#HolocaustRemembranceDay

This is the American Radiator Building, a 101 year old black and gold skyscraper that's half Gothic, half Art Deco. It's famous, but not as famous as it should be — so here's a brief history of one of the world's coolest skyscrapers...

Happy #LunarNewYear! 2025 is the Year of the Snake (the Wood Snake, that is), an enigmatic and introspective sign. Harness the traits of the snake — known for their wisdom, charm, decisiveness and perseverance — as you wind your way into a healthy and prosperous 2025. 🐍

Can art be a catalyst for environmental and social change? These 9 exhibitions in Southern California explore climate, environmental justice, and ecology as part of PST ART. Read more: gty.art/3WF7lIA

A thread of when Canada and the United States worked together and celebrated as friends. Canadian soldiers with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry talk with American soldiers from the Second US Armored Division in France on Aug. 27, 1944. 📸LAC 3397189 🧵1/20

Welcome to the Year of the Snake 🐍 From San Francisco and Seattle to Boston and Washington, DC learn how America's Chinatowns are anchoring Lunar New Year celebrations: ow.ly/Jppi50UOYQv

1915 Northern River #tt1915

Artist Ai Weiwei recreated a Monet masterpiece entirely in Lego

It’s the last day of #HeritageWeek’s "Pastimes in Past Times." We’ve always loved #streetphotography and #FredHerzog. Herzog loved to explore Vancouver's back streets and alley ways, slices of everyday life he called “pristine squalor" Bruce Stewart photo evelazarus.com/walks-with-fre…

🏛️Barack Obama’s politics are deeply informed by his profound knowledge and understanding of his country’s history ➡️This sample chapter from "Barack Obama: American Historian" examines two speeches where Obama draws from the nation’s past. Read here: bit.ly/3Exw2jL

WOW and congratulations! So well deserved!

10 new national historic subjects were announced today! Take a moment to brush up on Canadian history and learn more about the stories that have shaped our communities: ow.ly/nTKe50Vc6vn #ParksCanadaHistory #HSMBC youtu.be/Nm49pdGELGI

Today we celebrate the life of Harriet Tubman who passed away #OTD in 1913 in Auburn, New York. Significant to both Canadian and US history, Tubman is honoured with a federal historic plaque and bust in St. Catharines, Ontario where she was a longtime resident. #HarrietTubmanDay

Trudeau calls for plan to build a new official prime minister’s residence nationalpost.com/news/canada/tr…

Born in Saskatchewan to a French-Canadian family, sculptor #JoeFafard (1942–2019) used twenty-first-century techniques in sculpting to represent aspects of life on the Prairies. He died on this day in 2019. Read more: ow.ly/zie550VcXQQ

"We're losing more and more buildings every day, and it's important to recognize that history, record that history, and try to guard against its erasure." Thanks to NPR for this feature on the Conserving Black Modernism grant program: ow.ly/j47s50V9kSq

#OnThisDay in 1944: The Canadian Art Army Exhibition opened at the National Gallery of Canada. Vancouver-born #MollyLambBobak (1920–2014) won second prize at the show. Read more in our online book “Molly Lamb Bobak: Life & Work” by Michelle Gewurtz: ow.ly/ckv450VjeSX

The Historic England Archive holds over 14 million photos, showing many aspects of life. If you zoom into this image from 1866, you will see a sign in the shop window reading 'hair bought', presumably one of the options for the people of Bristol in hard times.

After 120 years in storage, a whaling shrine that was taken from an Indigenous community in Canada recently began a more than 3,000-mile journey back home from the American Museum of Natural History in New York. nyti.ms/3RpOsGj

How are archivists reacting to the auction of the Royal Charter of 1670? “There’s an extra intensity now because of worry that it might either leave Canada or go into a private collection,” says Leslie Weir. thewalrus.ca/hudsons-bay-ch…