(Doylestown, PA) The James A. Michener Art Museum will present Veils of Color: Juxtapositions and Recent Work by Elizabeth Osborne, on view from July 25 to November 15, 2015. This exhibition explores the arc of Osborne’s nearly six-decade career. It is an oeuvre of incredible artistic production distinguished by an exploration of the tension between […]
In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum has recently made major improvements to several of its historic buildings and other structures along its 18-acre Miles River waterfront. Funded through philanthropic support, these improvements include restoration of the historic 1879 Hooper Strait Lighthouse, Point Lookout Bell Tower, Museum Store, and Welcome Center. […]
SEATTLE – The Museum celebrates Seafair weekend Aug. 1-2 with Jet Blast Bash, an all-day outdoor family festival right on the Blue Angels’ flight line. In tune with the Museum’s 1965 birthday, the festival is themed to the Sixties with a mix of the right food, cocktails, entertainment and AstroTurf. Visitors are encouraged to dress […]
(Doylestown, PA) The James A. Michener Museum and The Rose Group, a local franchisee of Applebee’s Grill & Bar and Corner Bakery Cafe, announce summer discounts and exhibits for students after a successful School Visit Program during the school year. The art enrichment & education program welcomed 3,330 school tour visitors including 2,800 students and […]
SEATTLE – July 10 was graduation day for 50 high school students in The Museum of Flight’s first Private Pilot Ground School. The three-week aeronautical science class was done in partnership with the Museum, Raisbeck Aviation High School, and Puget Sound Skills Center. Addressing airline industry concerns about future pilot shortages, the course was designed […]
SEATTLE – At 1 p.m. on July 25, NASA flight surgeon David P. Reyes, MD, tells how medicine is conducted in the most extreme environments, and what medical capabilities are required for upcoming missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond. Reyes helps clear NASA astronauts for spaceflight, and has supported NASA operations in the Arctic, […]
(Doylestown, PA) Molten steel, billowing smoke, soot-covered miners, and the jagged geometry of mills and factories covering vast tracts of land—these are not the usual subjects for artists, but as seen on the canvases in Iron and Coal, Petroleum and Steel: Industrial Art from the Steidle Collection, they can be transformed into objects of sublime […]
