press kit - The International Council of Museums
press kit - The International Council of Museums press kit - The International Council of Museums
Sloan Museum See the exhibits at Sloan Museum (Open 10am - 5pm) Free entry Regional history, historic automobiles and hands-on science are major features of the Sloan Museum. Dramatic settings, video programmes and hundreds of artefacts and photographs portray the area’s tumultuous 20 th century history in the Flint and the American Dream exhibit. Traveling exhibits fill the Temporary Gallery with a variety of educational and entertaining displays year round. The Buick Automotive Gallery presents major automotive exhibits featuring vehicles from the Sloan fleet of over 80 Flint-built automobiles. Contact: Cathy Gentry (Marketing Manager) Phone: 810.237.3450 Email: marketing@sloanlongway.org Address: 1221 E. Kearsley Street Flint, MI 48503 Flint, USA Speed Art Museum Free Entry to the Museum's Permanent Collection (Sunday, 15 May from 12pm to 5pm) Free entry. Be our guest for the day and enjoy FREE admission to the Museum’s permanent collection and the award winning Art Sparks Interactive Family gallery on Sunday, 15 May from noon until 5pm in celebration of International Museum Day! There is a separate charge for the special exhibition Impressionist Landscapes: Monet to Sargent. Contact : Kirsten Popp (Communications Manager) Phone : 502.634.2700 Email: kpopp@speedmuseum.org Address: 2035 S. Third St. – 40208 Louisville, Kentucky, USA Website: www.speedmuseum.org The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Free admission all day to "Monet's Water Lilies" exhibition (18/05, 10am - 4pm) Free entry. In honor of International Museum Day 2011, we invite you to come enjoy our special featured exhibition, "Monet's Water Lilies" free of charge, all day. Together again! This is the first time in more than 30 years this remarkable triptych has been together, as Monet intended them to be. Also included are archival photographs and a rarely seen film of Monet painting. Additionally, scientific exploration and conservation studies on the works and interactive "paint like Monet" touchscreen applications. Phone: 1-816-751-1278 Email: info@nelson-atkins.org Address: 4525 Oak Street – 64111 Kansas City, USA Website: www.nelson-atkins.org 70
International Museum of Cultures Indian, Korean, and Laotian music and dance groups (5-14-11, from 12 pm to 4 pm) Free entry, visit, performance Members of Dallas' Indian, Korean and Laotian communities will be performing songs and dances from their cultures hourly starting at 1 pm on Saturday, 14 May 2011. The museum will be open from 12 - 4 pm, and entrance is free! Contact: Andrea Simmons (Education and Volunteer Director) Phone: 9727087406 Fax: 9727087341 Email: asimmons@internationalmuseumofcultures.org Address: 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Road – 75236 Dallas, Texas, USA Website: www.internationalmuseumofcultures.org General Lew Wallace Study & Museum Free Exhibit: "Agents of Deterioration" (Exhibit 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.) Free entry, visit. The General Lew Wallace Study and Museum in Crawfordsville will be celebrating International Museum Day on Wednesday, May 18 from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. with free tours of its facilities. For more information on this and other events at the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum, call 765-362-5769 or email study@benhur.com. Contact: Kara Edie (Marketing Director) Phone: 765-362-5769 Email: kedie@ben-hur.com Address: 200 Wallace Avenue, Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA Website: http://www.ben-hur.com Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts International Museum Day Discount (All Day) Free entry, we are offering a 10% discount in our Museum Store. The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts is free and open to the public, so in celebration of International Museum Day, we will be offering a 10% discount in our Museum Store. Contact: Lara Lewis (Director of Public Relations) Phone: 3342404333 Fax: 3342404384 Email: museuminfo@mmfa.org Address: 1 Museum Drive – 36117 Montgomery, USA Website: www.mmfa.org The Art Institute of Chicago Free Evening Hours (May 19, 2011, 5-8 pm) Free entry, 10% Shop Discount when you spend more than $25. The Art Institute of Chicago is proud to participate in International Museum Day 2011 by offering free admission from 5 - 8 pm on Thursday, May 19. In addition, free-hours visitors will enjoy 10% off purchases greater than $25 in our museum shop. Contact: Carrie Heinonen (VP Marketing) Phone: 312-443-3624 Email: cheinonen@artic.edu Address: 111 S Michigan Ave – 60603 Chicago, USA Website: www.artinstitutechicago.org 71
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Sloan Museum<br />
See the exhibits at Sloan Museum (Open 10am - 5pm)<br />
Free entry<br />
Regional history, historic automobiles and hands-on science<br />
are major features <strong>of</strong> the Sloan Museum. Dramatic settings,<br />
video programmes and hundreds <strong>of</strong> artefacts and<br />
photographs portray the area’s tumultuous 20 th century<br />
history in the Flint and the American Dream exhibit. Traveling<br />
exhibits fill the Temporary Gallery with a variety <strong>of</strong><br />
educational and entertaining displays year round. <strong>The</strong> Buick<br />
Automotive Gallery presents major automotive exhibits<br />
featuring vehicles from the Sloan fleet <strong>of</strong> over 80 Flint-built<br />
automobiles.<br />
Contact: Cathy Gentry (Marketing Manager)<br />
Phone: 810.237.3450<br />
Email: marketing@sloanlongway.org<br />
Address: 1221 E. Kearsley Street Flint, MI 48503 Flint, USA<br />
Speed Art Museum<br />
Free Entry to the Museum's Permanent Collection (Sunday, 15 May from 12pm to 5pm)<br />
Free entry.<br />
Be our guest for the day and enjoy FREE admission to the Museum’s permanent collection and the award<br />
winning Art Sparks Interactive Family gallery on Sunday, 15 May from noon until 5pm in celebration <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> Museum Day! <strong>The</strong>re is a separate charge for the special exhibition Im<strong>press</strong>ionist Landscapes:<br />
Monet to Sargent.<br />
Contact : Kirsten Popp (Communications Manager)<br />
Phone : 502.634.2700<br />
Email: kpopp@speedmuseum.org<br />
Address: 2035 S. Third St. – 40208 Louisville, Kentucky, USA<br />
Website: www.speedmuseum.org<br />
<strong>The</strong> Nelson-Atkins Museum <strong>of</strong> Art<br />
Free admission all day to "Monet's Water Lilies" exhibition (18/05, 10am - 4pm)<br />
Free entry.<br />
In honor <strong>of</strong> <strong>International</strong> Museum Day 2011, we invite you to come enjoy our special featured exhibition,<br />
"Monet's Water Lilies" free <strong>of</strong> charge, all day. Together again! This is the first time in more than 30 years this<br />
remarkable triptych has been together, as Monet intended them to be. Also included are archival photographs<br />
and a rarely seen film <strong>of</strong> Monet painting. Additionally, scientific exploration and conservation studies on the<br />
works and interactive "paint like Monet" touchscreen applications.<br />
Phone: 1-816-751-1278<br />
Email: info@nelson-atkins.org<br />
Address: 4525 Oak Street – 64111 Kansas City, USA<br />
Website: www.nelson-atkins.org<br />
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