Museums
News from the Preservation Front
Why we need to save orphan films as well as blockbusters
November 18, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
An Art Deco Masterpiece for Eleanor Roosevelt
In Birmingham, Alabama, the art museum's "Jazz Bowl" by famed U.S. industrial designer Viktor Schreckengost was an artistic, and civil rights, turning point
November 17, 2011 |
By Henry Adams
The Mysterious Marshosaurus
The collected remains seem to represent an approximately 18-foot-long predator in a lower weight class than the giants living in the same environment
November 16, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
In Rome, a New Museum Worth Celebrating
A Roman museum devoted to 19th century hero Giuseppe Garibaldi is a bright spot amid the gloomy news from Italy
November 14, 2011 |
By Susan Spano
More Free Streaming Video Sites
Watch films ranging from Chinese cartoons to deadly sharks on these free resources for online movies and shorts
November 09, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
The Goddess Goes Home
Following years of haggling over its provenance, a celebrated statue once identified as Aphrodite, has returned to Italy
November 2011 |
By Ralph Frammolino
3-D Movies Through the Years
The current craze has its roots in the 19th century
October 26, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
How Baryonyx Caused the Great Spinosaur Makeover
The discovery of a strange, crocodile-snouted dinosaur in England was the key to reconstructing one of the strangest groups of predatory dinosaurs ever
October 20, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
To Save and Project: Screening Restored Movies
A film festival at MoMA highlights those titles, either beloved and well-known or obscure yet fascinating, that may never reach the home market
October 14, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
Frans Hals and the Divided Self
The Metropolitan's recent Frans Hals exhibition and other works by the Old Master showcase his surprisingly modern psychological insight
October 14, 2011 |
By Henry Adams
Celebrating Home Movie Day
Is there really no such thing as a boring or banal home movie?
October 12, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
A Juvenile Apatosaurus Makes Its Debut
Many newly hatched sauropods were so diminutive that they could have stood in the palm of your hand. A new reconstruction goes on display this month
October 11, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
The World Monuments Fund 2012 Watch List
The latest Watch List from the World Monuments Fund cites 67 invaluable places in need of attention, in some cases protection from tourists
October 06, 2011 |
By Susan Spano
America’s Real Jurassic Park Re-Opens
The quarry wall strewn with hundreds of bones representing some of the most famous dinosaurs is now open to the public again
October 06, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Science on Screen: Explaining Why Zombies Want to Eat You and Other Mysteries of Life
A film series examines how movies make use of science
October 05, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
What It’s Like Inside a Dinosaur
I was probably the oldest dinosaur fan in attendance for the show; kids stared in wide-eyed amazement at what, to all appearances, was a real dinosaur right in front of them
October 03, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Dinosaur Sighting: A Special Archaeopteryx 150th Anniversary Edition
A visit to Munich meant a pilgrimage to the paleontology museum
September 30, 2011 |
By Brian Wolly
The Terrible Dinosaurs of the 1970s
How many students are still meeting outdated dinosaurs, rather than the dinosaurs we now know?
September 28, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Out Where the West Begins
A new boxed DVD set examines the history of the West in films.
September 21, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
