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Exhibit Closes: Wounded War Dogs
James Mellick’s “Wounded Warrior Dogs” includes six wood-carved dogs, all wounded or rehabilitated and representing wartime service. They circle a small coffin draped in an American flag.
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Exhibit Closes: ...Like It’s 1999: American Popular Culture in the 1990s
This exhibit will relive the golden, hopeful years that came after the fall of the Berlin Wall and before 9/11.
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Exhibit Closes: The Continual Struggle
Artist Brian Washington’s ongoing body of artwork documenting the Civil
Rights Movement and America’s historical struggle against segregation and other forms of race-based disenfranchisement.
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A Merry Hoover Christmas Closes
Learn about how and where the Hoovers celebrated the holidays.
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A Merry Hoover Christmas Opens
Learn about how and where the Hoover family celebrated Christmas. November 16, 2019 - January 5, 2020
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First: Sandra Day O’Connor
Award-winning author Evan Thomas and his wife Oscie Thomas, an attorney and frequent collaborator on his books, discuss his new book First: Sandra Day O’Connor. Barbara Perry moderates.
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Bending Toward Justice
Senator Doug Jones and William Baxley, former Attorney General of Alabama, discuss Bending Toward Justice: The Birmingham Church Bombing that Changed the Course of Civil Rights.
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Everyday Decisions and Environmental Challenges
Tatiana Schlossberg, author of Inconspicuous Consumption, and other panelists discuss the environmental impact inherent in our everyday choices. David Cash, graduate dean at UMass Boston, moderates.
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A Conversation with Ash Carter
Ash Carter, former Secretary of Defense and director of Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, discusses his distinguished career and new book, Inside the Five-Sided Box.
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Creating a Sweet World of White House Desserts
Roland Mesnier, White House executive pastry chef from 1979 - 2004, discusses his distinguished career and new book, Creating a Sweet World of White House Desserts: A Pastry Chef’s Secrets.