James Wyld and Nathaniel Rogers Hewitt, "Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere" (c. 1827-38), ink on silk (all images Alice Procter/Hyperallergic) When museums use artists to address their ...

On Jan. 30, Yale professor Lisa Lowe held a lecture titled “Colonial Histories of the Present,” which navigated America’s history of colonialism, slavery and discrimination to study how each evolved ...

WILLIAMSBURG — At just 4 years old, Ethan Rose is already something of a budding history enthusiast. Last year, the preschooler from Washington, D.C., had an archaeology phase, and right now, his ...

Colonial Williamsburg, the country’s largest living history museum, has been bringing to life the Founding Fathers and reenacting some of America’s defining origin moments through costumed ...

In the 17th century, life along what would become the Delaware coast included European families working alongside enslaved Africans to farm the land and survive a rugged pioneer life. The recent ...

Rumors swirl about George Washington stopping at the homestead during his journeys, as the home is located on an original ...

Children’s activities, guest speakers, a “tea party” on the Intracoastal Waterway, demonstrations by weavers and spinners, an encampment of reenactors, and Virginia Reel dance lessons are all on the ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — From woodworkers to tailors, there are a lot of different historic trades jobs in Colonial Williamsburg, but some of these trades or skills are dying or are no longer taught, so ...

It would take a determined visitor to the Royal Museum for Central Africa to locate the life-sized likeness of one of history’s most brutal colonial rulers carved from ivory. The statue of Belgium‘s ...