Dupont Kalorama Museum Walk Weekend
The Dupont Kalorama Museum Consortium’s (DKMC) Walk Weekend will return after a two-year hiatus. June 4, 2022, through June 5, 2022, […]
Washington D.C.
National Building Museum Announces Layoffs
Shortly after furloughing much of its staff, D.C’s National Building Museum announced that nearly two-thirds of its employees will be […]
National Building Museum to Host Shakespearean Stage this Summer
This summer visitors to D.C’s National Building Museum will be transported back to Elizabethan England. The museum announced that its […]
National Building Museum to Close for Repairs
Washington D.C’s National Building Museum announced that it will close on December 2 to begin vital repairs to the museum’s […]
DC Community Group Fights for Historic Landmark Status for Barry Farm
Community activists in Washington D.C. hosted a walking tour of Barry Farm, a low-income housing complex, last Saturday to show […]
Historical Society of Washington’s Research Library Reopens
The Historical Society of Washington’s Kiplinger Research Library celebrated its homecoming yesterday, as the library reopened in its old location […]
Homewood Museum Appoints New Director/Curator
Johns Hopkins University recently announced the appointment of Julia Rose as the new Director and Curator of Homewood Museum.
Whither Washingtonia? Design Plans for Renovated MLK Library Leave Questions
By Matthew B. Gilmore As I reported in August, 2016, the Martin Luther King Memorial Library in Washington, D.C. is […]
Students Opposing Slavery, President Lincoln's Cottage, Receive Presidential Award
Students Opposing Slavery (SOS), a youth education program of the Washington D.C. historic site, President Lincoln’s Cottage, was awarded the Presidential Award of Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons on Monday, October 24th, 2016.
Still Struggling, Still Preserving: Update on the District of Columbia’s Archives and Public Records Office
By Matthew B. Gilmore
The Office of Public Records (OPR) is a division under the District of Columbia’s Office of the Secretary. OPR currently operates an Archives and Records Center facility at Naylor Court. This facility is supplemented by other city and Federal facilities to store public records. The Naylor Court facility has reached its storage capacity and its physical and mechanical deficiencies make it inadequate for the long-term preservation of the city’s archival records.