A historic Quran, handwritten by Seyyid Süleyman Vehbi Efendi in the 19th century, has been donated to the Green Mosque in Wolfenbüttel, Germany. This invaluable manuscript, believed to have been ...
Paris 1874” commemorates the 150th anniversary of the first Impressionist art exhibition by taking visitors back to 19th-century Paris — first onto the city’s streets, then into the ...
The libertine's controversial work saw him locked up for 32 years of his life in prisons and an insane asylum. De Sade's name even gave rise to the words sadism and sadomasochism. For 200 years ...
Image via Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn’s New Year Celebrations Brooklyn had many different ways to celebrate the New Year. Of course, in the late 19th century, your ability to celebrate depended on your ...
ERIEAU – A large section of a 19th-century vessel that washed up on the shore of Lake Erie in this lakeside community has generated a lot of interest. Longtime resident Jeff Vidler, who is ...
Mayer’s prominence in public life reflects an often-overlooked reality of 19th-century American Jewish history: significant Jewish leaders and contributions could be found in many small towns ...
Organized around five themes dating back to the medium’s beginnings, this exhibition explores nineteenth-century photographs through the work of twenty-one contemporary artists. Reflecting the ...
Josie Rudolph’s remarkable life story, set in an era of worldwide ... Today’s sensibilities may judge harshly the collision of cultures in 19th-century Sitka. The consequences of that time ...