AMMAN, JORDAN, – The museum organized this engaging camp in line with its educational and social goals to reach children from all regions of the city to participate together as one entity. The camp activities, [Read More]
Considered one of the greatest American painters of the 19th century, Winslow Homer is being honored today on a U.S. commemorative postage stamp. The new 44-cent stamp was dedicated here at the American Philatelic Society [Read More]
This hands-on, interactive exhibit open at The California Museum through through July 17, 2011, explores the complexities of water in California. Visitors will discover the world’s largest manmade water system and the people behind its [Read More]
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts will open The Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musee d’Orsay Friday, Oct. 15, 2010, and the exhibition will remain on view in Nashville through Jan. 23, 2011, [Read More]
The Smithsonian Scholarly Press recently published “Patent Models Index: Guide to the Collections of the National Museum of American History” by Barbara Suit Janssen, associate curator in the museum’s Division of Home and Community Life. [Read More]
The Museum of Modern Art presents Ida Lupino: Mother Directs a selection of films by actress and filmmaker Ida Lupino open August 26–September 20, 2010 Ida Lupino (American, b. Great Britain, 1918–1995) was branded the [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will receive a donation from the Red Hat Society, a women’s social organization that fosters a sense of joy and sisterhood. The gift includes a bright red fedora, [Read More]
The Museum of Modern Art announces that the MoMA App is now available on the App Store. The new application for the iPhone and iPod touch provides users with instant access to 32,000 works of [Read More]
Zeum: San Francisco’s Children’s Museum teams with Lucasfilm Ltd. to present Star Wars: The Clone Wars Weekend from Saturday, September 11, 2010 to Sunday September 12, 2010. The weekend-long event offers kids and families the [Read More]
SEATTLE, – In a ceremony at The Museum of Flight on Aug. 11, Alaska Airlines and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) celebrated Charles E. Taylor, the machinist who worked with the Wright Brothers and [Read More]
A rare collection of communion silver – with some pieces dating back over 500 years – has just been bought for the City of Birmingham, in England, with the help of a £27,000 grant from [Read More]
Thematic Survey Explores Provocative Intersections of Photography and Voyeurism From October 30, 2010, through April 17, 2011, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present the U.S. debut of a major survey that [Read More]
Ticket Fundraiser for White Sox game vs. Minnesota Twins on Thursday, September 16 at 7:10 p.m. at US Cellular The first place White Sox against the Minnesota Twins during September’s drive for the Central Division [Read More]
ST. LOUIS, MO – Paul Ha, Director of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis has announced the appointment of Dominic Molon as the Contemporary’s Chief Curator. Molon, currently Curator at Museum of Contemporary Art in [Read More]
On Aug. 14, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History will open a new, temporary, traveling exhibition “Losing Paradise? Endangered Plants Here and Around the World.” The exhibition was developed by the American Society of [Read More]
The South African Air Force is hosting an “air show spectacular” at the Swartkop Airfield in Valhalla, Pretoria on Saturday August 14. The theme of this year’s air show is “90 years on golden wings” [Read More]
James Moore, today announced funding for the Revelstoke Heritage Railway Society’s Chinese Legacies Travelling Exhibition. With this funding, the Society will tour the exhibition, which recognizes the contribution of the more than 15,000 Chinese workers [Read More]
Soon Harry Potter fans in Seattle will get the chance to step inside the famous wizard’s magical world with Harry Potter: The Exhibition, which opens at Pacific Science Center on October 23, 2010. Tickets go [Read More]