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Libraries and Archives welcome new colleague to lead exhibitions, communications, and more

Cape Cod Museum of Art at national digital conference; Provincetown artist Bill Evaul in NYC show; playwrights win awards; and new movie on Amazon.

Hand-written notes in the back of a cruise souvenir offer a passengers perspective

Over the course of her life, Queen Elizabeth II made a number of visits to the DC area, starting as a princess in 1951. Here, we take a look at some photos from the Queen's time in DC, such as visiting for the United States Bicentennial in 1976 and the 400-year anniversary of the Jamestown The Queen attended a University of Maryland football game and planted trees at the White House.

The Smithsonian Libraries and Archives and the Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage opened a new exhibition, “Music HerStory: Women and Music of Social Change” at the Smithsonian’s National

Sister Rosetta Tharpe performs at the 1967 Newport Folk Festival. Photo by Diana Jo Davies. Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections.

It took 10 interviews over the course of a year, but Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty is now director of the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.

Emerald green, a verdant hue popular during the Victorian era, featured in everything from wallpaper to confections. Now, experts are warning about the pigment painted onto some books of the period.

The history of Violet Dandridge’s investment in her work as a scientific illustrator and a suffragist, told in her own words, helps us construct a more complete picture of what it meant to many women to pursue careers and basic rights in the early twentieth century.

AT the end of July, Jamaican award-winning author Roland Watson-Grant will be a special guest presenter at the IBOM International Art and Book Festival in Nigeria. Watson-Grant, who is the winner...