According to the artist (Reginald Marsh), at Coney Island, “The best show is the people themselves.”
Location City: Hartford
Global trade in a cup of tea: Colonial America, sugar and slavery.
The triangle trade and the colonial table, ...
A portrait of a president transformed by tragedy.
Homage to JFK: Rauschenberg’s Retroactive I
The gun that "won the West" also transformed American manufacturing and marketing.
Inventing America, Colt’s Experimental Pocket Pistol
The artist asks us if maintaining can be as important as creating.
Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Washing/Tracks/Maintenance: Outside (July 23, ...
Captured here in paint, this grand Californian landscape would soon disappear under water.
Albert Bierstadt, Hetch Hetchy Valley, California
Artifacts like this are key for reminding us of a history of racism that is all too easy to forget.
Connecticut Klan robe
Thought the Puritans were dour? Think again!
Puritan court cupboard
Confused by this painting? Imagine lying on the grass under a tree and looking up.
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