Collection President Truman's Renovation
During the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the White House underwent a renovation and expansion so extensive, it changed...
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During the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the White House underwent a renovation and expansion so extensive, it changed...
A dinner at the White House has always had significance beyond the merely gastronomical. The elegance of the State Dining...
As part of the implementation of the Truman renovation, the Commission on the Renovation of the Executive Mansion was tasked...
In addition to important holdings in historical memorabilia, art, and furnishings, the White House collection also has an archives o...
The Solarium on the Third Floor has been called the “The Camp David of the White House.”1 With its floor-to-ceiling wind...
On March 27, 1952, President and Mrs. Truman returned to a freshly renovated White House after living at Blair House since November 1948....
On Christmas Eve 1929 the White House experienced its most powerful fire since the British torched the Executive Mansion 115 years earlier....
“It is of very great importance to fix the taste of our Country properly, and I think your Example will go...
After ascending the staircase from the Ground Floor to the State Floor, the first room that visitors on a tour...
The Green Room, positioned between the East Room and the Blue Room, is one of the principal parlors of the...
For over 75 years, George Peter Alexander Healy’s portrait of Abraham Lincoln has remained an important aesthetic element for the Wh...
After the destruction of the White House by the British in 1814, the Executive Mansion was reconstructed with a servants’ hall di...