Museums

Summer play days

2013-05-21 10:24:34

One of the joys of the beach is its consistency. The tide rises and falls without fail, the sun casts a glow over the water every morning and every night. But Ocean City, for all its constants, continually delivers fresh adventures. We've put together a...

Ten objects that sum up Gary Vikan's life

2013-05-20 07:34:00

Editor's note: This is the first in a series of occasional features on prominent local residents and the possessions they treasure. You can get a pretty good idea of someone's journey through life by looking at the objects with which he surrounds...

Poe House reopening planned for October

2013-05-16 15:48:21

Baltimore's Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum should reopen Oct. 4, the group responsible for making it profitable announced this week. "That's the official goal. That's the date," said Baltimore-based actor and author Mark Redfield, vice president of Poe...

Recreation and Outdoors calendar

2013-05-18 01:30:00

Canoe/kayak Today, May 19: USA Canoe/Kayak Whitewater Slalom Team Trials and Deep Creek Open, Adventure Sports Center International, Deep Creek Lake, Garrett County. Admission: free. Children's Adventure Series and Kids Day at The Races, 11 a.m.-2 p.m....

Recreation and outdoors calendar

2013-05-11 01:33:00

Surfing regionals Through today, May 12: The Eastern Surfing Association's 2013 Mid-Atlantic Regional Surfing Championships will be held in Ocean City off the beach near 48th Street. For hours, registration and more information, call 800-399-6820 or...

HdG lost out on Preakness when The Graw closed [Havre de Grace]

2013-05-15 11:15:00

It's Armed Forces weekend, dear readers, May 18 is Armed Forces Day, a tribute to those who have served or are serving in any of our military branches. We salute them for their courage and dedication. Saturday is also the running of the 138th...

Stanford University to preserve Walters Art Museum's digital manuscript collection

2013-05-09 15:16:00

The Walters Art Museum, a trail-blazer in digitizing its collection and making it available online, has reached an agreement with Stanford University Libraries to give more than 100,000 high-res images of medieval manuscripts what is being called "a...

Endangered Hopkins museum exhibit back on schedule, minus two pieces

2013-05-07 19:14:41

An exhibit at the Johns Hopkins Evergreen House that was thrown into doubt this week is back on, but without two artworks at the crux of a dispute between the artist and the curator. The two large pieces in question — one depicting a cross, the...

Caton connection delivers at Walters

2013-05-10 04:55:00

A neglected 19th-century Baltimore artist gets some 21st-century recognition in an exhibit at the Walters Art Museum. "New Eyes on America: The Genius of Richard Caton Woodville" includes all 16 of his surviving paintings, some of his drawings and...

Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum comes to Harford

2013-05-06 12:03:22

The Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum has been taking the Glenn L. Martin Company rocket age history on the road to Harford County. Thanks to support from the Dresher Foundation, the museum is offering its outreach STEM education program "From Sand...

At Walters' Richard Caton Woodville exhibit, a 20th painting discovered

2013-05-03 17:10:00

For the past 158 years, art historians thought that the painter Richard Caton Woodville, the James Dean of his generation, had completed just 19 paintings before he died of a morphine overdose in 1855 at age 30. Now, we know that there were 20. Joy...

Once upon a time, 'the best place to shoot ducks' was Miller's Island

2013-05-03 03:09:00

Where was the best place to hunt waterfowl in the Upper Chesapeake Bay? The most likely answer would be the Susquehanna Flats off Havre de Grace, but that might not necessarily be the correct one, according to "The Best Place to Shoot Ducks, Miller's...

Check out not one but two exhibitions of African-American art at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach. "In the Hands of African American Collectors: The Personal Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey" is up through July 20. Highlights: African American Art from the Norton Collection is

2013-05-20 14:13:00

Learn about Floridas first citizens at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum on the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation. More information at .

2013-05-20 14:13:00

Sure we live in a diverse part of the world. But who knew? Did you know there was once a settlement of Japanese-Americans in Delray Beach? The last remnant of their presence is on display at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach, .

2013-05-20 14:13:00