Icebreaker Mackinaw Maritime Museum
Last weekend, a ribbon cutting ceremony was hosted on board the United States Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw Maritime Museum in Mackinaw City to honor the women who helped construct the vessel and many others....
by Nicole Ackman · Published June 24, 2021 · Last modified July 14, 2021
Last weekend, a ribbon cutting ceremony was hosted on board the United States Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw Maritime Museum in Mackinaw City to honor the women who helped construct the vessel and many others....
by Nicole Ackman · Published June 2, 2021 · Last modified July 2, 2021
A new exhibit has buzzed into the Upper Peninsula’s Children’s museum. After taking over as exhibit designer around a year ago, Carie Koscielny, knew the benefits a live bee exhibit could offer to the...
by Nicole Ackman · Published April 23, 2021 · Last modified May 10, 2021
The new exhibition “Earth. Wind. Weather.” is the latest installation to take the Michigan Science Center (MiSCi) by storm. The exhibit, which is now open to the public, will allow visitors to experience some of Earth’s weather patterns,...
by Nicole Ackman · Published April 6, 2021 · Last modified April 15, 2021
Since the beginning of the pandemic, staff at the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History have been testing and developing innovative ways to engage patrons, educators and students from home. Though the community will have...
by Nicole Ackman · Published March 17, 2021 · Last modified March 19, 2021
A new exhibit, “Womanfolk” by Erin Case, opens at the Saginaw Art Museum Thursday, March 18. The exhibit, which opens during Women’s History Month, is scheduled to run through the end of June. “The...
by Nicole Ackman · Published February 15, 2021 · Last modified March 22, 2021
Detroit writer and activist Adrienne Maree Brown pointed out that the experience of Black Americans, is by definition, a story of science fiction. Enslaved ancestors had to dream up a Black future that was...
by Nicole Ackman · Published February 3, 2021 · Last modified February 22, 2021
Dr. Debra Reid, Curator of Agriculture and Environment, joins Lisa Germani on Community Connect to talk about the history of Food Soldiers and their impact on the economic welfare of the Black community. They...
by Nicole Ackman · Published February 2, 2021 · Last modified February 22, 2021
Where Asmaa Walton saw an opportunity to fill in a blindspot, she took it — by building a project that put Black visual artists and culture front-and-center. That’s why she started the Black Art Library, which has jumped...
by Nicole Ackman · Published November 9, 2020 · Last modified February 24, 2021
Produced by Imagine Exhibitions, the newest exhibition at the Grand Rapids Public Museum (GRPM), “Wild Connections” by New York artist Sean Kenney, opened Nov. 7 and features works of art made entirely from LEGO bricks. ...
by Nicole Ackman · Published August 7, 2020 · Last modified February 24, 2021
It will still be a couple of years before passengers can cruise in one of Ford Motor Co.’s planned self-driving vehicles. But in the meantime, they can get a taste of the experience at...