The Peale Museum in Baltimore will celebrate its 208th birthday with a free grand reopening celebration, showcasing its five-year, $5.5 million renovation.
Read More »Off the Record with Sloane Brown: Bryn Parchman, Port Discovery Children’s Museum
Port Discovery Children’s Museum President/CEO Bryn Parchman joins Sloane Brown to talk about how the museum had to adapt to the pandemic and how those efforts will affect the museum’s programs going forward.
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Read More »American Visionary Art Museum wins $10K grant, ‘weird art’ exhibit in John Oliver-led contest
The American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore was selected as one of five museums nationwide to exhibit three "weird works of art" selected by John Oliver.
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Read More »Holocaust museum facility in Bowie
(AP) The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has identified a site in Bowie for a new, $40 million facility that will house its archives. The museum announced last year that it would build the David and Fela Shapell Family Collections and ...
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Read More »Judge hears arguments on Corcoran Gallery merger
After years of financial and management trouble, the fate of one of the nation's oldest museums and one of the few independent art galleries in Washington is now in the hands of a judge.
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Read More »Judge: Students, staff can oppose Corcoran merger
Nine current students, faculty and staff members can argue against the proposed merger of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, one of the nation's oldest museums, and its college with two larger institutions in Washington, a judge ruled Monday.
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Read More »Corcoran Gallery’s proposed merger goes to court
A District of Columbia judge is considering whether to allow a group representing some students, alumni, donors and faculty to intervene in a proposed merger of the Corcoran Gallery of Art with two larger institutions.
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Read More »Walters Art Museum receives $913k for new projects
The Walters Art Museum has been awarded $913,000 in grants for upcoming projects and exhibits leading into its 80th anniversary as a public museum.
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Read More »Waxing Civil War nostalgia
If you’ve ever had a hankering to own a life-sized wax figure from the American Civil War, now is your opportunity.
Read More »New exhibit could collect more visitors for Lewis Museum
A nationally renowned exhibit has made its way to Baltimore, where it may bring a surge of visitors to the East Coast’s largest African-American museum.
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