I have quite a mix of historical highlights for you this weekend: libraries, paintings, veterans, not to mention ice cream.
This three-minute video explains how a 16th century carpet is preserved for future generations.
If you’re interested in art history, you might like to read about Eduoard Manet’s later works.
How did a portrait by Velázquez go missing for 300 years?
I didn’t know that Victor Hugo wrote Les Mis while living in exile in a five-storey mansion on the island of Guernsey.
One page of the original manuscript of The Hound of the Baskervilles is estimated to sell for at least $120,000 at auction.
Libraries are so important to society. Here’s how they can help immigrant families.
Here’s a fun new series of interviews with librarians.
This Future Library art project is somewhat bizarre.
How do you like this headline? “America’s Early Female College Students Held Illicit Fudge Parties”
The story of President Garfield’s assassination is quite strange.
It’s sad when a company founded in 1591 has to close.
In Canadian news,
- Nova Scotia is waiving fees for residential school survivors who want to legally reclaim their names.
- The 2021 census will count how many people have served in the military.
Finally, the Library of Congress pictures of the week: ice cream!