Smithsonian finally acknowledges Indians who chased the American Dream
Panaji, November 02: The increasingly ubiquitous Indian hand is going places in the US, whether it's inventing the world's first email programme or weaving an intricately sequined gown for First Lady...
View ArticleGo Behind the Scenes at the Natural History Museum of Utah, Nov. 15-16, 2014...
(Source: The University of Utah) Nov. 10, 2014 - Experience the science and encounter the ancient artifacts and rare scientific collections behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum of Utah in a...
View ArticleMexican Government Claims US Auction House Sold Stolen, Fake Artifacts
10:40 PM ET Sam Sanders i i Pedestrians pass the display windows at Bonhams New York auction house. The Mexican government accuses Bonhams of auctioning off artifacts that were stolen from Mexico, and...
View ArticleCosby’s art displayed at Smithsonian
WASHINGTON – Everybody knows Bill Cosby’s humor, but the comedian has kept his artistic tastes close at home. Now the extensive art collection of Bill and Camille Cosby is opening to the public for the...
View ArticleDiscover folk art at 5 American museums, fairs
Lynn O’Rourke Hayes, Dallas Morning News 12:20 a.m. EDT November 2, 2014 This quilt is part of the “Signature Cloths” exhibit at the International Quilt Study Center & Museum, which is located in...
View ArticleCosby’s art paired with African art at Smithsonian
WASHINGTON — Everybody knows Bill Cosby’s humor, but the comedian has kept his artistic tastes close at home. Now the extensive art collection of Bill and Camille Cosby is open to the public for the...
View ArticleCosbys' art paired with African art at Smithsonian
Brett Zongker, Associated Press 6:48 p.m. EST November 10, 2014 Quilts from the Bill and Camille Cosby collection hang at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art in Washington. (Photo: Evan...
View ArticleFirst of the Andrew W. Mellon Undergraduate Fellows in Curatorial Training...
(Source: High Museum of Art) First of the Andrew W. Mellon Undergraduate Fellows in Curatorial Training Announced by Five Major American Museums ATLANTA, Nov. 12, 2014 - The High Museum of Art, the Art...
View ArticleCosby's art paired with African art at Smithsonian
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Everybody knows Bill Cosby's humor, but the comedian has kept his artistic tastes close at home. Now the extensive art collection of Bill and Camille Cosby is opening to the public...
View ArticleCulver City's Cold War museum remembers the Berlin Wall's fall
As the rest of the world remembered the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall over the weekend, the Wende Museum in Culver City broke ground for the renovation and expansion of the former...
View Article>Tacoma Art Museum opens new wing
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — When Tacoma Art Museum throws open the doors to its new Haub Family Galleries wing next weekend after 11 months of construction, there will be a lot to celebrate beyond the first...
View ArticleTacoma Art Museum opens new wing
When Tacoma Art Museum throws open the doors to its new Haub Family Galleries wing next weekend after 11 months of construction, there will be a lot to celebrate beyond the first exhibit: "Art of the...
View ArticleCosby art collection chooses calm over anger
0 comments Gallery: Cosby art collection chooses calm over anger Travel Deals $160-$185 -- SC: 4-Star Hilton Head Island Resort, Save 30% See all travel deals » Philip Kennicott, Washington Post...
View ArticleNew museum dedicated to African-American history
Like Atlas in ancient Greek mythology, Lonnie Bunch has an immense load to carry as founding director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, which is now under...
View ArticleBill and Camille Cosby Loan Private Collection to the Smithsonian’s National...
(Source: National Museum of Natural History) One of the world's preeminent private collections of African American art will have its first public viewing later this year at the Smithsonian's National...
View ArticleBill and Camille Cosby Loan Private Collection to the Smithsonian’s National...
(Source: Smithsonian Institution) One of the world's preeminent private collections of African American art will have its first public viewing later this year at the Smithsonian's National Museum of...
View ArticlePythagoras' iPhone: Is Listening A Lost Classroom Art?
8:08 AM ET Eric Westervelt Twitter i i Maryann Wolfe talks with Mawi Fasil during her AP American government class at Oakland Technical High School. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption itoggle caption...
View ArticleThe Secret Lives Of Teachers: Up, Up And Away!
2:03 PM ET Elissa Nadworny i i Teacher Joshua Weinstein at the controls of a Cessna 172 Skyhawk above northern New Jersey. He says he had wanted to be a pilot since he was in first grade. Elissa...
View ArticleA Collection Of Clues To America's Educational Past
8:03 AM ET Elissa Nadworny i i The Allen Company alphabet board dates back to 1840. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption itoggle caption Elissa Nadworny/NPR The Allen Company alphabet board dates back to...
View ArticlePress Preview for “Conversations: African and African American Artworks in...
(Source: National Museum of Natural History) What: Press preview for the new exhibition "Conversations: African and African American Artworks in Dialogue from the Collections of the Smithsonian's...
