The Frieze fair of international contemporary art, open to the public from 15 to 18 October, will be accompanied by a dizzying array of museum-based exhibitions.
For a city of only 60,000, Wilmington possesses a remarkable array of museums and historic attractions.
Its old-money past continues to flourish in the form of grand mansions and a vast array of museums and gardens, many underwritten by prominent local families.
The Frietmuseum (Vlamingstraat 33, frietmuseum.be, €6) is the newest addition to an impressive array of museums - including the Hospital Museum (Mariastraat 38), with its beautiful triptychs by Hans Memling, the 15th-century Flemish painter - in this beautiful and often unfairly maligned city.
Next June, Delta Air Lines plans to inaugurate nonstop service to the Andalusian port city of Málaga — a major cultural center, with its impressive array of museums and monuments, including an 11th-century Moorish fortress.
Presented in partnership with the Kunsthalle Bremen in Germany, assembled from an international array of museums and to be seen in North America only in Toledo, "Van Gogh Fieldss" consists of 22 paintings and 5 drawings and watercolors.
Although Smithson's will did not specify a particular research focus, former President John Quincy Adams sought in 1838 to have Smithson's funds applied to the establishment of a national astronomical observatory, or what he called "a lighthouse of the skies". Other interests prevailed at that time, and the Institution became a diverse array of museums and laboratories.
But many of the other treasures — living and inanimate — that are housed in the Smithsonian's vast array of museums, research centers and cultural institutions will not have priority in the event that Congress cannot reach a deal to avert a government shutdown on Tuesday.
You'll also have access to innovative virtual field trips and global resources from a wide array of museums brought together in new and exciting ways.
These include a vast array of museums and art galleries in Kyoto and Tokyo, thousands of campsites across the country, and festivals in different parts of the country every month which celebrate every from the New Year to wild horse racing.
Qatar Museums Authority, our other partner, is overseeing a stunning array of new museums and ensuring that Qatar's cultural heritage doesn't fade into the Arabian sunset.
