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Kemeys in 1898. Edward Kemeys (January 31, 1843 – May 11, 1907) was an American sculptor [1] and considered America's first animalier. [2]He is best known for his sculptures of animals, particularly the two bronze lions that mark the entrance to the Art Institute of Chicago Building in Chicago. [3]
The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (MSI), formerly known as the Museum of Science and Industry, is a science museum located in Chicago, Illinois, in Jackson Park, in the Hyde Park neighborhood between Lake Michigan and The University of Chicago. It is housed in the Palace of Fine Arts from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
National Veterans Art Museum: Chicago: Cook: Chicago area: Art: Art produced by veterans: Naval Air Station Glenview Museum: Glenview: Cook: Chicago area: Aviation: Aviation and the history of Naval Air Station Glenview, operated by the Glenview Hangar One Foundation: Homepage: Nehring Gallery: DeKalb: DeKalb: Northern Illinois: Culture
Smithsonian American Art Museum Melodies of the Sea: Oil on canvas ca.1890 Peter Moran Down the Arroya to Santa Fe [1]: 292 Oil on canvas 1893 Private collection, Rosemont, Pennsylvania Thomas Moran: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone [188] Oil on canvas 1873-74 U.S. Department of the Interior, on loan to Smithsonian American Art Museum
When Bonnie Seymour took a job as assistant curator of Nashville's Parthenon museum, one of the first things she did was to look through the collections. Among paintings by American artists and ...
Chicago Cultural Center. The city of Chicago, Illinois, has many cultural institutions and museums, large and small.Major cultural institutions include: the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Goodman Theater, Joffrey Ballet, Central Public Harold Washington Library, and the Chicago Cultural Center, all in the Loop;
Because of its popularity, it was reconstructed using permanent materials in a project lasting from 1920 to 1931. Today it is used as an art museum. Among its exhibits is Alan LeQuire's 1990 re-creation of the Athena Parthenos statue. Nearly a century later, the United States held the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Museum of Tobacco Art and History, Nashville, closed in 1998 [58] Music Valley Wax Museum, Nashville [59] Obion County Museum, Union City, closed in 2012, collections moved to Discovery Park of Americar [60] Smoky Mountain Car Museum, Pigeon Forge [61] Soda Museum, Springfield, also known as the Museum of Beverage Containers and Advertising [62]