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Building Closed:
Memorial Day
Saturday, 27 May 2017
Building Closed:
Memorial Day
Monday, 29 May 2017
Library Closed:
Library Closing @ 2:30PM
Friday, 2 June 2017
Feast, sip, and celebrate history at the seventh Cocktails with Clio! Thursday, 1 June 20176:00 PM John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and MuseumColumbia ...
New York City’s Central Park receives millions of visitors every year. A Description of the New York Central Park by ...
The History and Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society Tour is a 90-minute docent-led walk through our public rooms. The tour is free, open to the public, ...
What is evidence? What can historians do with the evidence they collect and interpret? On May 13, 2017, a dedicated group of middle-school students tackled these very questions as they immersed ...
It is a very quiet week ahead as we approach a long holiday weekend, with only one event on the calendar. It is: - Tuesday, 23 May, 6:00PM : The House of Truth: A Washington Political Salon and the ...
