CINCINNATI, OH – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center has announced featured programming to complement the latest exhibit MANDELA: THE JOURNEY TO UBUNTU opening this Saturday, September 1. The upcoming exhibit, MANDELA: THE JOURNEY TO [Read More]
Monthly Archives: August 2018
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SEATTLE – On Sept. 8 author Darragh Metzger discusses her new book Alaska Over Israel, the story of how in 1948 a small, struggling Alaska Airlines began a dangerous and heroic adventure that helped thousands [Read More]
CINCINNATI – When Cincinnati Museum Center’s new Dinosaur Hall opens in the Museum of Natural History & Science this November, it will feature a dinosaur that cannot be seen anywhere else in the world: a [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is hosting two build-your-own paddle workshops this fall for woodworkers, kayakers and stand-up paddle boarders. On Saturday & Sunday, Sept. 22 & 23, participants will join CBMM Shipyard Program Manager [Read More]
CINCINNATI – The State Library of Ohio awarded Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) a grant totaling $4,999 to help catalog portraits of soldiers who served in World War I. The Library Services and Technology Act Grant [Read More]
CINCINNATI – Union Terminal celebrated two years of active construction in its first full structural restoration. Since the restoration began in July 2016, crews have rebuilt the National Historic Landmark’s iconic fountain, restored the clock [Read More]
CINCINNATI, OH – On September 22, 2018, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center joins the statewide commemoration of President Abraham Lincoln’s preliminary emancipation proclamation to abolish slavery in 1862. Visitors can experience dramatic readings of [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Shipwright Apprentice Program has recently received certification as a registered, four-year apprenticeship program by the U.S. Department of Labor and the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing & Regulation. CBMM has [Read More]
SEATTLE – On Sept. 1 the Museum will present the story of how CIA pilots of the Republic of China Air Force (Taiwan) “Black Bat Squadron” flew a daring nighttime mission to deploy secret surveillance [Read More]
CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) recently received the prestigious Best Practices Award from the Association of Midwest Museums (AMM). The competitive award, given to CMC at AMM’s annual conference, recognized CMC’s Curate My Community [Read More]
CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) announced that Service Systems Associates (SSA) will manage its updated food service, catering and retail operations at Union Terminal. The restoration of Union Terminal provided an opportunity to update [Read More]
Luis Croquer, the Henry and Lois Foster Director and Chief Curator has announced that three new staff members–Anthony DiPietro as Associate Director of Administration and Operations, Kate McBride as Assistant Director of Communications, and Bess [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum will host a weekend Frame-Raising Workshop on September 15-16, taking place in CBMM’s Shipyard from 9-4pm each day. In this workshop, Virginia Military Institute professor of civil engineering and timber [Read More]
CINCINNATI – As Union Terminal approaches the final weeks of its historic restoration, the entire building will close October 22 through November 1 to finalize all building systems and prepare for its future use. Portions [Read More]
BALTIMORE, MD -The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) today announced the appointment of Asma Naeem as Chief Curator; Andaleeb Badiee Banta as Senior Curator of Prints, Drawings & Photographs; and Virginia Anderson as Curator of [Read More]
Rescheduled for Sunday, Aug. 26, after a weather postponement, the public is again invited to join the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum for an afternoon of music, lawn games, and friendly competition. No registration is required, [Read More]
BALTIMORE, MD – The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) announces the U.S. debut of Mark Bradford: Tomorrow Is Another Day from September 23, 2018, through March 3, 2019. First presented at the U.S. Pavilion as [Read More]
A work by artist George Hamilton of St. Michaels, Md., has been named the official painting of the 1889 bugeye Edna E. Lockwood, after being chosen as the winner in a contest organized by the [Read More]