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What risks would you take to find your family? How far would you go to help someone else find theirs?

Learn more about the conservation work completed to prepare Claes Jansz Visscher's print of America.

This Portrait of Susanna Cardwell McCausland (Mrs. James McCausland) and Child is one of three paintings attributed to artist Joshua Johnson in Colonial Williamsburg’s collections. Johnson is considered one of the earliest professional free Black pai...

Joshua Johnson is one of the earliest professional free Black painters in America. This remarkable ca. 1798 Portrait of Ellin North Moale (Mrs. John Moale) (1740-1825) and Her Granddaughter, Ellin North Moale (1794-1803) is one of three paintings att...

This silver plate acts as the buckle of an officer’s shoulder-worn sword or bayonet belt.

Hand-painted with watercolor and in almost pristine condition, this rare, engraved map was published at the height of the Revolution.