Yosemite National Park has expanded and improved the Yosemite Museum’s Web Catalog to enhance the public’s ability to experience a wide variety of historically significant items. Visitors are invited to explore more than 2,000 catalog records for objects and images from the Yosemite Museum collection. These records include American Indian …
Read More »LA Art Lovers Lend Collection Of Celebrated Contemporary Art To Bakersfield Museum Of Art
A never-before-seen collection of works by contemporary art legends like David Hockney, Helmut Newton and Jean-Michel Basquiat is headed to the Bakersfield Museum of Art. The exhibition, titled “On The Edge,” is comprised of more than 150 objects from the private collection of LA-based art enthusiasts Joan and Jack Quinn. …
Read More »City Of Hanford Celebrates Its 130th Birthday With Events And Museum Ribbon Cutting
The city of Hanford in Kings County is celebrating its 130th birthday, and residents have filled the weekend with activities and events commemorating the milestone. To hear more about the celebration and how the city was founded, Valley Edition Host Kathleen Schock spoke with Brad Albert, Hanford’s parks and community …
Read More »Bakersfield Sound On Display At Bakersfield Museum Of Art
In the 1950s, a new style of country music, influenced by rock-n-roll, emerged from Bakersfield’s honky-tonk bars. Pioneered by music legends like Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, the Bakersfield Sound became one of country music’s most influential sub-genres. And now it is being celebrated with an exhibit that runs through …
Read More »Painter And Fresno Native Darren Waterston Brings ‘Last Days’ Piece To Fresno Art Museum
And for the weekend, let’s take a look at a recent aquisition at the Fresno Art Museum: Just added to FAM’s permanent collection is a piece from Fresno native Darren Waterson. He now lives and works in New York City, but he got his early art education at the museum. …
Read More »Hanford’s Carnegie Museum May Be On The Line After City Issues List Of Repairs
Steel tycoon and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie built libraries all over the U.S. with at least 14 of them in the Central Valley. Today, only a handful of those original buildings remain. One of them is in Hanford. There’s now a museum inside, but its future may be at risk. Last …
Read More »Author William Saroyan’s Home To Become Museum In Fresno, Complete With Hologram
Mark Arax, who’s a journalist and author, says he remembers when William Saroyan would come over to his grandfather’s house in Fresno for dinner. And when he finally got a driver’s license, he recalls picking Saroyan up at his home on Griffith Way for those dinners. “He kept the grass …
Read More »New Museum Exhibit Near Shaver Lake Explores A Changing Forest
In recent years, the forests of the Central Sierra have changed dramatically. Drought, bark beetles and climate change have helped to kill millions of trees across the region, and years of fire suppression have also contributed to an unhealthy ecosystem in many areas. Now the Central Sierra Historical Society Museum …
Read More »Getting an up-close look at Castle Air Museum
Dozens of people made their way to Castle Air Museum’s annual Open Cockpit Day on Sunday Sept. 3, 2017 to look inside the planes. Also offered were helicopter rides, kids activities, firefighter and law enforcement exhibits. mvelez@mercedsun-star.com … Click to Continue »
Read More »Hundreds visit Open Cockpit Day at Castle Air Museum
The inside of the Boeing KC-97-L Stratofreighter during Open Cockpit Day at Castle Air Museum on Sunday May 28, 2017. mvelez@mercedsun-star.com … Click to Continue »
Read More »Fresno Art Museum Celebrates Local Artists, Women With New Exhibits
The Fresno Art Museum often features works by acclaimed modern artists from around the world. But with a set of new exhibits opening this week , the museum is turning its attention to local artists. The museum’s director Michele Ellis Pracy joins us on Valley Edition to talk about the …
Read More »Cold War-era Soviet Union fighter jet a first for Atwater museum
An aircraft museum got its first fighter jet used by military forces hostile to the U.S. during the Cold War, according to museum staffers. The MiG-21 was a fighter jet … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater museum adds Russian fighter jet
A Cold War-era Russian fighter jet is now part of the Castle Air Museum collection in Atwater, the director said Wednesday, April 26, 2017. … Click to Continue »
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