All National Park Service sites are special, but Weir Farm National Historical Park in Wilton, Connecticut, has the distinction of … More
Author: Linda Cabasin
A Center for Poetry: The Emily Dickinson Museum
Emily Dickinson and the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts, are having a cultural moment. Reopened in August 2022 after … More
Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum Blooms in Virginia
The power a special place can have on individuals and communities is clear throughout the Anne Spencer House & Garden … More
Preserving Frank Lloyd Wright’s Pope-Leighey House
Deceptively simple and functional but meticulously detailed: At the Pope-Leighey House in Alexandria, Virginia, these characteristics of Frank Lloyd Wright’s … More
Bringing History Alive at the Museum of the American Revolution
Making American history relevant to people can be a challenge even in places like Philadelphia that have a wealth of … More
Shofuso: Philadelphia’s Japanese House and Garden
Within Philadelphia’s 2,000-acre Fairmount Park, Shofuso is a serene, one-acre urban treasure, a traditional Japanese house and garden that comes … More
NYC’s New Jackie Robinson Museum: A Trailblazer’s Legacy
Social activist, entrepreneur, soldier, and, of course, iconic athlete: Jackie Robinson was all these things during a life that broke … More
Illuminating the Past and Present at New York’s Center for Jewish History
In its building on West 16th Street in New York City, the Center for Jewish History provides a home for … More
Sharing an Artist’s Vision at the Wharton Esherick Museum
An artist’s studio is a place to produce creative work, but artist and woodworker Wharton Esherick (1887–1970) went further. The … More
Expanding Community at Philadelphia’s Woodmere Art Museum
Woodmere Art Museum fills a large Victorian mansion, but the institution has big new plans to grow to fulfill its … More
