Louis Armstrong House Museum Launches First Virtual Exhibit
Like many touring musicians, jazz pioneer Louis Armstrong spent much of his career on the road, spending most nights at […]
Louis Armstrong House Museum Launches First Virtual Exhibit
Philadelphia’s Jewish Museum Furloughs Staff
Museum workers across the country have been hit with massive waves of layoffs and pay cuts in the wake of […]
New Marker in Maryland Recognizes Historic Strike
On April 7, 1970, road workers employed by Garrett County in Maryland went on strike in an effort to unionize. […]
Battleship NJ Receives Federal Funding to Begin Rehiring
When the Battleship New Jersey closed on March 16 in response to the state’s shutdown order, the museum furloughed two-thirds […]
Beth Twiss Houting Appointed Executive Director of the Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center
Beth Twiss Houting has been appointed the new Executive Director of the Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center in Pennsburg, PA. […]
PA Museum Offers Virtual Tour of Women’s Suffrage Exhibit
2020 marks an important anniversary in US women’s history- the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Museums and […]
Delaware Historians Launch Podcast on Wilmington History
Nathan Field and Benjamin Rapkin launched the Wilmington Historical Society in 2018. The University of Delaware graduates wanted to renew […]
Philadelphia Launches Arts and Culture Emergency Support Fund
With quarantine measures in effect, the future of many arts and cultural institutions remains uncertain. The City of Philadelphia Office […]
Penn Museum Goes on a Daily Digital Dig
Last November, the Penn Museum unveiled two newly remodeled galleries and a refurbished auditorium. Along with the remodeling, the museum […]
New-York Historical Society Responds to COVID-19 Pandemic
Since the New-York Historical Society’s founding in 1804, the museum has collected materials in response to current events. The founders, […]