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]
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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]
The public is invited to join the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum at its St. Michaels, Md., campus on Friday, June 1, from 5–7pm to celebrate the opening of a new exhibition, Lines of the Floating [Read More]
For the 8th consecutive year, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. is participating in the national Blue Star Museums program to offer free, general admission to all active-duty military personnel and their [Read More]
NEW CANAAN, Conn. (April 10th, 2018) – The Glass House continues our ongoing commitment to architecture and the arts with the replacement of the entire ceiling of the iconic structure. The Glass House, completed in [Read More]
BALTIMORE, MD (April 9, 2018)—The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) presents Meleko Mokgosi: Acts of Resistance, an exhibition that includes a suite of new paintings by the artist that examines the idea of resistance, defined [Read More]
CINCINNATI, OH – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will honor Mavis Staples with the Everyday Freedom Hero Award on Friday, April 20 at 6:45 p.m. at Memorial Hall. Ms. Staples is a singer, actress [Read More]
Through ShoreRivers’ coordination and as part of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay’s Project Clean Stream, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum hosted a team of volunteers on Saturday, April 7, to clean up “Heron Haven”—a [Read More]
Construction crews have completed extensive structural work on the mezzanine level and are preparing the lower level lobby and new “avenue,” paving the way for the Duke Energy Children’s Museum to reopen on May 4. [Read More]