Edward Rothstein

Aug 3, 2024 | wsj.com | Edward Rothstein

There are more than two dozen Holocaust museums in the U.S. They have welcomed tens of millions of visitors over the past several decades and helped create Holocaust curricula required in 26 states, reaching some 20,000 American schools. Their purpose—stressed in exhibitions, on web sites and in educational materials—is not just to teach about one of the darkest episodes of human history, but also to curb antisemitism, eliminate hate and nurture tolerance.

Jul 19, 2024 | msn.com | Edward Rothstein

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Jul 19, 2024 | wsj.com | Edward Rothstein

If you look upward at the exposed roof beams inside the “Japanese Heritage Shōya House”—which is what the Huntington Library in San Marino, Calif., calls this transplanted three-century-old Japanese home that opened last fall in its Japanese Garden—you see, again and again, contrasts between the wildness of nature and the polish of culture. Long branches or tree trunks about nine inches in diameter span the ceiling, distributing the roof’s weight while proudly displaying splits, knots and curves.

Apr 3, 2024 | wsj.com | Edward Rothstein

New Haven, Conn. No great pleasure is unmixed with sorrow, goes the ancient wisdom, but I was surprised to have to acknowledge it while visiting Yale University’s Peabody Museum—one of the finest smaller natural history museums—which reopened last week after four years of reconstruction and reconsideration, supported by a $160 million gift from Edward P. Bass in 2018.

Mar 8, 2024 | wsj.com | Edward Rothstein

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