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San Francisco
fromFuncheap
1 hour ago

Free de Young Museum Day for Bay Area Residents (Every Saturday)

Free general admission to permanent galleries for Bay Area residents every Saturday with valid ID; special exhibits require full admission price.
San Francisco
fromFuncheap
1 hour ago

Free de Young Museum Day for Bay Area Residents (Every Saturday)

Free general admission to permanent galleries for Bay Area residents every Saturday, with timed ticket reservations required.
San Francisco
fromFuncheap
1 hour ago

Free de Young Museum Day for Bay Area Residents (Every Saturday)

Free general admission to permanent galleries for Bay Area residents every Saturday, with timed ticket reservations required.
San Francisco
fromFuncheap
1 hour ago

Free de Young Museum Day for Bay Area Residents (Every Saturday)

Free general admission to permanent galleries for Bay Area residents every Saturday, with timed ticket reservations required.
San Francisco
fromFuncheap
1 hour ago

Free de Young Museum Day for Bay Area Residents (Every Saturday)

Free general admission to permanent galleries for Bay Area residents every Saturday, with timed ticket reservations required.
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
12 hours ago

Natural disasters and political instability hampered U.S. museum attendance in 2025

U.S. museum attendance in 2025 was significantly impacted by natural disasters and political instability, with notable declines in several major institutions.
fromMedievalists.net
1 day ago

Game On! Medieval Pastimes Featured in New Exhibition at the Aga Khan Museum - Medievalists.net

"Games have long brought people together across cultures and centuries, creating shared experiences that connect us beyond borders, languages, and differences. Whether played on boards, performed through physical skill, explored via the spoken or written word, or navigated in digital worlds, games carry educational, symbolic, and social roles that shape how we learn, connect, and make meaning through play."
History
Design
fromArchDaily
2 days ago

Cultural Centers Beyond the Building: 6 Unbuilt Projects Integrating Landscape

Cultural centers are evolving to reflect diverse architectural explorations and redefine public institutions' roles in various contexts.
#brooklyn-museum
fromBrooklyn Paper
2 days ago
Brooklyn

From happy hours to orchestra concerts, Brooklyn Museum unveils April lineup of community programming * Brooklyn Paper

fromArchDaily
1 week ago
Brooklyn

Peterson Rich Office Designs Permanent Galleries for Brooklyn Museum's African Art Collection

Arts
fromHyperallergic
5 days ago

Brooklyn Museum's Africa Collection to Get a Brand New Space

The Brooklyn Museum is developing a $13 million permanent exhibition space for its Arts of Africa collection to connect North African art with the continent's legacy.
Music
fromTime Out New York
2 months ago

Brooklyn Museum's free First Saturdays return February 7!

Brooklyn Museum's free First Saturdays returns February 7 with Black History Month programming including music, performances, exhibitions, art-making and late-night access.
fromBrooklyn Paper
2 days ago
Brooklyn

From happy hours to orchestra concerts, Brooklyn Museum unveils April lineup of community programming * Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn
fromHoodline
1 week ago

Pearlman Collection: Cezanne to Modigliani at Brooklyn Museum

The Brooklyn Museum will showcase over 50 modern European masterpieces from the Pearlman Collection from October 2, 2026, to April 18, 2027.
Brooklyn
fromArchDaily
1 week ago

Peterson Rich Office Designs Permanent Galleries for Brooklyn Museum's African Art Collection

Brooklyn Museum is extending its neoclassical building to include new galleries for its historic African art collection.
Brooklyn
fromTime Out New York
1 week ago

The Brooklyn Museum is creating new permanent galleries for its renowned African art collections

The Brooklyn Museum is renovating its Arts of Africa galleries to create a permanent exhibition space connecting it with the Ancient Egyptian collection.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
5 days ago

Brooklyn Museum's Africa Collection to Get a Brand New Space

The Brooklyn Museum is developing a $13 million permanent exhibition space for its Arts of Africa collection to connect North African art with the continent's legacy.
SOMA, SF
fromArchitectural Digest
2 days ago

Inside the New Museum's Long-Awaited Addition, Designed by OMA

OMA designed a glass-covered tower that integrates with an older building, featuring a complex atrium and stairway, creating a unique architectural experience.
#ybca
London
fromianVisits
2 days ago

Tickets Alert: Open day at Lambeth Palace

Lambeth Palace will host summer open days, allowing public access to its historic site and supporting charity efforts.
Washington DC
fromThe Washington Post
2 days ago

