Posts Tagged ‘Museum Exhibits’
The Smithsonian Looks at How the Slave Trade Shaped the World
“In Slavery’s Wake: Making Black Freedom in the World” is the product of a 10-year collaboration among nearly two dozen curators at 10 institutions on four continents. The exhibit goes beyond the Smithsonian’s traditional American focus to tell a global story of the ways that slavery shaped the modern world.
Read MoreNew Virtual Gallery: Risking Everything, The Fight for Black Voting Rights
The fight for Black voting rights can be explored through virtual and physical exhibits, as well as ABHM’s book club.
Read More‘Art Against the Odds’ Shines a Light on Artists Within Wisconsin’s Justice System
An art exhibit at the Neville Museum in Green Bay features pieces by those incarcerated in Wisconsin prisons.
Read MoreExhibit — Living for the City: The Black Middle Class in Milwaukee
A traveling exhibition in conjunction with the “Living for the City: The Black Middle Class in Milwaukee” oral history project, which challenges and complicates existing narratives about Black Milwaukee mired in narrow assertions of poverty, segregation, incarceration, and educational underachievement. These are not the only stories to tell about Black Milwaukee. Research confirms that Milwaukee’s…
Read MoreHow 4 Countries Are Preparing to Bring Stolen Treasures Home
Countries who have stolen precious artifacts from nations they once colonized are preparing to return the materials to their original homes.
Read MoreA genre that celebrates Black futures is getting its due
The National Museum of African American History and Culture is shedding light on Black science fiction in an exhibit on Afrofuturism.
Read MoreThe Negro Motorist Green Book
Visitors will explore film, photographs, interactives, and oral histories from travelers and “Green Book” business owners; compare “Green Book” sites then and now; and appreciate historical objects from the Smithsonian and from a variety of “Green Book” sites. This Illinois Holocaust Museum exhibition includes artifacts from business signs and postcards to historic footage, images, and firsthand accounts that illustrate not just the apprehension felt by Black travelers, but also the resilience, innovation, and elegance of people choosing to live a full American existence.
Read MoreBob Marley immersive experience to land in U.S. next year
Fans will be able to visit the Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles next January to see an immersive Bob Marley exhibit.
Read MoreA radical archive arrives at Harvard
Harvard University acquired and is currently in the process of archiving educator and activist Angela Davis’ work. The archivists estimate the collection will be available in 2019.
Read MoreHighly Valued ABHM Exhibit Saved for Future Generations
The slave ship cargo hold exhibit, which had been built into the building formerly housing America’s Black Holocaust Museum, was disassembled piece by piece and saved for restoration in the new museum, just before demolition was to begin on the old building.
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