The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) opened a new gallery devoted to the arts of the Ancient Middle East on Dec. 22 showcasing the ancient cultural heritage of what we today call Iraq, Iran, Turkey, [Read More]
SEATTLE, – On Jan. 15, author and mountaineer Peter Stekel will tell the remarkable story of a mysterious 1942 military plane crash that did not begin to unfold until decades later, when the mummified remains [Read More]
The General George Patton Museum has ambitious plans for a new museum. The project goals go far beyond renovation or enhancement of the current museum. The General George Patton Museum will set a new standard [Read More]
The El Paso Museum of History and the UTEP History Department present El Paso: The Other Side of the Mexican Revolution. El Paso provided a unique opportunity for both Americans and Mexicans to view – [Read More]
Holiday History Film Festival Presents Celebration of Cultures Tuesday, December 28, 2010 10:00 to 11:00 AM FREE Members of the Piro, Manso, and Lepan Apache tribes describe their culture as it was before contact. Holiday [Read More]
The American Association of Museums (AAM) announced the Anchorage Museum has again achieved accreditation, the highest national recognition for a museum. “Accreditation is an entirely self-motivated process, and is no small task,” said Ford W. [Read More]
The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame is has received a grant from the Sturgis Rally Charities Foundation to assist with design and implementation of a new exhibit at the museum. The Sturgis Rally [Read More]
In Search of Biblical Lands: From Jerusalem to Jordan in 19th-Century Photography on view at the Getty Villa from March 2 through September 12, 2011, features some of the first photographic images of the eastern [Read More]
Wednesday, January 5, at 2:30 p.m. – Three Russian Romantics, presented by the pianist, teacher, writer, and broadcaster David Dubal. These lectures, illustrated with performances by students from The Juilliard School, delve into the colorful [Read More]
The American Museum of Natural History has launched DINOSAURS iPAD: The American Museum of Natural History Collections, the Museum’s first app designed specifically for the iPad. DINOSAURS: iPAD expands on the Museum’s inaugural app, DINOSAURS: [Read More]
The whole family can enjoy an artistic holiday at the Getty, with stepped-up schedules of family-focused activities during the holidays. At the Getty Center, join Family Art Stops and get up close and personal with [Read More]
After eighteen months of analysis, conservation, and re-stabilization, the bronze statue of Apollo Saettante (Apollo as an Archer) from Pompeii will go on view at the Getty Villa from March 2 to September 12, 2011 [Read More]
The Baltimore Museum of Art presents more than 200 compelling and provocative images that showcase the work of more than 60 of the most remarkable photographers of our time in Seeing Now: Photography Since 1960. [Read More]
SEATTLE, – 1st Lt. Lynn “Buck” Compton and Tech. Sgt. Donald Malarkey, two of the original members of “Easy Company” (immortalized in the book and mini-series “Band of Brothers”) will join filmmaker Vance Day for [Read More]
One of the most significant and rare artifacts in toy history—the oldest known version of Monopoly, handmade by Charles Darrow around 1933—has been acquired by the National Museum of Play at the Strong in Rochester, [Read More]
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has announced that it has returned to the Museo Diocesano Tridentino (Diocesan Museum of Trent, Italy) an embroidered panel, the Entombment of Saint Vigilius, from around 1390–1391. Entombment [Read More]
San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum will keep its doors open and maintain operations despite financial challenges faced by the Asian Art Museum’s Foundation, which is the private fundraising arm of the Museum. “The Museum is [Read More]
The National Gallery of Art welcomes the Allen Memorial Art Museum of Oberlin College’s Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene (1625) by Hendrick ter Brugghen. The painting will be the focal point of Larger Than Life: [Read More]