Event List

Art is a need to express. A culture that has shunned and ignored Black artists did not stop them from creating outstanding, thoughtful, and provocative art.

Thinking about tracing your roots, but don't know where to start? Or maybe your search is underway, and you've hit a dead end.

Historical interpreter Sarah Walsh portrays Abigail Adams—wife, mother, farm manager, and trusted advisor— as if it were 1776, as she prepares to move her family to Boston for smallpox inoculation while John Adams is in Philadelphia for the second

A former CIA officer will tell little known stories of women intelligence operatives who contributed to our security from the nation’s founding to the present.

Learn the art of calligraphy from expert Christie Jones using nibs, ink and ink block  - just like the professionals. 

April 9, 1865 is cemented into American history as the date of the surrender of General Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.

Become a part of history by helping the Library of Congress transcribe historic documents to make them searchable and accessible for all.

“I pray you to believe what I have said about Buchenwald. I reported what I saw and heard, but only part of it. For most of it, I have no words.

Creating digital copies of family photographs and documents makes your family history easily accessible and sharable.

Nearly everyone has boxes of precious family heirlooms stashed in their homes. These items can deteriorate over time, but making small changes in their storage and handling can have a huge impact on the lifespan of these materials.

Join historian and professor Rick Feingold for a look at American Bandstand, the groundbreaking weekday TV show that began in 1957.

Join historian and professor Rick Feingold as he explores how American Bandstand shaped dance culture in the 1950s and ’60s.

Find out how the art of secret messages helped shape America’s destiny! Learn about Morse code and spy ciphers used from ship decks to Revolutionary battlefields. Create a Morse code bracelet that spells out your own hidden message. Shh!

Historian and professor Rick Feingold explores the true story behind the Schuyler sisters and their connection to Alexander Hamilton. While her sisters eloped for status, Elizabeth Schuyler married Hamilton for love.