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Category: Museums

  • Reciprocal Museum Membership Programs

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    This is a time of year when many people join or renew art museum memberships, or receive them as gifts. Most art museums offer membership at various levels, each of which comes with perks to encourage the purchase of more expensive membership levels. What’s not always obvious is that some of those levels often include…

  • The Frick Collection, NYC

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    I was in New York over the weekend and I took the opportunity to visit the Frick Collection, which I haven’t been to for a few years (it’s often hard for me to get past the Met and the Morgan Library to other museums when I’m in NYC). The Frick is based on the collection…

  • Museum Day 2017

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    Tomorrow, Saturday, September 23, 2017 is “Museum Day” here in the U.S. Organized by Smithsonian magazine, participating “Museum Day Live” institutions offer a free pair of admission tickets for the day. You just need to order your tickets in advance (today), print them out and take them with you. Hundreds of museums are participating, but…

  • The Original Mad Man: Illustrations by Mac Conner at the Delaware Art Museum

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    As I mentioned in a post in 2014, I’ve long been impressed by the mid-20th century illustrations of MacCauley “Mac” Conner, an influential artist whose work was a prime example of the Madison Avenue advertising culture showcased in the Mad Men television series. This was a period that also represented last great heyday of magazine…

  • Treasure trove of high-res images from Nationalmuseum Stockholm

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    In a gesture to make up for the inaccessibility of much of the museum’s collections during a major renovation to the building, the Nationalmuseum Stockholm has just released 3000 high resolution public domain art images from its collection to Wikimedia Commons. There is an article on the museum’s website here. The images are arranged on…

  • Art Museum Day 2017

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    Tomorrow, Thursday May 18, 2017, is Art Museum Day here in the U.S. Organized by the Association of Art Museum Directors, it’s an event in which participating museums open their doors for free and often feature events, tours and museum shop discounts. Unlike the broader Museum Day, organized by the Smithsonian and generally held in…