Museums
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Homeschool Resources: September 27 Museum Day #MuseumDay
September 27 isn’t universally recognized as Museum Day, it does coincide with Rocket Day at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, held annually on that date. This free, family-friendly event features: It’s a celebration of science, engineering, and aerospace history at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. Meanwhile, Austin Museum Day—a major cultural event in Texas—is typically held on the second-to-last Sunday of September, not fixed to the 27th. In 2025, it falls on September 21, offering free admission to over 30 Museums across Austin with special programming for all ages.. While September 27 isn’t a global Museum Day, it’s a great day to celebrate museums and science…
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AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM, DALLAS UNVEILS TWO FALL EXHIBITIONS – PROTECTING CULTURAL MEMORY AND MORRIS YANGER’S VISUAL THOUGHTS – OPENING SEPT. 18
My family has always enjoyed visiting Museums and would attend a lot of times as a #Homeschool Field Trip. I wanted to let you know the AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM; DALLAS UNVEILS TWO FALL EXHIBITIONS – PROTECTING CULTURAL MEMORY AND MORRIS YANGER’S VISUAL THOUGHTS – OPENING SEPT. 18 Just in time for the State Fair of Texas, the Museum is set to feature works by Mr. Imagination alongside a live conservation lab plus an exhibition showcasing more than 35 sculptures and paintings by Morris Yanger DALLAS (Sept. 18, 2025) – The African American Museum, Dallas in historic Fair Park announces two exhibitions this fall – Protecting Cultural Memory: A Commitment to the Conservation and Protection of the Art…
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Meadows Museum adds to its permanent collection with acquisition of a dozen new works spanning seven centuries
Foremost among the recent acquisitions is an enchanting portrait by Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, which depicts the 10-year-old son of the German ambassador to Spain in 1890, Baron Ferdinand Eduard von Stumm. The portrait remained in the von Stumm family from the time of its creation until its acquisition by the Meadows. Madrazo used fast, painterly brushstrokes to render the child’s disheveled blond hair and costume but painted his face with meticulous precision. The artist’s nuanced treatment of color in the boy’s face and subtle shadowing around his eyes instill in the image a psychological depth that distinguishes it from the more conventional child portraits of the era. The…
