Art
An Interactive Story Follows Two Migrants on Their Journeys to Europe
Migration Trail is a 10-day interactive story that unfolds in real time as it follows two migrants on their journey to Europe.
Allison Meier
Art
Virtually Explore Centuries of Human Settlement Along the South Carolina Coast
Between the Waters is an interactive documentary on the centuries of human settlement in South Carolina's Hobcaw Barony.
Art
This Colossal Goat Sculpture Is a Swedish Tradition, and Almost Every Year It Goes Up in Flames
Since the 1960s, the city of Gävle in Sweden has annually built a towering Yule goat, and almost every year someone burns it down.
Art
How Zarafa, France's First Giraffe, Became a Cultural Sensation
In art, fashion, and eccentric hairstyles, the arrival of the first giraffe in France in the 1820s caused a sensation in culture.
Art
Explore the Color Code of a 19th-Century Artist Who Painted Nature
Decode the color system of 19th-century nature artist Ferdinand Bauer, who documented the Australian coast, through an online interactive.
Art
The Women Photographers of World War I
No Man's Land: Women's Photography and the First World War at Impressions Gallery in the UK highlights women's perspectives of World War I.
Art
Bergdorf Goodman’s Holiday Windows Celebrate NYC Cultural Institutions
The 2017 Bergdorf Goodman holiday windows celebrate the American Museum of Natural History, New-York Historical Society, New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and other local cultural institutions.
Art
A Eulogy for One of NYC's Oldest Manhole Covers
The vanishing of an 1866 Croton Aqueduct manhole cover recalls the fleetingness of historic infrastructure heritage on New York City's streets.
Art
Bark Paintings That Were Pivotal Documents in an Aboriginal Sea Rights Case Go on View
The bark paintings in Gapu-Monuk Saltwater: Journey to Sea Country at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney were pivotal documents in a major case for indigenous sea rights.
History
How Trompe-L’Oeil Added Information and Ornamentation to Maps
Look But Don't Touch: Tactile Illusions on Maps at the Harvard Map Collection explores how cartographers have used trompe l'oeil illustrations on maps.
Art
An Art Nouveau Interpretation of the Minoan World
Restoring the Minoans: Elizabeth Price and Sir Arthur Evans at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World revisits the archaeology of Knossos through a contemporary video installation.
Books
The Man Who Spent 60 Years Photographing the North American Railroad
Essential Witness features photographs from Jim Shaugnessy's 60 years documenting the evolution of the North American railroad.