NORTHERN IRELAND.- National Museums Northern Ireland released more details on the major new TITANICa exhibition opening at the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum. TITANICa: The Exhibition will open at the world-class Transport Museum on Tuesday May 31 to m…
The Finishing Touch: Women’s Accessories 1830 – 1940 at the National Museums Liverpool
LIVERPOOL.- An exciting new exhibition looks at a dazzling array of women’s accessories that helped add a sparkle to fashion from when Queen Victoria was a girl up to the outbreak of the Second World War. The Finishing Touch: Women’s Accessor…
A Passion for Glass: Exhibition of Modern Glass Shines at the National Museum of Scotland
EDINBURGH.- A dazzling selection of work from one of the most comprehensive collections of modern glass by artists from across the world is on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. The exhibition is on view from 20 May 2011 through 1…
A Passion for Glass: Exhibition of Modern Glass Shines at the National Museum of Scotland
EDINBURGH.- A dazzling selection of work from one of the most comprehensive collections of modern glass by artists from across the world is on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. The exhibition is on view from 20 May 2011 through 1…
New Zealand’s National Museum Te Papa (Our Place) ~ A Comprehensive National Museum
New Zealand’s national museum, Te Papa (Our Place), faces the sea in the national capital, Wellington, at the southeastern end of the North Island. It is one of the world’s most comprehensive national museums and presents a vision of New Zealand’s pa…
Museum of Liverpool Opening Date Announced
LIVERPOOL.- The Museum of Liverpool will launch 100 years to the very day that its iconic neighbour the Royal Liver Building opened its doors. The largest newly-built national museum in Britain for more than a century, the new Museum of Liverpool, wil…
Collection of Contemporary Bengali Scrolls Leave Liverpool to Tell Tales from India
LIVERPOOL.- From 15 February 2011 a collection of contemporary Bengali scrolls from National Museums Liverpool will tour across the region. ‘Telling Tales: Story Scrolls’ from India features six never seen before, beautiful and vibrant scrolls, created…
Stunning Installation of New Oil Paintings by Carlos Luna at Heather James Fine Art
PALM DESERT, CA .- Heather James Fine Art presents Carlos Luna: Los Decorados, on view until March 20, 2011. The exhibition Carlos Luna: Los Decorados is comprised of a stunning installation of new oil paintings, works on paper, sculpture, and dozens o…
Public Access to Conservation Centre to Close
LIVERPOOL.- Liverpool’s National Conservation Centre will close to visitors as a result of government cuts. The city centre venue will close at 5pm on Friday 17 December. National Museums Liverpool, which is funded by central government, received …
National Museums of Liverpool Confirm the Origins of Bed-In for Peace Bedspread
LIVERPOOL.- The origins of one of the world’s most symbolic bedspreads has, for the last 40 years, been affiliated to the wrong person. The handcrafted ‘All You Need Is Love’ bedspread, presented to John Lennon and Yoko Ono in May 1969 d…