Preservation Maryland and the Maryland Historical Trust’s joint Heritage Fund grant program will provide nearly $50,000 in essential funding across nine cultural groups in Maryland during the current COVID-19 pandemic. The selected projects were determined [Read More]
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BALTIMORE, MD – While The Baltimore Museum of Art’s (BMA) building is still closed to the public, there is now more for visitors to see, do, and eat outside the museum. Beginning Wednesday, August 5, [Read More]
The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) has reopened its doors in accordance with public health recommendations and guidance. This follows Governor Charlie Baker’s declaration that Massachusetts will embark on Phase 3 of its reopening. Museum members, [Read More]
BALTIMORE, MD – The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) has announced the addition of six new trustees to its board. They include Denise Galambos, Lisa Harris Jones, Elizabeth Hurwitz, Sherrilyn Ifill, Stuart O. Simms, and [Read More]
John Canning & Co. earned the 2020 Preservation Connecticut Award of Merit for the work completed at the Mahogany Suite at the Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Connecticut. John Canning & Co. restored [Read More]
Beginning Aug. 3, The Unicorn Museum will be hosting a virtual summer camp for children’s ages eight to 12 years-old. As The Unicorn Museum continues to adapt in the face of the COVID pandemic, the [Read More]
The BMA Salon expands with new online exhibitions from seven more Baltimore-based galleries and artist collectives, providing financial support and visibility to ensure the longer-term success of Baltimore’s arts community. The presentations include images and [Read More]
CINCINNATI – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center has been selected to participate in “America’s Summer Roadtrip,” a new national event on August 1. The day-long virtual event lets viewers travel across the country and [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and its President, Kristen Greenaway, were honored to welcome Commodore David Gibbs of the Royal New Zealand Navy, New Zealand’s current Defence Attaché to the U.S., and his wife, Paula, [Read More]
Beginning Friday, July 31, Shipwrights and Apprentices at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., will be hosting weekly demonstrations of a variety of woodworking and boatbuilding skills on its 18-acre waterfront campus. [Read More]
Donna Gustafson has been appointed interim director of the Zimmerli Art Museum, one of the nation’s largest and most respected university-based museums. Gustafson, whose tenure as interim director began June 26, also continues to serve [Read More]
After closing on March 16, 2020 in adherence to state guidelines and to protect the health and safety of its visitors and staff, The Museum of Early Trades & Crafts (METC) will be re-opening by [Read More]
SEATTLE – Dr. Dana Riley Black, former Assistant Superintendent of Everett Public Schools in Washington state, is now The Museum of Flight’s new Vice President of Education. Riley Black brings to the Museum more than [Read More]
After a temporary delay because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new exhibition in the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Waterfowling building, Adze to Whittling Knife: Chesapeake Boatbuilders as Decoy Carvers, will open to the public on [Read More]
Some of London’s biggest museums have announced their plans to reopen next month, but are expecting visitor numbers to drop by 80% when they do, according to the BBC. The Natural History Museum, V&A and [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., is inviting the public for a monthly tour of its working Shipyard in a new virtual program titled Coffee & Wood Chips. Scheduled for 10–11am on [Read More]
MOCA Toronto Reopens to the Public on July 16 with Acclaimed Exhibitions by Canadian and International Artists. All current exhibitions have been extended beyond their original closing dates. MOCA welcomes members, donors, frontline healthcare workers [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is offering a three-day virtual Maryland DNR-approved boater safety course on July 27–29, 2020, from 1–4pm. Led by CBMM’s Shipyard Manager and USCG licensed captain Christian Cabral, the boater’s safety [Read More]