Tag: museum
Museum Dorestad permanently moves to the old city hall of Wijk bij Duurstede
“Dorestad has a very rich history,” says museum teacher José van der Lee. “With this museum, Wijk bij Duurstede, as it is now called, gets the chance to tell this…
Chatham-Kent artist brings ancestor’s story to life for museum exhibit
News Local News The Chatham-Kent Museum will be displaying an exhibition called Let Us March on till Victory is Won: The Struggle for Racial Equity in Chatham-Kent and Ontario until…
the British Museum celebrates Stonehenge with an exhibition
The largest exhibition on the history of Stonehenge has just opened its doors at the British Museum in London. Works repatriated from all over the world to tell the story…
Archaeological finds return home: Rhenen receives Merovingian treasure
The extensive collection of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden will travel to other museums in the country in the coming years. For example, the National Glass Museum Leerdam is allowed to…
Museum and art gallery reopening with new exhibitions
Staff at the Chatham-Kent Museum and Thames Art Gallery were set to reopen their doors Feb. 2. The two facilities, located inside the Chatham Cultural Centre, had been closed since…
Writer’s history articles inspire new museum exhibit
Jean Waldie worked as a district editor at The Expositor from 1943 to 1955. Submitted jpg, BR The work of a Brantford woman to document local history is the basis…
The Merveilleux festival at the museum of fairground arts in Paris
Tucked away in the old cellars of Bercy in the heart of the 12th arrondissement of Paris, the largest private collection devoted to shows and fairground art comes alive during…
“Islamic Arts” at the Hôtel-Dieu museum in Mantes-la-Jolie
A cultural event based on an idea of the Prime Minister is quite new. Jean Castex asked the Ministry of Culture to set up a project around the arts of…
Photograph: “The world of Steve McCurry” at the Maillol museum
Many of you are probably familiar with one of her most famous shots: that of a young Afghan girl with green eyes, immortalized more than 30 years ago on the…