One of the rarest and most highly prized minerals in the world is on display in a dazzling, comprehensive exhibition at The Field Museum (October 22 – March 6, 2011). Gold, the exhibition, explores the [Read More]
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The Curt Miller Magic and Comedy Show arrives at the Houston Museum of Natural Science Aug. 16 – 29. Magician & Illusionist Curt Miller blends dazzling magic, audience interaction, and clean comedy into a theatrical [Read More]
Chautauqua Institution is partnering with Eastman Kodak Company and George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film for a week unlike any other offered in the Institution’s history — exploring the world of photography [Read More]
Architecture Firm Joins Team to Expand and Enhance Museum Facilities and Visitor Experience The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has selected the architecture firm Snøhetta to be its partner in developing an expansion [Read More]
The life-size carving of a human skull in the British Museum collection was made from a single block of quartz crystal (a clear colourless variety of quartz known as rock crystal). According to Museum records, [Read More]
The Florida Modern-Day Slavery Museum consists of a produce truck of the same model in which farmworkers were locked and chained as part of recent slavery operations (U.S. v. Navarrete, 2008), accompanied by displays on [Read More]
New Galleries, Orientation Facilities, and Public Spaces Enhance Visitor Experience of Museum’s Campus and Encyclopedic Collections Jerusalem, – The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, inaugurates its renewed 20-acre campus, featuring new galleries, orientation facilities, and public spaces, [Read More]
On June 22 2010 the Wallace Collection celebrated its 110th anniversary as a national museum open to the public. It has long been considered the greatest private art collection to be bequeathed to any nation [Read More]
The Harvard Art Museums announce the appointment of Lynette Roth as Daimler-Benz Associate Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, effective January 3, 2011. A specialist in German art of the early 20th century, Roth’s highly disciplined [Read More]
4.5 billion-year-old pallasite could be the key to unravelling the origins of our solar system The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) has acquired the world’s largest piece of the Springwater pallasite, a rare and scientifically important [Read More]
For more than five decades, Barbie(R) doll has continued to deliver fashionable, aspirational and culturally relevant play experiences to girls of all ages. In partnership with The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, the Barbie brand introduced [Read More]
Special programs, extended hours, and close-up views of the Blues while the Navy flight demonstration is based at the Museum for Seafair air show SEATTLE, – The world-famous U.S. Navy Blue Angels F/A-18 flight demonstration [Read More]
The £2 million refurbishment of the Yorkshire Museum is the biggest since it opened in 1830. Plans have been discussed for several years and detailed development and fundraising began in 2008, when the project was [Read More]
The Vale of York Viking Hoard has featured in the latest instalment of the BBC Radio 4 series, A History of the World in 100 Objects. The treasure will go back on display when the [Read More]
Asia Society showcases the work of photographer and mountaineer David Breashears who, with Glacier Research Imaging Project (GRIP), has retraced the steps of renowned Himalayan mountain photographers of the past century to recapture images of [Read More]
The architectural achievement of the Bloch Building at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is featured in three books–two currently on sale and one available in the fall. In addition, an article on the Vanity Fair [Read More]
The Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center has achieved Gold certification in the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Green Building Rating System™. The LEED Green Building Rating [Read More]
Los Angeles – Italian Renaissance drawings form the core of the Getty Museum’s celebrated drawings collection. On view from July 20 – October 10, 2010, at the Getty Center, From Line to Light: Renaissance Drawing [Read More]