When I first visited Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art not long after it opened in 2011, I arrived prepared to be ...

In the late 19th century, Brooklynites had many ways to celebrate the New Year, but the ability to participate depended on ...

Persian and other Islamic literature celebrated male homoerotic love as a form of divine longing – until Western moral codes ...

A powerful new recording of the 19th-century Hawaiian mele “E Hoʻi ka Nani i Mokuʻula” is now available, performed by Keʻeaumoku Kapu and Uʻilani Kapu and created as part of the forthcoming ...

The continent was a key driver of industrial production, contradicting the idea that it was only a supplier of cheap labour ...

A bitter election. Social unrest and violence at home and abroad that seem to augur ruinous times. A gaping political divide fed in part by new technology and ways to communicate. Sound familiar?

A new recording of a 19th-century song celebrates the history and rebirth of Lahaina as once the center of Hawaiian royalty.

Fort Darnet, a 19th-century fort on the River Medway, was auctioned for more than double its initial price after 40 years ...

The old light fixtures we see so often in Brooklyn townhouses that we think are original to the building are quite often early electric lights or mid 20th century chandeliers. “It is rare to find ...

I have what is probably a not-very-healthy fascination with 19th century crime. In addition to what are generally regarded as the first serial murders (the Whitechapel killings of 1888), the century ...

The program for the National American Woman Suffrage Association procession in the capital city. This march occurred before the rift between the more moderate NAWSA and the less conciliatory National ...

In the Spring/Summer 2024 Maison Margiela artisanal show during Paris fashion week in January, British designer John Galliano stunned the fashion world with a collection that featured innovative ...