CINCINNATI – In December 1918, just a month after World War I’s end, the US and Allied Governments War Exposition at Music Hall celebrated the Allied victory and the Cincinnatians who served. The Expo featured photographs of area servicemen and women, loaned to the Expo by local families, as well as uniforms, flags and more. […]
SEATTLE – On June 1, veteran science and spaceflight writer Leonard David shows there is a new space race to the Moon and it’s a lot more complicated than the old space race, involving multiple nations and corporations with their eyes on everything from scientific research to mining ventures. And the venture may extend to […]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum announces John Ford of Easton, Md., will be departing from CBMM this June, after more than 29 years of service at the non-profit. CBMM will be hosting a private reception to honor Ford for his service. “We are very grateful for John’s years of service helping to forward the mission […]
SEATTLE – For the 75th Anniversary of D-Day comes this fresh perspective on the Normandy Invasion and the following three-month campaign. On June 8, American historian Edward Gordon will deliver a presentation based upon his book with British author David Ramsay, Divided on D-Day. The 2 p.m. program will spotlight the conflicting egos, national rivalries, […]
BALTIMORE, MD – The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) today announced it is relaunching its ambitious 1937 citywide survey to find out how the museum can best serve the interests of Baltimore’s communities. Titled Make It Now, the updated survey asks 300 organizations—including schools and civic, social, and religious groups—to tell the BMA what they […]
An exhibition showcasing the many roles of women in the maritime world opened at a private reception on Thursday, May 23 at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. On Land and On Sea: A Century of Women in the Rosenfeld Collection features the work of Morris and Stanley Rosenfeld, who created the […]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum has been recognized for environmental stewardship and sustainable business practices as a Maryland Green Registry 2019 Leadership Award recipient. The Registry honored its top performers at its Annual Membership and Awards Event on May 20 at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore. The Maryland Green Registry’s leadership awards recognize organizations […]
NASHVILLE, TN – The Frist Art Museum presents Monsters & Myths: Surrealism and War in the 1930s and 1940s, an exhibition that explores the powerful and unsettling images created in response to the threat of war and fascist rule. Featuring works by Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, René Magritte, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, Dorothea […]
The David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University is presenting Toby Sisson: Nacirema, a selection of eleven black ink monotypes by Toby Sisson (b. 1956) mounted on wooden panels and coated with bees’ wax encaustic. Sisson’s encaustic monotypes unite her personal experience as a biracial individual with broader issues pertaining to identity and race. The […]
This Father’s Day weekend, more than 60 juried maritime artists and craftspeople from around the country will be showing and selling their beautiful works of art along the Miles River and the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. The June 14-16 Arts at Navy Point is part of the 32nd Annual Antique & […]
CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center’s (CMC) newest OMNIMAX® film is taking viewers on a breathtaking journey to the tropical island nation of Cuba. CUBA: Journey to the Heart of the Caribbean immerses audiences in the electrifying culture of the island and reveals why Cuba continues to stir the imagination of the world. The film opens […]
SEATTLE – On May 10 the Museum will host a presentation ceremony for the French Legion of Honor medal to four Washington-resident World War II veterans. The recipients are Daniel F. McAllister (P-38 aircraft Mechanic), Stanley L. Zemont (demolition squad leader) and Richard (Dick) A. Nelms (B-17 Pilot). Nelms, 96, is a volunteer at the […]
