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Defining The Dot Experience: Everything You Need to Know

What is The Dot Experience? The Dot Experience is APH’s re-imagined museum set to open in 2026. Designed with an...

“The blind veterans here in the Helen Keller class are able, thru talking books, to obliterate the tedious hospital hours...

Where would we be without the internet and email? “Electronic mail” has become such an entrenched form of communication in...

The holiday season is decidedly upon us, and with workplace parties on the calendar I was curious what holiday-related items...

Everything old is new again. Or so the adage goes. But there is an underlying truth to it, even if...

Time capsules have long been an intriguing way for people to communicate through the ages, be they historians or grade...

Burned manuscript recovered from the wreckage of Arcan Ridge, 1946. Photo AFB Helen Keller Archive As we get ready...

You know those history research shows that trace your family’s history? I love shows like that, and they’re a great...

You’re not going to believe this, but with centuries of potential titles to choose from, all three of the first...

When I was working with a small collection from APH’s Editorial Department, I came across correspondence from the late 1960s...

My calendar of significant 2020 dates that got overshadowed once the awful pandemic arrived, features a bold circle around the...

It turns out blogging is not as easy as it appears. Not only do you need something fresh to say,...

A Museum guest blog by the Rev. Dr. Eugene A. Bourquin Sometimes our history – our heroes – slip...

In my work cataloging the materials in the AFB Helen Keller Archive, I’ve come across hundreds of folders with the...

In my work cataloging the materials in the AFB Helen Keller Archive, I’ve come across hundreds of folders with the...