Articles tagged as Museum

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  New Series "Sound Journey" at Mosa (Villa Vrindavana)

  The museum of sacred arts (MOSA) of the ISKCON Villa Vrindavana temple has created a new initiative within the range of their general activities. 

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  Sanskrit Epics Animated in Stone - A New Exhibit in the Philadelphia Museum of Art

  There are scenes from the Mahabharata and the Ramayana carved in stone, and a pillared temple hall—or mandapa—that fills up an entire gallery.

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  Couple Creates Unique Sound Path for Italy’s Museum of Sacred Art

  The installation was created by Madhava and Margherita at their Grotta Sonora, or “The Sounding Cave.” Consisting of unique handmade gongs and other instruments, called “sound sculptures,” the sound path makes tours of MOSA an auditory as well as a visual experience.

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  Kirtan in the Museum - Harrisburg, Capital of Pennsylvania

  The collaboration was in conjunction with the museum's "Creating Joy: Art Inspired by Music" exhibit.

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  ISKCON Delhi’s Vedic Museum To Add Two New Exhibits

  The Vedic Museum – popularly known as the “Vedic Expo” – at ISKCON New Delhi’s massive Glory of India Vedic Cultural Center is in the process of adding two new exhibits. These will be incorporated into its section on the Chaitanya Charitamrita, the sixteenth century biography of Gaudiya Vaishnava Saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

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  Will the Bible Museum Give Guests an Eden Experience?

  PETA is urging the Bible Museum’s chair to serve exclusively “Eden food”—vegan food, that is—in the museum’s restaurant.

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  Museum of the Bible Aims for Timeless Name, Imagery

  The high-tech museum is four blocks from the U.S. Capitol and three blocks from a global tourism mecca, the Air and Space Museum.

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  President of India Lays Foundation Stone of Lord Caitanya Museum

  The museum will have artifacts, books, scriptures, manuscripts, letters, personal belongings of Lord Chaitanya and His associates.

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  Hindu Swastika Sparks Controversy at Irvine Museum
  Controversy flared up at Pretend City, a children's museum in Irvine, when a few visitors recently complained about a Hindu swastika woven on a tapestry in one of the museum's exhibits.
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  Unique Indian Art Gallery Opens in Ardennes, Belgium
  On 2 June, 2010, a ceremony was held to celebrate the official opening of the Museum of Sacred Art in Radhadesh, Belgium. The opening itself is part of wider celebrations to mark the 30th anniversary of Radhadesh. The museum has a permanent collection of nearly 250 pieces — paintings, sculptures, puppets, and sacred objects, and is planning to also organize temporary exhibitions.
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  Vedic Museum Opens in Andhra Pradesh, India
  Have you ever thought it would be impossible to visit all of the prominent temples in India? Think again. ‘Kunda Satyanarayana Kala Dhamam’ a Vedic museum on a sprawling 18 acres of land was inaugurated by the Governor of Andhra Pradesh, India a fortnight ago.
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  Creation-ism: A Search for the Divine in Tucson's Religious Art
  Hop on Interstate 19, drive for about 15 minutes and you'll end up at one of the biggest cultural monoliths this side of the U.S. The San Xavier del Bac Mission, a solitary white monument starkly contrasting the surrounding desert of the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, is one of the finest representations of classic Spanish Catholic art outside of Mexico. It combines Byzantine, Moorish and late Mexican renaissance art to make worship not just a beautiful act of spirituality, but a beautiful act of creation as well.