Museums & Collections
Doctors for Change
Countway Library exhibit explores historic anti-nuclear activism
by Nell Porter-Brown
America’s Oldest Synagogue
Newport R.I.’s colonial era and thriving Jewish community
by Nell Porter-Brown
Curiosities: A Fantasy Trip
“Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Illustration,” at the Norman Rockwell Museum
by Nell Porter-Brown
Harvard Art Museums Will Reopen This Fall
The musems will welcome students back on September 1, and the public on September 4.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Harvard Art Museums Names a New Curator
Horace D. Ballard will direct American art collections at the museums.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Peabody Essex Museum’s “In American Waters”
From oceanic voyages to romping in the waves, a new exhibit explores relationships to water.
by Nell Porter-Brown
Trade Cards in the Age of Invention
A nineteenth-century advertising medium traces the rise of consumer culture.
by Jonathan Shaw
New Bedford
Exploring the coastal fishing hub’s history, architecture, parks, and arts scene
by Nell Porter-Brown
Alexander Gassel’s “Painted Poetry”
A blend of Russian Orthodox iconography and mythical motifs
by Nell Porter-Brown
Clothes Overboard!
Two explorers strip to stay aloft.
by Jacob Sweet
All American
The Worcester Art Museum spotlights baseball garb.
by Nell Porter-Brown