Miles River cruises aboard the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Winnie Estelle will begin running again for the 2017 season on Saturday, May 13. Guests can enjoy a 45-minute scenic cruise aboard the authentic 1920 Chesapeake [Read More]
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School Tour Traffic Provides Additional Hours for Public Visits CINCINNATI, OH – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is open on Mondays throughout the month of May from 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. The museum’s [Read More]
CINCINNATI, OH – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center invites the media to attend Community Conversations: Standing Rock today, April 27. Attendees will learn about the current issues surrounding the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and [Read More]
Travel back to the 1940’s for the Foundry Art Centre’s 13th annual fundraiser, a special USO-themed “Sky’s The Limit” Gala! All funds raised through the Gala will directly support the arts programming the Foundry Art [Read More]
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Spring is a time of rebirth and the Summer season in Indian Country aligns with renewal ceremonies, so it is fitting that James Pepper Henry will become the Museum Director of [Read More]
Shakespeare and the Queen City opens August 25 CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) is pleased to announce Shakespeare and the Queen City , a temporary exhibition featuring an original First Folio, the first published [Read More]
Please join us for the Demuth Museum’s thirty-fourth “House & Garden Tour.” As a participant, you will gain access to exclusive gardens and homes in the historic downtown area as well as in several charming [Read More]
The skipjack Stanley Norman can be seen at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., from Friday, April 28, to Monday, May 8, 2017, with public tours available from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 [Read More]
CINCINNATI, OH – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center invites the media to the StoryCorps Opening Program today, April 20. StoryCorps, the national story gathering project, is in Cincinnati from April 20-May 19. The StoryCorps [Read More]
The schooner Sultana will be at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. beginning mid-day on Friday, May 12, 2017 and continuing through Thursday, May 25, 2017. Sultana will visit CBMM again Friday, [Read More]
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Boatyard Program Manager Jenn Kuhn reports work continues in CBMM’s boatshop on the construction of the 25’ draketail Pintail. Construction began mid-January 2016 through CBMM’s Apprentice for a Day public boatbuilding [Read More]
Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Glass House, a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, as we host our annual Summer Party on Saturday, June 10th from noon to 4 pm. With generous [Read More]
Community members are invited to a public reception celebrating the opening of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s newest major exhibition, Robert de Gast’s Chesapeake, from 5 to 7 pm Friday, May 12, 2017. With free [Read More]
NMDC and the Museums Association are working together on a day of nationwide political advocacy for museums this spring. Museums Day will take place on 15th May 2017 and will be a focal point for [Read More]
BALTIMORE, MD – The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) hosts Building an Inclusive Baltimore: A New Lens for Inclusion at The Baltimore Museum of Art in partnership with Beyond Conflict, a global initiative internationally recognized [Read More]
StoryCorps Interviewing Cincinnatians To Preserve In Library of Congress Beginning Next Week Cincinnati, OH – StoryCorps, the national story gathering project, is coming to Cincinnati from April 20-May 19 to record interviews between family members [Read More]
Opening April 29th, the museum will feature an exhibition of shopping bags from around the world. Looking at the graphic nature of shopping bags, the exhibit will give insight into their rise as a utilitarian [Read More]
Additional Awards Received Include Visual Communications & Emerging Professional of the Year CINCINNATI, OH – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center won Best Exhibition (over $500,000 annual institutional budget category) at the Ohio Museums Association [Read More]