WASHINGTON, DC (AP) — Museums and galleries popular with visitors and locals in the nation’s capital will close starting midweek if the partial shutdown of the federal government drags on. So will the National Zoo and a lively ice rink near the National Mall. The attractions have stayed open by using unspent funds, but they are about to run out of that money. Museums and galleries under the Smithsonian Institution umbrella started closing Jan. 2, the Smithsonian said on its website. That includes the zoo, as well as the National Air and Space Museum, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the National Museum of Natural History, and several galleries, including the National Portrait Gallery, with its paintings of former presidents. Smithsonian facilities were open on Jan. 1. The National Gallery of Art will close starting Jan. 3, a spokeswoman said. That includes the iconic West and East buildings as well as an ice rink in the National Gallery of … [Read more...] about National Museum of African American History and Culture in DC and Others Closed Due to Government Shutdown
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Backlash Over White Hip-Hop Curator At National Museum Of African American History
Editor’s Note: Timothy Anne Burnside is the head curator for a new hip-hop exhibit set to debut at the National Museum of African-American History and Culture. Burnside is a curatorial museum specialist focusing on contemporary history and culture, primarily music and performing arts who has been curating the National Museum of African American History & Culture’s hip-hop exhibit since the museum opened over 2 years ago, but the revelation that she is white made news on social media last week, stirring up a heated debate about about who should have access to black spaces. NPR’s Michel Martin and Rodney Carmichael take a look behind the scenes of the controversy. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Every now and again, we like to check in on controversies playing out on social media – not because they represent some careful scholarly debate, but rather because these controversies seemed to tap into wells of sentiment that exist but don’t find expression … [Read more...] about Backlash Over White Hip-Hop Curator At National Museum Of African American History
‘Watching Oprah’ Opens at the National Museum of African American History
By Lauren E. Williams, Special to the AFRO Oprah has a new exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, and you just have to see it. Open to the public since June 8th, the exhibit, Watching Oprah: The Oprah Winfrey Show and American Culture, uses the story of Winfrey and her 25-year daytime talk show as a way to explore contemporary American history and culture, especially issues of power, gender and the media. “This exhibition examines the power of television,” Lonnie G. Bunch III, the museum’s founding director, said in a press release. “Just as Oprah Winfrey watched TV coverage of the civil rights movement and was shaped by the era in which she was born and raised, she has gone on to have a profound effect on how Americans view themselves and each other in the tumultuous decades that followed.” The exhibition is separated into three sections: 1) America Shapes Oprah, 1950s–1980s; 2)The Oprah … [Read more...] about ‘Watching Oprah’ Opens at the National Museum of African American History
National Museum of African American History and Culture unveil Oprah exhibit
WASHINGTON – When Oprah Winfrey closed her Harpo Studios in Chicago’s West Loop, she put some its furnishings into storage. Now a set from Winfrey’s talk show, which put her on the path to becoming a global figure and one of the most successful entertainment executives in the world, is among the artifacts in an exhibit opening on Friday at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, “Watching Oprah, The Oprah Winfrey Show and American Culture.” The 4,300-square-foot Oprah exhibition runs through June, 2019 and has three sections: “America Shapes Oprah, 1950s-1980s;” The Oprah Winfrey Show,” spawned in Chicago and “Oprah Shapes America.” The daytime Oprah Winfrey Show, with its 4,561 episodes was produced in Chicago for 25 years, a period where Winfrey also grew into a major philanthropist, actress, theatrical producer and cultural and moral influencer. Here are 10 things to know about the Oprah exhibit: … [Read more...] about National Museum of African American History and Culture unveil Oprah exhibit
Tulsa Post Office To Host National Museum Of African American History And Culture Special Dedication Ceremony
By Eagle Newswire A special dedication ceremony for the “Celebrating African American History and Culture” commemorative Forever stamp will be held on Friday, October 20, 2017, 12:00 noon, at Greenwood Cultural Center, 322 North Greenwood Avenue, Tulsa, Okla. The event is free and open to the public. Background The Celebrating African American History and Culture Forever stamp (priced at 49 cents) is a one design, pressure-sensitive adhesive pane of 20 stamps. The stamp depicts the National Museum of African American History and Culture which opened last year. The issuance of this recognizes the richness of the black experience by celebrating the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Occupying a 5-acre site on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the museum is the 19th Smithsonian museum and the only national museum devoted exclusively to African American life, art, history, and culture. The stamp art is based on a photograph of the museum by Alan … [Read more...] about Tulsa Post Office To Host National Museum Of African American History And Culture Special Dedication Ceremony