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Mass. Museum of African American History among institutions to lose federal funding, officials say
The Museum of African American History, which operates locations in Boston and Nantucket, was notified of the cuts late ...
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New Museum Examines the History of American Public Housing—and the Stories of Its Residents
Located in a preserved 1930s development in Chicago's West Side, the museum includes three recreated apartments representing ...
Staffers at L.A.’s Natural History Museum and La Brea Tar Pits Form Union
Around 300 workers at the iconic SoCal institutions will join AFSCME as part of a voluntary recognition agreement with ...
Painter Amy Sherald asks: What is American?
Amy Sherald, who painted former First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait in 2018, has a major survey of her work opening this ...
Head of African American Museum on leave as Smithsonian faces Trump pressure
The internal announcement, which has not previously been made public, came nearly two weeks before President Trump issued an ...
Illinois library, museum supporters fight Trump funding cuts
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and 20 attorneys general have sued to challenge Trump’s dismantling of the Institute of ...
Trump’s attacks on museums and libraries echo the Nazi playbook
The administration’s move to defund the Institute of Museum and Library Services is reminiscent of what Hitler did to German ...
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Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH
Continue reading The $175,000 NEH grant that JANM lost was for the museum's Landmarks of American History and Culture ...
Frida Kahlo's 'Month in Paris' exhibit at Art Institute showcases obscure friendship with American artist
Though this is the first Kahlo exhibition in the history of the museum, only seven Kahlo works are featured among the 100 on ...
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Tales from the Tread: Museum staff builds indigenous connections
The Tread of Pioneers Museum is committed to collaborating with and authentically representing Native American communities in ...
Trump order could yank $168K in funding from Louisville museum. What it's being spent on
The Speed Art Museum was granted $250k by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Most of it could be pulled under an ...
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‘BOOM’: Philly Art Museum explodes with 1940s art and design
None of that is immediately evident when first stepping into “BOOM: Art and Design of the 1940s” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which greets visitors with a 1940 “Patriot Radio” by industrial ...