PARIS — Visitors at a leading contemporary art museum in Paris didn’t leave only their coats in the cloakroom — they left all their clothes. The...
PHILADELPHIA — The Barnes Foundation and Mural Arts Philadelphia are collaborating on a program where current and former prison inmates will work on public art projects....
BOSTON—The intensifying legal tussle over whether a struggling Massachusetts museum should be allowed to auction 40 works of art, including two by Norman Rockwell, has raised...
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — A museum has restored the longest painting in North America so it can share the story of American whaling with the public....
NEW YORK — A New York City museum is opening an exhibit of rarely displayed maps that provide a blueprint of the transformation of the original 13 colonies...
NEW YORK—Museums are always looking for ways to make their exhibitions more exciting. Now, new technologies are making that easier. From 3-D scanning and 3-D printing,...
SALEM, Mass.—Boots aren’t just made for walking. On the contrary, footwear has captivated hearts and minds worldwide for centuries. Whether a pair of crystalline embellished slippers,...
WASHINGTON—I was feeling pretty good until I saw the cowry shells. There they sat, arranged in neat little stark-white semi-circles on a dark pedestal lit by...
NEW HAVEN, Conn.—You don’t have to go to Yale to have fun in New Haven. Best of all, you don’t have to pay Ivy League tuition...
NEW YORK—Move over, Willy Wonka. A temporary museum dedicated to all things ice cream is treating visitors to edible balloons, a Chocolate Chamber, a “swim” in...