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The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, the world's largest institution dedicated to the African American experience, holds a collection of more than 30,000 artifacts and archival materials. Read more

The L.C. Bates Museum is one of 2700 institutions that have received Conservation Assessment Program (CAP) awards during the past 20 years. This article describes the history and accomplishments of the program. Read more

When the Queens Museum of Art wanted to create an arts education program for immigrant adults, its location in the nation’s most diverse county played a big role in the process. To find a model program, it looked to the Queens Library, which had been providing cultural programming to new immigrants for 30 years. Read more

Tennessee history abounds with major events—Civil War battles, the Scopes trial about the teaching of evolution, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, and much more. Thousands of documents, photographs, and other items are held throughout the state, but they had never been assembled in one place. Read more