Peter Bentzon (ca. 1783–after 1850) was not only a free man; he was also a silversmith and jeweler who worked in Philadelphia and on the Caribbean island of St. Croix. Bentzon’s work is recognized ...

Visitors can reach the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture by taking the Metro's Blue, Orange or Silver lines to Smithsonian station or Federal Triangle station.

A new exhibition of more than 200 photographs charts 300 years of image-making in the US, showing how the country's history ...

Mark your calendar for the Mother Tongue Film Festival and events covering everything from odd oceanic couples to resilient ...

A major Dutch museum is staging a huge exhibition of American photography that explores the tension between how the United ...

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's exhibits and facilities (including restrooms, several gift shops and two cafes) are free to visit, but fees do apply for the Butterfly Pavilion ...

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NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) – Aim High: Soaring with the Tuskegee Airmen makes its debut at Cape Fear Museum of History and ...

It's a story that in some ways began about 20 years ago during a Central Michigan University fraternity event for accounting ...

The first Medal of Honor earned by an African American, and some of the slave shackles that they have on display, just poignant pieces of American history,” Davis said.

Dorothy Gordon is working tirelessly to help complete a civil rights museum in Decatur, Alabama, that will highlight the ...