The 31 best things to do in D.C. this weekend and next week

The National Cherry Blossom festival features music, crafts, and fireworks, alongside various local events including sports, parties, and cultural activities.
Renovation
fromianVisits
3 days ago

Visiting Bourne Hall museum

Bourne Hall, designed to resemble a flying saucer, serves as a local library and museum showcasing Epsom's history.
#museums
Travel
fromIslands
4 days ago

What Is The Most-Visited Museum In The US? - Islands

The U.S. has over 33,000 museums, more than any other country, with The Met being the most visited museum in the nation.
fromwww.businessinsider.com
5 days ago

I thought this Tokyo museum would be a major tourist trap. It ended up being a highlight of my first trip to Japan.

TeamLab Planets quickly made a name for itself after opening its doors in 2018. It holds the Guinness World Record for the most-visited museum dedicated to a single group or artist, bringing in more than 2.5 million visitors from April 2023 to March 2024.
Digital life
Arts
fromMission Local
20 hours ago

Blood, mud and a cobweb create ache of heartbreak at Asian Art Museum

Chiharu Shiota's exhibition explores themes of personal loss and connection through intricate art pieces made from blood, mud, and yarn.
#postal-museum
London
fromianVisits
2 days ago

Tickets Alert: Tours of the Postal Museum's archive

The Postal Museum offers tours of its Debden warehouse showcasing postal artefacts and history.
London
fromianVisits
1 month ago

Tickets Alert: Open days at the Postal Museum's overflow warehouse

The Postal Museum's Debden warehouse reopens with curator-led tours showcasing oversized postal artifacts including vans, pillar boxes, and motorbikes previously inaccessible to the public.
London
fromianVisits
2 days ago

Tickets Alert: Tours of the Postal Museum's archive

The Postal Museum offers tours of its Debden warehouse showcasing postal artefacts and history.
London
fromianVisits
1 month ago

Tickets Alert: Open days at the Postal Museum's overflow warehouse

The Postal Museum's Debden warehouse reopens with curator-led tours showcasing oversized postal artifacts including vans, pillar boxes, and motorbikes previously inaccessible to the public.
Design
fromArchDaily
5 days ago

14 Major Museum Projects Currently in Progress Around the World

Numerous museum projects are being developed globally, reflecting a shift towards cultural institutions as public spaces for education and civic engagement.
fromwww.archdaily.com
6 days ago

Historical Oberamteistrae Museum / wulf architekten

The historic row of houses at Oberamteistrae 2832, along with the surviving basement of the 'Stone House', are among the oldest buildings in Reutlingen, dating back to the 13th century.
Berlin
#uk-museums
London
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

The UK's free-to-access museums are the envy of the world. Charging for entry would be a big mistake | Karin Hindsbo

The UK made national museums free, increasing accessibility and audience engagement significantly.
London
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

The UK's free-to-access museums are the envy of the world. Charging for entry would be a big mistake | Karin Hindsbo

The UK made national museums free, increasing accessibility and audience engagement significantly.
London
fromTime Out London
2 days ago

A major new museum will open in east London this month

V&A East Museum opens on April 18, 2026, in Stratford, enhancing the cultural landscape of East London.
fromTime Out London
3 days ago

This beloved east London museum will reopen after years of closure

The museum, which displays Walthamstow's colourful cultural history - not to mention Britain's first ever petrol-fuelled car - closed for renovation in December 2023.
London
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 days ago

15 Shows to See in New York City This April

New York's art scene thrives on experimental exhibitions in smaller venues, showcasing diverse and innovative works that challenge conventional narratives.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 days ago

Art Movements: Frieze Partners With ... the Whitney?

Frieze partners with NYC institutions for performances and exhibitions, while Patsy Phillips retires after a significant career in Native American arts.
Mission District
fromMission Local
4 days ago

At the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, tensions rise between admin and volunteer guides

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco will restructure its docent program, transitioning to a new training model and renaming it 'Museum Guides.'
fromArchDaily
4 weeks ago

Archiving the Technosphere: How Museum Architecture Mediates Human-Made Systems

The contemporary technology museum has emerged as a performative participant in the systems it seeks to document. The architecture of these institutions has become increasingly fluid and bold, often mirroring the velocity and complexity of the systems it houses. They operate as mediators between the human, the ecological, and the technological realms, transforming from encyclopedic warehouses into active educational engines.
Science
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 days ago

10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This April

April showcases art that emphasizes the overlooked, including a retrospective of Gemini G.E.L. and a tribute to Palestinian journalists.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 days ago

