The museum has reopened to the public. Hours are Friday–Tuesday, 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Free, timed-entry passes are required and may be reserved up to 30 days in advance.
Join the inaugural Civic Season—a time to dig deeply into our traditions, our history, and our role in forming “a more perfect union” going forward. June 14–July 4.
The gift comes 25 years after the Winiarskis provided initial funding for the museum to launch an initiative on the history of American wine and winemaking, which has grown into the American Food History Project.
One hundred years ago Marie Curie stood among the rose bushes, the press, and a crowd of White House guests, holding a golden key. The key opened a box that contained a gram of radium. Could it also unlock a cure to cancer? Women across America were led to believe as much, rising to the call sent out in their journals and newspapers to fund a gift worth more than $100,000.
Three years ago our museum convened a diverse group of scholars and educators to help a team brainstorm a new exhibition about women's history to mark the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment. After two days of presentations, discussions, and workshopping, we had a bold new idea—we were going to create an exhibition about girlhood.
A sudden tragedy thrust Rebecca Lukens into the family business and into history, making her the nation’s first woman industrialist and the only woman to run and eventually own an iron mill in the United States during the 1800s.