A reworking of the Bullitt family papers to highlight the people enslaved by the Bullitt family on the Oxmoor plantation and the Cottonwood plantation from the late eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. One of these families includes the Sanders family, headed by Eliza Sanders and her husband, Jim Sanders. While not all people […]
The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) presents RECLAMATION: Recipes, Remedies, and Rituals, a new participatory exhibition featuring nine interdisciplinary artists. Conceived as a virtual experience that recontextualizes the traditional role of women in providing sustenance and healing, RECLAMATION also features content submitted by the public, interwoven with the artists’ work. RECLAMATION is […]
"Becoming Weatherwise: A History of Climate Science in America" is an exhibition at the American Philosophical Society's Museum. It explores the questions and methods that have driven the study of weather and climate in the Western world from the mid-eighteenth century through today. The exhibition highlights the importance of work by amateurs and professionals who […]
Can you name five women artists? Since 2016, the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) has been asking this question on social media each March during Women’s History Month. Using the hashtag #5WomenArtists, the campaign calls attention to the fact that women have not been treated equally in the art world, and today […]
How do we tell personal narratives in ways that highlight our community’s broader history and impact? On October 29, 2021, Dakota Russell (Executive Director, Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation), Clement Hanami (Art Director, Japanese American National Museum), and Judy Hayami discussed preserving family stories using innovative ways to share the voices of Heart Mountain, as well […]
Don't miss an exciting new conversation about "Setsuko’s Secret: Heart Mountain and the Legacy of the Japanese American Incarceration." On October 21, 2021, Author Shirley Ann Higuchi, J.D., chair of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation, shared her painful transformational journey uncovering and writing about her family’s history and the Japanese American incarceration during World War […]
The new graphic novel, “We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration,” presents an original vision of America’s past with disturbing links to the American present. Through the distinct but interconnected stories of Jim Akutsu, Hiroshi Kashiwagi, and Mitsuye Endo, three Japanese Americans who resisted imprisonment in American concentration camps during WWII, We Hereby […]
EXHIBIT Bound by Faith: The Bibles of Cleveland County June 21-October 22, 2022 Tuesday-Saturday/ 10am-4pm FREE ADMISSION The Kings Mountain Historical Museum is proud to announce a new exhibit coming this summer. The exhibit was created in conjunction with The Dover Library’s University Archives at Gardner Webb University and The Earl Scruggs Center. Bound by […]
Created to accompany the exhibition "Miné Okubo’s Masterpiece: The Art of Citizen 13660," this guide uses prompts and activities to encourage thoughtful reflection and art making inspired by JANM’s collections of Okubo’s illustrations. Use this resource at home or in the classroom with the museum’s digital repository of Okubo’s work.
With the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities and donations from over one hundred people and organizations, Clio is a free platform designed to help organizations create and share walking tours and thematic trails that connect people to nearby history, art, and other topics. There are now over 1400 walking tours in Clio […]
Collected is a project of the African American History Curatorial Collective at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Centering stories curated by the Collective’s members, this podcast offers compelling and accessible journeys through topics in African American history that are particularly relevant today. The topic for the first season of Collected is Black Feminism. […]
Drawings and paintings by Miné Okubo, a Japanese American artist, created while incarcerated during World War II in California and Utah; and postwar in New York City, New York.