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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...

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...

Helen Keller is a name known around the world as a symbol of courage in the face of incredible odds,...

The Hall of Fame is dedicated to preserving the tradition of excellence manifested by specific individuals through the history of...

You Start by Meeting Your Audience When I started working at the Museum of the American Printing House for the...

There’s a click, some static, and then you start to hear it – you’ve tuned in to your favorite evening...

The Museum at APH just got even cooler! We partnered with our friends at the American Foundation for the Blind...