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exterior of a visitor center at a national historic park
Building Memory

Op-ed: Why interpretive centers matter in an era of social change

Rendering of a cartoonish looking fox in the bed of the LA River
Art, Design, and Large Mammals

Daily digest: Ellen DeGeneres loves gorillas, Snapchat and LACMA unveil second collection of virtual monuments, and more

rendering of a lgbtq+ monument surrounded by parkland with a rainbow in the sky
Force of Nature

Winnipeg-based design team wins bid for Canada’s LGBTQ2+ National Monument with Thunderhead

a confederate statue covered in graffiti, the robert e. lee statue in richmond
Plans, Hatched

Richmond’s felled Confederate monuments will likely go to state Black history museum

black and white photo of a towering monument, in the news with hr giger
See You Next Year

Daily digest: A major H.R. Giger retrospective in Berlin, NYC’s monuments are crumbling, and more

the national mall with washington monument where beyond granite will rise
More For The Mall

Van Alen Institute and The Urban Studio will go Beyond Granite on the National Mall

One of the confederate monuments that will go on display in a new show of the same name
Same Name, Different Theme

Toppled Confederate statues will be paired with contemporary art in L.A.’s new MONUMENTS exhibition

rendering of a monument with rows of mirrored stainless steel wands at the LGBTQ2+ National Monument
Remembrance and Reconciliation

Canada’s LGBTQ2+ National Monument is moving ahead, and here are the shortlisted proposals

A large empty gathering space proposed as a prototypical new monument
Monuments Are Dead; Long Live Monuments

Monument Lab and the Mellon Foundation’s National Monument Audit reveals the plasticity of our history

a confederate statue covered in graffiti, the robert e. lee statue in richmond
Dismounted

Richmond’s Robert E. Lee statue has been taken down

A vacant construction site
COVID Comedown

Daily digest: A 3D investigation of the Surfside collapse, COVID is still battering construction, and more

A statue of robert e lee covered with a black tarp in front of an anti racism march against confederate monuments
To The Halls Of History

More than a dozen organizations apply to acquire Charlottesville’s toppled Confederate monuments

Aerial rendering of the Essential Workers Park on the Hudson River, with the circle of heroes monument at its core
Row on the Hudson

Manhattan’s Circle of Heroes monument to essential workers will be moved after community uproar

design rendering of a monument to harriet tubman with a downtown skyscraper in the background
Honoring a Great in the Gateway City

Nina Cooke John-designed Harriet Tubman monument will replace Columbus in Newark, New Jersey

statue of benjamin franklin wearing a face mask, one of the potential National Garden of American Heroes nominees
As Predicted

Biden cancels Trump administration’s “American Hero”-stuffed statue park

rendering of a memorial to harriet tubman in front of a downtown high-rise
The Great Conductor

Newark, New Jersey, announces finalists for Columbus-replacing monument to Harriet Tubman

an augmented reality monument viewed through a smart phone
Snap It Up

Five virtual monuments are now viewable at LACMA, MacArthur Park, and across L.A.

a state capitol building in tennessee
Who’s Canceling Who?

After taking down a Confederate monument, Tennessee senators seek to remove the entire state historical commission

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