SEATTLE – On Jan. 27 the Museum honors the astronauts lost during Apollo 1 (Jan. 27, 1967) and the space shuttles Challenger (January 28, 1986) and Columbia(Feb. 1, 2003) with a program recalling those tragedies [Read More]
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The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. is offering a free training for new and existing volunteers throughout the month of March, with advanced registration needed. This once-a-year training prepares volunteers to work [Read More]
CINCINNATI, OH – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will host a screening of The Green Book Chronicles followed by a discussion with Calvin Alexander Ramsey on Thursday, February 1, at 6:30 p.m. This program [Read More]
Celebrate the beginning of boating season by joining the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. for the annual Blessing of the Fleet ceremony. The Thursday, April 12 ceremony begins at 5:00 p.m. near [Read More]
BALTIMORE, MD – The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) announced that it has named celebrated contemporary artist and Baltimore resident Amy Sherald as a new trustee on the museum’s board. Sherald will officially take her [Read More]
CINCINNATI, OH – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will begin celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Saturday, January 13 through Monday, January 15, 2018 with a series of [Read More]
Join Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Charity Boat Donation Program Director Todd Taylor on Wednesday, March 7, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. for a Q&A session on the most important things to look for when buying [Read More]
Zachary Haroth of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., has joined the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum as a shipwright’s apprentice. Haroth comes to CBMM following a year of study at the Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building in [Read More]
On Jan. 20, leaders from Washington state’s Disaster Airlift Response Team (DART) will discuss how local aviation groups, volunteer pilots and aircraft owners will help with relief efforts during natural disasters. FEMA estimates that a [Read More]
Opening February 15, 2018, the exhibition celebrates and explores Ukrainian culture through one of its most ancient and valued traditions. A rushnyk is a long, rectangular cloth, typically made from linen or hemp, which is [Read More]
CINCINNATI, OH – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (NURFC) has named Dion Brown as its new president effective February 26, 2018. Brown is currently the founding executive director of the National Blues Museum in [Read More]
CINCINNATI, OH – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center announced the appointment of two new members to its board of directors, as well as two new officer appointments. Joining the board of directors are Jamahal [Read More]
The deadline for high school sophomores to apply for one of the Museum’s premiere education programs is Feb. 16, 2018. The Western Aerospace Scholars Sophomore program is a distance-learning and summer experience program for Washington, [Read More]
Pat Bilbrough recently joined the Board of Governors of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. Bilbrough has been a contributor to the community both professionally and charitably for most of his life. [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., will begin its Winter Speaker Series on Tuesday, Feb. 8, and continue on select dates through Thursday, March 1. All sessions take place in CBMM’s Van [Read More]
CINCINNATI, OH –The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will host the 2018 King Legacy Awards Breakfast on Monday, January 15. Doors open at 7:30 a.m. and the breakfast begins at 8:00 a.m. Tickets for the [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum has recently promoted three staff members in its education department. Jill Ferris of Stevensville, Md. is the new Director of Education; Allison Speight of Trappe, Md. is Volunteer & Education [Read More]
Hair O’ The Dog Wine and Spirits of Easton, Md., recently made a generous donation to support the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s restoration of 1889 bugeye Edna Lockwood. Through her re-launch at OysterFest on Saturday, [Read More]