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The article reviews the exhibition "America's Best Weekly: A Century of the 'Pittsburgh Courier,'" at the Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from February 11, 2012, through June 2, 2012.

Focuses on the exhibition on cigarettes presented at the Valentine Museum in Richmond, Virginia from April 5-October 9, 1990. Impact of cigarettes on American consumer culture; Exhibit curator and design consultants; Technological progress in printing, paper-making, photography and color lithography.

The article discusses an exhibit of American paintings, drawings, photographs, lithographs, sculptures, books, postcards, brochures, and short musical and film clips produced between 1915-1935. The exhibit is called "Great American Thing: Modern Art and National Identity" and is based on Tacoma Art Museum co-curator Wanda M. Corn's 1999 book entitled "The Great American Thing. " Included among the 175 objects in the exhibit are African American photographer James Van Der Zee's pictures of jazz musicians, the painting "Blues" by black painter Archibald J. Motley, Jr, and video excerpts of jazz performances from movies produced between 1915 and 1935.

The article reviews the April 21, 2018 to April 20, 2020 exhibition "A Right to the City" at the Anacostia Community Museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., curated by Samir Meghelli.

The article reviews the Museum of the Bible, Washington, D.C.

The article reviews a permanent exhibition at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, opened on April 19, 2017.

A review of the exhibition “Remembering the American Revolution, 1776-1890” held at the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., held from October 9, 2015 to September 3, 2016, is presented.

The article reviews the exhibition "Echoes of the Great War: American Experiences of World War I" at the Southwest Gallery in Washington, D.C., from April 4, 2017 to January 2019.

The article reviews the Museum of the American Printing House (APH) for the Blind in Louisville, Kentucky.

The article evaluates the History Colorado Center in Denver, Colorado, with focus given to its exhibitions "Destination Colorado," "Colorado Stories," and "Borderlands."

A review is presented for the exhibition entitled "Nation to Nation: Treaties between the United States and American Indian Nations,” held at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. from September 21, 2014 through to Fall 2018.

The article reviews the exhibitions at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. There is a ground floor gallery for contemporary art and a performance area. The first floor introduction to Arab civilization covers the arts, music, religion, medicine, architecture, mathematics, and astronomy. The second floor space is designed around storytelling. All the donated display objects are accompanied by individual and family histories of the donors. Some mannequins are placed in environments representing the places talked about in the narratives.

The article reviews an exhibit at the Yeshiva University Museum that links New York Jewry to the apparel industry. America became a major center of international fashion in both design and production, and in parallel American Jewry prospered in the clothing industry. The exhibit begins in the 1860's and focuses less on ordinary Jewish garment workers in favor of biographically detailed presentations of well-known entrepreneurs who owned the production factories. Sponsors of the exhibit include the Levi Strauss Foundation and Lyn Syms and Sy Syms.

The article describes an American Civil War exhibit based on the issues of secession, slavery and emancipation, and civil liberties during wartime. Housed at the National Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the exhibit is titled "Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War. " The author notes the parallels to issues of so-called imperial presidents from the Cold War through the War on Terror, as 1861 saw constitutional questions about presidential authority, war-making powers, and erosion of civil liberties.

The article reviews the exhibition "13 Most Wanted Men: Andy Warhol and the 1964 World's Fair," at the Queens Museum in New York City from April 27, 2014, through September 7, 2014, and the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from September 27, 2014, through January 4, 2015.

Reviews the exhibitions `Thomas Moran,' on view at the National Gallery of Art in Washington curated by Nancy K. Anderson and the `New Worlds From Old: 19th Century Australian and American Landscapes' on view at the National Gallery of Australia curated by Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, Elizabeth Johns and Andrew Sayers.

Features documents relating to the `Enola Gay' exhibition at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. Controversies surround the exhibit; Role of the Enola Gay in World War II; Excerpts from hearings of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.

Focuses on museums and controversial exhibitions. Museums as institutions; Capacity of museums to host shows driven by problems; Museum policies; Objects found in controversial exhibitions; Representation or nonrepresentation of styles, schools and subjects; Comparison of exhibitions with other systems of communication.

Focuses on `Enola Gay' exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Public presentation of history; Issue on responsible scholarship; Controversies surround the exhibition; Exhibition script; Planning strategies; Social contests and human implications of the aviation and space experiences.

Focuses on the exhibition `The Last Act: The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II.' Description; Criticisms; Issue on academic freedom; Institution's basic trust responsibility; Antagonism to the exhibition; Nature of the exhibition; Script negotiation.

Focuses on the permanent exhibition on the Ellis Island Immigration Museum presented at the Ellis Island National Monument in New York City in September 1990. Experiences of immigrants; Varieties of women's work; Changing volumes in emigrant flows; Involvement of professional historians.

Focuses on the permanent exhibition on artifacts connected with the former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War in the context of slavery in Chicago, Illinois in February 1990. Conflict between free labor and the slave power; Brief treatment of secession and the recruitment of the armies; Role of black abolitionists.

Focuses on the permanent exhibition on the history of Philadelphia presented by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in December 1989. Exhibition designers; Displays of elegant silver; Concept of the worthy and unworthy poor; Script and video consultant.