A nationwide tour by author Mac Barnett, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, is visiting Hanover's public ...

Californians lobbied Congress to turn the Yosemite Valley into federally protected land in the late 1800s; it became a model for the National Park System, which was established in 1916. Arthur ...

After a day filled with royal pomp and pageantry, President Donald Trump is meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer on the final day of the U.S. leader’s state visit to Britain ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep visits the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History ahead of what the Trump administration says will be a systematic review of "divisive or partisan narratives." ...

On Sunday, the Austin History Center offered an advance look of its expanded and modernized home. There will be another ...

The Library of Congress has acquired rare artifacts related to the beloved 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. The treasures include 35 musical manuscripts from composer Harold Arlen and lyricist E. Y. "Yip" ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Brooks' emotionally-charged writing has 'moved millions of American readers,' the Acting Librarian of Congress said Leonardo ...

"Someday I'll wish upon a star + wake + find the darkness far behind me," E. Y. (Yip) Harburg scrawled in pencil on a piece of yellow legal paper. And so was born a classic. By Paul Grein The Library ...

Barrett’s book tour kicked off Sept. 4 at New York City’s Lincoln Center, where she sat in conversation with Bari Weiss of ...

The only original “Over the Rainbow” lyric sketch, now at the Library of Congress, reflects a wider wave of American museums expanding their collections in 2024–2025. The Library of Congress has ...