Source: www.burlingtonfreepress.com --- 2 days ago Lake Champlain MaritimeMuseum could fill Burlington project's vacancy. The Burlington City Council's Parks, Arts and Culture Committee is recommending to the full council that negotiates begin with the Museum. ...
Source: 7d.blogs.com --- 3 days ago The redevelopment of the Moran Plant will be the main item for debate at tonight's Burlington City Council, including a request to sign a deal allowing the Lake Champlain MaritimeMuseum to become the project's crucial third tenant. Last fall, the Green Mountain Children's Museum pulled out of the project , leaving only two possible anchor tenants — Ice Factor , a Scottish-based company that wants to create an indoor, family adventure center, and the Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center . The city then sought, and received, proposals from nonprofit groups interested in occupying up to 7000 square feet of ground floor space in the Moran Center at Waterfront Park redevelopment project. Burlington College, Burlington City Arts, the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts and the Lake Champlain MaritimeMuseum offered proposals . Here's a description of the MaritimeMuseum's proposal: Lake Champlain MaritimeMuseum : Proposes to use 7000 square feet to create a new LCMM branch called the "Shipwreck Center," which will include interactive Museum exhibits and theater space inside the building, focusing on the shipwrecks of Lake Champlain. The exhibits would include recovered artifacts, full sized replica vessels and other objects that tell the story of the lake's military, commercial and cultural history. LCMM also proposes to relocate to Moran the activities currently housed at Perkins Pier, including porting the schooner Lois McClure, a ...
Source: www.indielondon.co.uk --- 6 days ago AN EXHIBITION entitled Toy Boats will be on display at the National MaritimeMuseum from May 1 to October 31, 2010. It features miniature ocean liners, toy paddle steamers, tin battleships and clockwork submarines alongside, games, catalogues and photographs all produced in Europe between 1850 and 1950. For more than 100 years the craze for things Maritime drove toy companies to make toy boats of every size and description, capturing the imagination of generations of children, creating a sense of adventure and excitement. At a time when Britain was the world’s greatest industrial and Maritime power, toy boats were as fascinating to children as computer games are today. From the mid 19th century, as nations raced each other to build bigger and better ships, toy makers were swift to exploit the publicity and follow-up with toys that captured the spirit of these famous vessels. The methods used in toy-boat propulsion varied from twisted rubber bands and clockwork springs to early batteries and real fired-up burners producing steam. The show traces these developments through toy boats made by celebrated toy makers in Europe including Gerbrüder Bing, Marklin, Radiguet, Bassett-Lowke, Hornby and Sutcliffe. Late 19th-century town planning across Europe introduced new parks with decorative ponds and fountains, which gave children a space to play with toy boats. This, along with the increase in family seaside holidays, created an appeal whic ...
Source: www.colombopage.com --- 7 days ago Mar 04, Galle: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today declared open the country's first Maritime Archaeology Museum and the Visitor Information Center at the Old Dutch Warehouse in Galle Fort today. ...
Source: www.erieblogs.com --- 7 days ago The Erie MaritimeMuseum invites you to join them for an afternoon program of information and Maritime music on Saturday, March 6, at 2:00 p.m. in the Hirt Auditorium at the Blasco Library. ...
Source: jcedf.org --- 7 days ago PASCAGOULA, Miss. – A new MaritimeMuseum moved closer to reality when the city council agreed to pay Jackson-based Resource Development LLC $5,000 to study the feasibility of the tourist attraction. Part of the plan includes bringing the Pascagoula-built USS Ticonderoga back to the city. The study will be funded by a Mississippi Development Authority grant. The three-story, 30,000 square foot Museum will cost $12 million. The study is expected to be finished in three weeks. (Source: Mississippi Press , 03/03/10) ...
Source: www.slbc.lk --- 7 days ago President Mahinda Rajapaksa will open the Maritime Archaeological Museum at Galle Fort today. 177 million rupees has been spent to construct this new Museum building under the Netherlands aid program. ...
Source: blog.gulflive.com --- 8 days ago Pascagoula approved grant money to pay for a MaritimeMuseum feasibility study and accepted addtional federal grant money to restore Old Spanish Fort, one of the oldest structures on the Gulf. ...
Source: twitter.com --- 9 days ago ShipIndex: Check out the forthcoming Abu Dhabi MaritimeMuseum, being designed by Tadao Ando - http://desmena.com/?p=68. Wow. Cool. Opening in 2012... ...
Source: mycameratrip.blogspot.com --- 9 days ago After work, I told my husband that I will apply for another job vacancy in the other casino. We decided to take a 30 minute relaxation on the beach while waiting for the office to open at eight. As usual, I had to explore the vicinity. Here are the pictures that I want to share to all of you. This is the entrance to the Museum so; I just went up to this area. Here is the view from the entrace and the welcome signage. My hubby counting the seagulls and pelicans.....lol. Looking at the Deer Island at the adjascent place. Just for your info about the ordinance in this part of the beach. Got more photos to share so; just visit me here everyday. ...