Nemours Estate Gardens

If the gardens and mansion at Alfred I. du Pont’s Delaware estate, Nemours, were built to impress, they were also … More

Dance in the Time of Covid: A Close Up of the New York City Dance Scene: Where are we now and where are we going?

Live dance has been particularly devastated by the pandemic. Dancers are most alive when they breathe the same air, touch … More

Art in the Time of Covid, Part II

Artists not only reflect the state of humanity but often help to show the path to what we can become … More

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: A Gift to the City of Boston

Wandering through her neo-renaissance Florentine palazzo, now the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, you can’t help wishing you’d been invited to … More

Challenge and Transformation at New York’s Museum of Chinese in America

The 40th anniversary of New York City’s Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) in 2020 was anything but typical of … More

Sharing Immigrants’ Stories at New York’s Tenement Museum

While many house museums in America present the lives of famous or wealthy individuals, the Tenement Museum on New York … More

Lindsborg, Kansas: Little Sweden of the Plains

Following in the footsteps of its resourceful founders, today’s Lindsborg artfully blends old traditions with the forces of modern life. … More

Creating Change: Mural Arts Philadelphia

Philadelphia’s famous citywide gallery of outdoor murals is both an icon like the city’s historic sites and a force to … More

Center for Traditional Music and Dance Takes the Pandemic by Storm with Beat of the Boroughs

Founded in 1968, the Center for Traditional Music and Dance (CTMD) supports New York City’s immigrant communities to sustain their … More

A New Kind of “Museum” on Fifth Avenue is the Space for Ideas

There is a new kid on the block, so to speak, of New York City’s Museum Mile that stretches down … More