Honorees to be inducted at Museum’s 35th Annual Pathfinder Awards Banquet on Oct. 22 SEATTLE – The Museum of Flight honors outstanding contributors to the art and science of aeronautics through its annual Pathfinder program, [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2016
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An evening event with best-selling author Julian Guthrie and subjects of her new book–Ansari XPRIZE cofounders Peter Diamondis and Erik Lindbergh, and SpaceShipOne pilot Brian Binnie Ten years ago on Oct. 4, manned private spaceflight [Read More]
A new, carved pineapple now sits atop the historic Tolchester Beach Bandstand as a sign of welcome at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. Hand-carved and gilded with 23-karat gold, the pineapple [Read More]
CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) unveiled a recently restored 1951 Crosley Super Station Wagon at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) today. The car was the personal vehicle of Powel Crosley, Jr. and is one [Read More]
SEATTLE – The Museum of Flight unleashes all of its STEM-based education activities for “Exploration Expo,” a free family event Oct. 16 from 1-5 p.m. From fantastic Flying Gizmos to radical robots to revolutionary rocketry [Read More]
Study Tour – Philip Johnson’s New Canaan – Saturday, October 22, 2016, 1:00-7:00pm Visit five significant houses designed by Philip Johnson in New Canaan, CT on an exclusive one day study tour in celebration of [Read More]
The Poetry of Felix J. Koch opens October 14 at the Hoffner Lodge Gallery CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) is showcasing the photography of Felix J. Koch as part of the FotoFocus Biennial 2016. [Read More]
Baltimore, MD — The Walters Art Museum has launched a new website that houses its digital collection of manuscripts: manuscripts.thewalters.org. Featuring a user-friendly design, the site provides visitors with intuitive search options, including the ability [Read More]
CINCINNATI – The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education (CHHE) announced its plans to call Union Terminal its new home when the building fully reopens following its historic restoration in fall 2018 CHHE exists to [Read More]
California State University, Northridge Art Galleries is pleased to present the exhibition China: Through the Lens of John Thomson 1868-1872. On View: October 22 – December 10, 2016. Scottish photographer and travel writer John Thomson [Read More]
More than 90 paintings and drawings by Henri Matisse (1869-1954) and Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993) show the French modern master’s enduring influence on one of the greatest post-war American painters. Diebenkorn’s long engagement with Matisse’s work [Read More]
SEATTLE – Disney Publishing Worldwide and its publishing partners hold the fifth annual Star Wars Reads Day on Oct. 8. The Museum of Flight joins hosts of Star Wars authors and costumed volunteers participating in [Read More]
CINCINNATI, OH – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center announced today that they are the new home of Cincinnati’s last free standing, black-owned African American bookstore—Smith & Hannon, formerly located in Bond Hill. Museum admission [Read More]
University of Maryland Eastern Shore Office of Engagement and Lifelong Learning, the Crisfield Heritage Foundation, and The Crisfield Story Project are partnering to rehabilitate, document, and map the Nelson graveyard plot and homestead in Hopewell, [Read More]
SEATTLE – The Museum of Flight is offering free first flights in small planes to girls and young women on Sept. 24-25, 11 a.m to 5 p.m. The First Time Fliers program provides 15-minute rides [Read More]
PHILADELPHIA — A new online experience by Google, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, and some of the most loved natural history institutions in the world allows people to come face to face [Read More]
CINCINNATI, OH – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and the Inclusive Museum Conference invite the media to attend the plenary debate on inclusive museum leadership today, Friday, September 16, 2016 at 4:30 p.m. Museum [Read More]
CINCINNATI, OH – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center announced today the opening of a new virtual experience commemorating Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks’ historic demonstration, just four days before the Montgomery Bus Boycott of [Read More]