Now this is my kind of history: What did Paris smell like in the mid-18th century? Try skunked red wine, wet cats, and gingivitis-tinged sputum, all bubbling in an open sewer on a record-setting summer's day. I can say this with some authority as I...
museums
Having never actually been to a museum dedicated to the Confederacy before, I had to go to the Confederate Memorial Hall Museum in New Orleans while attending the American Historical.
Edward Rothstein, last seen at LGM deciding that the state of Colorado actually does have history, drops a real stinker today. Rothstein goes to Oaxaca, in southern Mexico, and tells.
If the Times really wants to alienate everyone who doesn't identify as an east coast sophisticate, Edward Rothstein provides a good starting point: An East Coast visitor’s first reaction, provincially enough, has to be skepticism: does Colorado even have that much history? Enough history to...
Last May, djw and I went to the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus to see the exhibit "Controversy." In this exhibit, the OHS took 5 of their most disturbing objects.
Yesterday, 6 players were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. I was particularly excited by the inclusion of the great Seattle Seahawk Cortez Kennedy, one of my favorite.
I was fortunate enough to visit the reopened New York Historical Society just before the holidays. It's pretty impressive. I've visited twice before, once when the old building was partially open and once for a major exhibit during the building's renovation with the exhibition housed...
I recently visited the Torn in Two exhibit at the Boston Public Library. Using maps at the primary storyteller, this exhibit told the story of the Civil War. Running until.
As will become even clearer over time as I continue to write here, I can be pretty obsessive about things. One of those things is museums. Museums really affect me.
In a response to the growth of ethnically-oriented museums on the National Mall, Rep. James Moran (D-VA) supports the creation of a museum dedicated to the American melting pot as an alternative. Entitled the National Museum of the American People, it would celebrate how Americans...
Neil Genzlinger has a thought provoking piece on the dark side of Ellis Island and American immigration, which he rightfully says is underplayed at the museum: But there’s another side.
The family and I took a brief trip to Haines, Alaska, this weekend to visit some friends. Between trips to refill the growler at the local brewery, I ventured out.