Topic: Smithsonian Institution
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - If you're heading to Paris, you'll stop in at the Louvre to see the Mona Lisa, in Washington the Smithsonian is a must-see and the Vatican in Rome should be on every museum-lover's bucket list. With that ...
A fire broke out Monday in a Smithsonian museum in the US capital, but was swiftly extinguished with no injuries or damage to the collections reported, the city's fire department said.Firefighters were called to the National Museum of Natural History, one of ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - A controversial video artwork that was withdrawn from an exhibition following complaints by a Catholic group and Republican members of Congress will now go on display at the Museum of Modern Art.Announcing the acquisition, the museum said ...
Warhol Foundation threatens to end Smithsonian funding if video is not reinstated in exhibitThe Andy Warhol Foundation said Monday it will withhold future funding to the Smithsonian Institution unless a video removed from the National Portrait Gallery after a Catholic group complained ...
Art gallery organizes march to Smithsonian to protest 'censorship' of video after complaintA Washington art gallery is showing a video that was removed from the National Portrait Gallery to protest what it calls censorship by the Smithsonian Institution.The Transformer Gallery began showing ...
Smithsonian removes video from exhibit on gays' impact on art after Catholic group complainsThe Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery is removing a video that was part of an exhibit after complaints from a Catholic group that the images were sacrilegious.Catholic League President Bill ...
The plan for Abu Dhabi's museum dedicated to the life of Sheikh Zayed.. In establishing the Institution, Congress decreed in 1845 that the first museum should be eminently practical: Over the last century and a half, the museums of the Smithsonian Institution ...
Curator's Choice: Gems of the Gems Daytime Lecture Thurs. Tickets Login $15 Member Login $13 Senior Member $25 Gen. Admission Outlook iCal Google Calendar Yahoo! Most of us are familiar with the fabulous and historic pieces that shine among the 10,000 specimens ...
Both bulging crowds and big expenses dwindle down to a more manageable size in the Capital city this time of year. Often referred to as "our nation's attic," the Smithsonian Institution's 16 museums provide a weekend into world art and civilization. Combined ...
The famed Hope Diamond, the largest of its kind in the world, has been set on a modern necklace in honor of the 50th anniversary of its arrival at Washington's Smithsonian museum.The centuries-old 45.52 carat gem, once part of the French crown ...
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