‘The largest volume and finest quality of Bengal textiles likely ended up in England’: Economic historian Tirthankar Roy
Tirthankar Roy discusses the unique appeal of Bengal’s textiles, its global significance, and the factors that led to its ...
How Bernice Cotton family is remembering her and her legacy
Bernice Cotton's family is remembering her as a mother grandmother and well-known gospel radio host. The original "queen bee" died Monday at the age of 80.
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You'll never guess what this sweater at the Museum of the Highwood is made from
The Museum of the Highwood has a new curator but she's not new to the museum. Olivia Cotton Cornwall takes over as the fifth curator of the museum with Irene Kerr retiring late last year. Cornwall has ...
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Inside the country's oldest still-operating museum
Lynda Roscoe Hartigan directs the Peabody Essex Museum, where she first began working two decades ago. Despite helming a museum that dates to 1799, Hartigan is forward-thinking about the role museums ...
The Go-Go Museum & Cafe gives D.C.’s music a place to call home
Should you happen to step through the front doors of the new Go-Go Museum in historical Anacostia having no idea what go-go ...
More than a century after her death, Isabella Stewart Gardner still fascinates
The museum founder’s life and legacy are celebrated in "ghost story," a new song cycle by Phil Kline that premieres at the ...
How the Couture Pattern Museum Preserves Artifacts That First Democratized Fashion
Rademaker's small museum in Santa Barbara, Calif., aims to preserve the paper sewing patterns women used to make French ...
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American Industrial Revolution: Slater's Mill & Cotton Spinning
In the late 18th century, the U.S. was primarily an agricultural nation reliant on imports for manufactured goods. Early ...