SEATTLE – The Museum of Flight’s popular, pre-pandemic Free First Thursday program resumes in April. Beginning on April 7, every first Thursday of the month the Museum will extend its hours until 9 p.m., with free admission from 5-9 p.m. The Museum is open every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Parking is always […]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is pleased to announce that it will soon open another new exhibition, Dove Tales, scheduled to be on display from April 21–Dec. 31, 2022, in its Steamboat Building. Dove Tales will explore the sources that reveal the history, construction and cultural significance of Maryland Dove. From the tercentenary representation to […]
BALTIMORE, MD – For the first time in the Baltimore Museum of Art’s (BMA) history, the people who protect the art have selected the art. Guarding the Art, an exhibition curated entirely by 17 members of the museum’s security team, opens on Sunday, March 27, with approximately 25 works of art from across the BMA’s […]
Kristen Greenaway, President of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, will be honored at the 11th annual National Maritime Awards Dinner at the National Press Club on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington on Wednesday evening, April 27, 2022. Ms. Greenaway is the first Maritime Museum CEO to be so honored. The Dinner is the singular national event […]
CINCINNATI – Few individuals can stake such a long list of firsts in American legal history as Macon Bolling Allen, including, most notably, the first African American licensed to practice law. And while Allen may not yet be a household name, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is making his accomplishments known. Macon Bolling Allen: […]
CINCINNATI – “A piece of this young basalt is completely separated from its mother. Its brothers and sisters lie nearby. Let’s call him Bok.” So begins the story of one intrepid rock and its journey across the stars to a foreign planet. Bok’s Giant Leap: One Moon Rock’s Journey Through Time and Space, published by […]
SEATTLE – NASA’s Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter landed on Mars Feb. 18, 2021, and The Museum of Flight is celebrating their first anniversary with a Feb. 18-20 weekend of family activities, NASA speakers and planetarium shows. The events will take place next to the Museum’s full-scale NASA mock-ups of the two robust robotic explorers, […]
On Saturday & Sunday, March 19–20, from 10am–4pm, experienced woodworkers and beginners alike are invited to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum to learn the basics of nameboard carving. CBMM’s Shipyard Programs Manager Jennifer Kuhn will host the workshop, giving participants an introduction to the skills necessary to hand-carve their very own nameboard. Registration is required, […]
SEATTLE, Feb. 8, 2022—Tickets are now on sale for the Museum’s April 9, 2022 Yuri’s Night 21+ dance party. The 6-11 p.m. spectacle will transform the Museum into a 21+ intergalactic nightclub celebrating spaceflight with music, art and cosplay. Dance to some of the best electronic music DJs from Seattle and beyond, with MOON BOOTS, […]
The 2022 NorthWest Scale Modelers Show includes free workshops and seminars with modeling experts SEATTLE, The Museum hosts one of North America’s largest displays of scale models on Feb. 19-20 with the 2022 NorthWest Scale Modelers Show. Visitors will see hundreds of exquisitely crafted model aircraft, spacecraft, cars, tanks, ships and figures depicting the glorious […]
On Saturday, April 2, and Sunday, April 3, the Eastern Shore Sea Glass & Coastal Arts Festival will return to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. The festival, now in its 10th year, takes place on CBMM’s waterfront campus from 10am–5pm Saturday and 10am–4pm Sunday, with all tickets valid for admission on […]
CINCINNATI – You can experience the Beatles’ legendary 1969 rooftop concert like never before at Cincinnati Museum Center. Catch one of three performances of The Beatles: Get Back – The Rooftop Concert in the Robert D. Lindner Family OMNIMAX® Theater February 11-13. Tickets are available starting February 1 at 10 a.m. On January 30, 1969, […]
