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museums
How a Holocaust Survivor Finally Learned Her Own Birth Name
By Olivia B. Waxman
Ukraine's Museums Race to Save the Country’s History
By Olivia B. Waxman
The Uncertain Future of Places That Preserve America’s Past
By Olivia B. Waxman
Why a Plan to Redefine the Meaning of 'Museum' Is Stirring Up Controversy
By Suyin Haynes
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50 Years After Stonewall, We’re Still Disagreeing About What Happened There. That’s Why the Archives Matter
Disagreements about what happened at Stonewall are fueled by a lack of access to the original sources and the sad fact that LGBTQ history is seldomly taught in schools
By Jason Baumann
April 30, 2019
See Behind the Scenes as the Statue of Liberty's Original Torch Moves to Its New Home
"It's an important chapter in the statue's story"
By Brian Braganza and Lauren Bogholtz
February 18, 2019
The Brazil Museum Fire Was a Stark Reminder That History Is Always in Danger of Being Lost Forever
'There’s an important lesson for all of us in the fire’s embers'
By Chip Colwell / The Conversation
September 6, 2018
What If Museums Cost More for Rich People
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
March 22, 2018
Is Instagram Ruining Art? One Museum Is Trying 'Photo Free' Hours
“Why do you need photos of everything in the show?"
By Katy Steinmetz/San Francisco
March 17, 2018
These Black History Artifacts Are Too Delicate to Touch, So I Recreated Them in 3-D
Meet one of the engineers behind a Google-funded installation at the African American History Museum
By Bria Sullivan
February 2, 2018
'Play Ball': See the Message That Launched American Soldiers Into World War II
The mission began on Nov. 8, 1942
By Lily Rothman
November 8, 2017
The World Forgot About a 402-Foot-Long Painting. Here's What Happened When It Was Found
It was 45 feet tall and depicted approximately 6,000 heroes of the Allied war effort, but it spent years sitting in a crate in Baltimore
By Lily Rothman
October 19, 2017
Rare Alexander Hamilton Letters Made Public for First Time
The world's largest collection of Alexander Hamilton papers, housed at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., is now available online
By Olivia B. Waxman
August 29, 2017
This Number Will Text You a Work of Art Based on What You Want to See
This is the pick-me-up you need
By Megan McCluskey
July 10, 2017
You Can Now Visit a Museum Dedicated to Dr. Seuss
It's like walking into one of his books
By Tara John
June 5, 2017
The Personal History Behind 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'
Gabriel García Márquez had serious doubts about whether the novel was good at all
By Álvaro Santana-Acuña / Harry Ransom Center
May 31, 2017
8 Questions for the Smithsonian's New Beer Historian
Friday is National Beer Day
By Olivia B. Waxman
April 7, 2017
These Two Drafts Show How the Balfour Declaration Evolved
They are now on view at the National Museum of American Jewish History
By Lily Rothman
March 17, 2017
How the Story of Black History Month Parallels the Fight for a Black History Museum
The fight to create something like the Smithsonian's Black History Museum dates back to before Black History Month was conceived
By Arica L. Coleman
January 31, 2017
George Lucas Chooses L.A. for $1 Billion Museum
San Francisco and Chicago were also contenders
By Katy Steinmetz
January 10, 2017
Who Betrayed Anne Frank? A New Study Suggests Nobody Did
Anne and the seven others hiding with her were possibly found by chance
By Madeline Farber
December 19, 2016
See an Original 1941 Transcript of FDR's Pearl Harbor Speech
YESTERDAY DECEMBER 7 1941 -- A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY --
By Lily Rothman
December 7, 2016
What Life Was Like in the World’s First Ghetto
This year marks the 500th anniversary of the establishment of a district in Venice to which the city's Jews were confined
By Joel J. Levy / Center for Jewish History
November 2, 2016
Now George Lucas' Museum Could Be in Los Angeles or San Francisco
Lucas released plans for the museum two different locations, but there can be only one
By Julia Zorthian
October 27, 2016
Prince’s Paisley Park to Open to the Public on Friday
The Purple One's home and studio will become a permanent museum
By Melissa Locker
October 25, 2016
How You Can Read the Magazine That Lewis Carroll Produced as a Teenager
Charles Dodgson edited the magazine and produced the majority of the content. The magazine also includes work by six of his ten siblings
By Danielle Brune Sigler / Harry Ransom Center
October 19, 2016
Washington Monument Will Remain Closed Indefinitely for Repairs
Its elevator is getting a modern update
By Maya Rhodan
September 26, 2016
Lynching Memorial to Open in Alabama
It will pay tribute to the more than 4,000 black victims killed between 1877 and 1950
By Maya Rhodan
September 26, 2016
Read President Obama's Speech at the Museum of African American History and Culture
"This museum tells the story of so many patriots"
By Katie Reilly
September 24, 2016
Obama: Protest and Patriotism Can Coexist
The President spoke at the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture
By Maya Rhodan and Katie Reilly
September 24, 2016
A Museum Embraces the Triumph and Struggle of Black America
Any history museum is a storytelling machine. But the newest one in Washington, D.C., starts telling its story before you even enter. The very silhouette of the National Museum of African American History and Culture...
By Richard Lacayo
September 22, 2016
Even the Café Is Historical at the New Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture
The Sweet Home Cafe gives visitors a taste of black history
By Maya Rhodan
September 15, 2016
5 Things to Know About the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture
The museum opens to the public Sept. 24
By Maya Rhodan
September 12, 2016
What West Germany Got Wrong About the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Before the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was opened, the West German authorities saw the project as anti-German
By Jacob S. Eder
August 5, 2016
See the National Parks Postage Stamps That Caused a Scandal
They were never meant to be used for mailing anything
By Lily Rothman
June 9, 2016
Smithsonian Previews Museum of African-American History
On the lowest level of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, set to open this September, there is a series of inscriptions on a sprawling far wall. It's known as the Founding...
By Maya Rhodan
May 13, 2016
Tuskegee Airman Reflects on Service Ahead of Iconic Fighter Plane's Restoration
"I had no idea that what we accomplished would have been as important as it turned out to be"
By Melissa Chan
April 18, 2016
See Hitler's Horrifying 1920 Political Platform
A new exhibition from the Museum of World War II Boston shines a harsh spotlight on the documents that trace the rise of anti-Semitism between 1919 and 1939. Here, read an excerpt from the accompanying book
By Kenneth W. Rendell and Samantha Heywood
April 11, 2016
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