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Featured Publication: Photography and the American Civil War

Posted on Tuesday, April 30, 2013, by Nadja Hansen and Hilary Becker

Photography was invented just twenty years before the American Civil War began. In many ways the war—its documentation, its soldiers, its battlefields—was the arena of the camera's debut in America.

Event Highlights: April 30–May 1

Posted on Monday, April 29, 2013

Senses of Springtime Festival

Posted on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, by Mike Norris and Brittany Prieto

On Sunday, April 28, visitors of all ages are invited to usher in the spring season by immersing themselves in the splendors of the Islamic world and the ancient Near East.