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Guastavino tile vaults at City Hall Subway Station

Spanish Immigrant Transforms America's Urban Architecture

What do a former grocery store, a bar, and a library have in common?*

Jeanine Serralles as Angelina Grimké, a prominent Southern abolitionist.

Women's History Month at the Movies

Three notable media projects funded by the Division of Public Program highlight women’s contribution to creating a better society.

A performance of Julius Caesar at the Globe Theatre, 1999.

Shakespeare Uncovered: A Documentary Series

 Shakespeare like your high school english teacher never taught you

John Brown tries to persuade Frederick Douglass to join his assault.

The Longest Struggle in American History: "The Abolitionists"

Premiering January 8, 15, & 22, 2013, on American Experience

woman with a flask hidden in her garter during prohibition, 1926

American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition

Step back in time to an era of flappers and suffragists, bootleggers and temperance lobbyists, and real-life legends like Al Capone and Carry Nation.

14-year-old apprentice Nat Wheeler in Mission 1: “For Crown or Colony?”

Mission US Receives Top Honors

A gold-medal winner!

Posted: April 30, 2013

Besa: The Promise Film Festival Schedule

The incredible story of Albanian Muslims saving nearly 2,000 Jews during the Holocaust

Posted: April 23, 2013

American Experience: Annie Oakley Rebroadcast

Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 8:00-9:00 p.m. on PBS, ET (check local listings)

Posted: April 12, 2013

American Experience: Henry Ford Rebroadcast

Tuesday, June 25, 2013, PBS (check local listings)

Posted: April 9, 2013

Awards List March 2013

List of Awards from November 2012 Council

Posted: April 5, 2013

The Loving Story Receives Prestigious Awards

Outstanding interpretation of history

Posted: March 19, 2013

Humanities on the Move: NEH projects opening around the country, April to June 2013

Many events, exhibitions, and programs funded by this division are now circulating around the country—see what may be coming to a location near you.

Posted: March 19, 2013

Award-winning NEH-Exhibitions

Three NEH-funded exhibitions receive recognition from peers

Posted: February 7, 2013

College Art Association 101st Annual Conference

February 13-16, in New York City

Posted: November 30, 2012

Recent Staff Travel

Where we have been

Posted: November 28, 2012

World Congress of Science & Factual Producers Conference

An annual international conference of film and television industry professionals, November 29, 2012

Posted: June 6, 2012

Division Director Karen Mittelman at the Making Media Now Annual Conference

Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Massachusetts, June 8, 2012

Posted: May 23, 2012

Deputy Director Michael Shirley at Games for Change

New York University’s Skirball Center, New York City, June 18-20, 2012

Posted: May 22, 2012

Program Officer David Weinstein at THATCamp: The Humanities and Technology Camp

George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, June 15-17, 2012