Providing free access to primary sources, building high-quality online teaching modules, and offering instruction on critical thinking skills.
Developing publications and applications to define digital humanities for a new generation of scholars, librarians and museum professionals.
Bringing history to audiences worldwide by collecting digital records, archiving documents of the past, and presenting historical exhibits.
Explore the history of children and youth through primary sources, website reviews, teaching modules, and case studies.
November 8, 2009
The Center for History and New Media and George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens are proud to announce the launch of a new website chronicling the life of Martha Washington.
Through the generosity of Donald and Nancy DeLaski, Martha Washington: a Life (marthawashington.us) examines Martha’s life and relationships by making available documents, historical items, teaching [...]
RIGHT NOW, a donation to the CHNM endowment fund will be matched by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Your gift today is very important.
The National Endowment for the Humanities has recognized CHNM’s significance by awarding a rare Challenge Grant to provide matching funds for donations to build an endowment that will enable it to continue to innovate and serve this vast audience.
Each year, CHNM’s many project websites receive over 16 million visitors, and more than a million people rely on its digital tools to teach, learn, and conduct research. Please join us right away in supporting this incredible resource.
Digital history is an approach to examining and representing the past that takes advantage of new communication technologies such as computers and the Web. It draws on essential features of the digital realm, such as databases, hypertextualization, and networks, to create and share historical knowledge.
Digital history complements other forms of history—indeed, it draws its strength and methodological rigor from this age-old form of human understanding while using the latest technology.
