Those of us who were raised and educated in the west heard only one side of the story of the Crusades. As we heard it, the valiant knights of Christendom set off to rescue the Holy Land, Jerusalem in particular, from the hands of the Arabs. This book tells "the rest of the story," as […]
To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of President John F. Kennedy, the Newseum is bringing back for a limited time one of its most popular exhibits — “Creating Camelot: The Kennedy Photography of Jacques Lowe.” This stunning photo exhibit showcases more than 70 intimate and iconic images of President John F. Kennedy, first […]
The Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery form the Smithsonian Institution's national museums of Asian art in the United States. The Freer and Sackler galleries house the largest Asian art research library in the country and contain art from throughout Asia, the Islamic world, the ancient Near East, and ancient Egypt, […]
