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Friday, November 30th, 2012

Watch | The International Banana Museum

From Cool Hunting: the International Banana Museum. There are many interesting and odd things to be found on the shores of the dying Salton Sea in southern California but maybe one of the most unique is the International Banana Museum.…

Kraftwerk Retrospective at MOMA – Night 1 – Autobahn

The MOMA in New York City hosted the first of eight nights celebrating the 35 year of music from Germany’s avante-garde electronic outfit, Kraftwerk. The “Kraftwerk Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8” is celebration and study of…

New Orleans Pharmacy Museum – A Look Inside

GH gives us a look inside the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum in the historic Vieux Carre district. As mentioned on their “vintage” site (yes, I am referring to the HTML), “The Museum also highlights the role of Louis Joseph Dufilho, Jr.…

Gucci Museum Opens in Florence’s Piazza Signoria

Here’s look inside the new Gucci Museum exhibition in the heart of Florence’s Piazza Signoria. The permanent exhibition spans three floors with themes ranging from travel to florals; complemented by a gift shop, bookstore and more. The second floor of…

Kawakubo Trade Museum

Give it to Dazed for getting the description right on the latest project from CdG’s Rei Kawakubo and Dover Street Market. “Only Comme des Garçons has the guts to fill a shop floor with beautiful products that no one are…

Feathers, Fins, and Fur at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston

Alexander Wilson, White-Headed Eagle, 1832

Pioneering works of natural history illustration on view at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Interest in the natural world over the course of the 19th-century generated an enormous visual record produced by artists and naturalists alike. Fascination with detail…

The Ashmolean Museum

One of my personal favorite museums lies just a short walk from the Ashmolean. The Pitt Rivers, housed in Oxford’s Natural History Museum, received a face lift not too long ago and its neighbor too has undergone renovation. Rick Mather…

New Ceramics Galleries at the Victoria & Albert Museum

“Unrivaled” anywhere else in the world, the Victoria & Albert Museum’s ceramics collection has received new housing. The exhibition space opens tomorrow, September 18, and is comprised of several galleries. An introductory exhibition highlights the “world history” of ceramics, while…

Richard Prince Wraps Hong Kong Museum for Vuitton Show

Louis Vuitton expands their support of the Arts with a new show at the Hong Kong Museum of Art in collaboration with the Consulate General of France (in HK). Louis Vuitton: “A Passion for Creation” lands in the middle of the…

The Bicycle Museum of America

Located in New Bremen, Ohio, The Bicycle Museum of America has recently received some great additions to their collection — including a 1941 Schwinn Paramount restored by Waterford Cycles. Aside from the physical location the museums website offers some great…

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Friday, November 30th, 2012

Watch | The International Banana Museum

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012

Kraftwerk Retrospective at MOMA – Night 1 – Autobahn

Monday, January 2nd, 2012

New Orleans Pharmacy Museum – A Look Inside

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

Gucci Museum Opens in Florence’s Piazza Signoria

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Kawakubo Trade Museum

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Feathers, Fins, and Fur at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

The Ashmolean Museum

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

New Ceramics Galleries at the Victoria & Albert Museum

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

Richard Prince Wraps Hong Kong Museum for Vuitton Show

Friday, January 9th, 2009

The Bicycle Museum of America