Back in April, I had the great privilege of visiting the Louvre for the first time. The many works in that historic museum exceeded all my expectations and kept me enthralled for the all too short three hours I spent inside. As closing time approached, museum staff...
"The soul of this nation is sick because of the bad faith of white supremacy. That bad faith both made us what we are, and continues to break us apart. But there is a cure." As 2019 approaches its end, and as the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts unveils Kehinde...
The American Civil War Museum, which holds its grand opening Saturday, aims to tell the war’s untold stories through multimedia, artifacts, and personal narratives. If asked who was involved in the Civil War, most Americans would list the usual suspects: Robert E....
The humidity of a southern June hung over us as we slogged through the facsimile of an old mining town. We approached rustic shacks for shade, only to find doors clawed in, furniture smashed, and baby brontosauruses running amok. Ahead, a building loomed with its...
Like Richmond, Lebanon’s capital city Beirut is still grappling with the legacy of civil war. Unlike those in Richmond, though, many of Beirut’s current residents lived through the most recent civil war, which lasted from 1975 to 1990. The political structure that...