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Public History, Heritage & Memory
How societies remember: museums, monuments, archives, and contested memory.
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More than 70 ancient Chinese musical instruments to go on display in the US | Archaeology News Online Magazine
15+ min ago (557+ words) Ancient Chinese musical instruments from tombs dating back more than 2,000 years will go on display in the United States this November. The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Phoenix will open Unearthed Musical Masterpieces from the Southern Kingdoms of Ancient China on…...
SRS Museum traveling exhibit earns state award
3+ hour, 33+ min ago (300+ words) The South Carolina Federation of Museums recently presented the 2026 Award of Achievement to the SRS Museum for its SRS @ 75 Traveling Exhibition. Recently, members of the South Carolina Federation of Museums gathered in Aiken for the organization’s annual conference, “Witness to…...
Tuskegee post office could honor Tuskegee Airmen
39+ min ago (159+ words) Mgn 1280x960 10204p00 Afqye The post office in Tuskegee could soon carry a new name honoring the Tuskegee Airmen. The U.S. House passed a bipartisan bill from U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures by voice vote this month to rename the Tuskegee post office. The bill…...
New Huntsville veterans museum on track for February completion, May opening
30+ min ago (435+ words) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Construction on the new upgrade for the U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum is on schedule, with the city set to hand over the finished facility in February, according to Deputy Director Scott Thompson. Huntsville broke ground on the project…...
Interactive, ‘state-of-the-art’ heritage centre tipped for Wānaka
1+ hour, 15+ min ago (279+ words) A Wānaka historical society has announced plans for a new “state-of-the-art” heritage centre in the lakeside resort town. A statement from the Upper Clutha History Society on Monday said the society had lodged funding applications to cover the costs of…...
Prized Mexican relic returns on loan, two centuries on
55+ min ago (227+ words) A cherished 16th-century Mexican manuscript that tells the history of the Aztecs in pictograms went on display Thursday in Mexico City, nearly two centuries after it was whisked off to France. The Codex Azcatitlan recounts the history of the Aztec…...
New York moves to protect historic African burial ground in Elmhurst
1+ hour, 12+ min ago (882+ words) After slavery was abolished in New York in 1827, communities of freed Black New Yorkers began to grow throughout the state. One of them was Newtown, located in present-day Elmhurst. A group of formerly enslaved people formed the United African Society…...
Ottawa Civil War sites open for limited tours
1+ hour, 48+ min ago (279+ words) The Wallace-Dickey Cemetery Preservation Association announces guided tours of the Wallace-Dickey Cemetery and the Wallace ancestral home, The Oak, on Sunday, Sept. 27 and again on Sunday, Oct. 4. Registration for the tours will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the Ottawa Historical and Scouting…...
Glasgow Necropolis entrance plans lodged despite fears it could 'be the end"
22+ hour, 25+ min ago (708+ words) Plans have been revealed for a proposed new entrance to the Glasgow Necropolis, amid backlash from the charity which looks after the heritage site. The £210,000 development will see a new entrance at the east end of the cemetery and was…...
Reliving history at Civil War Weekend
4+ hour, 49+ min ago (290+ words) Union Army soldiers make a second attempt at taking the Zenas King bridge away from the Confederacy during Civil War Living History Weekend at Tawawa Park on Saturday. The event was organized by the Shelby County Historical Society. Civil War…...