This Labor Day weekend, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is hosting the 21st annual Charity Boat Auction on Saturday, September 1. More than 100 donated boats and watercraft—ranging in size and performance from luxury boats [Read More]
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Florence, Italy – The basilica of San Miniato al Monte, a Romanesque masterpiece established a thousand years ago as a basilica by Bishop Ildebrando, celebrates its millennial anniversary with the meticulous restoration of its Chapel [Read More]
As part of the festivities during the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Community Day on Sunday, May 20, student participants in CBMM’s Rising Tide Program will launch two newly built Smith Island outboard skiffs. Rising Tide [Read More]
CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) is inviting people to reconnect with their favorite exhibits and fall in love with the Duke Energy Children’s Museum all over again when it reopens May 4. After a [Read More]
The 8th annual Elf Classic Yacht Race has a new race course and date, with the rescheduled race now taking place on the Miles River in St. Michaels, Md. on Saturday, September 29, 2018. The [Read More]
Youth groups can now reserve fall dates for the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Lighthouse Overnight Adventures program. Dates include select Fridays and Saturdays, Aug. 31 through Oct. 27, with advanced reservations needed. Under the guidance [Read More]
Shipwright James DelAguila reports that work on the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s floating fleet of historic vessels is in full swing in St. Michaels, Md. Buyboat Winnie Estelle made it out of the water first [Read More]
CINCINNATI, OH – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center was honored at the Ohio Museums Association (OMA) annual awards program last month. The museum received the Level 5 Silver Award for Mandela: The Journey to [Read More]
CINCINNATI, OH – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center has announced the appointment of Ron DeLyons to its board of directors. Ron DeLyons is a business and finance executive with over 30 years’ experience as [Read More]
SEATTLE – On May 26 the Museum opens “Vietnam Divided: War Above Southeast Asia,” a permanent addition to the Museum’s glass-walled main gallery that focuses on the air war over Southeast Asia from 1955-1975. Using [Read More]
CINCINNATI, OH. – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is partnering with Did You Know Publishing, Inc. to host A Journey Beyond Diversity Towards Cultural Proficiency training, on Thursday, May 3 at 4:30 p.m. A [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. is once again offering the opportunity to view Chesapeake Bay sailing log canoe races along the Miles River while aboard its 1920 buyboat, Winnie Estelle. The [Read More]
The museum at New Jersey’s Morristown National Historical Park invites the public to a free reception with refreshments and an illustrated artist talk on Saturday, May 19, 2018 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. The [Read More]
On Sunday, August 12, 2018, the 9th annual Watermen’s Appreciation Day comes to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., featuring a spirited boat docking contest, steamed crabs and other regional food, live [Read More]
Due to weather, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum has rescheduled its June 2 Paddle with the President to Thursday, June 21 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. The program includes an afternoon paddle on the Miles [Read More]
SEATTLE – On April 25 Peabody award winning author Christian Davenport talks about his new book “The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos.” Drawing on years of investigation [Read More]
SEATTLE – On April 21 Netflix comes to the Museum with Seattle’s only big screen showings of its epic new Lost in Space series. The premier episode will screen in the William M. Allen Theater [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum has officially announced its next major shipyard project—a restoration of the 1912 tug Delaware. The restoration will begin with lofting this winter—following the launch of the 1889 bugeye Edna E. [Read More]