BRISTOL.- In one of the most innovative and ambitious museum developments of the last decade, M Shed, Bristol’s new city history museum, opened to the public on Friday 17 June 2011. The museum is housed the landmark 1950s transit sheds at Prince…
Bristol’s New £27 Million City History Museum “M Shed” Opened to the Public this Weekend
BRISTOL.- In one of the most innovative and ambitious museum developments of the last decade, M Shed, Bristol’s new city history museum, opened to the public on Friday 17 June 2011. The museum is housed the landmark 1950s transit sheds at Prince…
Museum to Feature Ohio’s Old Electric Chair
By: Doug Whiteman, Associated Press
COLUMBUS (AP)- Ohio’s old electric chair will be on public view for the first time in 80 years as part of a small exhibit at the state’s history museum that will spotlight artifacts from the more provocative side of …
People Flock to See Lost Letter from Martha Washington at History Museum in Concordia
KANSAS CITY (REUTERS).- Nearly 209 years after her death Martha Washington, the wife of the first U.S. president, is all the talk in Concordia, Kansas. People are flocking to a history museum in Concordia to see an apparently authentic Washington-writt…
Eight-Person Crew at Ohio History Museum Puts a 10,000-Year-Old Mastodon on the Move
COLUMBUS, OH (AP).- A 10,000-year-old mastodon was mostly cooperative Thursday as an eight-person crew at the Ohio Historical Society began the delicate operation of taking the skeleton apart so it can be reassembled in a more flattering position —…
Alfa Romeo Celebrates its Centenary with Sculpture by Gerry Judah
WEST SUSSEX.- On its Centenary, Alfa Romeo was the guest of honour at the prestigious Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010, which took place from 2nd to 4th July in West Sussex. Over 50 Alfa cars were featured at the event, both past and current vehicles, i…
The Wellcome Collection ~ A $60 Mil Jigsaw Puzzle Museum
LONDON — The classical facade of the Wellcome Collection here makes it seem as if this museum, which opened last June, were going to treat medical history the way the nearby British Museum treats Greek and Near Eastern civilizations, with an orde…