http://www.museumsandtheweb.com/aggregator/categories/7 museumsandtheweb.com - aggregated feeds in category News: Museum Blogs en http://www.culture24.org.uk/places%20to%20go/museums%20at%20night/art434958 Artist Gavin Turk's occult new sculptures are among the after-hours attractions in the West country. Mark Sheerin explores the power of pyramids. Sat, 16 May 2015 20:00:00 -0400 http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/painting%20%26%20drawing/art420996 The Fine Art Society in London is hosting a major exhibition bringing together many of the important murals and decorative cycles undertaken in Britain between 1910 and 1970. Thu, 13 Feb 2014 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/painting%20%26%20drawing/art431160 George Bellows' paintings explored the dark and dismal corners of human existence to reveal the gritty reality that lay at the heart of 20th century American life, says Ruth Hazard. Mon, 14 Oct 2013 20:00:00 -0400 http://www.culture24.org.uk/history%20%26%20heritage/archaeology/art395426 Museum of London archaeologists say medieval remains found in mass burial pits during an excavation at Spitalfields ten years ago died as a result of a volcanic eruption. Mon, 05 Aug 2013 20:00:00 -0400 http://www.culture24.org.uk/history%20%26%20heritage/war%20%26%20conflict/world%20war%20one/art434734 The Heritage Lottery Fund has announced details of a new £6 million small grants programme for smaller community projects marking the Centenary of the First World War. Mon, 22 Jul 2013 00:43:05 -0400 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/science_buzz/~3/OY-urdzCqiE/earth-and-moon-seen-nearly-billion-miles-away <p><span class="image_shadow" style="width: 250px;"><a href="/sites/default/files/images/earth_moon_from_cassini.jpg" class="fancy" title="Earth and Moon: Does this make my planet look small?<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/science_buzz/~3/OY-urdzCqiE/earth-and-moon-seen-nearly-billion-miles-away">read more</a></p> Sat, 20 Jul 2013 23:51:53 -0400 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/science_buzz/~3/T7C_dk5FRFE/anniversary-first-moon-landing <p><span class="image_shadow" style="width: 250px;"><a href="/sites/default/files/images/lunar_module_earth_moon.jpg" class="fancy" title="The LEM, the Earth, and the Moon: Astronaut Michael Collins captured this photograph of the lunar excursion module, the Moon, and the Earth from Columbia, the orbiting command module, during the historic Apollo 11 mission."><img src="http://www.sciencebuzz.org/<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/science_buzz/~3/T7C_dk5FRFE/anniversary-first-moon-landing">read more</a></p> Sat, 20 Jul 2013 11:22:00 -0400 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/science_buzz/~3/boGgvRGKe-0/good-time-astronomical-photobomb <p><span class="image_shadow" style="width: 250px;"><a href="/sites/default/files/images/saturn_from_cassini.jpg" class="fancy" title="Artists conception of big photo op"><img src="http://www.sciencebuzz.org/sites/default/files/images/saturn_from_cassini.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Artists conception of big photo op" title="Artists conception of big photo op" class="image image-thumbnail " width="250" he<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/science_buzz/~3/boGgvRGKe-0/good-time-astronomical-photobomb">read more</a></p> Fri, 19 Jul 2013 17:03:27 -0400 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/science_buzz/~3/n1xM8l_fOuo/meet-heritage-crew <p>The Kitty Andersen Youth Science Center<span class="image_shadow" style="width: 250px;"><a href="/sites/default/files/images/KAYSC%20Logo%20Thumbnail.jpg" class="fancy" title="KAYSC Logo"><img src="http://www.sciencebuzz.org/sites/default/files/images/KAYSC Logo Thumbnail.thumbnail.jpg" alt="KAYSC Logo" title="KAYSC Logo" class="image image-thumbnail " width="250" height="200" /></a><p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/science_buzz/~3/n1xM8l_fOuo/meet-heritage-crew">read more</a></p> Fri, 19 Jul 2013 14:39:49 -0400 http://www.culture24.org.uk/science%20%26%20nature/science%20art/art444779 Known for her intergalactic interventions, Katie Paterson - a star of the gallery's current Curiosity exhibition - will be describing her magic in Kent later this month. Fri, 19 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.culture24.org.uk/history%20%26%20heritage/work%20%26%20daily%20life/art444717 Pie and mash, jellied eels, Cockney Rejects, tea dances and a reading by a landlord-turned-writer as the inaugural Cockney Heritage Festival aims to dispel media reports of the untimely demise of the East Ender. Fri, 19 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/design/fashion%20and%20costume/art444654 Stars including Ian Brown, Bobby Gillespie, Maverick Sabre and DMC opened a show at Hoxton Gallery featuring the shoes of Eminem and Public Enemy. Fri, 19 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art444674 In a previous age of austerity, Edward Bawden, John Piper, John Nash, LS Lowry responded with lithographs. Their works are accompanied by a gallery installation at Towner. Fri, 19 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.culture24.org.uk/history%20%26%20heritage/war%20%26%20conflict/modern%20conflict/art444590 With unprecedented access to the men and women who search for IEDs in Afghanistan, an interactive display tells the stories of personnel risking their lives. Fri, 19 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/science_buzz/~3/r7kIKdP93pw/learn-your-personal-risk-factors-getting-bit <p><span class="image_shadow" style="width: 250px;"><a href="/sites/default/files/images/mosquito_1.jpg" class="fancy" title="Mosquito: Researchers have tracked several traits that make people be more susceptible to mosquito bites.