This magnificent building modeled after the Place de Concorde in Paris has an excellent and eclectic collection. If its medieval manuscripts you want or early American hornbooks, youll find it here.
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This magnificent building modeled after the Place de Concorde in Paris has an excellent and eclectic collection. If its medieval manuscripts you want or early American hornbooks, youll find it here.
Showcases paintings, sculpture, and works on paper spanning three centuries and includes works by artists who shaped the history of art in America.
The site of this church, the mother church of the African Methodist Episcopal order, is the oldest tract of land continuously owned by blacks in the U.S. Theres a small museum to A.M.E. founder Richard Allen below the church.
The guiding words as well as principles of the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies are simple: diversity and tolerance. Exhibits focus on persons and accomplishments spanning many cultures.
Where, Thomas Jefferson, seeking a quiet place in which to write, drafted the Declaration of Independence in June 1776.
Important building used during the United States' Centennial celebration during the Ulysses S. Grant presidency in 1876.
The site has a strong claim to being the 'smallest' national memorial in the United States and it would not be surprising if there are days when there are no visitors. A quick walk-through can be done