History, Arts, and Culture Blogs

Government blogs about museums, American literature, music, and library collections.

  • AirSpace  – Get an insider's view of what goes on behind-the-scenes at the National Air and Space Museum.
  • Archives of American Art Blog  – Learn more about the world’s largest resource dedicated to collecting and preserving the visual arts in America.
  • Art Works  – National Endowment for the Arts staff blog about the three facets of Art Works: works of art themselves, the ways art works on audiences, and art as work.
  • Big Read Blog  – National Endowment for the Arts staff blog about communities participating in The Big Read and about Big Read titles and authors.
  • Cooper-Hewitt Design Blog  – Learn about everything design at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.
  • Eye Level  – This Smithsonian American Art Museum blog covers American art and the ways it reflects American history and culture.
  • Face to Face  – This blog from the National Portrait Gallery is dedicated to art, history, and the telling of American lives.
  • From the Catbird Seat  – The blog from the Library of Congress focuses on poetry and literature.
  • In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress  – In Custodia Legis is Latin for in the custody of the law. The team of bloggers cover current legal trends, collecting for the largest law library in the world, and more.
  • Inside Adams  – This blog from the Library of Congress will point readers to the Library’s large and diverse collections of books, journals, prints, photographs, digital collections, finding aids, and Webcasts related to science, technology, and business.
  • In the Muse  – This blog showcases the Library of Congress Music Division's collections of music, theater and dance, from works of the great masters to long forgotten slices of our musical heritage treasures.
  • Library of Congress Blog  – This blog highlights news and collections from the Library of Congress.
  • NARAtions  – This blog is about public access to the records of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
  • National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) Blog  – The NMAI is dedicated to advancing knowledge and understanding of all tribes of the Western Hemisphere.
  • O Say Can You See?  – The National Museum of American History takes readers behind the scenes at the museum, sharing insights and information about exhibitions, events, collections, research projects, and more.
  • Picture This  – This blog from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division features highlights from the Library's collection of more than 14.5 million images.
  • Prologue: Pieces of History  – The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration's Prologue magazine blogs about quirky archival finds and alternative photo caption contests.
  • Pushing the Envelope  – This blog from the National Postal Museum features stories about postal history and stamp collecting.
  • S+ART Blog  – The Smithsonian studio arts blog.
  • Smithsonian Collections Blog  – Highlights the hidden treasures among the more then 2 million Smithsonian collections online.
  • Teaching with the Library of Congress  – Discover and discuss the most effective techniques for using Library of Congress primary sources in the classroom.
  • Text Message  – Archivists at the National Archives and Records Administration blog about discoveries and mysteries uncovered while processing archival records.
  • The Signal: Digital Preservation  – The Library of Congress covers exciting new developments that have an impact on digital preservation and access.
  • Unearthed  – The blog from the National Museum of Natural History.