By Louise Watt,Associated Press
BEIJING (AP).- A plan to bring an Albert Einstein exhibition to Shanghai was shelved after the Chinese museum suggested merging it with one on Confucius, a Swiss museum director said Tuesday. The odd coupling was the ide…
Exhibition of Eco-Friendly and Modular Furniture at Industry Gallery in Washington
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Industry Gallery presents FlexibleLove, on view from May 14 through July 2, 2011. The exhibition features FlexibleLove™ furniture, a collection of seating incorporating an accordion-like, honeycomb structure, made mostly from wid…
Boston Science Museum Buys Fleet of 30 Segways and Offers One-Hour Tours
BOSTON (AP).- Boston’s Museum of Science has exhibits on natural history, dinosaurs, space travel and electricity, all enclosed within four walls. Paul Fontaine, vice president of education, has for years wanted to expand beyond the bricks and mortar….
Group Exhibition Addresses Ideas of Scale through Physical and Conceptual Explorations
SAN JOSE, CA.- Size matters insofar as it tells us something about an object’s dimensions in relationship to other things. We understand the difference between what is small versus what is big due to a comparison between them. While our understanding o…
Swarovski Crystal Palace Launches Illustrated Book The Art of Light and Crystal
LONDON.- Swarovski Crystal Palace is arguably the most important and inspired design project of our times. Devised and instigated by Nadja Swarovski, it provides a snapshot of the most exciting and creative minds of the first decade of the 21st century…
Swarovski Crystal Palace Launches the Book The Art of Light and Crystal Published by teNeues
LONDON.- Swarovski Crystal Palace is arguably the most important and inspired design project of our times. Devised and instigated by Nadja Swarovski, it provides a snapshot of the most exciting and creative minds of the first decade of the 21st century…
Tales of Katrina Told through Museum Exhibition at the Louisiana State Museum
NEW ORLEANS (AP).- The room is lit by flashlights, an escape hole chopped in the roof with an ax lying nearby. Steps away, rising floodwaters seep down a levee wall; across the way, a storm diary written in black felt marker on a housing project wall …
Corning Museum of Glass Searches for Director of Curatorial Affairs
NEW YORK, NY.- Opportunity Resources Inc. of New York, New York and Los Angeles, California, will be conducting the search for Deputy Director/Director of Curatorial Affairs for the Corning Museum of Glass. The Corning Museum of Glass houses the world…
MIT Museum’s Polaroid Exhibit to Feature Exclusive Lady Gaga Polaroid Photograph
CAMBRIDGE, MA.- Polaroid today gathered at the MIT Museum to celebrate the brand’s rich 73-year history and bright future. Polaroid presented an exclusive photo of Lady Gaga, Polaroid’s Creative Director, to the MIT Museum that will become a part of th…