CINCINNATI, OH — The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, in partnership with Xavier University, announced today the panelists participating in the opening program for Mascots, the first of two special exhibitions opening at the museum [Read More]
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Salt Lake City – The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) at the University of Utah has been awarded the Utah Museums Association’s 2015 Award for Excellence in Programming. The UMFA won the award for [Read More]
SEATTLE – The Museum of Flight’s second annual SpaceFest is not rocket science. This year’s Nov. 5-7 event, SpaceFest 2015: Oh the Humanity!, is about the physical and cultural sides of making a home away [Read More]
Painting Tranquility: Masterworks by Vilhelm Hammershøi from SMK – The National Gallery of Denmark, an exhibition of masterpieces by celebrated Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916), opens at Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America, in [Read More]
CINCINNATI, OH – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center welcomes the media to hear award-winning author and Yale University alumni Jeff Hobbs October 15 at 7:00 p.m. in the Harriet Tubman Theater, where he will [Read More]
With artifacts ranging from gilded eagles to a sailmaker’s sewing machine, a log-built bugeye to an intimate scene of crabpickers, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s 50th anniversary exhibition, A Broad Reach: 50 Years of Collecting [Read More]
CINCINNATI – The Art of the Brick features over 100 works of art made entirely out of LEGO® bricks by artist Nathan Sawaya. Such an incredible exhibition is certain to inspire visitors to create their [Read More]
The Salisbury Museum’s Turner’s Wessex exhibition closed on Sunday 27 September. Since the exhibition opened in May over 20,000 people flocked to the museum to see the show, making it one of the most successful [Read More]
On Friday, November 20 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Director of Education and author Kate Livie will give a presentation on her new book, Chesapeake Oysters: The Bay’s Foundation and [Read More]
SEATTLE – On Oct. 31, Northwest author S.J. McCormack discusses her new book, “Night Witch,” an historical novel about Soviet women pilots in World War II who flew nightly attack missions-sometimes in outdated biplanes-to harass [Read More]
CINCINNATI, OH – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will host award-winning author and Yale University alumni Jeff Hobbs October 15 at 6 p.m. in the Grand Hall, where he will discuss his latest work, [Read More]
BALTIMORE, MD – When The Baltimore Museum of Art’s (BMA) new Imagining Home exhibition opens on October 25, visitors will discover a hybrid space that blends the interpretation within the installation of more than 30 [Read More]
SEATTLE – On Sunday, Oct. 25 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. the Museum celebrates Halloween family fun as The Museum of Fright. Bigger than any haunted castle, the Museum’s spacious galleries provide safe Halloween [Read More]
New York, NY….Among the loveliest of Morris-Jumel Mansion’s (MJM) historic furnishings are its wallpapers, decorating six of the Mansion’s eight elegantly appointed period rooms and front hall. To artist Talia Greene , MJM’s wallpapers provided [Read More]
SEATTLE, Sept. 30, 2015–Disney Publishing Worldwide and its publishing partners hold the fourth annual Star Wars Reads Day on Oct. 10. The Museum of Flight joins Star Wars authors and costumed volunteers participating in over [Read More]
SEATTLE – The Museum of Flight’s Airpark will be closed beginning Monday, Oct. 12, and will reopen on Wednesday, Oct. 21. The Charles Simonyi Space Gallery will be closed on Saturday, Oct. 17. There will [Read More]
Celebrate Imagining Home—the first exhibition in our new Center for People & Art—with a free and festive day for all ages! Explore the meaning of home through more than 30 artworks from around the world [Read More]
Salt Lake City – The Yale art historian who co-curated a stunning exhibition of British landscapes on view at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) will give a free lecture at the Museum at [Read More]