Museums

Hope dwarfs museums to betrayal

8 Feb 2012

Ratiya Ram, subsistence farmer in the fields off Nandganj, a highway hamlet en route, can't remember things any different from his grandfather's time. "Upjao-becho, upjao-becho, aur kya karenge hum? (Grow and sell, grow and sell, what else is there for us to do?)" He never went to school, he has not sent any of his four children either. "Khet mein kaam kaun karega? (Who will work in the fields ...

Museums: Updated Feb. 8

8 Feb 2012

A.E. Backus Museum, Gallery: 500 N Indian River Dr., Fort Pierce. 10 am-4 pm Wed.-Sun. 772-465-0630.

Bletchley Park nominated for £100,000 national museums award

8 Feb 2012

The ten museums longlisted for the £100,000 Art Fund Prize 2012 have been announced, with not a single institution in London in the running.