Vatican brings Genesis to Venice Biennale art show
6 days ago
Micol Forti, head of the modern and contemporary art at the Vatican Museums, said her only regret about the Vatican's selection was that no female artists were included.
The National Aquarium in Washington to close
10 days ago
Aquarium officials say they must leave by March 2014, but the aquarium will close Sept. 30 and begin moving the 1,500 animals housed there to the National Aquarium in Baltimore and other facilities.
Lucci, Trebek donate TV objects to Smithsonian
10 days ago
visited the National Museum of American History to donate objects from their shows.
'The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece' is a delight to behold
10 days ago
The larger-than-life discus thrower, one of the destination works at the British Museum, is making his first appearance in the U.S. It is a second-century Roman copy of a Greek original.
Swept up in a Toronto summer
14 days ago
On a windy April day, I walked to the aquarium in the shadow of the CN Tower to find dozens of workmen toiling on the unfinished glass building.
The life of Pompeii goes on exhibit in London
15 days ago
British Museum Director Neil MacGregor said that what has emerged from the ash at Herculaneum and Pompeii "was not at all the Rome people thought they would find.
Correction: Online Courses-Teacher Training story
18 days ago
In a story May 1 about plans by Coursera to offer online courses that provide continuing education for teachers, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the American Museum of Natural...
Coursera to offer new MOOC options for teachers
19 days ago
Coursera, the California-based for-profit platform for MOOCs from 62 leading universities such as Stanford, Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania, planned to announce Wednesday a new range...
Cyrus Cylinder on display through April at D.C.'s Sackler Gallery
69 days ago
On loan from the British Museum, it is on display in a small two-room exhibit at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, D.C., through April 28.
Carter museum's photography exhibits find power in size
74 days ago
Cosindas' masterful lighting and compositions paired with the film's color saturation earned a monographic show at the Museum of Modern Art a decade before color photography was considered on par...
