Maryland Lawmakers Vote to Repeal Pro-Confederacy State Song
Both houses of the Maryland state legislature recently voted to change Maryland’s state song. The current state song “Maryland, My […]
Public Humanities News
PA’s State-Run Historic Sites to Reopen April 30
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission has announced that state-run historic sites will be reopening to visitors on April 30. […]
Burial Ground Found at John Dickinson Plantation
On March 9th, archaeologists working at the John Dickinson Plantation in Delaware identified the site of a burial ground that […]
Liberty Hall Museum Receives Arboretum Accreditation
Kean University’s Liberty Hall Museum is already a recognized National Historic Landmark. Now the historic site has a new designation– […]
National Constitution Center to Receive 1st Amendment Tablet from Newseum
Visitors to Washington D.C’s Newseum were greeted with a four-story-high marble tablet engraved with the words of the First Amendment. […]
Walters Museum Acknowledges Founders’ Support for Confederacy
The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore has recently published information acknowledging its founders’ connections to the Confederacy. William Thompson Walters […]
Pennsylvania Approves 23 New Historic Markers
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission recently approved applications for twenty-three new historical markers throughout the state. The new markers […]
Artist Collective Pulls Out of Museum of Chinese in America Exhibit Over Mass Incarceration Concerns
The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) had planned to open a retrospective on activist artist collective Godzilla in May. […]
Eastern State Penitentiary to Reopen Friday
Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary will reopen to the public on Friday, March 12. The historic site closed last November following […]
PA Historical and Museum Commission Awards Grants to Preserve Archival Records
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission recently announced 31 recipients of its Historical & Archival Records Care grants. This grant […]