The Utah Museum of Natural History is building a new home, to be called the Rio Tinto Center. The new Museum is expected to open in late 2011. The design for the new Natural History [Read More]
A 21st century flood engulf’s the ancient space of York St Mary’s as part of a contemporary art installation, open through October 31 2010. Renowned artist Susan Stockwell’s work see’s a tower of computer components [Read More]
The Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum will present a Hearth Cooking Demonstration on September 25 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. . Celebrate autumn with a hearth cooking demonstration at the Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum. Bev Willnauer, an expert hearth [Read More]
Agnolo di Cosimo, known as Bronzino (1503-1572), was one of the greatest artists in the history of Italian painting. Court artist to Cosimo I de’ Medici (1519-1574), his work embodied the sophistication of the Mannerist [Read More]
Join in the fun in historic Wethersfield, as the Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum gets ready to bring in the new season. This September, enjoy homemade donuts and cider along with some history and activities reflecting 18th century [Read More]
London Transport Museum will be holding its fifth annual Covent Garden Dinner and Auction on the 28th September 2010 at the Royal Opera House. Last year’s event raised over £130,000 towards the upkeep of the [Read More]
The American Association of Museums announced the re-accreditation of The Utah Museum of Natural History at the University of Utah, a 15-year avouchment that recognizes the ongoing research and stewardship here at the Museum. “This [Read More]
Two remarkable new species of horned dinosaurs have been found in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, southern Utah. The giant plant-eaters were inhabitants of the “lost continent” of Laramidia, formed when a shallow sea flooded the [Read More]
The Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum will present Tales of Witchcraft and Tombstones – Saturday, October 16, 23 and 30 and Sunday, October 17, 24 and 31.. Everyone knows about the Salem Witchcraft trials but we hardly hear [Read More]
The Minister of Culture, Ángeles González Sinde, announces the discovery of this work and her intention that it should be acquired by the Museo del Prado The Wine of Saint Martin’s Day (glue-size tempera on [Read More]
The Wallace Collection will present a Special Day Event: The Scholar and the Star: The Wit, The Rake and the Italian Dancer’s Daughter, on Wednesday 13th October, 2010 at 1:00pm – 2:00pm. The Scholar and [Read More]
Walker-Commissioned Work is a Monumental Jazz/Film Retelling of the Frankenstein Myth Two master innovators–jazz trumpeter/composer Dave Douglas and experimental filmmaker Bill Morrison–collaborate on Spark of Being, a monumental retelling of the Frankenstein myth. The Grammy-nominated [Read More]
LOS ANGELES – The Ray Charles Memorial Library will officially open on September 23, 2010, the 80th anniversary of the birth of the iconic American entertainer, it was announced by Valerie Ervin, President of The [Read More]
This exhibition, open, Thursday 23rd September, 2010 – Monday 3rd January, 2011, is the latest in an ongoing series mounted by the Wallace Collection which features selections from celebrated collections of French drawings. The holdings [Read More]
The exhibition Beasts on Parchment: Picturing Animals in Medieval Manuscripts, open November 6, 2010–February 15, 2011, looks at the ways in which medieval people perceived animals. Dragons Battling (detail) Book of Hours, Rouen, ca. 1480, [Read More]
Plastic pollution in the oceans 13 October, 7pm Royal Geographical Society Our throw away society is polluting large areas of the world’s oceans with plastics, threatening marine life and food chains. How did it get [Read More]
The Science Museum of Minnesota will show an exhibition of King Tut artifacts – Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs, from Feb. 18 to Sept. 5 2011. Experience the riches of royal life [Read More]
The New Bedford Whaling Museum presents Charmed by the Sea: One Hundred Fifty Years and more of Yachting on Buzzards Bay, opening on September 25, 2010 during a major weekend rendezvous of the Cruising Club [Read More]