A project is currently underway to expand the museum's exhibition space in 2006 from some 6, 000 metres² ( 64, 000 ft² ) to almost 13, 000 metres² ( 139, 000 ft² ), allowing public viewing of many artworks that have usually been in storage.

This was wholly masterminded by Barr, a Picasso enthusiast, and the exhibition lionized Picasso as the greatest artist of the time, setting the model for all the museum's retrospectives that were to follow.

The Peggy and David Rockefeller Building on the western portion of the site houses the main exhibition galleries, and The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building on the eastern portion provides over five times more space for classrooms, auditoriums, teacher training workshops, and the museum's expanded Library and Archives.

In 1965, the second floor of the Monitor building was renovated to display the museum's growing permanent collection, and with the restoration of the museum in 1990 – 92, it was turned over entirely to exhibition space and christened the Thannhauser Building, in honor of one of the most important bequests to the museum.

Located just below the large rotunda, this 8, 200-square-foot education facility provides classes and lectures about the visual and performing arts and opportunities to interact with the museum's collections and special exhibitions through its labs, exhibition spaces, conference rooms and the Peter B. Lewis Theater.

During the run of the exhibition, Abramović performed " The Artist is Present ," a 736-hour and 30-minute static, silent piece, in which she sat immobile in the museum's atrium, while spectators were invited to take turns sitting opposite her.

The David Adler Collection includes photographs, research files and materials collected and produced by the museum's Department of Architecture for the 2001 exhibition " David Adler, Architect: The Elements of Style.

In 1966 they were invited to hold an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art and director Alfred Barr purchased a sculpture for the museum's collection

It was finally opened to visitors at the museum in 1999, housing the museum's exhibition gallery and archive resource centre.

The museum's alliance acquired a Russian Buran space shuttle in 2004 which opened as a walk-in exhibition at the Technikmuseum Speyer on October 3, 2008.

The library at the Field Museum was organized in 1893 to meet the research needs of the museum's scientific staff, visiting researchers, students, and members of the general public interested in natural history and are an essential resource for the Museum ’ s research, exhibition development and educational programs.

The Galleries of Modern London increased the museum's exhibition space by 25 percent and enabled the display of 7, 000 objects.

There are six permanent exhibition galleries for the display of the museum's collections and six thematic galleries for temporary exhibitions.

The annual exhibition has been held beginning the week after Labor Day since the museum's founding in 1976.

During the run of the exhibition, Abramović performed " The Artist is Present ," a 736-hour and 30-minute static, silent piece, in which she sat immobile in the museum's atrium, while spectators were invited to take turns sitting opposite her.

The museum's most important and largest exhibition is the UNESCO-sponsored Ber-gi-dala.

The earth shard houses the museum's exhibition spaces, while the water shard accommodates a cafe with views of the canal.

A Soviet Union | Soviet T-34 tank on display in the museum's main exhibition spacePermanent exhibitions are housed in the museum's first-floor main gallery space within the earth shard.

The Big Picture was devised after the reduction in the museum's budget forced the scrapping of the previous exhibition plan by designers DEGW and Amalgam.

The museum received a largely positive critical reception, with reviewers remarking on the metaphorical power of the building, the complementary effects of the museum's main exhibition with its internal architecture, and the economy with which the museum was built.

With the arrival of Akeju, the museum's exhibition process changed, removing the community driven exhibition process, which allowed community members to submit proposals for exhibitions.

The museum's bicentennial exhibition, Blacks in the Western Movement, focused on the stories of African Americans who explored and settled the American west.

The seven exhibits, all contributed under a Creative Commons license and prototyped in the virtual world of Second Life, became part of the museum's Art, Film, Music and Games exhibition.

The exhibit has since been acquired by Harvard University's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and is currently housed in the museum's attic storage area.

The museum's exhibits focus on the history of various sports in the Boston area, including the Boston Bruins and the Boston Celtics.

The museum's center for feminist art opened in 2007 and is dedicated to preserving the history of the movement since the late 20th century as well as raising awareness of feminist contributions to art and informing the future of this area of artistic dialogue.

The director of the Beijing museum, Ji Qiang, recognized the importance of the find, as did visiting Canadian palaeontologist Phil Currie and artist Michael Skrepnick, who became aware of the fossil by chance as they explored the Beijing museum's collections after leading a fossil tour of the area during the first week of October, 1996.

In keeping with the museum's original concept, field trips to the museum are common among area schoolchildren.

The main Brooklyn heights location also has a gift shop, which is accessible outside of the museum's paid area.

Adjacent to the museum's garden is the Skriverparken, a beautiful park area extending down to river.

At the museum's conclusion, there is an area designed for children, allowing them to build an arch and discover the monastery's history in a way that is more appealing to them.

The museum's collection is distributed over an area of ​​ 380 square meters.

The highlight of the museum's year is the annual " Pioneer Days ", the largest and longest-running annual event in the Fargo – Moorhead area.

This article uses material and images taken, with permission, from the museum's website.

The completed first phase of this project has included rebuilding of the museum's Cafe and Shop ( in historic recreation areas of the building adjacent to the pool ), renovation of the East and West Gate Lodges that flank South Miami Avenue, and rebuilding of the David A. Klein Orchidarium in a plan that generally uses historic precedent.

The museum's collections and exhibits include over 500 historic watercraft, a major research library, a large gallery of maritime art, a unique diorama displaying the town of Mystic as it was in the 19th century, a ship restoration shipyard, the Treworgy Planetarium, and a recreation of a 19th century seafaring village.

The museum's four building complex features over 20, 000 square feet of gallery and educational workshop space and includes the historic " Cross Barn " built in 1883, and the impressive Simond's building completed in 1989.

In a smaller scale, the museum's holdings contemplate representative objects of many periods and distinct non-Western civilizations – such as African and Asian arts – and others which stand out for their archaeological, historic and artistic relevance, like the select collections of Egyptian, Etruscan, Greek and Roman antiquities, besides other artifacts of Pre-Columbian cultures and medieval European art.

The museum's collection includes four historic museum ships and one lighthouse:

Jochen Mass now drives the Mercedes-Benz museum's historic cars.

The second book, 2007's Mütter Museum Historic Medical Photographs, focuses on the museum's archive of " rare historic photographs, most of which have never been seen by the public.

The museum's historic wing was originally designed by architect Willoughby J. Edbrooke and built as the San Jose post office in 1892, then served as the city's library from 1937 to 1969.

The museum's displays include the history of agricultural education in the region, historic room and business displays, bird and wildlife dioramas, and other items of local history.

Originally thought of as an " alternative " museum, the museum's present form and activities resemble the 18th and 19th century " cabinet of curiosities " and point to an interest in the historic roots of museums and museology.

The museum's online resource, the Encyclopedia of Television, includes original essays relating to historic moments and trends, major policy disputes and such topics as violence, tabloid television and quiz show scandals.

An open car from Connecticut, part of the museum's " National Collection " of historic streetcars.

On January 29, 2011, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics dedicated an historic site plaque on the museum's grounds, commemorating the site of the world ’ s first regularly scheduled airline.

This new logo reflects the museum's unique location by the historic Singapore River, the source and origin of Singapore multi-cultural society, which the ACM presents in its collection.

Most of the museum's collection was part of the historic company's collection, although vehicles continue to be added from time to time.