Last year, the American Antiquarian Society received a grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation to support the reorganization, rehousing, and digitization of 655 pages of letters, notebooks, and photographs created by formerly enslaved people. The new digital resource Letters from Freedom provides additional context to the materials and to the stories of the people … Continue reading Letters from Freedom: New Digital Resource| Past is Present
Has bound with it: Alfred Ely, A Sermon, Occasioned by the Late Death of Mrs. Charlotte Sprague (Hartford, 1821) and Absalom Peters, Memoir of Mrs. Charlotte E. Sprague (New Haven, 1821). Although the original leather and gilt binding has been worn down by much handling over the years, this bespoke volume provides a physical tribute … Continue reading New to AAS: William B. Sprague. The Tribute of a Mourning Husband, 1821.| Past is Present
Now a ghost town, Granite, Montana, was once a thriving mining town after the discovery of silver in the 1870s. The Bi-Metallic Mining Company operated there from 1887 until 1893, when the Sherman Silver Purchase Act made the price of silver so low that the mines were abandoned. This album contains numerous photographs including cyanotypes, … Continue reading New to AAS: Bi-Metallic Mining Company album. Granite, Montana, between 1887 and 1893. Photograph album with 101 photographic pri...| Past is Present
Tom Thumb takes center stage as both a sword-wielding hero and object of royal curiosity in this early nineteenth-century picture book. Although this rhymed tale is set in the early Medieval court …| Past is Present
This exhibition in the Photography Rooms at the Museum Ludwig is dedicated to three protagonists from two generations of street photography...| Art Blart _ art and cultural memory archive
Associate Curator Siting Wang shares four trends that emerged from Frieze Seoul 2025 and the Saatchi Art artists bringing them to life.| Canvas: A Blog By Saatchi Art
Exhibition dates: 12th June – 31st August, 2025 Curator: Sérgio Mah Edward Weston (American, 1886-1958)Surf, Bodega193719 x 24cmGelatin silver printCenter for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona. Edward Weston Archive Three week’s to the day since my hip replacement operation and I’m still in pain. I know, slowly slowly but it’s … Continue reading "Exhibition: ‘Edward Weston. La matèria de les formes’ at Centro de Fotografía KBr Fundación MAPFRE, Bar...| Art Blart _ art and cultural memory archive
"Typologien" is an extensive study dedicated to 20th-century German photography. Typology is a highly challenging and complex notion.| Art Blart _ art and cultural memory archive
Discover what's trending from the 30th Annual Armory Show. The post Three Trends from The Armory Show 2025 appeared first on Canvas: A Blog By Saatchi Art.| Canvas: A Blog By Saatchi Art
by Rosemary Yee Over the past century, American tourists have visited Chinatowns across the United States for various reasons. While some explore the exotic cultures of East Asia, others quest … Continue reading What is Hershey’s in Chinese?→ The post What is Hershey’s in Chinese? appeared first on Visit The Hershey Story Museum.| Visit The Hershey Story Museum
by Valerie Seiber The Hershey Lumber Company, the successor of Hershey Improvement Company, operated from 1927 until 1971. Just a few short months after the Lumber Company closed, a fire broke … Continue reading A Rare Piece of Hershey Lumber Company History→ The post A Rare Piece of Hershey Lumber Company History appeared first on Visit The Hershey Story Museum.| Visit The Hershey Story Museum
by Kathryn Kaslow It is easy to take timepieces for granted. Our wrist watches, phones, and even our microwaves display the time. However, the ability to instantaneously know the time down … Continue reading Time Traveling: The Rise and Fall of the American Pocket Watch→ The post Time Traveling: The Rise and Fall of the American Pocket Watch appeared first on Visit The Hershey Story Museum.| Visit The Hershey Story Museum
by Valerie Seiber What one wears communicates certain things about oneself to other people (whether intentional or not). We surmise who people are or what they do based on the … Continue reading Fancy Hats and Other Things→ The post Fancy Hats and Other Things appeared first on Visit The Hershey Story Museum.| Visit The Hershey Story Museum
by Valerie Seiber Twenty years ago The Hershey Company (formerly known as Hershey Foods Corporation) was known for both chocolate and pasta. Beginning in 1966, Hershey Pasta Group operated as … Continue reading Hershey and Pasta: An Interesting Relationship→ The post Hershey and Pasta: An Interesting Relationship appeared first on Visit The Hershey Story Museum.| Visit The Hershey Story Museum
by Lauren Ciriac Wenger It may seem like Christmas traditions that we cherish have been around forever. The Christmas tree, sending Christmas cards, exchanging gifts, and Santa Claus traveling on … Continue reading The Development of the Modern Christmas→ The post The Development of the Modern Christmas appeared first on Visit The Hershey Story Museum.| Visit The Hershey Story Museum
by Lauren Ciriac Wenger When Milton Hershey planned to build a chocolate factory and develop a community around it, he returned to the area in which he grew up. It … Continue reading How Trolleys Helped Hershey Thrive→ The post How Trolleys Helped Hershey Thrive appeared first on Visit The Hershey Story Museum.| Visit The Hershey Story Museum
By Valerie Seiber The Hershey Story is fortunate to contain a variety of artifacts related to the life of Henry William Stiegel. Stiegel was an intriguing and ambitious figure who … Continue reading Henry William Stiegel – Ironmaster and Glass Maker→ The post Henry William Stiegel – Ironmaster and Glass Maker appeared first on Visit The Hershey Story Museum.| Visit The Hershey Story Museum
by Lauren Ciriac Wenger The 1800s was a time of incredible development, expansion, and change in America. Important historic events occurred during this century—the Library of Congress was established, the … Continue reading A Small Piece of the Past: Relic Hunting and Souvenir Collecting in the 1800s→ The post A Small Piece of the Past: Relic Hunting and Souvenir Collecting in the 1800s appeared first on Visit The Hershey Story Museum.| Visit The Hershey Story Museum
toys games playtime| Visit The Hershey Story Museum
If you have followed the collecting of the Library Company over the past half-century, you already will be familiar with the contributions of emeritus Trustee Dr. Charles E. Rosenberg. Since the 1960s, Dr. Rosenberg has been the preeminent American voice in the study of the history of medicine, and particularly in how that history intersects and interacts with the history of society at large. Through his career, he has authored numerous essays, articles, and monographs on the history of medic...| The Library Company of Philadelphia
In this podcast, recent Masters graduate Emma Plant interviews Jeanne Robinson, the Hunterian Museum’s curator of entomology. Tune in to hear about this fascinating collection and its origins, what it involves to take care of thousands of unique specimens, and how Jeanne came to find herself in this interesting role. Jeanne Robinson disguised as a […]| Naturally Speaking
