Sentences with phrase «museum open city»
Cevdet Erek, «Room of Rhythms - Curva» (2014), installation view from «Open Museum Open City», MAXXI, Rome.
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As bad as things get, there's one place in Moscow that reminds Russians that things could be a whole lot worse: the city's Cold War Museum, which opened a few years ago in a converted bunker.
About two dozen artists, gallery owners and officials wrote an open letter Monday urging the city of Paris not to install the 12 - metre - tall «Bouquet of Tulips» outside the Museum of Modern Art and adjacent Palais de Tokyo, a contemporary art centre.
On July 3, the new museum at St. Louis» iconic Gateway Arch will open, the culmination of a multi-million dollar campaign to unify the city and update one of the nation's most recognizable man - made landmarks.
On the same day, the Museum of the City of New York will open its second solo exhibition of Webb's work, entitled A City Seen: Todd Webb's Postwar New York, 1945 - 1960; that show will run till September 4.
Local Photographer Turns Lens to Birds That Crashed into Skyscrapers - Chicago Tonight - February 26, 2016 A yearlong exhibit highlighting the dangers of being a bird in a city with many tall buildings opened this month at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.
The annual event includes theatre workshops, indoor kite flying, walking tours, open studios, live music, and free access to some of the city's best museums including the Museum of Fine Arts, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and MassArt's Bakalar and Paine Galleries.
He had hoped to open a new museum for his collection, but his condition that the city provide a building to house the museum in Garfield Park was never met.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was in office 11 years ago when the World Trade Center was attacked, said Tuesday that he's «upset» the Sept. 11 museum at ground zero isn't open to visitors and family members yet.
On May 5, the New York State Museum will open an ongoing exhibition highlighting never - before - displayed artifacts from Fort Orange, the 17th - century precursor of the state's capital city.
Susan Henshaw Jones, the Ronay Menschel Director of the Museum of the City of New York, and Alicia Glen, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development, will give opening remarks.
Among the city's successes in the past year are the opening of both the Oishei Children's Hospital and the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, both on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and the construction, still underway, of the Explore & More Children's Museum at Canalside.
He also recalled the November 2017 opening of the new Oishei Children's Hospital, opening of the University at Buffalo's new Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences building which includes an internal NFTA Metro Rail station, expansion of the Albright - Knox Art Gallery and the forthcoming new Explore and More Children's Museum in the city's Canalside.
Event: Smart Cities: Bridging Physical and Digital Organiser: Amy O'Neill Date: 9 and 10 November 2012 (8 November is invitation only and not open to the public) Venue: Leeds City Museum, Millennium Square LS2 8BH Audience: General audience For more information: Smart Cities: Bridging Physical and Digital A short interview with project researcher Dr Andrew Hudson - Smith, Director and Reader in Digital Urban Systems Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at UCL, is available at http://www.esrc.ac.uk/publications/audio/festival-2012-events.aspx.
HARLEM — When it opens next year, Broadway Housing Communities» 124 units of affordable housing and children's museum at 155th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue in Sugar Hill will provide the Upper Manhattan neighborhood with a much - needed boost, said city officials who broke ground on the project Thursday.
(L - R) New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Mary Pat Christie, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Mariah Cuomo, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, first Lady Michelle Obama and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg listen as President Barack Obama speaks during the opening ceremony for the National September 11 Memorial Museum at ground zero.
«When it opens in 2018, the Explore & More Children's Museum will be a perfect addition to the City of Buffalo's rich portfolio of cultural institutions,» Brown said at the ceremony.
November 1: More than a Museum Experience an earthquake simulator, aquarium and 48 - foot - tall human body model all in the same day at Discovery Park of America, opening today in Union City, Tenn..
The 3.5 - million - year - old hominids appeared as models in an exhibit that had just opened at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City; the replicas were based, in part, on fossilized footprints preserved in volcanic ash at Laetoli, Tanzania, which showed unequivocally that these creatures had walked upright.
The British Museum opens an exhibition on the two Roman cities buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.
The event started with the opening speech made by Manabu Noda, the curator of Nagoya City Science Museum, which was followed by the three lectures by astronomers.
The Call is open to a wide range of people and organisations, including mediators and practitioners of science communication; STEM festival organisers; universities and institutes of technology, science centres, museums and other cultural attractions; artists; educators; industry professionals and academics in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM); arts agencies; production companies; schools; local authorities (libraries, city / county councils etc.); youth clubs; community groups; and research institutes.
Typing in «free things to do in [enter your city]» will bring up so many options (e.g., music and art festivals, gallery openings, and museum exhibits) that you could fill up your social calendar for the rest of your life and still not get to them all.
From gay bars that never close to museums that don't always open, there is so much to do in Toronto that it makes other cities feel like giving up.
On June 20, 1998, the MUSEUM HR GIGER opened its doors in the medieval Château St. Germain in the 400 year old historic, walled city of Gruyères
The city is home to the Khujand Fortress and Historical Museum of Sughd which has around 1200 exhibitions with most being open to the public.
