Jack Schwartz cleans a fish with alcohol before making gyotaku, a Japanese print. He applies paint to a sponge, then to the fish, then presses handmade paper to its body.The work of Jack Schwartz, who uses a Japanese technique that is centuries old to print detailed images of fish, is on display at the John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden in Mill Neck.

“Evolution of the Natural World,” the new science exhibit at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, offers a fascinating display of rocks, bones and assorted beasts.

Willie K. Vanderbilt II with a Palm Island native.The author of a biography on Willie K. Vanderbilt, will be at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum sharing his intimate knowledge of his subject.

Robin Parness Lipson is trying to found a new museum devoted to emerging artists.

A bill in the New York State Legislature to prohibit museums from selling pieces to cover operating costs has faced strong opposition.

Cultural executives often get rent-free housing, and many institutions structure it so they don’t pay taxes.

The American Folk Art Museum has been having trouble making payments on bonds issued for the building it moved into in 2001.

Advice from artists, executives and museum directors for a major cultural institution after a decade of mixed results and controversy.

At the Wadsworth’s Matrix contemporary art program, the latest in a series of solo exhibitions, a multimedia installation explores notions of shape-shifting and appropriation.

The American Museum of Natural History Explorer provides a GPS and detailed information on its displays.