Portland, Ore., – Through a collaborative effort from the Sanyo North America Corporation (SANYO), InSpec Group (InSpec), and Portland General Electric (PGE), the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) has installed a solar canopy [Read More]
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In the year which commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, the National Gallery is launching an online resource dedicated to the history of the National Gallery during the Second World War. A [Read More]
The Yorkshire Museum reopens on 1 August 2010 following a nine-month £2million refurbishment project. Five new galleries will showcase some of Britain’s finest archaeological treasures and many rare animals, birds and fossils, in exciting new [Read More]
The City of West Hollywood, in collaboration with the Museum of Neon Art, will launch “On Route – 66 Lights,” a citywide celebration of the impressive range of neon signage in West Hollywood. The sprawling [Read More]
NASHVILLE, Tenn., – Loving You: Collecting Elvis Presley, a spotlight exhibit on one of the most beloved and influential cultural figures of the twentieth century, will be unveiled August 6 at the Country Music Hall [Read More]
Madison Children’s Museum will mark 30 years of serving the community by opening the doors of its new Capitol Square location for the first time on Saturday and Sunday, August 14–15, with a spectacular Grand [Read More]
Exhibition looks at how conflict in the U.S. has influenced the meaning of freedom CHICAGO – Inspired by the idea that the history of the United States has been shaped by conflicts over what it [Read More]
Building on the Memorandum of Understanding signed on 9 June between the Indian Ministry of Culture (on behalf of Indian Cultural Institutions) and the British Library, the British Museum and the V&A, the Director of [Read More]
SANAA, the Tokyo-based architects of the Toledo Museum of Art’s Glass Pavilion, have won the prestigious Pritzker Prize. Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa are only the second partnership — and the first female-male team — [Read More]
The 92nd annual Toledo Area Artists Exhibition is now open at the Toledo Museum of Art. The juried show offers an eclectic mix of works in a variety of media, including photography, drawings, etchings, jewelry, [Read More]
New York – The Whitney Museum of American Art has selected Rockwell Group for the architecture and design of its forthcoming cafe, created and operated by Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group, opening this winter. [Read More]
Photographer Damian Wampler is proud to announce that two prints from the series Darfur in Brooklyn have been acquired by the Brooklyn Museum. One of the prints, Untitled 1 (Kitchen), will be on display in [Read More]
In conjunction with the Erie Art Museum Blues & Jazz Festival, the Museum is hosting Hal Walker, family performance act and harmonica extraordinaire, in a four-day residency. Walker composes and improvises on the piano, guitar, [Read More]
70th anniversary of history’s greatest air battle honored with a full day of lectures and a weekend of events SEATTLE, – In remembrance of the 70th anniversary history’s first major battle to be decided purely [Read More]
San Francisco, CA, – Yiddish jive?! Cab Calloway was the king. “If I Were a Rich Man” remade into a gospel reverie?! The Temptations did it in 1969. This fall, the Contemporary Jewish Museum invites [Read More]
Exhibition Showcases Twenty-Two Innovative Artists, from Jasper Johns and Claes Oldenburg to Tara Donovan and Michael Oatman BOSTON, MA – Though richly varied in style, content, and medium, works on view in the Museum of [Read More]
The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn has announced at a special luncheon that it is donating $75,000 to the The Los Angeles County Museum of Art to support it’s film program. LACMA had announced that it [Read More]
BOSTON, MA – From masterpieces by Vincent van Gogh to Japanese tattoo designs and contemporary photography, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), presents works from around the world as it hosts a “Free Fun [Read More]