CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) and the Public Library of Cincinnati-Hamilton County are excited to announce they were awarded a substantial grant to develop a sustainable digital learning model. The $496,707 grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) will help bridge the digital divide for local communities. “This is incredible recognition […]
SEATTLE – The Museum of Flight is partnering with Bloodworks Northwest to conduct a pop-up donor center at the Museum on Oct. 7, 9 and 10. Blood donors during this drive will receive a 50 percent discount on a future admission to Museum, plus a 10 percent discount on in-store purchases at the Museum Store. […]
CINCINNATI – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is excited to announce the hiring of Dr. Ashley Jordan as Senior Director of Development. Dr. Jordan will lead the Freedom Center’s fundraising, donor cultivation and philanthropic efforts. “We’re excited to welcome Dr. Jordan to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center as we look to her experience, […]
Committed to making meaningful systemic change, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Board of Governors approved today the formation of a Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (DEAI) Committee. The DEAI Committee will provide the internal guidance necessary to guarantee that these principles are fostered, practiced and integrated consistently throughout CBMM’s operations. “CBMM has made some initial […]
DOYLESTOWN, PA – The Michener Art Museum is inviting audiences from far and wide to see the Museum in a new light beginning October 1, 2020. The Michener will be adding later hours on Thursdays, staying open until 8PM for After Dark. The evening is designed for all to enjoy, whether it be a date […]
Featuring more than 120 photographers from over 20 countries, the groundbreaking exhibition, The New Woman Behind the Camera, explores the diverse “new” women who embraced photography as a mode of professional and personal expression from the 1920s to the 1950s. The first exhibition to take an international approach to the subject, it examines how women […]
Get in the Halloween spirit this year by joining the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum for a new virtual program, Wunderkammer: Exploring CBMM’s Cabinets of Curiosities. Cabinets of Curiosities, fondly known in German as Wunderkammers, have been historically used to showcase oddities, unique objects of material culture, gems of natural history, and mystical stories. From 6–7:30pm […]
Beginning on Oct. 7, and continuing each Wednesday throughout the month of October, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum will host a series of mixed level sunset yoga classes on its waterfront campus in St. Michaels, Md. From 5:30–6:30pm each evening, Jenn Swaine, owner and certified yoga instructor at Eastern Shore Yoga, will lead the socially […]
As the new school year begins, so have after-school sessions of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s free Rising Tide Program. Presented both virtually and in-person, this program is open to students in grades six–nine. From 3:30–5:30pm on Tuesdays and Thursday, students are invited to CBMM’s Workshop Annex in St. Michaels, Md., for in-person classes, while […]
