Collection The Kennedys and the Arts
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s advocacy for the arts endures as a vital part of th...
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President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s advocacy for the arts endures as a vital part of th...
On March 27, 1952, President and Mrs. Truman returned to a freshly renovated White House after living at Blair House since November 1948....
“It is of very great importance to fix the taste of our Country properly, and I think your Example will go...
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s advocacy for the performing arts endures as a vital part of...
Historians of American music, art, and dance often explore their subjects through different topical categories such as genres, schools, and...
For over 75 years, George Peter Alexander Healy’s portrait of Abraham Lincoln has remained an important aesthetic element for the Wh...
One of the principal goals that governed the architectural changes made to the White House in 1902 by McKim, Mead & Wh...
The first known image of the White House was a daguerreotype taken in 1846, during the administration of President James K....
Historians have previously discussed the wider impact of technological innovations that facilitated the emergence of the illustrated press in the...
After ascending the staircase from the Ground Floor to the State Floor, the first room that visitors on a tour...
After the destruction of the White House by the British in 1814, the Executive Mansion was reconstructed with a servants’ hall di...
Today’s State Floor of the White House has rooms designated by color (Green, Blue, and Red), purpose (State Dining Ro...