Museum admission free Oct. 5 from 5 to 9 p.m. and includes Annual Exploration Expo SEATTLE – The Museum is free on Oct. 5 from 5 to 9 p.m. and will showcase a variety of innovative education programs around the subjects of aviation, space and robotics for explorers of all ages during its annual Exploration […]
Bob Grieser’s Lens on the Chesapeake, a photography exhibition featuring both black and white and color images, will open at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., on Friday, Oct. 13, 2017. Running in CBMM’s Van Lennep Auditorium through June 3, 2018, it showcases iconic photos of life on the Chesapeake Bay, and […]
SEATTLE – The Museum of Flight has received the largest bequest in its 52-year history, a donation of more than $17 million from the estate of Betty Houston, widow of Frank “Sam” Houston. The gift will establish the Frank “Sam” and Betty Houston Education Endowment to provide educational opportunities to young people exploring aerospace and […]
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Boatyard Manager Michael Gorman reports that a major step has been made in the historic restoration of 1889 bugeye Edna E. Lockwood, with her existing topsides lifted by crane to sit directly above her new nine-log hull. Edna Lockwood represents the last of her kind, as the oldest historic log-hull bugeye […]
The Cinquecento in Florence from Michelangelo and Pontormo to Giambologna Washington, DC – Friends of Florence announced today that six seminal artworks from the Italian Renaissance – meticulously restored with their support – will be featured in a major exhibition at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, Italy: The Cinquecento in Florence from Michelangelo and Pontormo […]
