Brooklyn Museum and Smithsonian Present
“Save Our African American Treasures”
“Save Our African American Treasures”
Saturday, July 20, 2013
11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Brooklyn Museum
Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion and Lobby
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Free and open to the public
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The Smithsonian’s National
Museum of African American History and Culture and the Brooklyn Museum
will co-host “Save Our African American Treasures: A National
Collections Initiative of Discovery and Preservation,” a daylong program
to help New York-area residents identify and preserve items of
historical and cultural significance.
Participants are invited to
bring up to three personal items for a 15-minute, professional
consultation with experts on how to care for them. The specialists will
serve as reviewers, not appraisers, and will not determine an item’s
monetary value. Objects such as books, photographs, ceramics, metalwork
and textiles no larger than a shopping bag (furniture, carpets, firearms
and paintings are excluded) can be reviewed.
“We are extremely proud to
bring ‘Save Our African American Treasures’ to New York City and of our
partnership with the Brooklyn Museum,” said Lonnie Bunch, director of
the Smithsonian museum. “Whether it’s Weeksville, Jackie Robinson and
the Brooklyn Dodgers or the Harlem Renaissance, New York City has been
steeped in African American history from before the Emancipation. We
encourage people to become aware of what they have, to protect it and to
preserve it so the story of the African diaspora in this country can be
told.”
The “Treasures” program also includes the following activities throughout the day:
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Gallery Tour: Kevin Stayton, the Brooklyn Museum’s chief curator, will offer a tour of selected galleries in the building. Preservation Presentations: learn how to preserve clothing and textiles, family photographs and papers. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions. Hands-on Preservation: participants will learn how to properly store letters, pack garments and prepare photographs for preservation storage and presentation. |
For more Treasures event information, visit nmaahc.si.edu/Programs/NYTreasures, email treasures@si.edu or call (877) 733-9599.
“Save Our African American
Treasures” is made possible with support from the Bank of America
Charitable Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
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