate the opening of the New Crocker with art experiences, DJs, dancing, performances and more. Presented by Bank of America, Neo-Crocker 2010 [Read More]
Gatineau, Quebec – The Canadian Museum of Civilization is proud to unveil and place on permanent display, a magnificent artistic mural depicting the growth of Canada. The huge mural was donated to the Museum of [Read More]
Under the Patronage of HRH Prince Mir’ed bin Raad, Chairman of the Hashemite Charity Society for Soldiers with Special Needs (HCSSSN), the Royal Automobile Museum (RAM) held a charity Iftar banquet for soldiers with special [Read More]
On Tuesday 21st September 2010, Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal, is to officially open the new Burton-based National Brewery Centre which includes the former Bass Museum and visitor attraction now re-opened as ‘The Brewing [Read More]
The Akan drum is the oldest African-American object in the British Museum, brought from West Africa to the Colony of Virginia as part of the slave trade around 1735. ‘Akan’ refers to an ethnic and [Read More]
In 1968 Jimi Hendrix moved into the top floor flat of 23 Brook Street with his English girlfriend Kathy Etchingham. The flat is now the administrative office of Handel House Museum, and an English Heritage [Read More]