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Freedom 250 and National Endowment for the Humanities to Honor Winners of National American Heroes Student Art Contest

Second Lady Usha Vance to Deliver Remarks During Awards Ceremony Celebrating Student Artists from Across America

June 29, 2026

Press Release

Ruth R. Wisse Delivers NEH Jefferson Lecture

Watch the livestream at 7 PM ET on March 25 of Wisse's Jefferson Lecture, “A Message from the ‘Blue and White’ in the ‘Red, White, and Blue’”

January 22, 2026

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NEH Announces $75.1 Million for 84 Humanities Projects

Grant awards in honor of the nation’s 250th anniversary will support research, education, and public programs on the Declaration of Independence and America’s founding.

January 15, 2026

NEH's 60th Anniversary

Created on September 29, 1965, by an act of Congress that states “Democracy demands wisdom and vision in its citizens,” the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) this year celebrates 60 years of advancing history, literature, philosophy, languages, and other humanities fields.

Browse a selection of NEH-funded projects past and present.

NEH Sponsors Exhibition and Panel on Art and Religious Freedom

“Repression, Resilience and Renewal: Religious Freedom and the Art of Mohammad Yousof Asefi” will feature original artwork and inspiring story of the artist who rescued Afghan art from the Taliban

July 1, 2026

Freedom 250 and National Endowment for the Humanities to Honor Winners of National American Heroes Student Art Contest

Second Lady Usha Vance to Deliver Remarks During Awards Ceremony Celebrating Student Artists from Across America

June 29, 2026

Freedom 250 and National Endowment for the Humanities Announce State and Territory Winners of National American Heroes Student Art Contest

June 23, 2026