Greeneville, Tennessee embodies that refreshing simplicity – a picturesque haven tucked into East Tennessee’s rolling landscape where the pace of life matches the gentle sway of front porch rocking ...

When he first came to the United States after escaping civil war in Sierra Leone and spending almost a decade in a refugee ...

Monuments,” a new exhibition at MOCA’s Geffen Contemporary, juxtaposes toppled statues and paintings by living artists—and is the most talked-about museum show in the country. Hamza Walker and Bennett ...

Museums are where stories stand still long enough for us to step inside. Across the United States, every state holds a ...

The Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery in Lititz, Pennsylvania isn’t just America’s oldest commercial pretzel bakery – it’s a delicious time capsule where you can literally get your hands into history. You ...

In his new documentary series "The American Revolution," the prolific filmmaker depicts a nation created by violence. Still, ...

Ken Burns has produced a documentary about the Revolutionary War that sets a new standard for historical documentaries.

Ken Burns spent a decade creating his documentary series about "The American Revolution." It couldn't have come at a more ...

Neither Ryder, Eakins, Homer, nor Mary Cassatt belonged to this school; they had something else to say and said it in a more ...

American history, when told well, resists the tidy progressions we like to imagine for it. Two recent works -- Ken Burns and ...

Monuments, museums, and cultural institutions were often created in the image of “militarist realism,” presenting colonialism and enslavement as eternal. Undoing this legacy is not erasing the past ...

Every school child learns the mythology of Paul Revere's ride. Though the truth is murkier, the story has inspired ...