The nation’s oldest existing Civil War memorial arrived at its new home Wednesday, the Frazier International History Museum. Known as the “Bloedner Monument,” the 3,500-pound limestone memorial is of exceptional national and historical significance, especially [Read More]
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Following a successful regional trial in Sheffield, the British Library is launching an interactive survey, UK SoundMap, to cover the whole of the United Kingdom. The survey will map and preserve the sounds of the [Read More]
The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art presents Tibetan Portrait: The Power of Compassion open through December 31, 2010. The purpose of Tibetan Portrait is to heighten visitor’s awarenss of Tibet, a mountainous region of [Read More]
Evolving English: One Language, Many Voices, open 12 November 2010 – 3 April 2011 is the first ever exhibition exploring the English language from Anglo-Saxon runes to modern day rap. Driven by developments in religion, [Read More]
The Powerhouse Museum presents a new exhibition, open 11 September – 28 November 2010, celebrating the history, music, performance and creativity of one of the world’s greatest Rock’n’Roll bands, AC/DC. Featuring original material never before [Read More]
Seventh Highest Exhibition Attendance on Record at the Met New York – The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that the landmark exhibition Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art drew 703,256 visitors during its [Read More]
The Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center has received a $144,000 grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services to create a permanent exhibit depicting life on the Mashantucket Pequot reservation during the [Read More]
Washington, DC – The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced release of a podcast on 21st century skills by IMLS Acting Director Marsha L. Semmel. What are 21st century skills? Where did the [Read More]
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum announced that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation in New York will create a $5 million endowment fund to ensure the nonprofit museum experience [Read More]
Pasadena, CA – In celebration of the life and career of Academy Award winning actress Jennifer Jones (March 2, 1919–December 17, 2009), wife of Museum founder Norton Simon, the Norton Simon Museum is screening four [Read More]
Celebrate the Dossin Great Lakes Museum’s 50th anniversary at the annual Fair Winds Fall Gathering sponsored by the Society’s Dossin Maritime Group. Sunday, October 3 at 2 p.m. Featured speaker and Society Trustee Doug Dossin [Read More]
See the vessels that travel the Great Lakes learn more about the ships and their crew! The ships will dock near the Dossin Great Lakes Museum. On Saturday, August 28, the museum will welcome the [Read More]
Mozart Marathon at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2-4 September 2010 . In memory of Jacob J. Bistritzky . Six Mozart piano concerti and the concerto for three pianos, played by prize winners in [Read More]
The Autry National Center announce the acquisition of “The King of the Cowboys,” Roy Rogers’s first guitar. This acquisition is made possible by Lora and Bob Sandroni, with additional support provided by Stuart Simon and [Read More]
Los Angeles, CA – The Board of Trustees of the Autry National Center announced today the appointment of Daniel M. Finley as the institution’s new President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Finley will succeed John [Read More]
The Frederick Douglass Honor Society of Easton, MD and the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) will host Frederick Douglass Day from 10am to 4pm on October 23, 2010 at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in [Read More]
A project to thaw, open and examine a crate of what is believed to contain whisky from Ernest Shackleton’s 1908 British Antarctic (Nimrod) Expedition has started at Canterbury Museum, New Zealand. The Nimrod expedition made [Read More]
A manuscript handwritten by Captain Robert Falcon Scott during the British Antarctic Expedition 1910–13 and recently discovered in the warehouse of a London bookseller has been acquired by Canterbury Museum. The 11 page manuscript was [Read More]