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Women’s History Exhibits
Happy International Women’s Day! In March we celebrate the many contributions women have made to history. The Smithsonian Museum’s online women’s history exhibits are incredible. We particularly recommend the Museum Objects, Oral Histories, and Podcasts. Viewing and listening to these online materials will remind us of the work that generations prior to us did. It’s important to remember the enduring legacies of female leadership. One exhibit in particular, The Creating Icons: How We Remember Woman Suffrage pays homage to the leaders of the movement. The National Women’s History Museum offers online exhibits. Some of the featured exhibits are Getting with the Program which acknowledges the legacy of females who computed…
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John Steinbeck
“Plankton, a shimmering phosphorescence on the sea and the spinning planets and an expanding universe, all bound together by the elastic string of time. It is advisable to look from the tide pool to the stars and then back to the tide pool again.” ― John Steinbeck, The Log from the Sea of Cortez Tidepool, 70 Degrees Collection, 35mm Penguin Books summarized The Log from the Sea of Cortez. “In 1940, Steinbeck and biologist Edward F. Ricketts ventured aboard the “Western Flyer,” a sardine boat out of Monterey, California, on a 4,000-mile voyage around the Baja peninsula into the Sea of Cortez. This exciting, day-by-day account of their expedition wonderfully…
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FIDM Museum & Gallery Collection
The Fashion Institute of Design Merchandising (FDIM) announced an online museum and gallery. There are nine different collections, each displaying numerous pieces that span more than 200 years of fashion. Their collection contains Hollywood and haute couture pieces. To view it, click the link below. FIDM Museum & Galleries : Online Collections “From Parisian haute couture to iconic film costumes and one of a kind accessories, our collections offer a comprehensive overview of fashion’s key moments and most important tastemakers.” Additionally they are offering content on the Google Arts & Culture platform. View their latest exhibition catalogue on Expansion Era fashion: http://ow.ly/tZaX50AllIi For anyone who loves fashion, looking through these…
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California Art Club Virtual Exhibit
Calling all art connoisseurs! From May 16th to June 13th, The California Art Club will be hosting a virtual art exhibit for its 109th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition. It is in collaboration with the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University. Click the link below for the exhibit with art historian Jean Stern. This event will take place on on Saturday, May 16th. Stern is the Senior Curator of California Impressionism at UC Irvine Institute and Museum of California Art. 109th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition – A Virtual Experience The number of artists that are contributing to this exhibit is massive. This exhibit will be marvelous for many reasons,…
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Bowers Museum Opens Virtual Disney Exhibit
From March 7th to August 30th 2020, Bowers Museum is presenting Inside the Walt Disney Archives: 50 Years of Preserving the Magic, and you don’t even need to leave the house! Bowers Museum has created a virtual tour of the archives that you can access through your mobile phone by clicking this link. The tour takes you through a virtual time machine, showing archives that date decades back. The virtual tour takes you from room to room, showing the magnificent historical preservation of Disney characters, costumes, props, and more. Be sure to check out all of the DID YOU KNOW? dropdowns for images of each piece and interesting background. One of the…
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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
You must in any case go to the museum often. -Vincent van Gogh (1853 – 1890), London, 19 November 1873 “You must write and tell me which painters you like best, both the old and the new, you must be sure to do this, I’m curious to know. You must in any case go to the museum often, it’s good to be acquainted with the old painters, too, and if you get the chance read about art, and especially magazines about art, the Gazette des Beaux-Arts1.” Visit the Van Gogh Museum to see this archival piece in the digital collection www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collection/b0012V1962.
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Laguna Art Museum
Near downtown Laguna Beach, you will find the Laguna Art Museum. Initially founded as an art association one hundred years ago, this institution is a gathering place to view local and nationally acclaimed artists’ work. They offer docent led tours, public programs, and events for all ages. The en plein air movement was locally founded by Anna Hills, Edgar Payne, William Wendt, Frank Cupien, Nellie Gail Moulton, and others. They pioneered this organization and regional outdoor painting practice to capture the essence of light. See the museum’s centennial and permanent collection that contains some of these notable artists’ work. Past exhibition, I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art: Prints…
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San Diego Air & Space Museum
San Diego Air & Space Museum honors the legacy of pilots and astronauts who dared to explore. From man’s first flight to the NASA space age, this history is charted with interactive exhibits. The displays capture historical elements that went beyond our atmosphere. The Apollo 11 mission was launched from Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida, near Cape Canaveral on July 16, 1969, at 13:32 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). The Eagle landed on July 20, 1969 102 hours and 45 minutes after it had launched. “In my own view, the important achievement of Apollo was a demonstration that humanity is not forever chained to…
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SFO Museum
What does one do when one flies domestically or internationally from San Francisco Airport? We suggest that you spend time at the SFO Museum which is exhibited at the International Main Hall and Terminals. These spaces are designed for you to explore historic themes that resonate throughout the ages. Currently, they are showing the following exhibits: International Main Hall A1: Reflections in Wood: Surfboards and Shapers Pre-Security | Level 3, Departures A2: The Intriguing World of Insects Pre-Security | Level 3, Departures G1: Reflections in Wood: Surfboards and Shapers Pre-Security | Level 3, Departures G2: The Style of Display: Victorian Pedestals Pre-Security | Level 3, Departures G3: VIDEO ARTS Pre-Security…
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Preservation Week
April 21 – April 27, 2019 Happy Preservation Week from the American Library Association (ALA)! We celebrate our archival process of collections, sorting, digitizing, and sharing our records. Please see the ALA tips on how to handle a variety of materials below. You will find more information and resources at www.ala.org/alcts/preservationweek. audio | books | data | documents and paper | film and home movies | photos | scrapbooks | slides | textiles Use these quick tips as a starting point for taking care of your precious items. Learn more about Preservation Week. Audio Store magnetic media (cassettes or reel to reel) or discs (CDs and LPs) vertically in a cool dry…
