Based on the beloved television show, the exhibition transports you to post-Edwardian England, where the characters and the iconic house come to life. Starting Nov 18th, 2017 in New York City for a strictly limited time. Tickets available online.
Source: Downton Abbey: The Exhibition
A new documentary captures the sweeping human impact of one of the country’s largest library systems
Source: The Wondrous Complexity of the New York Public Library | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian
Thanks to the Internet Scout Report for the link…
Connections was a year-long series from 2011 comprising of 100 episodes, and inspires fresh ways to approach art.
Source: About | Connections | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wonderful news, fits open culture, open access to encourage use and access to art images.. kudos to The Met.. read more about the policy, gain access to the images, and learn how to identify the public domain images here.
Director Thomas P. Campbell announces a major update to the Museum’s policy governing the use and reuse of images in our collection.
Source: Making The Met’s Collection More Accessible | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This is one ‘library’ where visitors don’t have to speak in hushed tones or risk the wrath of a shushing librarian.
With more than 6,000 books at their fingertips, New York City’s luxurious Library Hotel is every bibliophile’s dream.
The boutique hotel was designed around the Dewey Decimal System, with each floor dedicated to one of its 10 major categories and every room decorated according to a genre or topic within the categories.
via New York’s Library Hotel inspired by Dewey Decimal system | Daily Mail Online.
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“Walk into the Strand Book Store, at East 12th and Broadway, and the retail experience you’ll have is unexpectedly contemporary. The walls are white, the lighting bright; crisp red signage is visible at every turn. The main floor is bustling, and the store now employs merchandising experts to refine its traffic flow and make sure that prime display space goes to stuff that’s selling. Whereas you can leave a Barnes & Noble feeling numbed, particularly if a clerk directs you to Gardening when you ask for Leaves of Grass, the Strand is simply a warmer place for readers.”
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via How the Strand Keeps Going in the Age of Amazon — Vulture.
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