Museums

Hundreds of bicyclists pour through Dutch museum

6 days ago

The museum, which houses masterpieces by Rembrandt van Rijn and Vincent van Gogh, among others, opened last month after a 10-year renovation.

First lady honors outstanding libraries, museums

9 days ago

Michelle Obama says the nation's libraries and museums are creating better, more informed citizens and doing it with fewer resources.

9/11 museum officials say admission fee needed

15 days ago

Faced with hefty operating costs, the foundation building the 9/11 museum at the World Trade Center has decided to charge an admission fee of $20 to $25 when the site opens next year.

Kimbell Art Museum's new building will open Nov. 27

15 days ago

"Because only a third of the interior is above ground, the museum will see greatly reduced demands for heating and cooling," Piano says.

A visit to Tulsa offers museums, a hipster scene

67 days ago

Perhaps even more impressive than the fine artwork displayed at this renowned Tulsa attraction is the sprawling 23-acre garden behind the museum.

NYC museum displaying Audubon's bird watercolors

67 days ago

The museum purchased all the watercolors, except one, from the artist's widow in 1863.

George Lucas proposes museum in San Francisco

74 days ago

Star Wars" creator George Lucas wants to build a museum dedicated to visual storytelling in San Francisco's Presidio that would house an art collection he amassed over four decades.

Stuttgart museum returns painting sold under Nazis

75 days ago

A Stuttgart museum has returned a 600-year-old painting to the estate of Jewish art dealer Max Stern, who was forced to sell his collection before fleeing Nazi Germany.

Dallas museum unveils project for public art

87 days ago

Dallas museum unveils project for public art

Seeing Chagall in 3D at the Dallas Museum of Art

89 days ago

Many of his paintings are found in major international institutions, including two museums dedicated solely to his work.

Counter history: Greensboro museum honors sit-in that changed America

90 days ago

"SEPARATE, NOT EQUALThe International Civil Rights Center & Museum, 134 S. Elm St., Greensboro, is open for guided tours 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m.

SD museum with rare instruments seeks $15M revamp

91 days ago

"Johnson hopes the expansion and a ramped-up marketing effort will bring more tourists to Vermillion, but he also wants to boost the museum's loans and traveling exhibits to get more exposure.

New museum will celebrate both the pain and triumph of African-American history

97 days ago

It will be the challenge of a new museum in the nation's capital to tell that story, however uncomfortable the subject might be to some, because it defines the history of African-Americans.

Trailblazing African-American doctor honored in Fort Worth museum display

98 days ago

The items in the museum are only an indication that his father passed this way and represent only a small part of his life, Roy Brooks said.

Dr. Marion Brooks honored in museum display

98 days ago

The items in the museum are only an indication that his father passed this way and represent only a small part of his life, Roy Brooks said.

Learn about Chief Seattle and his tribe at new museum

104 days ago

"The museum's trumping centerpiece is a carved canoe, more than 300 years old, used in the 1989 Paddle to Seattle, the first of a now-annual series of intertribal-canoe journeys around the Salish...

Museum is analyzing huge collection of Caddo items

105 days ago

And now, in a room at the top of the museum, those boxes, bags, bins and cases are taking a group of researchers on a tour through tribal history.

Dealership gives historical society $25,000 for museum

108 days ago

Once the museum is completed, the front of the building will have the look of the ice house building from the mid-century, when the company was owned by Wade C. Cummings.

Pa. museum's Grace Kelly exhibit set for October

122 days ago

Pennsylvania's James A. Michener Museum is making plans for a royal visit later this year from Monaco's Prince Albert.

Grateful Dead exhibit lives on at Cleveland museum

144 days ago

Grateful Dead exhibit lives on at Cleveland museum

New state museum leader set to begin in January

152 days ago

Gov. Jay Dardenne has chosen a Baton Rouge native to lead the Louisiana State Museum system as assistant secretary in the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.

At museum, Dickens fans can step into his personal life

158 days ago

""The Dickens Museum felt for many years a bit like Miss Havisham, covered in dust," said museum director Florian Schweizer, who slips references to Dickens' work seamlessly into his speech.

Dallas museum returns stolen mosaic to Turkey

167 days ago

Museum officials also launched an international cultural exchange that will include loaning works of art and sharing expertise.

Museum exhibit is for Bond fans

172 days ago

Museum exhibit is for Bond fans

Take a look inside Dallas' new Perot Museum

179 days ago

Gallery guides insist that the best way to see the museum is to ride the escalator to the top floor and work your way back to the level below ground, where there is a huge payoff.

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