CINCINNATI, OH – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center announced that they have been recognized as one of FlipKey’s Top Historical Spots Worth Traveling For, representing the state of Ohio on the 2016 national list. FlipKey, a TripAdvisor company and leading vacation rental service featuring the world’s largest collection of verified vacation rental guest reviews, […]
CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center Board of Trustees hosted their annual meeting this week, electing the 2016 slate of officers and trustees. At the meeting the 2015 calendar year statistics were announced. With over 1.449 million visits, Cincinnati Museum Center experienced its second busiest year in 2015, including the single busiest month in the Museum […]
The Artists’ First-Ever Art Show Exhibition Runs January 22 – February 27, 2016 ST. LOUIS – Brett Prywitch, M.D.’s job for the past 20 years as a Radiologist is to look inside the human body, to observe, study, analyze and find evidence of abnormalities, diseases or compromised organs, tissue and bones. But Dr. Brett Prywitch […]
SEATTLE – On Feb. 6 two free, perennial events provide a wonderland and haven for young geeks when the Popsicle Bridge Building Contest and the Engineer Fair return to the Museum. The remarkably rambunctious Bridge Contest is held in our theater, and is a great spectacle for families. The Engineering Fair is one-stop shopping for […]
DOYLESTOWN, PA – In a special exhibition that opens on March 13, 2016, the James A. Michener Art Museum will showcase a stunning collection of clothing and accessories created, worn, and sold in Philadelphia from 1896 to 1994. Philadelphia in Style: A Century of Fashion from the Robert & Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection, Drexel […]
Shuttle astronaut the second African-American woman in space SEATTLE – Three-time space traveler, NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson, will speak at the Museum on Feb. 6 at 2 p.m. The Harvard graduate became the second African-American woman in space, having served onboard space shuttle missions STS-121 in 2006, STS-120 in 2007 and STS-131 in 2010. During […]
The schooner Sultana will be dockside at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. beginning Saturday, May 14, 2016 and continuing through Wednesday, May 25, 2016. The Sultana will be open for boarding to all museum guests from 2:00 -5:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 21, 2016 and again on Sunday, May 22, 2016 […]
Program in Conjunction with Special Exhibition Kin Killin’ Kin February 4 CINCINNATI, OH (January 25, 2016) The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is hosting a public forum, Thursday, February 4 at 7:00 p.m., to discuss solutions to reduce violence and homicide in conjunction with the Kin Killin’ Kin exhibit. The Solutions Symposium moderated by James […]
SEATTLE – The Museum welcomes the Lunar New Year – Year of the Monkey – on the Feb. 4 Wells Fargo Free First Thursday, with nonstop family activities in cooperation with Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum from 5 to 9 p.m. There will be special programs honoring The Boeing Company’s first engineer, Wong Tsoo, from 5:30 […]
Two new exhibitions, music, classes and more! 2016 is going to be a very exciting year for the Michener Art Museum and its visitors! We will be presenting 12 special exhibitions, including the widely anticipated Philadelphia in Style, which opens on March 13. In February, we have two exhibition openings: Garber in Spring and Holly […]
Registration now open for Learning Through Play Conference March 12 & 13 CINCINNATI – Registration is now open for Cincinnati Museum Center’s eighth annual Learning Through Play Conference on March 12 & 13. The conference brings together a broad range of the region’s best childhood development experts for workshops to help parents and educators learn […]
The Philadelphia Museum of Art announced today the appointment of Jeffrey N. Blair to the position of General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, effective February 22, 2016. Currently serving as Assistant Secretary and Senior Associate Counsel at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where he has been a member of the legal team since […]