<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/science_buzz/~3/r7kIKdP93pw/learn-your-personal-risk-factors-getting-bit">read more</a></p> Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:08:21 -0400 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/science_buzz/~3/y6Ud75ePvZI/corn-hand-pollination-three-sisters-garden <p>Come out this afternoon to the Three Sisters Garden in the Big Back Yard to see and learn about how we are learning to increase the genetic diversity and vigor of our precious collection of American Indian heirloom corn varieties! We will have some guest coming to teach us how to transfer the pollen from one corn plant to fertilize the silk on another corn plant of the same variety.<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/science_buzz/~3/y6Ud75ePvZI/corn-hand-pollination-three-sisters-garden">read more</a></p> Thu, 18 Jul 2013 13:47:04 -0400 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eyelevel/~3/dR3F4x_TutY/celebrating-nam-june-paiks-birthday.html <div class="image_center img_splash"><img src="http://americanart.si.edu/eyelevel/images/paik-murata.jpg" alt="Takeshi Murata" width="560" height="373" /> <p class="caption_center">Takeshi Murata</p><p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eyelevel/~3/dR3F4x_TutY/celebrating-nam-june-paiks-birthday.html">read more</a></p> Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:00:00 -0400 http://www.culture24.org.uk/places%20to%20go/art443936 A trip across the tracks on a steam railway engine is always a treat on a sunny day. Powering from the Severn Valley to Snowdonia and beyond, we pick a few to enjoy. Thu, 18 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.culture24.org.uk/history%20%26%20heritage/work%20%26%20daily%20life/Sport%20Heritage/art444459 Andy Murray has gifted the kit he wore during his momentous Mens' Singles Championship 2013 victory to the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum. Thu, 18 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/painting%20%26%20drawing/art444331 A quartet of monumental lithographs dominate the latest contemporary art exhibition at Harewood House where Clare Woods' beautiful abstract figurative landscapes are displayed. Thu, 18 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art444447 Mark Sheerin talks to gallery owner Huw Bartlett owner about arts provision in Brighton and the rigours of his weekly Work Programme. Thu, 18 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/science_buzz/~3/kCJas0ET1ns/rare-catch-46-inch-albino-muskie <p><span class="image_shadow" style="width: 250px;"><a href="/sites/default/files/images/muskie.jpg" class="fancy" title="Muskie, regular coloration: Here&amp;#039;s a regularly colored muskie....now imagine it all white as an albino."><img src="http://www.sciencebuzz.org/sites/default/files/images/muskie.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Muskie, regular coloration: Here&amp;amp;#039;s a regularly colored muski<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/science_buzz/~3/kCJas0ET1ns/rare-catch-46-inch-albino-muskie">read more</a></p> Wed, 17 Jul 2013 13:19:14 -0400 http://www.culture24.org.uk/history%20%26%20heritage/work%20%26%20daily%20life/Sport%20Heritage/art444145 A new display at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall celebrates the early pioneers of British surfing with over 100 audio and video clips from the First Wave Project. Wed, 17 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/live%20%26%20public%20art/art444099 Leaders in Glasgow have announced a vast cultural programme to accompany and build up to the Commonwealth Games next summer. Wed, 17 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eyelevel/~3/pFoepJw_ZHk/take-5-five-questions-with-jazz-drummer-harold-summey.html <div class="image_right img_splash"><img src="http://americanart.si.edu/eyelevel/images/take5-summey.jpg" alt="Harold Summey" width="350" height="525" /> </div> <p> <i>Jazz drummer Harold Summey will present the music of the Weather Report at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Take 5!<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eyelevel/~3/pFoepJw_ZHk/take-5-five-questions-with-jazz-drummer-harold-summey.html">read more</a></p> Tue, 16 Jul 2013 11:30:00 -0400 http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/sculpture%20%26%20installation/art443872 A dozen prominent heads are captured in terracotta by sculptor Jon Edgar at Woking's Lightbox, including former National Portrait Gallery and V&A Director Sir Roy Strong. Tue, 16 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.culture24.org.uk/science%20%26%20nature/art444114 Liquid nitrogen, Plasma Ball lights, hydrogen rockets and a Van de Graaff generator all feature in a science show which will run for six weeks at the Science Museum. Tue, 16 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.culture24.org.uk/science%20%26%20nature/art444100 Hotly-tipped musical comedians We are Goose will pay tribute to their hero, the 18th century collector John Hunter, in a one-off show at London's Hunterian Museum. Tue, 16 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/craft/art443898 Maisie Broadhead, Linda Brothwell, Adam Buick, Nahoko Kojima and Roanna Wells reveal their £7,500 commissions in this year's Jerwood Makers Open exhibition. Tue, 16 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/sculpture%20%26%20installation/art443903 The ethics of Confucian philosophy and the porcelains of the Joseon Dynasty form starting points for a "new wave" of artists from Korea in Durham. Tue, 16 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400