Breaking News: Alexander Hamilton & Greetings From Washington

April 2, 2018

Drawing on the vast history of Washington D.C., two complementary exhibitions will look at how one man played a role in bringing the U.S. capital where it is and how […]

Profs & Pints: When Washington Burned

March 18, 2018

Profs and Pints presents: “When Washington Burned,” with Denver Brunsman, associate professor of history at George Washington University, lecturer at Mount Vernon, and scholar of the War of 1812. You’ve […]

Profs & Pints: Founding Fathers in the “Friend Zone”


Profs and Pints presents: “Founding Fathers in the ‘Friend Zone,’” with Cassandra Good, assistant professor of history at Marymount University and author of Founding Friendships: Friendships Between Men and Women […]

Profs & Pints: Speaking of Speakeasies


Profs and Pints presents: “Speaking of Speakeasies,” a discussion of prohibition and its boozy effects, with Allen Pietrobon, adjunct professor of modern American history at American University and visiting professor […]

Profs & Pints: Pets of the Presidents


Profs and Pints presents: “Pets of the Presidents,” with Edward Lengel, special advisor to the White House Historical Association, former professor at the University of Virginia, and author of books […]

First Person 2018 Series: Margit Meissner. Conversations with Holocaust Survivors


Holocaust survivors tell their life stories in their own words, uniting personal experience with history in a way that is extraordinary in its immediacy and power. Each hour-long program features […]

First Person 2018 Series: Esther Starobin. Conversations with Holocaust Survivors


Holocaust survivors tell their life stories in their own words, uniting personal experience with history in a way that is extraordinary in its immediacy and power. Each hour-long program features […]

The Big Questions of Holocaust History


The Museum’s 25th anniversary calls for reflection and inquiry. In conversation with Mandel Center Acting Director Wendy Lower, four leading scholars in the field of Holocaust studies will discuss what […]

First Person 2018 Series: Peter Gorog. Conversations with Holocaust Survivors

March 1, 2018

Holocaust survivors tell their life stories in their own words, uniting personal experience with history in a way that is extraordinary in its immediacy and power. Each hour-long program features […]

First Person 2018 Series: Anna Grosz. Conversations with Holocaust Survivors


Holocaust survivors tell their life stories in their own words, uniting personal experience with history in a way that is extraordinary in its immediacy and power. Each hour-long program features […]