Opportunities in April 2026

Monthly opportunities for artists include residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from various organizations.
#museum-expansion
Arts
fromThe New Yorker
4 days ago

The New Museum Returns, but Humans Are Left Behind

The exhibition explores humanity's struggle against technology through diverse multimedia installations and thought-provoking artworks.
Arts
fromMission Local
4 days ago

What's on now at San Francisco museums, April 2026

The city is launching a competition for the 2027 Art on Market Street Poster Series with a deadline of April 17.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
4 days ago

5 Art Job Openings That Are Definitely Not Exploitative

Qualifications for art-related positions often include unconventional traits and low compensation.
London
fromTime Out London
2 weeks ago

One of the UK's greatest cities is getting a 54 million new museum

Bath's Fashion Museum will relocate to a £54m facility at the Old Post Office on New Bond Street, reopening in 2030 with expanded exhibition spaces and public realm improvements.
London
fromianVisits
2 weeks ago

Early hours visits to see the Natural History Museum's dinosaurs

The Natural History Museum offers early-morning dinosaur gallery tours starting at 9am, one hour before public opening, providing exclusive access with a guide for £30 adults and £24 children.
Arts
fromsfist.com
5 days ago

New Dogpatch Gallery to Open This Spring Honoring Ruth Asawa's Work and Legacy

A new gallery dedicated to Ruth Asawa's work opens this spring, celebrating her 100th birthday and her contributions to art and education.
fromColossal
5 days ago

April 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

The 6th edition of Earth 2026 juried awards invites artists worldwide to explore and express the power, beauty, and resilience of our wounded planet as we approach World Earth Day.
Arts
New York City
fromTravel + Leisure
1 month ago

19 of the Best Museums in New York City for Art, History, Music, and More

New York City offers must-visit museums across all five boroughs, from world-renowned institutions to underrated local history and farm museums.
London
fromTime Out London
3 weeks ago

This beloved Covent Garden museum is adding new exhibition galleries

The London Transport Museum is expanding with a new Wellington gallery opening this summer, funded by a £12 million TfL grant to enhance exhibitions and community engagement.
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 week ago

Comment | Museums must be the leaders in a moral revolution

Bregman claims, 'Today the whole of Europe risks turning into one big Venice, a beautiful open-air museum. A great destination for Chinese and American tourists. A place to admire what was once the centre of the world.' This statement encapsulates the concern that Europe is losing its cultural significance.
Arts
#new-museum
Arts
fromCurbed
2 weeks ago

The Art World Nervously Turned Out for the New Museum Reopening

The New Museum's renovation enhances gallery space, allowing for expansive, immersive exhibitions that transform the art viewing experience.
Remodel
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

Forum, Depot, Maze: Toward a Plural Ecology of Museums

Museums should shift from fixed, authoritative narratives to porous spatial ecologies that grant visitors greater agency and make process and back-of-house visible.
UX design
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Virtual Museums: A Closer Look at This Exit Strategy

Virtual museums improve access but cannot fully replicate physical presence, and they pose accessibility, preservation, and trust challenges.
California
fromTravel + Leisure
2 months ago

The 9 Best Museums in California

California's museums showcase innovation across film, technology, aerospace, agriculture, renewable energy, art, and fashion, offering world-class institutions statewide.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Museum's building plans too flashy, critics say

Proposed British Museum security pavilions and a Mediterranean lawn exhibit face conservation objections for harming Greek Revival symmetry and appearing "too flashy".
#museum-architecture
Arts
fromCurbed
2 weeks ago

An Even Newer New Museum

The New Museum in New York reopens after renovation with OMA's expansion that respectfully preserves Sanaa's original unconventional design while adding new gallery space through a connected adjacent structure.
Arts
fromTime Out New York
2 weeks ago

The New Museum reopens following a massive new expansion and we got to preview the space

The New Museum reopens with a doubled footprint, featuring an OMA-designed expansion that reconceptualizes museums as public spaces for people, not just art.
Remodel
fromPadailypost
2 months ago

Leak leads to indefinite delay of museum's opening

Palo Alto History Museum opening delayed indefinitely because of building leaks; repairs underway and multiple public agencies provided major funding and renovation support.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 weeks ago

The New New Museum

The New Museum reopens this week with an inaugural exhibition exploring humanity during technological change, alongside exhibitions on saris, Gainsborough, Carol Bove, and experimental art in Brooklyn.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 weeks ago

