A “Historic Ships of Delmarva” photography exhibit has opened in the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s (CBMM) Van Lennep Auditorium and will continue through September. The display features images of regional ships by photographers Frances Borchardt and Carol Donahue. The Delmarva Peninsula includes the state of Delaware, and the areas of Maryland and Virginia to the […]
Cincinnati Museum Center welcomes collection of turtles and fish home with ribbon cutting ceremony CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center is unveiling a new aquarium in the Duke Energy Children’s Museum on Saturday, June 28. The Duke Energy Children’s Museum will be hosting family-friendly activities including watercolor mural painting from 10 – 11 a.m. before special […]
SEATTLE – The Museum of Flight and the National Association of Rocketry celebrate model rocketry with rocket launches, exhibits, family workshops, and a special presentation by Vern Estes, founder of Estes Industries–whose name is synonymous with American model rockets since the 1950s. Members of the National Association of Rocketry will lead family workshops where participants […]
Field of 30 applicants narrowed to six CINCINNATI – Today the Ohio Statuary Hall Commission (OSHC) announced six artists have been selected as semi-finalists for the commission of a sculpture of Thomas Edison to be placed in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol. Edison, inventor of the phonograph, kinetoscope and first practical incandescent light bulb, […]
Local scout works with Cincinnati Museum Center to process fossils CINCINNATI – Local Boy Scout Ryan DiMisa recently led a group of 14 youth and adults through a one-day, intensive project to uncover Ice Age fossils from buckets of gravel that the Geier Collections & Research Center at Cincinnati Museum Center had collected more than […]
55 grants to organizations working in 79 communities across 31 states will further position the arts as a core sector of community planning and development ArtPlace America (ArtPlace) Executive Director Jamie L. Bennett announced $14.7 million in 55 grants to creative placemaking projects that will work in 79 communities of all sizes across 31 states. […]
CINCINNATI – The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced today that Cincinnati’s Union Terminal and Music Hall were named to 2014’s list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. This annual list spotlights important examples of the nation’s architectural, cultural and natural heritage that are at risk of destruction or irreparable damage. This is the […]
The Martin Museum of Art at Baylor University will feature Kermit Oliver: Paintings and Hermès Scarves beginning May 4 and running though July 13. Kermit Oliver is a contemporary Texas artist working quietly from his home in Waco. Although recently retired, he became known as the “Painting Postman” after a series of articles detailing his […]
Museum’s Red Barn Heritage Award ceremony June 28, free admission to Boeing employees, retirees, families June 26-29 SEATTLE – On June 28, The Museum of Flight will present The Boeing Company with its prestigious Red Barn Heritage Award. Named for the original Boeing factory building, the award is presented in recognition of nearly a century […]
