In the fossil collection of the Dutch Teyler Museum, Yale Paleontologist John H. Ostrom spotted one musty specimen that turned out to be a far rarer prehistoric aviator: an Archaeopteryx.

Poking through the fossil collection of The Netherlands’ Teyler Museum in September, Yale Paleontologist John H. Ostrom spotted one musty specimen that looked odd to his trained eye. It was labeled pterosaur, a flying reptile that inhabited the earth from 65 to 200 million years ago. But when Ostrom held…

Last week, in celebration of its centennial, the Frans Hals museum in Haarlem had on view the largest exhibition of Hals paintings ever held.

Until they opened a museum in the summer of 1862, the burghers of Haarlem in The Netherlands never fully realized the extent of their riches. There had been paintings in various public buildings all over town, but now they were assembled under one roof, and the effect was dazzling. The…

For weeks Director of the Manhattan Museum of Art toured the Netherlands, arranging to borrow Van Gogh’s pictures for a coming exhibit. Includes a short overview of Van Gogh’s life.

Almost too excited to speak last week was Director Alfred H. Barr of Manhattan’s Museum of Modern Art. Ever since the founding of the Modern Museum six years ago and its liberal priming with Rockefeller funds, its loan exhibitions have been of more & more artistic significance. Last week perspiring…