CHICAGO (AP).- Nights at the museum aren’t always as quiet as you’d think. There are parties and corporate events. Sometimes, dozens of kids and their parents are allowed in for one big, fairly sleepless sleepover. But then the place can go from busy …
Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Opens "Pioneers of Flight Gallery"
WASHINGTON, DC.- The “Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight Gallery” opens to the public Nov. 19 at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, replacing the original “Pioneers” gallery that opened in 1976. Updated with new research, it …
Kate’s Excellent Adventure: A Month at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry
CHICAGO (AP).- Nights at the museum aren’t always as quiet as you’d think. There are parties and corporate events. Sometimes, dozens of kids and their parents are allowed in for one big, fairly sleepless sleepover. But then the place can go from busy …
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York: November Programs
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Avenue (at 89th Street) New York City http://Guggenheim.org/education This November, an exciting schedule of programs will take place at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, including the following:
Art Believed Destroyed by Nazis Found in Berlin to Go On Display at Neues Museum
BERLIN (AP).- Nearly a dozen sculptures considered by the Nazis to be “degenerate” artwork and believed to have been lost or destroyed after World War II have been unearthed during construction near Berlin’s city hall and were shown to reporters Monda…
Iwo Jima Mementos, a Faded Photograph and Child’s Drawing, Bring Closure to Japanese Family
TOKYO (AP).- For decades, the faded photograph of a baby Japanese girl and a child’s colorful drawing hung on a wall in the home of Franklin Hobbs III in America. As a 21-year-old U.S. soldier fighting on Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest battles of World…
Iwo Jima Mementos, a Faded Photograph and Child’s Drawing, Bring Closure to Japanese Family
TOKYO (AP).- For decades, the faded photograph of a baby Japanese girl and a child’s colorful drawing hung on a wall in the home of Franklin Hobbs III in America. As a 21-year-old U.S. soldier fighting on Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest battles of World…
Iwo Jima Mementos Bring Closure to Japanese Family
TOKYO (AP).- For decades, the faded photograph of a baby Japanese girl and a child’s colorful drawing hung on a wall in the home of Franklin Hobbs III in America. As a 21-year-old U.S. soldier fighting on Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest battles of World…
Vet Reaches 10,000 Volunteer Hours at WWII Museum
NEW ORLEANS (AP).- The National World War II Museum is honoring a man who parachuted behind Nazi lines on D-Day. But Tom Blakey is being recognized for safer service: 10,000 hours as a museum volunteer. He’s the first volunteer to log that many hours…
New Online Resource Debuts for Nazi-Era Looted Art, Estimates Half of Objects Not Yet Returned
NEW YORK (AP).- The Nazis stripped hundreds of thousands of artworks from Jews during World War II in one of the biggest cultural raids in history, often photographing their spoils and meticulously cataloguing them on typewritten index cards. Holocaust…