Kramer Will Attend Annual Meeting & Museum Expo in St. Louis, Missouri CINCINNATI, OH – National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Creative Director Jesse Kramer has been awarded an American Alliance of Museums (AAM) Fellowship for the AAM Annual Meeting & Museum Expo in St. Louis, Missouri, May 7-10, 2017. The AAM Fellowship Program is designed […]
Recovered golf ball from famous Apollo 14 “Moon Shot” now on exhibit SEATTLE – Some 45 years after tee off, a golf ball, believed to have been the very same ball Alan Shepard shanked on the Moon was found washed up along the coastline in Grays Harbor, WA. This ball is now on display at […]
21 and up #ThrowbackThursday in the Duke Energy Children’s Museum April 13 CINCINNATI – All right stop, collaborate and listen. Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) is back with a brand new edition. CurioCity, CMC’s 21 and up social event series, is throwing it back to the old school on Thursday, April 13 with #ThrowbackThursday where you […]
National Historic Landmark and community icon continues legacy thanks to current restoration CINCINNATI – On March 31, 1933, crowds gathered around the fountain in front of Union Terminal, eagerly waiting for the opportunity to walk inside the massive train station they had watched rise from the ground over the past four years. The incredible Art […]
CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) is commemorating the centennial of United States’ entry into World War I with a free lecture, online exhibit and blog series. CMC’s commemoration kicks off with a free lecture on Thursday, April 6, 100 years to the day that America declared war. On April 6, 1917, the U.S. officially […]
Cincinnati Museum Center Walking Tours available April through November CINCINNATI – Spring has officially come to Cincinnati and that means it’s time to get outdoors. Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) has just the thing to help you enjoy the warm weather and sunshine. CMC’s Heritage Programs Walking Tours are back, and this year there are more […]
Nine students and two teachers from Afya Public Charter School in Baltimore spent a recent weekend at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum learning about the history, environment, and people of the Chesapeake Bay. The students spent time exploring CBMM’s St. Michaels campus, working on a dugout canoe, tonging for oysters, and trying their hand at […]
Due to an increase in attendance, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Rising Tide After-School Boatbuilding program is expanding from two to four days per week—Tuesday through Friday. Teaching middle school students in grades six to nine basic woodworking, boatbuilding, and related safety skills, the current session runs now through June. “It’s inspiring to watch these […]
Gallery talks enhance Vikings: Beyond the Legend exhibition CINCINNATI – The image surrounding Vikings for decades has been that of a ruthless and barbaric invader. However, the mysterious Norse are being redefined with the worldwide, ocean-spanning exhibition Vikings: Beyond the Legend at Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC). Experts from Xavier University are joining the fray by […]
SEATTLE – Last week the Museum of Flight received a special delivery– a full-scale F-1 rocket engine, received on loan from the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. The F-1 engine remains the most powerful single-nozzle, liquid-fueled rocket engine ever developed. Standing 19 feet tall and 12 feet wide, the installation was a careful and collaborative […]
First Works by Bradford Enter the BMA’s Collection to Coincide with the Artist’s Representation of the U.S. at the 2017 Venice Biennale BALTIMORE, MD – The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) today announced the acquisition of major works by Mark Bradford, Paul Chan, Norman Lewis, and Ellsworth Kelly. Spanning a range of media, the acquisitions […]
Independent Visions: Helen Schjerfbeck and Her Contemporaries from the Collection of Ateneum, Finnish National Gallery, an exhibition presenting fifty-five works by four celebrated Finnish artists, opens at Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America, in New York City, on April 29, 2017. The exhibition highlights the pioneering role of these artists at the end of […]