View ArticleThe Smithsonian Associates Presents “Bill Nye: Why Evolution Is Undeniable”...
(Source: National Museum of Natural History) The Smithsonian Associates presents an evening with scientist, engineer, comedian and inventor Bill Nye Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m. at George Washington...
View ArticleChanneling Springsteen: Teachers As Performers
4:18 PM ET Gabrielle Emanuel Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approximately 7:00 p.m. ET. i i Second-grade teacher Amanda Siepiola points to Hannah Wiener during a...
View Article10 Tech Trends That Will Impact (Virtually) Every Teacher
More than 700 tech-savvy educators converged last week to compare notes (both digital and analog) and best practices at the EdTech Teacher iPad Summit in Boston. These professorial pioneers are...
View ArticleYoung at Art
The relatives are coming! This time of year, they often do. Now, what are you going to do to entertain them? Fortunately, the local museums are offering a rich variety of exhibitions; there is surely...
View ArticleSaturday's Show
Saturday's Show Many artisan cheese producers never pasteurize their milk – it's raw. The milk's natural microbial community is still in there. This microbial festival gives cheese variety and...
View ArticlePolitical Diversity Pioneers Win Medal Of Freedom
9:38 AM ET Charles Pulliam-Moore Amruta Trivedi Several of this year's recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor the national government gives to civilians, are people of...
View ArticlePieces from Cosby’s art collection on display at Smithsonian
Everybody knows Bill Cosby’s humor, but the comedian has kept his artistic tastes close at home. Now the extensive art collection of Bill and Camille Cosby has opened to the public for the first time...
View ArticleSunday's Show
Sunday's Show Full Show Audio Pending Share Loading… Audio pending est. 12:00 p.m. ET share Share Facebook Twitter Google+ Email 1 ISIS Claims Beheading Of American Aid Worker 2 Iraqi Kurdish soldiers,...
View ArticleNational Museum of American History Commemorates the Vietnam War with the...
(Source: National Museum of Natural History) The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History will receive a coffin flag and other Vietnam War memorabilia from a former fourth-grade class whose...
View Article‘Beyond Craft’ exhibition at Mint Museum offers relevance
Visitors to the traveling exhibition at Mint Museum Uptown –“Beyond Craft: Decorative Arts from the Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection” – will enjoy wooden, ceramic, textile, metal and glass...
View ArticleA revolution in seeing: Exhibition captures first 75 years of photography
In our digital age of cellphone cameras, building-size billboards, photo-wrapped buses and social media image bombardment, it is easy to forget that this photographic world started only in the 19th...
View ArticleNational Museum of American History Commemorates the Vietnam War with the...
(Source: Smithsonian Institution) The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History will receive a coffin flag and other Vietnam War memorabilia from a former fourth-grade class whose students were...
View ArticleART INSTITUTE UNVEILS NEW GALLERIES TO SHOWCASE ISLAMIC ART (Art Institute of...
(Source: Art Institute of Chicago) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 19, 2014 MEDIA CONTACTS: Rebecca Baldwin Nina Litoff (312) 443-3625 (312) 443-3363 rbaldwin@artic.edu nlitoff@artic.edu ART INSTITUTE...
View ArticleCommon Core Reading: Difficult, Dahl, Repeat
5:18 AM ET Cory Turner Twitter i i Fifth-graders discuss the meanings of difficult words during a Common Core-inspired reading lesson. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption itoggle caption LA Johnson/NPR...
View ArticleGodwin-Ternbach Museum at Queens College to Display 60 Objects From a Newly...
(Source: CUNY - The City University of New York) - Nov. 19-Jan. 17 Exhibition Will Include Works by Queens College Ceramics Students, Alumni and Faculty Who Have Studied the Collection and Responded...
View ArticleNational Museum to reopen antique jewellery gallery
NEW DELHI: National Museum will be reopening its permanent jewellery gallery, Alamkara, after an entire decade. Part of the museum's prized collection, the trinkets here showcase the diverse aesthetics...
View ArticleCommon Core Reading: 'The New Colossus'
4:16 PM ET fromAPM Emily Hanford Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approximately 7:00 p.m. ET. i i Fourth-grader Isiah Soto digesting some history during independent...
View ArticleArt loan drags the Smithsonian into Bill Cosby scandal
Bill Cosby during an interview about the an exhibition at the the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art in Washington. Photo: AP Washington: Bill Cosby's interview with an Associated Press...
View ArticleNational Museum of American History Receives Donations from California-based...
(Source: National Museum of Natural History) The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has recently acquired objects that represent the career of world-renowned painter and muralist, Judith...
View ArticleNational Museum of American History Receives Donations from California-based...
(Source: Smithsonian Institution) The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has recently acquired objects that represent the career of world-renowned painter and muralist, Judith Baca. The...
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