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New Museum Examines the History of American Public Housing—and the Stories of Its Residents
Located in a preserved 1930s development in Chicago's West Side, the museum includes three recreated apartments representing ...
Unique Chicago museum showcases the history of public housing through its residents
CHICAGO (AP) — Set inside a once-dilapidated 1938 building on Chicago’s near West Side, a one-of-a-kind museum hopes to ...
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Chicago museum showcases history of public housing through its residents
Set inside a once-dilapidated 1938 building on Chicago's near West Side, a one-of-a-kind museum hopes to change the ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency19d
7 Jewish historical treasures from YIVO’s vast collection in New York
The institution later moved to the Upper East Side before landing at its current location, at the Center for Jewish History on ... attempted to put together a “Museum of the Homes of the Past ...
The Art Newspaper26d
With the building of a new museum, Poland at last has a fitting space to tell Treblinka’s horrific story
established on this site in north-east Poland a forced labour camp for Jewish people, known as Treblinka I, and an extermination centre—Treblinka II—a mile down rail. The location was chosen ...
Seattle Times5d
Unique Chicago museum showcases the history of public housing through its residents
Museum organizers hope to revive such a gathering place and say the location in Chicago’s Little ... The 1930s apartment belonged to a Jewish family while one from the 1950s was an Italian ...
Oscars' Academy Museum altering Jewish exhibit that 'may unintentionally reinforce stereotypes' amid concerns
The exhibit traces the role of Jewish immigrants (including early ... Opened on May 16 at the Academy Museum's Los Angeles ...
San Diego Jewish World1d
Jewish Travel: Yale Strom Recalls First Visit to Jewish Prague. Now, He’s Scheduled to Lead an Ayelet Tour There
One of the most popular travel destinations in Europe is the Czech Republic. In its beautiful capital city, Prague, the most ...
The Forward on MSN6h
Jewish cultural institutions reeling as Trump defunds arts and humanities
The shuttering of federal agencies that support museums and arts organizations could cause a ripple effect in lost funding, ...
The Georgetowner1d
Capital Jewish Museum’s Gurwitz to Speak at April 24 Breakfast
The Georgetowner’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast Series will present a talk by Dr. Beatrice Gurwitz, executive director of ...
The New York Times27d
Want to be Alone With a Rembrandt and a Queen? Here’s Your Chance.
A new exhibition at the Jewish Museum explores the cult of Queen Esther, whose story won the hearts of Dutch Masters and some artists today. By Deborah Solomon As far as biblical heroines go ...