For over 100 years, the Detroit car industry has been an important part of American history, influencing how Americans all … More
Category: Museums
A Photographer’s Life in Focus: NY’s Alice Austen House
Women’s History Month is a time to celebrate the contributions of women who may be less well-known, such as photographer … More
Save the Norwalk Mansion!
This was the outcry in 1961 when the City of Norwalk, Connecticut, threatened to raze Lockwood-Mathews Mansion, one of the … More
Celebrating 100 Years of The Phillips Collection in D.C.
America’s first museum dedicated to modern art, The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., continues to fulfill founder Duncan Phillips’s vision … More
Restoring South Beach to its Original Cool – Art Deco Close-up
South Beach, the southern tip of the sandbar that constitutes Miami Beach proper, has had many incarnations since becoming the … More
The Chinese American Museum of Washington D.C.
Washington D.C. may be a relatively small city, but its museum count continues to grow. The newest — still in … More
Winterthur Museum Celebrates Christmas
Winterthur, the Delaware home of Henry Francis du Pont and his family, is a museum today, but in his lifetime, … More
Exploring a Musician’s World at Mendelssohn House in Leipzig
In a German city renowned for music and musical history sites, Mendelssohn Haus (Mendelssohn House) uses original artifacts and modern … More
A Taste of History: Plimoth Patuxet Museums in Plymouth, Massachusetts
November is Thanksgiving month, the quintessential American holiday that began in seventeenth-century Massachusetts when the ship Mayflower, dropped anchor off … More
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill in Harrodsburg, Kentucky
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill in its heyday numbered some 500 members of the United Society of Believers in Christ’s … More
