The Steinway piano on which John Lennon composed “Imagine” is on display at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona. So are guitars played by Johnny Cash, Carlos Santana and Adam Levine. And one of the enormous drums played at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. They are among the nearly 16,000 musical […]
Downton Abbey, the beloved PBS period drama about the British gentry in the early 20th Century, has come to a close. But the characters live on at the “Dressing Downton: Changing Fashion for Changing Times” costume exhibit at the Driehaus Museum in Chicago. Featuring more than 35 costumes from the show’s first four seasons, “Dressing […]
When the Biltmore House and Gardens officially opened on Christmas Eve 1895, it was arguably the most magnificent family home in America. It still is today. George and Edith Vanderbilt raised their daughter, Cornelia, here, amid 250 rooms and 8,000 rolling acres near Asheville, N.C. A self-guided audio tour leads visitors through the faithfully preserved French-style […]
During much of the 20th Century, the DeVilbiss Company of Toledo, Ohio, designed and produced some of the finest perfume bottles and vanity items ever. More than 140 of them are on display through July 5 at the Spartanburg Art Museum. This stunning exhibit showcases mostly those from between 1924 and 1929, a time when […]
