100 Years and Counting: The Woodrow Wilson House Looks to the Future
Just over 100 years ago, in March 1921, following the inauguration of Warren G. Harding as the 29th president of the United States, the outgoing President Woodrow Wilson and his wife, Edith, retired from the White House into their new home in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Today the
Fox 1st Ladies Edith Wilson
Wilson House is collaborating with Fox Nation (a Fox News entertainment streaming service) on a new historical series about the United States' First Ladies called "Women of the White House." They will conduct an on-camera tour to discuss Mrs. Wilson's life as well as legacy, and host Rachel Campos-Duffy will
A Consequential Friendship
Special thanks to Louis D. Brandeis’s grandson and longtime National Trust for Historic Preservation attorney and Woodrow Wilson House Advisory Council member, Frank Gilbert, as well as historian and Woodrow Wilson House Advisory Council member Professor John Milton Cooper, Jr., author of Woodrow Wilson: A Biography, as well as other
The Creative Process Podcast
LISTEN: Wilson House Executive Director Elizabeth Karcher's interview for "The Creative Process" Podcast. In addition to telling the many stories derived from the over 9,000 pieces in the collection of this National Historic Landmark and model historic and presidential site, Elizabeth discusses her goals for the house, including exploring the
WHSV3 Woodrow Wilson Library
The Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation in Staunton, VA, is working with the Woodrow Wilson House in Washington, D.C., to tell the whole story of Wilson's legacy.
Commemorating Wilson in an Age of Racial Reckoning with the Wilson Center
Woodrow Wilson House Executive Director Elizabeth Karcher joins representatives from the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library in Staunton, Virginia, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the Wilson Center to discuss ways to remember a figure like Woodrow Wilson with a complicated legacy.
AAM Elizabeth Karcher
American Alliance of Museums (AAM) invited Wilson House Executive Director Elizabeth Karcher as a panelist on “Beyond Our Walls: History Outdoors When We Closed Ours,” where she discussed the Wilson House's Suffrage Outside! exhibit and conducted a short presentation for participants on the making of the exhibition. If you missed
Holiday Shopping at Historic Sites: 2021 Gift Guide
As we near the bright and bustling holiday season, here are some highlights from the National Trust's Historic Sites' online shops for you to explore. From reproduced Bauhaus ornaments to motorized subway sets, repurposed keys from antique typewriters to copper-encased leaves and branches from the grounds of the Edith Farnsworth House, the
Curator’s Choice Interview
Wilson House Executive Director speaks with Curator Choice's host Ayla Anderson about President Woodrow Wilson and the House. Curator's Choice is an interview-style podcast with each episode featuring a new museum and the history of two extraordinary artifacts/exhibits housed there.