Museums News
Crime Museum News
- Hollywood’s ‘Bugsy’ is entertaining but plays fast and loose...by Jackie Apoyan on December 31, 2021
In the 1991 movie Bugsy, Warren Beatty, portraying mobster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, stands in the desert near Highway 91 Read more →
- Harry Reid battled the Mob in Nevada before he fought for Nevada in...by Brian Freeman on December 30, 2021
In 1974, Nevada Lieutenant Governor Harry Reid decided to run for the U.S. Senate. Reid, a Democrat, would face formerRead more → The Read more →
- Separating fact from fiction on the Flamingo Hotel’s 75th...by Brian Freeman on December 22, 2021
Much of what Americans know about Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel comes from watching the 1991 film Bugsy. That certainly applies Read more →
- Anna Genovese’s life examined in ‘Mob Queens’ podcast, HBO...by Brian Freeman on December 1, 2021
Being married to violent Mafia boss Vito Genovese, according to wife Anna Genovese in a court filing, “endangered her Read more →
- Assassination expert says Cubans encouraged Oswald to kill JFKby Jackie Apoyan on November 22, 2021
By 1964, two brothers secretly working for the FBI had been informing on the Communist Party for 10 years. OneRead more → The post Read more →
British Museums News
- Making angkuoch - BSon August 23, 2021
BS makes angkuoch daek - part 3
- Making angkuoch - BSon August 23, 2021
BS makes angkuoch daek - part 3
- Making angkuoch - BSon August 23, 2021
BS makes angkuoch daek - part 3
- Making angkuoch - BSon August 23, 2021
BS discusses tool for making angkuoch daek
- Making angkuoch - BSon August 23, 2021
BS discusses tool for making angkuoch daek
- Making angkuoch - BSon August 23, 2021
BS discusses tool for making angkuoch daek
- Making angkuoch - BSon August 23, 2021
BS discusses tool for making angkuoch daek
V & A Museum News
- Designing Bags: Inside Outby Graham Burn on January 14, 2022
At Studio MUTT we design at all scales – from teapots to towers. Somewhere in that spectrum is exhibition design, which amounts Read more →
- Becoming the Young V&A Collectiveby Helena Rice on January 7, 2022
In Summer 2020 we worked with Spotlight Creative Youth Space, our Poplar-based partner organisation, on a pilot project which led Read more →
- Young V&A: transforming the buildingby Philippa Simpson on January 6, 2022
After five years of research, design and invaluable input from local children, families and schools, building work on the Young Read more →
- Installing Richard Batterham: Studio Potterby Rebecca Luffman on December 22, 2021
Recently we opened a new display in the V&A Ceramics Galleries, Richard Batterham: Studio Potter (Room 146, 26 Nov 2021 – Read more →
- School 21: “Why should I care about a chair?”by Becky Knott on December 21, 2021
The V&A East Storehouse, opening 2024, will revolutionise access to the collection and visitors will be invited on a Read more →
American History
- Of service and thanks: Collecting after January 6by GrantJo on January 4, 2022
Like many around the world, I spent the afternoon of January 6, 2021, watching the news and absorbing the chaotic events Read more →
- Does Thanksgiving have room for both thankfulness and mourning?by GrantJo on November 22, 2021
Is there room in Americans’ Thanksgiving celebrations for both thankfulness and mourning?That challenging question arose as my Read more →
- Gus Arriola and Gordo, agents of Mexican cultureby GrantJo on November 16, 2021
On February 3, 2008, San Francisco Chronicle writer Wyatt Buchanan reflected on the life of Gustavo "Gus" Arriola, creator of the Read more →
- “Maggie of the Boondocks”: Martha Raye and a lifetime of service...by GrantJo on November 8, 2021
Around 1966, Dr. Carl Bartecchi was serving as an army flight surgeon in the Mekong Delta in South Vietnam. When units in his Read more →
- Refrigerators and women’s empowerment: The “peaceful...by GrantJo on October 20, 2021
Louisan Mamer, known as the First Lady of the REA, spearheaded the expansion of women’s roles in business and leadership Read more →
