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The major moment came almost one week after the museum celebrated the 7th anniversary of its grand opening back on September 24, 2016.

Michelle Commander has been named the new deputy director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Previously, Commander was the deputy director of research and strategic initiatives at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Dr. Tiya Miles, author of All That She Carried, receives $7,500 prize December 16 , 2022 —The Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is pleased to announce that Dr.

New York Citys Metropolitan Museum of Art has made several big announces these past few months: From news of a $500 million wing expansion designed by Frida Escobedo, an upcoming rooftop installation from artist Lauren Halsey, to the museums Ancient Near East and Cypriot Art gallery renovation...

IN HIS INTRODUCTION to Period Rooms in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1996), the longest-serving director of the New York museum, the now-retired Philippe de Montebello, notes the popularity of his subject. “Virtually everyone who visits the Museum’s American Wing finds there the opportunity to experience a sense of the way our forebears lived,” he writes. A period room is a museological device that combines architecture, furnishings, decorative art, and functional objects to represent an...

Our picks of art events for your calendar this week, from Jónsi's sonic volcano at Tanya Bonakdar to the Met's Afrofuturist period room

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Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of An American Myth This week on The Exchange, as we commemorate Independence Day, we take a fresh look at some familiar stories in American history.  We talk with the author of a new book about the rise of President George Washington.  David O. Stewart says the first president, despite being a privileged white man in 18th century society, worked hard and used his ability to overcome the elements and forge alliances with political opponents.  He also wrest...