The Funk Heritage Center opens a new temporary exhibit, We Neighbors Would Meet Together, interpreting the history and influence of the Oothcaloga Moravian Mission (near present-day Calhoun) on Cherokee integration, nationalism, and sovereignty in the nineteenth century. The exhibit is also designed to raise public awareness and generate support for the Oothcaloga Mission God’s Acre […]
A joint project between the Tubman Museum and Wesleyan College, this exhibit examines how the events at Igbo Landing have been preserved and mythologized in African-American folklore. It will analyze their influence on literature, art, and cultural expressions, including works by Beverly Buchanan. The exhibit is currently on display at Tubman Museum. This program is […]
A joint project between the Tubman Museum and Wesleyan College, this exhibit examines how the events at Igbo Landing have been preserved and mythologized in African-American folklore. It will analyze their influence on literature, art, and cultural expressions, including works by Beverly Buchanan. The exhibit is currently on display at Wesleyan College Leadership Lab. This […]
Members of the team that developed the displays for the Augusta Jewish Museum Education Center will present about the history of the museum and the importance of preserving these buildings for the entire community. Speakers include Dr. Jackie Cohen, Dr. Michael Cohen, and Dr. Judith Giri. They will give an overview of each of the […]
Georgia State University Special Collections presents a traveling exhibit based on the Lonnie King, Jr. Papers. This exhibit covers the life of Lonnie King, Jr. the Atlanta Student Movement, and legacy. The exhibit will be on display at the Auburn Avenue Research Library from January 28 through February 28. Thereafter, the exhibit will be on […]
Heritage Works will facilitate a two-day event that utilizes the StoryCorps mobile app and will provide members of the Darien community the opportunity to share their memories with trained interviewers. Renderings will be archived and stored in the Library of Congress, with access granted to community members. A community World Cafe will follow, highlighting issues […]
Since Hay House opened as a museum in 1964, there has been research done but no interpretation of the lives of African Americans who worked at the house from the time of enslavement through the Civil Rights movement. The exhibit titled, "So They Might Be Known," will tell their stories and fill a much-needed gap […]
Come and see an exhibit in honor of more than two centuries of Cherokee-Moravian cultural exchange.
Presented by the Coastal African American Historic Preservation Commission, a new exhibit explores segregated education in Brunswick from Reconstruction to 1970. The community is also invited to participate in a corresponding "Scan Day" that allows them to bring important materials to the event that they would like to have digitally preserved. This program is supported […]
Presented by the Coastal African American Historic Preservation Commission, a new exhibit explores segregated education in Brunswick from Reconstruction to 1970. The community is also invited to participate in a corresponding "Scan Day" that allows them to bring important materials to the event that they would like to have digitally preserved. This program is supported […]
