August, 2017

Historic Huguenot Street exhibition showcases 17th-century Dutch culture including paintings, furniture, and decorative items from the George Way Collection

Complementary display of American and Dutch-made kasten cupboards also on view New Paltz, NY – Historic Huguenot Street (HHS) presents the special exhibition Living in Style: Selections from the George Way Collection of Dutch Fine and Decorative Art, on view October 1 through December 17, 2017. Featuring over 100 17th – and 18th – century […]

Museum of Flight Screens Acclaimed Documentary About Ivy League Flyers in WWI

“The Millionaires’ Unit” special presentation with the filmmakers on Sept. 9 SEATTLE – On Sept. 9, the Museum presents a special screening of The Millionaires’ Unit-U.S. Naval Aviators in the First World War, the story of a privileged group of college students from Yale who formed a private air militia in preparation for America’s entry […]

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Open on Labor Day

Cincinnati, OH (August 30, 2017) – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center announced today that it will be open Monday, September 4, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., for Labor Day. The extended hours on Labor Day close out the Summer Seasonal Hours campaign that began on Memorial Day weekend. After the Labor Day weekend the […]

A Time to Break Silence: Pictures of Social Change Exhibition Opens at Michener Art Museum on September 9

DOYLESTOWN, PA — Beginning on September 9, 2017, the James A. Michener Art Museum will present A Time to Break Silence: Pictures of Social Change, a photography exhibition comprising 31 works that chronicle protests, social movements, and ideological shifts since the 1950s. Presented for the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s controversial speech entitled “Beyond […]

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Hosts King Records Exhibition

Exhibit Celebrates 74 – Year Legacy of Cincinnati Record Label CINCINNATI, OH – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will host the new traveling exhibit, King Records: The King of Them All during the month of September. The exhibit, which is the second installment in a three – part series, celebrates the 74 – year […]

Girl Scouts Can Earn Badge with Museum of Flight Program

Girls play Women Air Force Service Pilots during Sept. 9 Living History Experience, and earn a Girl Scout badge SEATTLE – Girl Scouts in grades 4-5 can earn a Playing the Past badge by participating in the Museum’s Living History Experience program on Sept. 9. During this 4-hour program, Scouts will assume the character of […]

OysterFest at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels on Oct. 28

OysterFest, a celebration of the Chesapeake’s favorite bivalve, will return to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017. The event features live music, an oyster stew competition, boat rides, retriever demonstrations, oysters and other local fare, and cooking demonstrations, along with children’s activities, oystering demonstrations, harvesting displays, and more. In addition to […]

Railway season wraps up at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

With days beginning to shorten and fall approaching, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s marine railway service season will soon be coming to a close. Led by Shipwright James DelAguila, and with the hard work of RPM Foundation Shipwright Apprentice Michael Allen and Seip Family Foundation Shipwright Apprentice Spencer Sherwood, CBMM’s Floating Fleet collection saw many […]

Shakespeare exhibition opens at Cincinnati Museum Center

Free Shakespeare and the Queen City exhibition now open CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center’s (CMC) newest exhibition takes guests on a whimsical journey through 400 years of William Shakespeare. Shakespeare and the Queen City features an original First Folio, the first printed collection of Shakespeare’s works. The First Folio, printed in 1623, is one of […]

August, 2017

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