The opening credits sequence, accompanied by a rendering of Camille Saint - Saens «Carnival of the Animals,» provides sepia - toned historical period photographs (from the Library of Congress, various museums and photographic archives, and the NY Public Library) of turn - of - the - century city and tenement life (portraits, closeups, slices of life including play, marriage, work, politics, friendships, transportation, domesticity, and leisure time).
In partnership with African American Universities, museums and cultural centers, Open Road Films will provide free pre-release screenings for 11th and 12thgraders in seventeen (17) U.S. cities to take place on October 2.
After overtaking cities and towns, his officers had stolen famous artwork and stored it in anticipation of the museum's opening.
Though the city was legally obligated to operate a public museum, it could no longer afford to do so, and a survey of city residents» priorities ranked the existence of the museum, which opened in 1854, dead last.
ISA high school students participate in the Model UN, go on field trips to the local art museum, learn Spanish, and travel to Zacatecas and Mexico City to open their eyes and minds to our important neighbor to the south.
Park City Museum Director Sandra Morrison has details on the Grand Opening of the new Education and Collections Center on November 17th.
More than 200 pieces of artworks by city students dealing with «Women's History Month» will be on display in an exhibition that will open on Thursday at the Paterson Museum.
The press release announces that, «a group of 35 leading labor officials, artists, authors and academics released an Open Letter sent to the Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) and the Puffin Foundation.
Unions picketed the opening of the Broad Museum in downtown Los Angeles in 2015 and later planned protests citywide against the «Great Public Schools Now Initiative,» which sought to raise philanthropic dollars to add 260 charter schools in Los Angeles that would enroll half of the city's students.
The toe - tapping Czech Museum of Music has a new exhibition on waltz and polka dances this summer — including plenty of high - energy performances — while foodies should check out the city's drool - triggering, recently - opened Gastronomy Museum.
• A private tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's latest exhibit hours before opening to the public • Private after - hours trunk show at Bergdorf Goodman to preview and preorder designer shoe collections • Get backstage access to meet the cast of a Tony Award - winning Broadway show • Procure court - side tickets to sold - out NBA playoff games • Secure the most coveted reservations in New York City's hottest restaurants
In May, you will also find the Nuit de Musees (Museum Night) opening the doors of the museums in the city for free after sunset.
While Friday afternoons for most New Yorkers means happy hour, it also marks the time when some of city's biggest and best museums throw open their doors and let visitors in for free, including otherwise pricey museums such as the Museum of Modern Art (normally $ 25!)
Estonia may not seem like an obvious choice for a honeymoon, but anyone who's traveled to the seaside capital of Tallinn knows that the city's baroque palaces, open - air museums and delightful culinary scene are worth the trip.
How It Works: Faced with the rapid destruction of the city's machiya town houses, marked by their distinctive latticework and open - air courtyards, KCCC launched a campaign to help owners — some 70, to date — restore these houses and open them to visitors as living museums.
An open - air museum, the city has an ever - growing list of spectacular (and visitable) archaeological sites and monuments, gilded churches filled with paintings by Italy's top master artists, exquisitely sculpted fountains, and beautifully manicured public parks.
Following on the open - air theme, I was very impressed with the Topography of Terror exhibition, an open - air (and free) museum that tells the story of the city in the years before and during World War II.
Sille Ancient City Aya Elena Church Konya Mevlana Museum Whirling Dervishes Ceremony at Saruhan Elkep Evi Cave Hotel Uchisar Castle Pigeon Valley Kaymakli Underground City Goreme Open Air Museum Pasabag a.k.a. Monks Valley
Edvard Munch, Gustav Vigeland and Henrik Ibsen all once called Oslo «home» and the city pays tribute to each of them: the Munch Museum houses the world's largest collection of Munch's paintings (including The Scream); Ibsen's home has been restored to its original furnishings and is now open to the public; and Vigeland's work is on display at the Vigeland Park, the world's largest sculpture park made by a single artist.
With Table Mountain and the Cape of Good Hope both in close proximity, nature is never far away, but within the city itself, you'll find plenty of urban charm, such as a world - class restaurant scene, fashionable shops, and modern art galleries, including the newly opened Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa.
Take in the sacred grandeur of Vatican City with an early morning visit to its museums before they open to the general public.
Jump on the open top bus tour and be a tourist for a day; pull your very own pint at the Guinness Storehouse; enjoy award winning food in the city's many restaurants; shop the quaint cobbled streets to your hearts» content; re-live history in the many city museums & theatres or simply relax over a coffee with friends in the city that never sleeps... Dublin has it all.
Manhattan has its big players — the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA — and its chic downtown spots — the newly opened Whitney Museum of American Art, Bowery's New Museum — but what do the outer boroughs of New York City have to offer when it comes to museums?
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