In Brief
Digitized Sketchbooks Bring Darwin's 'Beagle' Voyage to Life
Sailing aboard the HMS Beagle from 1833 to 1835, artist Conrad Martens kept sketchbooks of the landscapes, people, and animals the expedition encountered.
Allison Meier
Allison C. Meier is a former staff writer for Hyperallergic. Originally from Oklahoma, she has been covering visual culture and overlooked history for print and online media since 2006. She moonlights as a cemetery tour guide.
Art
A Blue Whale Dethrones a Dinosaur as Natural History Museums Embrace Their Research Side
Museum displays are constantly in flux, as institutions choose what identity they want to present to the public.
Art
Williamsburg Waterfront Fire Could Reignite Park Plans, Including Museum
The warehouse still smoldering on the Williamsburg waterfront may draw new attention to this East River–aligned stretch of Brooklyn, where city officials have long planned for an extensive park and small museum.
News
Restoration of Civil Rights Landmarks Included in Obama's FY16 Budget
A $50 million restoration of sites associated with the Civil Rights Movement is included in President Obama's fiscal year 2016 budget, released Monday.
Art
How Louis Kahn's Last Commercial Work Fell Quietly in Philadelphia
Last year, the only surviving commercial work designed by architect Louis I. Kahn was torn down with little fanfare in Philadelphia.
Art
Oxford's Bodleian Library Celebrates the Father of Modern Publishing and Italics
This year marks five centuries since the death of Aldus Manutius, an Italian humanist who forever changed the direction of publishing, and got in one of its first copyright squabbles.
Art
Sharing Amateur Photographers' Shots from the New York World's Fairs
With the ostentatious pavilions gleaming during the day, and the fountains and futuristic statuary illuminated at night, the World's Fairs in New York were a photographer's dream.
Art
Art Students Reconstruct the Lost Faces of Unidentified Crime Victims
Last month, students in the Forensic Sculpture Workshop at the New York Academy of Art (NYAA) made faces for 11 anonymous skulls belonging to unidentified victims of crimes.
Books
Letters of Woe and Curses Returned with Stolen Pieces of the Petrified Forest
The fossilized remains of an ancient forest, dazzling with glints of opal and amethyst, have tempted many a visitor to Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park.
News
Neighborhood Founded by Freed Slaves Rallies to Save Its Brick Roads
Century-old brick streets in a historically black neighborhood in Houston, Texas, are under threat of demolition, the culmination of a years-long debate over the preservation of Freedmen's Town.
Art
Emma Goldman Papers Project Faces Uncertain Future
The 34-year-old Emma Goldman Papers Project is in limbo after losing its affiliation with UC Berkeley and running through its funding.
Art
A Historic Manuscript on Aztec Life Is "Virtually Repatriated"
One of the major textual resources on pre-Columbian Mexico is now online in a digital platform launched this month.