Cooperative agreement announced at grand opening of Aichi Museum of Flight SEATTLE – The Museum of Flight in Seattle and Aichi Museum of Flight near Nagoya announced a cooperative agreement at the grand opening of the Aichi Museum today at Nagoya Airport in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The two museums will advance a mutually beneficial relationship […]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is offering a two-day chart navigation course which begins on Saturday, January 13 from 9:00 a.m. to noon, and concludes Sunday, January 14 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Participation is limited, with pre-registration needed. Led by Captain Jerry Friedman, a USCG-licensed Master, this course is designed to teach participants the […]
PHILADELPHIA — The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University today announced a new president and CEO. Scott Cooper, PhD, an experienced museum professional and historic preservation scholar, will take the helm of Philadelphia’s natural history museum in the second week of December. Cooper, 48, is vice president of collections, knowledge and engagement at the […]
A new, in-the-water weather station has recently been installed at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum on Fogg’s Cove along the Miles River. Made possible through a generous gift from Lesley and Fred Israel, the weather station allows CBMM to enhance its K-12 programming to better support science and environmental education. Using the weather station, students […]
SEATTLE – On Dec. 9 the Museum hosts a lecture and book signing with the remarkable Scott Parazynski, the only person to have flown in space and summited Mt. Everest. The astronaut, explorer, physician, inventor and now author, will talk about his new memoir, The Sky Below. The 2 p.m. program is free with Museum […]
This November, more than 10,000 daffodil bulbs were planted at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum as part of more than 25,000 bulbs planted in the entire Town of St. Michaels, Md. Funded through philanthropic support, the initiative is the brainchild of the newly formed community organization St. Michaels in Bloom, dedicated to the beautification of […]
SEATTLE – Veteran Army paratrooper and JAG Officer Sabra Janko discusses the many “firsts” for women in military history, combat and airborne operations, on Dec. 2. Janko’s stories range from when women disguised themselves as men to fight in the Revolutionary War, to more recent times signaling the first women serving on board ships, flying […]
