The thrill of log canoe racing—four to 18 people in choreographed motion, balancing the strain on the rig, calling out puffs and lifts, eyeing the competition, sailing low on the water with enough horsepower to [Read More]
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CINCINNATI, OH – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center has announced the appointment of Kala Gibson to its board of directors. Kala Gibson, of Cincinnati, is senior vice president and head of Business Banking for [Read More]
SEATTLE – On April 5 at 6 p.m., the 5th Avenue Theatre’s Adventure Musical Theatre Touring Company presents “Rosie the Riveter,” a fast, funny and stirring family musical about the women who made the nation’s [Read More]
Exploring the Chesapeake–Mapping the Bay, a new exhibition opening Saturday, May 19 at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., will look at the different ways the Chesapeake Bay has been portrayed over [Read More]
CINCINNATI, OH – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is now accepting entries for its Fourth Annual Picture Freedom Art Contest — a nationwide student art competition sponsored by Toyota. Picture Freedom challenges students to [Read More]
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum guests are invited to watch model skipjack races beginning on Sunday, May 20, as part of the 12th Maritime Model Expo and CBMM’s Community Day. The race series continues on select [Read More]
Beginning June 25 and continuing through Aug. 17, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., is offering its week-long, half- and full-day summer camps. In age-appropriate Chesapeake-themed sessions for ages 4-15, campers will [Read More]
Miles River cruises aboard the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Winnie Estelle will begin running for the 2018 season on Friday, May 18. Guests can enjoy a 45-minute scenic cruise aboard the authentic 1920 Chesapeake buyboat [Read More]
CINCINNATI, OH – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center announced Confederate Currency: The Color of Money, sponsored by BB&T, and Confederate Memory: Symbols, Controversy & Legacy, today. Both exhibits will be in the Skirball Gallery [Read More]
CINCINNATI – History lurks inside the walls of the city’s buildings, is buried beneath the ground we walk on, flows through the rivers and creeks and is inside each of us. Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) [Read More]
New partnership explores art collections of Tougaloo College and Mississippi Museum of Art (JACKSON, MS) – The Mississippi Museum of Art (the Museum) and Tougaloo College (the College) are presenting Now: The Call and Look [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s small craft rental program launches for the 2018 season on June 2, and will continue on select weekends through October. Sailing vessels, kayaks, and rowboats will be launched from CBMM’s [Read More]
Richard Scofield of Royal Oak, Md., has retired from the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum after more than 30 years of service. Working on boats since he was 12 in his hometown of Stamford, Conn., Scofield [Read More]
SEATTLE – The wonders of powerless flight will be revealed at the Museum’s annual Soaring Expo, March 3-4. Exhibits include state-of-the-art gliders, and members of the Seattle Glider Council, Evergreen Soaring Society and Puget Sound [Read More]
CINCINNATI, OH – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will host a variety of programs closing out Black History Month on Saturday, February 24, beginning at 10:00 a.m. with the 12th Annual African American Quiz [Read More]
CINCINNATI – After a temporary closure, the Duke Energy Children’s Museum at Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) will reopen May 4, 2018. The Children’s Museum temporarily closed in November 2017 to accommodate construction activity on the [Read More]
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Shipyard Manager Michael Gorman reports much work has been done over the winter on the log-hull restoration of Edna E. Lockwood. Queen of CBMM’s historic fleet of Chesapeake boats and a [Read More]
SEATTLE – The Museum of Flight’s Boeing Academy for STEM Learning proudly announced it will award scholarships in pilot flight training and college education for high school age students. The Museum will offer college scholarships [Read More]