Smithsonian Visitors

The IP Stanback Museum and Planetarium was honored to have three curators from the Smithsonian Institution's new museum, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, visit June 25.

From the official Smithsonian press release:

The National Museum of African American History and Culture was established in 2003 by an Act of Congress. Although it does not have a building yet, the museum is collecting artifacts; conducting seminars and symposia, including a recent two-day program on Black Power; gathering African American oral histories for StoryCorps, a joint program with National Public Radio and the Library of Congress; and creating traveling exhibitions such as “Let Your Motto Be Resistance.” In addition, the museum has its own gallery in the National Museum of American History, which currently is exhibiting 'The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise."

David Adjaye will be the lead designer for the Museum, set to open to the public in 2015. He designed the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo, Norway, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver.

The National Museum of African American History and Culture is to be located on the National Mall near the Washington Monument in Washington, DC.

Pictured: Paul Gardullo, Museum Curator, Jacquelyn Days Serwer, Chief Curator, IP Stanback Museum Director Ellen Zisholtz, and Michele Gates Moresi, Curator of Collections.