Meet the Woman Who Made Museums More Accessible

Lorena Bradford, the National Gallery of Art's first head of Accessible Programs, transformed museum accessibility by creating intentional programs for disabled visitors, including ASL tours, memory loss programs, and medical student training initiatives.
Arts
fromTravel + Leisure
3 weeks ago

10 Best Art Museums in the U.S.-From New York to California

The United States hosts ten prestigious art museums featuring diverse collections spanning Renaissance masterpieces, Indigenous art, and contemporary works across the country.
Brooklyn
fromCaribbean Life
1 month ago

Tenement Museum celebrates Black History Month with special family program - Caribbean Life

The Tenement Museum on Orchard Street hosts a Black History Month family program Feb. 8 featuring mini-tours of Joseph and Rachel Moore's tenement and exhibits.
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Explore The Met's Collection in 3D From Your Couch

Some of the 3D scans were done in collaboration with Japan's national broadcaster NHK. A voluptuous Neolithic marble, a model Nayarit home from ancient Mesoamerica, Claude Monet's 1891 painting "Haystacks (Effect of Snow and Sun)" - these are among the items in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection that are now available to the public as high-quality 3D scans.
Arts
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Why Wall Labels Matter

Museum labels shape visitor experience; contemporary art addresses polychromy and racial histories, queerness in waterways, and sculptural perception through shifting forms.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

A Plea to Museum Leaders

Museums should voluntarily recognize workers' unions to avoid forced elections, fear-mongering, and union-busting tactics.
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 months ago

Persistent low attendance and funding cuts are forcing US museums to think local

Among the museum directors paying keen attention to the ruling, on 3 December, that all federal grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) would be reinstated, the director of the Seattle Art Museum Scott Stulen heaved a sigh of relief. In 2025, the Pacific Northwest's leading art museum saw all its federal funding cut. That represented the loss of an annual income stream, he says, of between $300,000 and $400,000.
Arts
Arts
fromArtnet News
2 months ago

Gallery Shows Featuring Estates Are Everywhere. Here Are 5 to Catch

Exhibitions of deceased artists and estates are rising, signaling momentum for historical reappraisals and potentially making January a season for such shows.
Arts
fromianVisits
2 months ago

Free outdoor exhibition turns parks, shopping centres and churches into open-air galleries

Thirty large National Gallery reproductions are installed across Croydon in public locations, free to view until 5th July 2026.
Arts
fromBrooklyn Eagle
2 months ago

Brooklyn Museum appoints new senior curator of contemporary art

Robert Wiesenberger will join the Brooklyn Museum as Barbara and John Vogelstein Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, beginning March 2.
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Philadelphia Art Museum Says Goodbye to "PhAM"

There was no good reason to rename it, and in the end, I think the fundamental logic that went into that decision didn't withstand scrutiny or deeper analysis,
Arts
Arts
fromArtnet News
1 month ago

Hirshhorn's New Loan Program Will Share Its Hidden Masterpieces Nationwide | Artnet News

Hirshhorn is loaning over 200 American masterpieces to museums in all 50 states and Puerto Rico to expand access for up to five years.
#african-diaspora
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Accessibility Should Be at the Center of Museum Education

Museum art departments often neglect integrating disability studies into curricula when addressing art, politics, and identity.
Arts
fromianVisits
2 months ago

Why the most interesting things in museums are sometimes the ones that aren't there

Absence of displayed objects and apology labels often draws visitor attention, provoking curiosity and stories while also disappointing those seeking specific artifacts.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

When Artists Lose Their Archives

An artist lost a storage unit and later discovered parts of their work were sold online without notification, stripping authorship and meaning.
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Art Movements: The Brooklyn Museum's New Top Contemporary Art Curator

Brooklyn Museum Fills Its Top Contemporary Curator Spot Robert Wiesenberger was named senior curator of contemporary art at the Brooklyn Museum, a post that has been vacant since the departure of Eugenie Tsai in 2023. He comes from the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where he was curator of contemporary projects, and was previously a curatorial fellow at the Harvard Art Museums.
Arts
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Studio Museum Closed for the Week After Water Damage

The Studio Museum in Harlem remains closed until February 7 to remediate water damage after a sprinkler emergency flooded the gift shop and prompted visitor evacuation.
Arts
fromTime Out London
1 month ago

This underrated, tiny west London museum is celebrating its 100th birthday with a blockbuster year of exhibitions in 2026

Leighton House celebrates its 100th year with exhibitions and workshops showcasing its history, international influences, Arab Hall origins, and restored collections.
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