To help fund conservation and display of Dorothy’s red slipper from The Wizard of Oz, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History has launched a crowd-funding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $300,000.
As the opening of the National Museum of African American History approaches, revisit our 2012 preview and interview with Director Lonnie Bunch.
For National Historic Preservation Month, a preservation workshop led by Tudor Place Facilities Manager Sam Young will explore preservation challenges that may confront owners of this or any historic home.
The Conference Committee of the Annual Conference on D.C. History invites presentations on all topics relating to the history of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., and the federal government.
NPS, NCPC and Van Alen Institute are collaborating on Memorials for the Future–an ideas competition to reimagine how we think about, feel, and experience memorials.
Washington Area Early American Seminar invites proposals about the Atlantic world or American history prior to 1865.
These maps cover the District of Columbia and the region from the Civil War to the turn of the century.
With her December 2015 publication, The Life and Times of Mary Vaux Walcott, Marjorie G. Jones explores the life of the woman known as the “Audubon of Botany.”
Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Office of Planning will host a discussion about the importance of preservation on January 26, 2016.
Meet other D.C. enthusiasts, local historians, and students every Monday for D.C. Mondays at the Museum.