How the New Bedford Whaling Museum turned a bad Google review into free marketing – CBS News Watch CBS News The New Bedford Whaling Museum was hit with a Google review calling it the “worst aquarium ever.” Then it turned it into marketing gold. Tony Dokoupil has the story. Source link
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Smithsonian National Museum of American History Director Anthea Hartig appeared stumped by a basic question on sex and gender from Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. During a House hearing on alleged “extreme political activism” on display at the Smithsonian, Mace asked Hartig, “Do you believe that men can … Read more
NEW YORK — A Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in a New York City neighborhood now counts 60 cases, but new diagnoses are slowing, health officials said Tuesday. They reported progress on inspections for the disease-causing bacteria — finding traces in dozens of buildings including the famed Metropolitan Museum of Art — but still haven’t pinpointed a … Read more
It has been more than 15 years since 155 people were rescued from the Hudson River after US Airways Flight 1549 struck a flock of geese, forcing an emergency landing on the water. Everyone on board survived, largely in part because of the actions of Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger. A new museum named in his … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A sweeping new White House report concluded that the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History (NMAH) has become a taxpayer-backed institution of “ideological capture” and “extreme political activism.” “The report concludes that the Smithsonian Institution, and the National Museum of American History in particular, under its … Read more
Burglars stole millions of dollars worth of jewelry from the museum of French luxury glassmaker Lalique in a daring early-morning raid on Sunday, just months after a stunning gem heist at the Louvre in Paris. A gang of masked thieves broke in to the museum in Wingen-sur-Moder in northeastern France around 5:30 am, forcing a … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As America marks its 250th anniversary, 9/11 Memorial and Museum President and CEO Elizabeth L. Hillman said this year’s milestone coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, highlighting the nation’s past and its resilience. “This year, America’s 250th birthday coincides with the … Read more
Rikers Island inmates get Father’s Day trip to museum with their kids – CBS News Watch CBS News Bradley Blackburn reports on a one-of-a-kind partnership, reuniting incarcerated fathers with their children. Source link
On the Midway Plaisance near Dorchester Avenue, a jubilant celebration with old-school jams was well under way at 10 a.m. ahead of the Obama Presidential Center opening ceremony watch party. For many, this was about more than a building. It was about seeing a community that shaped a president take its place on the world … Read more
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A museum in Georgia’s oldest city on Wednesday welcomed a truckload of treasures from the earliest period of U.S. history — 17 cannons that experts believe sank to the bottom of the Savannah River during the American Revolution and remained undiscovered for nearly 240 years. Workers carefully hoisted the big guns one-by-one … Read more