Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Museums published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 3867
» View wsbtradio.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-323
Next >
-
Bay Area's USS Hornet Museum to salute Memorial Day
For those spending Memorial Day weekend in the Bay Area, the USS Hornet Museum will hold a special Memorial Day ceremony Monday to recognize veterans. The ceremony will take place aboard the aircraft carrier and will begin at 1 p.m. The Hornet is a...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Aircraft Carriers, Holidays
-
Britain's Tate museum sets $34 mln record for Constable painting
ReutersLONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - The Tate Britain museum bought 19th century English painter John Constable's masterpiece "Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows" for 23.1 million pounds ($34.75 million), making it one of the most expensive British paintings ever...Tags: Arts, BBC, Arts and Culture, United Kingdom
-
Photographer Wayne Miller, chronicler of WW II and black life in 1940s Chicago, dies at age 94
ORINDA, Calif. (AP) — Photographer Wayne F. Miller, who created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago after serving with an elite Navy unit that produced some of the most indelible combat images of...Tags: Arts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Lobbying, Museum of Modern Art, Politics
-
Somerset County Where to Go for May 23
Fireman’s Adventure Race The Fireman’s Adventure Race June 1, includes a 5 kilometer walk/run through town that will also include some off-pavement terrain. The start and finish for the 5k will be at the Rockwood Fire Department. Breakfast...Tags: Festive Events, Palace Theater, Lobbying, Music Industry, Artists
-
Classic Works With a Modern Commentary at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich
Kathleen Gilje was trained as an art restorer, and she began her career working on the national collections at the Capodimonte Museum in Naples. In her exhibit Revised and Restored which is currently open at the Bruce Museum, she used her skills to...
Tags: Arts, Arts and Culture, Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, Feminism
-
Turtle walks set for June, July
As turtle nesting season hits its peak in June and July, the Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale is offering residents a chance to see sea turtles laying their eggs on the beach. From March through October, leatherback, loggerhead and...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Fort Lauderdale, Dania Beach, Museum of Discovery and Science
-
Family Farm Fridays Begin This Week at Stamford Museum & Nature Center
Eating local is a trendy thing now, which is awesome on many levels. The Stamford Museum& Nature Center is helping to educate the public in such matters with a series of four cooking classes that utilize local ingredients. It's called Family Farm Fridays,...
Tags: Stamford, Arts and Culture
-
Museums
Elmhurst Historical Museum 120 E. Park Ave., Elmhurst; 630-833-1457, elmhursthistory.org The regional history museum is located in the Glos Mansion, former home of Elmhurst's first village president, Henry L. Glos, and offers a look at the lifestyle...Tags: Boy Scouts of America, Arts and Culture, Girl Scouts of the USA, Entertainment Events, Nobel Prize Awards
-
Dinosaur Petting Zoo a different look at dinos
Not every petting zoo contains cuddly, pint-size quadrupeds. For that matter, not every petting zoo features actual living creatures. Sydney-based visual-spectacle performance troupe Erth Visual and Physical Inc. brings its collection of prehistoric...
Tags: Paleontology, Arts and Culture, Millennium Park, Memorial Day, Field Museum of Natural History
-
Where else to get Jurassic
Where else to see dinosaurs if you can't make it to "Erth's Dinosaur Petting Zoo": "Dinosaurs Alive!" at Brookfield Zoo: Life-size animatronic reptiles mix with the animal exhibits through Oct. 27. Including dinosaur newcomers (Styracosaurus and...
Tags: Paleontology, Arts and Culture, Museum of Natural History, Brookfield Zoo, Navy Pier
-
Bulletin Board
Thursday Acrylic and oil painting classes, all levels, weekdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Professional Artists' League, 19119 Winslow Terrace, Boca Raton. $27. Call 561-883-5033. The Best 60+ Singles Group Around, 3-4:30 p.m., Temple Shaarei Shalom, 9085...Tags: Arts and Culture, Libraries, Boynton Beach, Highland Beach, Physical Fitness and Exercise
-
Madoff exhibit at the National Museum of Crime & Punishment
Staff writerAn exhibit about Bernie Madoff, the nation's biggest financial fraudster, opened this week at the National Museum of Crime & Punishment in Washington, DC. The world's biggest Ponzi schemer who was convicted after an estimated $65 billion fraud is...Tags: Bernard Madoff, Arts and Culture, Punishment, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Crime, Law and Justice
May 23, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 23, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 23, 2013
|Story| AP Broadcast
May 22, 2013
|Story| Daily American
May 22, 2013
|Story| WTXX-LTV
May 22, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 22, 2013
|Story| WTXX-LTV
May 22, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 22, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 22, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 22, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 22, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Original site for Museums topic gallery.