The following excerpt is from the Washington Post: Visitors to the Smithsonian Institution and the National Archives will notice changes to summer hours and exhibitions as of May. The Smithsonian will begin closing certain galleries on a rolling basis come May 1 because of across-the-board budget cuts known as sequestration. The National Archives, which held [...]
The following teaser is from an article in the April 4, 2013 edition of the New York Times: Among the most arresting images in “Photography and the American Civil War,” a magisterial exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is “A Burial Party, Cold Harbor, Virginia, April 1865” by John Reekie. The remains of five [...]
The Trails & Rails Museum in Kearney, Nebraska has announced plans to build a $3.1 million family history center meant to house artifacts, offices, space for traveling exhibits, a conference room and a gift shop on adjacent land. The museum board of directors would like to break ground in September and open the building to [...]
The following excerpt is from an article by Seth Berkman published in the January 2, 2012 Jewish Daily Forward. Ellis Island, the historic point of arrival in the United States for more than 12 million European immigrants, has been closed since Hurricane Sandy hit New York Harbor on October 29, and the damage to its [...]
The following is from the November 16, 2012 edition of King5.com: SEATTLE – Friday night was a sad evening for the man who has operated the Seattle Veterans Museum. After being open for ten years, a lack of funds has caused Todd Crooks to close the doors to the museum near 2nd and Union in [...]
The following excerpt is from the November 15, 2012 edition of the Raleigh Telegram: RALEIGH – In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in North Carolina, the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh is presenting a three-part exhibit series titled North Carolina and the Civil War: 1861-1865. The series explores the four-year [...]
Google Maps for Android has made wayfinding inside twenty-two U.S.A. museums a lot easier. With indoor maps and walking directions for U.S.A. museums now available on your Android phone or tablet, you can easily plan your route from exhibit to exhibit, identifying points of interest along the way, including between floors. On Juy 10, Google [...]
According to the news release posted at the NARA website, the National Archives’ George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum has posted a new website. I surfed a bit within the site, and am very exited about the amount of data (including documents) already posted there. You might wonder why I care… Well, George W. [...]
The following excerpt is from an article posted in the July 5, 2012 edition of BangorDailyNews.com: Taste the Civil War as the Bangor Museum and History Center unveils “The Bangor Sanitary Fair Cookbook Bangor 1864.” Established in 1862, “the Bangor Sanitary Commission … sent a lot of supplies to the [Maine] soldiers,” said BMHC Executive [...]
The following excerpt is from an article by Ron Wilkins, posted at the Feb. 21, 2012 edition of jconline.com: John M. Harris spends each Tuesday and Wednesday quietly working in a small office surrounded by shelves stacked from floor to ceiling with boxes containing … well, that’s what Harris is finding out. Outside his office, [...]
The following teasor is from an excellent article written by Marisol Bello and published in the February 21, 2012 edition of USA Today. It was first proposed by black Civil War veterans almost 100 years ago. Now, five special commissions and two acts of Congress later, shovels and backhoes are set to break ground today [...]
The following excerpt is from the November 28, 2011 edition of the Alaska Journal of Commerce: JUNEAU — The Alaska State Museum has been an institution in Juneau for decades, but it’s one that the city and its hundreds of thousands of visitors may have to learn to live without for up to two years. [...]
(Media-Newswire.com) – ALBANY, NY – The New York State Museum, State Library and State Archives will be closed to the public on Saturday, September 24 due to semi-annual routine maintenance of electrical systems in the Cultural Education Center ( CEC ). The Cultural Education Center is closed on Sundays. The State Museum, Library and Archives [...]
COURT HOUSE – Cape May County Freeholder M. Susan Sheppard announced that the Cape May County Historical & Genealogical Society has been awarded a General Operating Support Grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State. The grant, in the amount of $9,750, will be used in part to fund [...]
The following excerpt is from an article published in the July 11, 2011 edition of the North Texas e-News. It caught my eye and my attention, as Patty has Delta County ancestry, and this museum didn’t exist the last time we were in the area doing research. The article is rather lengthy, which you don’t [...]
