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A Database of Fugitive Slave Ads Reveals Thousands of Untold Resistance Stories

by Allison Meier April 4, 2018

Freedom on the Move from Cornell University is the first major digital database of fugitive slave ads from North America.

Posted inHistory

Revisiting MoMA’s Controversial 1940 Italian Renaissance Blockbuster

by Allison Meier November 10, 2017November 10, 2017

In 1940, a landmark Italian Renaissance exhibition made a stop at the Museum of Modern Art, leading visitors to question its commitment to the contemporary.

Posted inBooks

From Chocolate Gramophones to MP3s: The History of Sound in Images

by Allison Meier October 13, 2017October 13, 2017

The Art of Sound: A Visual History for Audiophiles by Terry Burrows is an illustrated history of recorded sound, from gramophones to the rise of digital.

Posted inArt

An App Tells the Overlooked History of the Largest Slave Port in the Americas

by Allison Meier September 21, 2017August 3, 2021

The Museum of Yesterday is an augmented reality app that excavates the secret histories of Rio de Janeiro, including its major role in the transatlantic slave trade.

Posted inNews

Folk Artist and Abolitionist Sheldon Peck to Be Honored with Historic Marker

by Allison Meier September 8, 2017

A roadside marker in Jordan, New York, will commemorate the former home of 19th-century folk artist and abolitionist Sheldon Peck.

Posted inArt

The Indian Removal Act Is on View at the National Archives for the First Time

by Allison Meier May 8, 2017May 8, 2017

Visitors can read the handwritten 1830 act that was signed by Andrew Jackson and led to the forced removal of indigenous tribes across the United States.

Posted inArt

Penn Libraries Acquires Benjamin Franklin’s First Broadside, a Skull-Adorned Elegy

by Allison Meier January 24, 2017January 25, 2017

In 1723, a teenaged Benjamin Franklin created his first printing piece, a broadside elegy recently acquired by the University of Pennsylvania.

Posted inArt

A Visit to New York City’s New Subterranean Archaeological Repository

by Allison Meier January 4, 2017January 4, 2017

In October, the Landmarks Preservation Commission opened its new research center where New York City’s archaeological collections are accessible to researchers for the first time.

Posted inArt

The Challenge of Making a Permanent Exhibit About Mercurial New York

by Allison Meier December 20, 2016December 20, 2016

The Museum of the City of New York opens its first permanent exhibition, an ambitious multimedia journey through 400 years of the city’s turbulent history.

Posted inArt

An Online Exhibition Explores the Cultural Legacy of Prohibition

by Allison Meier December 8, 2016December 8, 2016

The Mob Museum in Las Vegas explores the jazz, flappers, and mob violence of America’s Prohibition era in a new online exhibition.

Posted inArt

A Tour of Timekeeping in Rare Books

by Allison Meier November 3, 2016November 3, 2016

Through 86 volumes that span the 15th century to the present, the Grolier Club visualizes the development of modern timekeeping.

Posted inIn Brief

President Obama Declares Stonewall Inn First National Monument to LGBTQ History

by Allison Meier June 27, 2016June 28, 2016

Today the beige Stetson hats of the National Parks Service (NPS) will start appearing at the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, as the site was declared a national monument on Friday.

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