A blog celebrating the resiliency of museums
by Nicole Ackman · Published November 10, 2020 · Last modified February 24, 2021
In 1866, a group of businessmen and civic leaders launched the Metropolitan Museum of Art as a concept without a work of art to its name. The New York City cultural institution only acquired its first artifact—a third-century...
by Nicole Ackman · Published October 11, 2020 · Last modified February 24, 2021
Some local advocates hit it out of the park over the weekend to celebrate an important anniversary in baseball and American history. The Strong Museum teamed up with “They Stepped Up to the Plate”...
by Nicole Ackman · Published September 4, 2020 · Last modified February 24, 2021
The New York City Fire Museum in Manhattan will open its doors on Wednesday, just two days before the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The Spring St. museum has been closed since March...
by Nicole Ackman · Published August 18, 2020 · Last modified February 24, 2021
In Manhattan’s Harlem neighborhood, two new collaborative murals for the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling were unveiled this weekend. The monumental works by nine New York artists are symbols of protest...
by Nicole Ackman · Published August 7, 2020 · Last modified February 24, 2021
The Livingston County Historical Society Museum, 30 Center St., reopened recently with a few changes – not all the result of COVID-19 adjustments – and a new feel. “First of all people are going...
by RSmash270 · Published August 5, 2020 · Last modified February 24, 2021
To celebrate Corelle’s 50th birthday, the Corning Museum of Glass (CMOG) is presenting a new exhibit, giving visitors an inside look at a brand with which they likely interact every day. Corelle is a...