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NPR. Date Broadcasted: January 31, 2011. Genre: Arts Sarah Campbell, a senior curator of the Norton Simon Museum, "sheds light" on the museum it self and Mr. Simon himself. The museum holds much less pieces of paintings than any other but it only holds the fines pieces. This is due to the fact of Mr. Simons boldness, Sarah Campbell says. Mr. Simon has even bid agains the Metropolitan Museum, the finest one in the country. His consistency has brought im over 8000 fine pieces over three decades. Even though the painting he bid against Met. had been taken to them but Mr. Simon himself had quiet a lot of successes. Sarah Campbell describes the man and the museum very superiorly and one could just by hearing it, tell that she looks up to him and the museum. Mr. Simon died in 1993 but he was a fine businessman, and an owner of an amazing museum, which contains a fine history of arts.

The new museum textile gallery in Kutch is designed as a contextual space devoted to the local embroidery communities. Check it and leave us your views...

Dynamism in form inculcates energy in functionality and active flow of human traffic in this new contemporary art museum in LA. Check it out here and leave us your comments…

Religious memorabilia get augmented with a dedicated display. Check out this tiny Christian Art Museum in a Mumbai suburb and leave us your views…

Second awardees MuseLAB Design Engine pays tribute to master architect Le Corbusier at the international concept competition for the 'Museum of Knowledge', Chandigarh

The proposed Lion safari Park in Uttar Pradesh, India targets two outcomes with a single exercise - preserving the endangered species of Indian Lions and getting Etawah on the tourism map. Read here and leave us your views...

Jorge Colombo drew this week's cover using Brushes, an application for the iPhone, while standing for an hour outside Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in Times Square.

Why does every important cultural centre in the world have a striking visual identity?

The recently completed Bronze Gallery at the National Musuem, New Delhi, is a winning competition entry by Matrika Design Collaborative! Read on to know more about enhanced visitor experiences here...

Witness Rotterdam's history like never before on The Time Stairs at Markthal

Designed as an ideal playscape for kids, the "Book worm" is an interactive installation at CSMVS #Mumbai by Architect/Artist Nuru Karim in collaboration with Priyashri Art Gallery to primarily draw one's attention to the significance of education in a literacy-starved society.