Museums

After a 4-year-old boy broke a 3,500-year-old vase, a museum in Israel viewed it as an educational opportunity and invited him and his family back to learn about how they would restore the item.

The Hickory Aviation Museum receives a new plane for its collection: A Harrier "jump jet."

For nearly 25 years, the Airborne and Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville has been telling the stories of Airborne soldiers who fought in every major conflict since World War II. This year, Cumberland County Commissioners denied the museum’s request for $200,000 in local funding.

After an eight-year restoration and fundraising effort, Charlotte's historic Siloam School building will reopen to the public this Saturday with a special homecoming event.

The Sullenberger Aviation Museum will open to the public on June 1 — and Captain C.B. “Sully” Sullenberger and his flight crew that completed the “Miracle on the Hudson” landing will attend the grand opening, the museum announced Tuesday.

Massive chandeliers, neon tumbleweed and a gardenscape of glass are part of this new Biltmore exhibit.

A new exhibition on Mary Cardwell Dawson, founder of the National Negro Opera Company, opens March 26 at the Charlotte Museum of History. The company was established in 1941 and is the first successful Black opera company in the country.

A new exhibit at the Museum of the Cherokee People opens today. Called sov·er·eign·ty, the exhibit focuses on the autonomy of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. BPR’s Senior Regional Reporter Lilly Knoepp talked with the curators Director of Education Dakota Brown and Director of Collections Evan Mathis.

The fictitious holiday from "Seinfeld" becomes a reality on Friday, Dec. 15, at the Museum of York County. It’s holding an adults-only event called "Festivus: Seinfeld and the Natural World." Allison Taylor, the museum’s assistant site director, joined us on Morning Edition to talk about it.

Walking through the "Marvel: Universe of Superheroes" exhibition with Charlotte graphic novelist Wolly McNair provides an escape into a world that answers at least three big questions. The exhibition is on display at Discovery Place through Dec 31.