NEW CANAAN, Conn. – The Glass House announces its annual Summer Party to celebrate our 70th anniversary year with a dynamic program of performance, exhibition and auction to benefit the iconic Philip Johnson designed house [Read More]
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In celebration of Independence Day, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum on the Miles River in St. Michaels, Md. welcomes The Shades of Blue Orchestra for a live performance at its Saturday, July 6 Big Band [Read More]
SEATTLE – On May 11 at 2:30 p.m. there will be special screening of the locally-produced sci-fi feature, Prospect. The film’s creators will attend an audience Q and A following the movie. This acclaimed 2018 [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is planning its first-ever Volunteer Fair, inviting both existing and potential volunteers to its waterfront campus this summer. Scheduled for 10am–noon on Thursday, June 27, the Volunteer Fair will be [Read More]
On Thursday, June 20, from 10–11:30am, children and adults are invited to join Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum educators aboard buyboat Winnie Estelle for an up-close and personal exploration of the Miles River and its unique [Read More]
Wooden and fiberglass classics, vintage racers, and other antique and Chesapeake Bay-related boats are coming to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum beginning Friday, June 14 for the 32nd annual Antique & Classic Boat Festival and [Read More]
Scott Cooper, president and CEO of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, today announced the appointment of Niki Ciccotelli Stewart as the institution’s first-ever chief learning and engagement officer. Stewart, a New Jersey [Read More]
The Board of Directors of the Museum Trustee Association (MTA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Anne M. Lampe as CEO of the Association. Lampe will succeed Mary Baily Wieler, who for the last [Read More]
BALTIMORE, MD – On April 24, The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) will host a conversation with the celebrated musician, activist, and filmmaker Boots Riley and acclaimed artist Mickalene Thomas moderated by BMA Dorothy Wagner [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is inviting experienced and novice woodworkers to its Open Boatshop program on Thursdays, May 23, June 20, July 25, and Aug. 22. The program runs from 5:30-8:30pm, with participation limited [Read More]
CINCINNATI, OH. – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center announced We Who Believe in Freedom, today. The exhibit will be in the Skirball Gallery and open to the public on Saturday, April 6 through Friday, [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum has recently been accepted as a member of the Maryland Green Registry, a Maryland Department of the Environment sustainability program. Serving as a clearinghouse of information and resources on environmental [Read More]
SEATTLE – In advance of World Autism Awareness Month, the Museum invites children with autism and their families on Sunday, March 31 for an early opening to visit the exhibits in a sensory-friendly environment, enjoy [Read More]
SEATTLE, March 12, 2019—Over 400 students will attend the Museum’s March 21-22 Women Fly 2019 program for middle school and high school students. The annual program invites students to participate in a day of motivational [Read More]
The public is invited to attend Easter Sunrise Service on the Miles River at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. Coordinated and led by Bay Hundred Covenant Churches, the service is scheduled [Read More]
Katelyn Kean of Newtown, Conn., has joined the staff of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum as the registrar for its collection of more than 70,000 Bay-related objects. In this role, she will help to maintain [Read More]
The pilot house of the tug Huntington recently returned to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum after extensive metal refurbishing and repair. All restoration work was performed by E. H. Harvey Metal Working Co. of Easton, [Read More]
CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) and the Ohio Chapter of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) are giving guests a look at one of the nation’s most biodiverse regions through the photographer’s lens and the researcher’s [Read More]