Modern Art Adventure https://youtu.be/IH3o6X_9eOkThe adventure of working with art in our own time is that history has not given us the security of proof – of an artist’s influence or impact, of a defining trend, or of a new idea. At the Museum of Modern Art, curators celebrate work that is not yet comfortable or …
Biza Bichini Bia https://youtu.be/izmMwechh_4Biza Sompa, founder of Bichini Bia Congo Dance Theater, leads an exuberant dance performance in New Orleans’ Congo Square. From GREAT MUSEUMS: New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music.
Ambassadors to the Wild https://youtu.be/iUYQGGfHKVUDr. Steve Monfort, Head of Conservation and Science at the National Zoo, calls Giant Pandas the rock stars of animal world. There is no better ambassador for endangered species in the wild than the charismatic Giant Panda, whose own numbers are down to a mere 1600. In this excerpt from the …
High Line Section Three: Groundbreaking Ceremony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_An9WS-NUQOn a beautiful day in late September 2012, New York City officials and public and private donors joined with the Friends of the High Line to mark the groundbreaking of the last and final section of the park. Encompassing a vast area that stretches from the Hudson River to …
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And The Walls Came Tumblin’ Down https://youtu.be/YhIMlQLh5uM GREAT MUSEUMS is at work documenting the creation of the last museum to be built on our National Mall. Construction of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (SNMAAHC) began in 2012. The new museum is scheduled to open in 2015. In May 2013, GREAT …
Rock Hall Moment: The Rolling Stones’ Backstage Road Case https://youtu.be/CRirfabgHxYRock Hall Moment: The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum’s Curator & Director of Acquisitions, Craig Inciardi, tells GREAT MUSEUMS about Royden “Chuch” Magee’s backstage road case on display in the Rolling Stones exhibit. #rockhallmoments #rollingstones #rocklegends #greatmuseums
Rock Hall Moment: Timothy B. Schmit Keys https://youtu.be/vXbZup5R94kRock Hall Moment: The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum’s Curator & Director of Acquisitions, Craig Inciardi, reveals to GREAT MUSEUMS an often overlooked fact about the life of a working musician though one of the Museum’s most interesting artifacts. #rockhallmoment #greatmuseums #ontheroad
Rock Hall Moment: John Lennon’s 1964 Rickenbacker Guitar https://youtu.be/-cjhEMsV79g Rock Hall Moment: The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum’s Curator & Director of Acquisitions, Craig Inciardi, shows off to GREAT MUSEUMS a 1964 Rickenbacker guitar that belonged to John Lennon.#rockhallmoment #greatmuseums #rockhalllegend #lennon
Congo Square Drummers and Dancers Perform In New Orleans https://youtu.be/hB8atohp-AACongo Square celebrates African arts and culture. Each week, musicians, dancers and drummers gather in Congo Square, just inside the gates of Louis Armstrong Park to perform in the authentic West African manner. New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music.
