Brattleboro, Vt. – Rail fans, history buffs, and all those interested in the future of passenger train service in the U.S. are invited to attend a multimedia presentation at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center—located [Read More]
The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum is reopening on September 8th after an $800,000 makeover. The museum serves as a dynamic memorial to social reformer Jane Addams, the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace [Read More]
Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe, open October 17, 2010–January 17, 2011, offers visitors a unique glimpse of the Middle Ages, a time when art mediated between heaven and earth and [Read More]
BAM Biennial 2010: Clay Throwdown! is the inaugural edition of BAM’s new, juried exhibition series. With over 30 participating artists, it provides a panoramic survey of ceramic art created in the Pacific Northwest and a [Read More]
A lecture by Chris Ryan and a 1940’s themed dinner dance are set to kick off The Tank Museums new Out Of Hours events series this autumn. Soldier turned best-selling author Chris Ryan is to [Read More]
Pitches for The Bowes Museum’s annual Christmas Market are up for grabs as the Barnard Castle treasure house looks to grow the popular event, both in size and reputation. Verity Naseby, the Museum’s Wedding and [Read More]
Wye Financial & Trust will sponsor the fundraising dinner of the Fourth Annual St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance, to be held September 24-26 at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, Maryland. The event [Read More]
The Bowes Museum’s newly created Reference Library and Archives Reading Room will be opening its doors to show off its hidden treasures to residents and visitors free of charge on Sunday 12 September. Organised by [Read More]
An audio archive charting modern women MP’s representation in Westminster opened to the public on 6 September 2010 at the British Library. In the 82 interviews, women MPs from across all political parties were asked [Read More]
One of the most fascinating pharaohs of ancient Egypt, Haremhab (reigned ca. 1323–1309 B. C.) was a strong leader in a time of political and religious transition. As commander-in-chief of Tutankhamun’s army, he oversaw important [Read More]
To support London Design Festival week, the Brisith Library is hosting an event called ‘Ingenious Britons: Personal journeys in invention and design’. Open 18 – 26 September 2010. This will be a unique opportunity to [Read More]
Time is running out to view what took four years, some 80 people, and over one million golden orb spiders from Madagascar to create: an 11-by-4 foot, naturally golden-hued textile on display in the Museum [Read More]
This exhibition, open through 28 November 2010, will celebrate British ingenuity and innovation, featuring 15 inventions from the past ten years and the stories behind them. The exhibition is the first of its kind in [Read More]
The exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum will display four of the ten tapestries designed by Raphael for the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. These are the original tapestries from the only series designed [Read More]
LOS ANGELES – Celebrating the bicentennial of Mexican independence and the centennial of the Mexican Revolution, Obsidian Mirror-Travels: Refracting Ancient Mexican Art and Archaeology on view at the Getty Research Institute from November 16, 2010 [Read More]
Smithsonian magazine commissioned “And Haiti Will Bloom Again” by Haitian artist, Frantz Zephirin, for its September cover. The work by Zephirin is a response to Haiti’s earthquake, with symbols of the nation’s suffering and struggle [Read More]
The Herakleidon Museum has opened the exhibition: “Woman as Muse, 1900-1950”. The exhibition will showcase about ninety (90) works on paper – watercolors, prints and drawings of the first fifty years of the 20th century, [Read More]
On Sunday, September 12, 2010 from 12 Noon to 5 PM the Military Transport Association of North Jersey (MTA) will display a wide variety of classic, restored U.S. Military vehicles on the Great Lawn of [Read More]