Chest Lid with Masonic Painting (1825–1845) (image courtesy American Folk Art Museum, gift of Kendra and Allan Daniel, all images courtesy the Bullock Texas State History Museum and the American Folk ...

Three centuries of Masonic history are on display in Cedar Rapids. 'Celebrating 300 Years of Freemasonry, 1717-2017: Masonic Treasures of the Grand Lodge of Iowa,” opened in June and will remain on ...

Has Los Angeles become the greatest city for free museums? Sure, there's D.C., but L.A. has the Getty, the Hammer and the Annenberg, plus recent additions like the incessantly popular Broad and mega ...

The Scottish Rite Masonic Temple is an imposing, enigmatic building on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. Designed in 1961 by architect Millard Sheets, it was a gathering space for a local order of ...

Those interested in secret societies can uncover the history of two of the country’s notable fraternal organizations at the Taft Museum of Art’s new exhibit: Mystery & Benevolence: Masonic and Odd ...

The Masonic Temple in Bemidji, built in 1923, is one of the last built for Masons by Masons in Minnesota. The Watermark Art Center purchased the building and plans to demolish it to create a public ...

Freemasons, with signs for the various lodges, c1733. Freemasonry is the world’s most famous secret society. Its secrecy, indeed, made it into one of history’s most contagious ideas—and thus its ...