Museum

A Barrel of Documents

My journey of discovery started when I found two folders in the American Foundation for the Blind Archive folders, both...

In My Religion, published in 1927, Helen Keller spelled out her religious beliefs to the world. Helen was an ardent...

There is a National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day (January 31), a National Squirrel Appreciation Day (January 21), even a National...

When I started working in the AFB (American Foundation for the Blind) Helen Keller Archive at APH in October of...

I’ve been pretty excited this week. It’s been almost sixteen months since we had a visitor in the museum, but...

In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson awarded Helen Keller the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. The award...

Museum objects and their stories are codependent. The artifact is the real deal. After all, it was there when history...

“Helen,” she said superfluously, “does like beer.” That about sums up Helen Keller… That’s not what people expected to read...

Learn more about the Western Union Telegram to Helen Keller above on AFB Helen Keller Archive Online. Documents in...

May is Teacher Appreciation Month in the U.S., but here in the museum at the American Printing House for the...

I’ve been a maphead all my life. When I was a kid, I drew maps in crayon of the various...

For the past three years I have been thinking a lot about heroes and heroism. Museums, as institutions that preserve...

It’s baseball’s Opening Day April 1, but a lot of Toronto Blue Jays fans aren’t as happy about the start...

On March 17, 2020, I was sitting at my desk at APH, mulling over what we should do about the...

What memories of childhood Christmases do you hold dear? The rustle of wrapping paper? The smell of gingerbread? Helen Keller...