Here at Historic Fort Steuben, our museum collections are important. The historical stuff we have really makes the museum special and it can make the past feel alive to our visitors. To me, the fort ...

Knowable Magazine reports on efforts to recreate historical smells, enhancing our connection to the past and enriching ...

History is written with great deeds, but sometimes also with small, everyday objects. The latter, once involved in the accomplishment of historic deeds, become historic themselves and are erected as ...

An umbrella from early 20 th century Japan. A wine glass from Belgium, circa 1825. Three teapots: one from early 20 th century China, one from late 19 th century England and one from late 19 th ...

Using the Mbari architecture of the Owerri-Igbo of eastern Nigeria as a starting point, this article addresses the different forms and meaning the objects take on in different historical periods and ...

“I love cross-collecting,” Gho said, pointing at di Bicci’s Tobias and Archangel Raphael with Saints (ca. 1475). “I would love to have a collection in which Old Masters are having a dialogue with ...

While hundreds of Texans gathered in November to celebrate the much-anticipated reopening of the Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site after a two-year, $54 million renovation, Amanda Cagle was ...

The Fall River Historical Society closed for HVAC renovations in 2023. It's used the time, and more grant funding, to make even more significant needed repairs. The renovations are more than doubling ...