Museums and Exhibits

At The Lace Museum, you will find a place to explore all things lace—virtually and in person. Our on-site collections preserve over 10,000 pieces of timeless antique lace, thousands of ...

The Houston Museum of Decorative Arts is a unique cultural institution, opened in the 1960s inside a 1890s Victorian house in Chattanooga’s Bluff View Art District to honor the legacy ...

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Of Light and Air: Winslow Homer in Watercolor On View November 2, 2025–January 19, 2026 American artist Winslow Homer (1836–1910) transformed the medium of watercolor ...

Brooklyn Museum Press Release Melissa Joseph’s distinctive work takes over Brooklyn with an installation on the steps of the Brooklyn Museum’s outdoor plaza and a 50-by-50-foot mural on UOVO’s facility ...

By Shirley M. Mueller, M.D. In late 2025, an unprecedented art center will open in Los Angeles: Dataland, the world’s first museum dedicated to AI-generated art. Turkish-American artist Refik Anadol ...

By Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher On Friday, October 14, 2022, The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum opened its doors to the public again after being closed for seven months for ...

“... a nation without humor is not only sad but dangerous” – Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Eighty-nine years ago, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874-1948) placed her collection of American folk art on ...

The National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors, Inc. (NAWCC) formed in 1943 when three watch collectors formed the organization then called The Watch Collectors Club. Once they added “Collectors” ...

Shaker Museum, located in Mount Lebanon, NY, was lauded by The New York Times as being, “Widely considered the country’s most significant collection of Shaker furniture, objects, and archival materials.” ...

Interview by Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher On September 14-17, 2022, the lifelong collection of Elmer Duellman and his Elmer’s Auto and Toy Museum will be going up for auction through Mecum ...

Negro League Baseball got its start thanks to the increasing popularity of two things after the Civil War: baseball and segregation. Even before the Civil War, African Americans were playing ...

The exhibition American Art Deco: Designing for the People investigates a dynamic period in American history and culture when the country and its citizens went through political, economic, social, and ...

The National Law Enforcement Museum opened its doors to the public in October of 2018, creating for the first time a place to share and showcase the story and history ...

By Kristen Berggren, Program Coordinator The New England Carousel Museum has been an important fixture in the city of Bristol, CT since it was founded in 1990. At that time ...

The International Quilt Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is home to the world’s largest publicly held quilt collection. With quilts spanning five centuries and more than 55 countries, the ...

Mid-Century Design The San Francisco Airport Museum - San Francisco, CA The San Francisco Airport Museum, located in the International Terminal of the San Francisco Airport, is showcasing a diverse ...

Mermaid Cove: A Folk Art Love Story The Cahoon Museum of American Art. Cotuit, MA How do artists fall in love? By sharing a passion for creating. Ralph and Martha ...

Bolt's Antique Tool Museum Oroville, CA The Most Important Man- Made Product on Earth Deep in the Sierra Nevada Foothills in the City of Oroville, California resides Bolt's Antique Tool ...

Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum The Saint Louis Art Museum St. Louis, MO The Saint Louis Art Museum is currently showing Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the ...

Mood Indigo: Textiles from Around the World On Exhibit Through October 9, 2016 The Seattle Asian Art Museum - Seattle, WA This summer, the Seattle Asian Art Museum celebrates a ...

Little Dreams in Glass and Metal: Enameling in America The Crocker Art Museum Sacramento, CA The Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, CA will host the traveling exhibition Little Dreams in ...

American Sound and Beauty - The Country Music Hall of Fame Nashville, TN The Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville is currently running the exhibit American Sound and Beauty: ...

Glass Magic: Then and Now On Exhibit through May 1 Columbus Museum of Art. Columbus, Ohio The Columbus Museum of Art is currently featuring an century-spanning exhibition on glass titled ...

By Erica Lome The Luxury of Time: European Clocks and Watches On Exhibit through March 27, 2016 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY The Metropolitan Museum of Art is ...

Original Article: Life Rolls on at the National Museum of Roller Skating - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - September 2012 Updated June 2025: Since 2012, the National Museum ...