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]
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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]
LITTLE ROCK, AR – The Arkansas Arts Center announces a $100,000 gift from The Trinity Foundation of Pine Bluff. The gift was presented to assist the Arts Center in continuing its mission of bringing arts [Read More]
Exhibition brings together rare, never-before exhibited art works and creates a public forum for clarifying misconceptions resulting from the popular Twilight books and films SEATTLE – Organized in conjunction with the Quileute Nation – the [Read More]
HYDE PARK, NY – To mark the historic 75th anniversary of the most far reaching social program in American history — Social Security — the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum will present a [Read More]
Exhibition Includes the World Premiere of Hammer’s Newest Film, Generations, as well as Her Groundbreaking Experimental Short Films and Documentaries NEW YORK, – A retrospective of works by experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer (American, b. 1939) [Read More]
National Gallery Of Art, The Museum Of Modern Art And Turner Classic Movies Join In Celebration The Museum of Modern Art presents The March of Time, a 10-day exhibition of the propaganda-flavored “newsreels” that were [Read More]
The opportunity to buy an affordable boat and support a good cause will be at the 13th annual Boat Auction held on Saturday, September 4 at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels. [Read More]
AMMAN, JORDAN, – The museum organized this engaging camp in line with its educational and social goals to reach children from all regions of the city to participate together as one entity. The camp activities, [Read More]
Considered one of the greatest American painters of the 19th century, Winslow Homer is being honored today on a U.S. commemorative postage stamp. The new 44-cent stamp was dedicated here at the American Philatelic Society [Read More]
The Smithsonian Scholarly Press recently published “Patent Models Index: Guide to the Collections of the National Museum of American History” by Barbara Suit Janssen, associate curator in the museum’s Division of Home and Community Life. [Read More]
The Museum of Modern Art presents Ida Lupino: Mother Directs a selection of films by actress and filmmaker Ida Lupino open August 26–September 20, 2010 Ida Lupino (American, b. Great Britain, 1918–1995) was branded the [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will receive a donation from the Red Hat Society, a women’s social organization that fosters a sense of joy and sisterhood. The gift includes a bright red fedora, [Read More]
The Museum of Modern Art announces that the MoMA App is now available on the App Store. The new application for the iPhone and iPod touch provides users with instant access to 32,000 works of [Read More]
Ticket Fundraiser for White Sox game vs. Minnesota Twins on Thursday, September 16 at 7:10 p.m. at US Cellular The first place White Sox against the Minnesota Twins during September’s drive for the Central Division [Read More]
ST. LOUIS, MO – Paul Ha, Director of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis has announced the appointment of Dominic Molon as the Contemporary’s Chief Curator. Molon, currently Curator at Museum of Contemporary Art in [Read More]