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N.C. Museum of Art Reopens in April 2010

November 6, 2009 – 5:24 pm

Project includes new building and landscape design, major growth in collection
The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA)—one of the most important and distinguished museums in the South—is in the final stage of a three-year expansion and will reopen to the public in April 2010, following a seven-month closure. The completed expansion will dramatically transform the [...]

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N.C. Museum of Art Park Remains Open, Programs Continue in Community

September 16, 2009 – 12:57 pm

RALEIGH, N.C.—The North Carolina Museum of Art building is temporarily closed. The grand opening of the Museum expansion, a new 127,000-square-foot gallery building for the permanent collection, is scheduled for mid-April 2010.
During the seven-month hiatus art handlers will move and install more than 750 works of art into the ne galleries. As works of [...]

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Summer Fun!

May 29, 2009 – 4:00 pm

 
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With Memorial Day over, summer is upon us.  Today’s podcast gives some entertainment options for the entire family, available from the Department of Cultural Resources.  First up, George Holt of the North Carolina Museum of Art talks about the summer concert series held each year in the Museum’s amphitheatre. 
 
Saturday June 6 is Family Day at the [...]

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Celebrate Art and Nature with Earth Day at the N.C. Museum of Art

April 3, 2009 – 9:02 am

Music, tours, children’s workshops in Museum’s 164-acre Park
Raleigh, N.C. - The North Carolina Museum of Art will host a free family-friendly festival, Earth Day: A Celebration of Art and Nature, on Saturday, April 18, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Museum Park. The celebration features guided Park tours, children’s art workshops, live music [...]

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Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2009 – 1:45 pm

 
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Love is in the air, and on the NC Culture dot com podcast.  First up is an exhibit that opens Valentine’s Day weekend at the North Carolina Museum of Art.  Alesia DiCosola of the museum staff talks about “Highlights of the American Collection,” which opens Feb. 15.
Sequoyah Winston reads two poems from George Moses Horton.  [...]

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