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Follow on Google News | Portsmouth Museums Join Smithsonian Magazine’s Ninth Annual Museum Day Live!Free Admission for All Participants Presenting a Museum Day Live! Ticket on September 28, 2013
Inclusive by design, the event represents Smithsonian’ About the Museums At the Children's Museum of Virginia visitors of all ages can use their imaginations to build sculptures, towers, planes, and more (without any glue or connector) using identical wooden construction blocks measuring 1/4 inch thick, 3/4 inch wide, and 4/ 1/2 inches long, from the popular KEVA Planks exhibit. This exhibit will make periodic returns to the Museum’s Changing Exhibit Gallery to challenge the imagination and skill of our visitors – children and adults alike. It will be on view until October 6th. The Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center is currently displaying The Painter's Journey, paintings about the journey and act of creation by three featured artists, Karen Blair, Delmon Hall IV, and Rob Vanderzee. Ten new sculptures are also on view in the historic courtyard for their eighth annual juried 2013 Outdoor Sculpture. These exhibits continue through October 13th. Golden Jubilee, Sumi-e Society of America features 120 juried works from paintings and caligraphy from across the nation, in celebration of the organization's 50th anniversary. This exhibit runs through October 20th. The Naval Shipyard Museum and The Lightship PORTSMOUTH offer fascinating military artifacts, uniforms, ship models and exhibits interpreting 18th, 19th and 20th century life in Portsmouth. The Museum Day Live! ticket is available to download at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ About Smithsonian Media Smithsonian Media comprises of its flagship publication, Smithsonian magazine, as well as Air & Space, goSmithsonian, Smithsonian Media Digital Network, and the Smithsonian Channel. Smithsonian Media is a division of Smithsonian Enterprises, the revenue-generating business unit of the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum and research complex consisting of 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park and nine research facilities. Approximately 30 million people from around the world visit the museums annually. End
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