Standing under the artificial willow tree in the entrance courtyard of the new Planet Word Museum, a visitor hears voices … More
Tag: history
Art and Landscape at the Florence Griswold Museum
On a sunny summer afternoon, artists still paint by the Lieutenant River behind the Florence Griswold House in Old Lyme, … More
Historic Yet New: Hartford’s Wadsworth Atheneum
Seeing the interaction of old and new at the Wadsworth Atheneum in downtown Hartford, Connecticut, is as easy as walking … More
Chesterwood: Daniel Chester French’s Berkshires Retreat
Daniel Chester French was at work in his Massachusetts summer home and studio in 1914, when he was commissioned to … More
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
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
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
For the Love of Norway: Vesterheim
Vesterheim, the National Norwegian-American Museum and Heritage Center, in Bluff County of Northeast Iowa at Decorah, explores the immigrant experience … More
The Wichita Postcard Club: Seizing Moments in American life
Decades before radio and television, velvet-covered postcard albums entertained the entire family. As ubiquitous as the family Bible, these albums … More
