First African-American military pilots in May 29 panel SEATTLE – Three of the first African-American pilots in the U.S. military will share their experiences during a panel discussion at The Museum of Flight on [Read More]
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art presents “Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, 1996-2008” from May 21 through July 10, 2011 in the Coeta and Donald Barker Changing Exhibitions Gallery. The exhibition will open with a free, [Read More]
After several months of research and exploration, the Peoria Riverfront Museum Board voted Thursday to partner with international immersive theater specialist Global Immersion to provide the technical solution for the museum’s Giant Screen Digital Theater [Read More]
The Walters Art Museum presents Setting Sail: Drawings of the Sea from the Walters Collection, on view June 18–September 11, 2011. Eugène Isabey, Fishing Boats, 1862, watercolor heightened with white on paper, acquired by William [Read More]
The Air Force Museum Foundation, Inc. announced its acceptance of a $10 million pledge from the Lockheed Martin Corporation. The pledge, which is the single largest dollar gift the Foundation has ever received, will be [Read More]
The Nordic Heritage Museum presents Vessels of the Heart: Fairbanks at Arabia / Cushing and Salmenhaara at Alfred, on viewthrough May 22, 2011. Vessels of the Heart reveals a rich dialogue between artists in Finland [Read More]
The Amon Carter Museum of American Art announces that it has received a $75,000 Picturing America School Collaboration Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Only nine such grants were awarded nationwide, [Read More]
Learn and experience the wonders of the incredible and complex flying machine known as the helicopter during Family Day from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on May 21 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. [Read More]
The San Antonio Museum of Art announced today that Dr. Katherine Luber has been appointed Kelso Director of the Museum effective July 2011. The announcement is the culmination of a national search to replace former [Read More]
The Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Kimbell Art Museum and Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth will each participate in the Association of Art Museum Directors’ (AAMD) Art Museum Day on May 18 with [Read More]
The Princeton University Art Museum announces the founding of a curatorship in photography named for Peter C. Bunnell, who served Princeton University in the country’s first endowed professorship in the history of photography. Joel Smith, [Read More]
Princeton University Art Museum presents When Men and Mountains Meet: China as Land and People, open October 16, 2011. What is the relationship between land and people in China, and how has it changed throughout [Read More]
This autumn the National Gallery in London will present a landmark exhibition, Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan examining Leonardo’s extraordinary observation, imagination and technique. Exhibition open 9 November 2011 – 5 [Read More]
Art in the Basic Curriculum provides quality art education Memphis, TN – As it wraps up another successful school year, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is pleased to announce that its Art in the [Read More]
A special, three-part exhibition celebrating the legendary Islamic palace and fortress in Granada, Spain, on view from May 21–August 21, 2011. This unprecedented exhibition explores the collaboration of sublime nature and dramatic design that created [Read More]
The Board of Trustees of the J. Paul Getty Trust announced today that James Cuno, recognized both nationally and internationally as a noted museum leader and scholar and an accomplished leader in the field of [Read More]
The Merseyside Maritime Museum will showcase Albert Einstein’s landing card, on temporary display from 10 May 2011. The museum has recently acquired this landing card marking Albert Einstein’s visit to England in May 1933. Landing [Read More]
Flying Fortress “Aluminum Overcast” public flights May 25-30 SEATTLE – A Memorial Day weekend tradition continues as The Museum of Flight will host the Experimental Aircraft Association’s B-17 bomber, Aluminum Overcast, for rides and ground [Read More]