Who will be the winning bidder? John Lennon’s Gretsch 6120 guitar, which he used to record The Beatles “Paperback Writer,” is up for auction—for an estimated $1 million! While filming the upcoming documentary on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, GREAT MUSEUMS caught a glimpse of the same guitar while it was on loan …
Peter Mullan, VP, Planning/Design for the High Line, gives the Great Museums film crew a tour of Section 3 and the Rail Yards GROUNDBREAKING AND BREATHTAKING! Sections 1 and 2 of the High Line are beautiful, but Section 3 is going to be SPECTACULAR. Today the Great Museums team got a private tour of the …
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GREAT MUSEUMS’ Executive Producer Chesney Blankenstein Doyle has been awarded a 2015 Governor’s Arts Award for excellence in media arts from the Mississippi Arts Commission. She joins the ranks of B.B. King and Morgan Freeman in this honor. To find out more, click through to the full story in the Natchez Democrat.
New Orleans, and America, lost one of its greatest musical treasures with the passing of Lionel Ferbos on Saturday, July 19, 2014. Mr. Ferbos played trumpet, New Orleans-style. When I met him at the suggestion of my friend, Irvin Mayfield, Ferbos was in his 98th year and still playing at the Palm Court in the …
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Great Museums Television’s “Elevated Thinking: The High Line in New York City,” narrated by Susan Sarandon, airs nationwide on public television stations this month. Check HERE for more information about the film.
GREAT MUSEUMS TELEVISION, an award-winning television series celebrating the museum world in the U.S. and abroad, surpassed one million views/downloads – a milestone for this unique series that has enjoyed enduring success and high ratings on national public television for the past decade. Executive produced by Marc and Chesney Doyle, the series made its digital …
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