Anacostia Museum
The Anacostia Community Museum is a Smithsonian Institution museum in Anacostia , a neighborhood of Washington, DC , United States that opened in 1967. Its focus is on the national history and culture of African American people , and is addressed to scholars and all national and international visitors.
history
The museum was originally established as the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum in the old Carver Movie Theater on Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue in 1967. It was the brainchild of S. Dillon Ripley, director of the Smithsonian Institution from 1964 to 1984.
vision
The Anacostia Museum and Center places special priority on the collection, protection and preservation of materials that trace the history and traditions of families, organizations, individuals and communities.
focus
The Anacostia Museum and Center recently changed its focus on the collection, preservation and study of artifacts. There is now an online academy that facilitates engagement in the identification, study, conservation, and collection of African American material.
The academy
The academy consists of people who contribute their expertise and knowledge on various topics in the field of material culture. They hold virtual lectures, workshops, and hold demonstrations for the museum's online visitors. The data within the academy is structured in such a way that it can be compared with the database for artifacts of the permanent exhibition of the museum in order to find out what role material culture had on the historical and cultural experiences of African-Americans.
bibliography
- Ripley, Dillon (1969). The Sacred Grove: Essays on Museums . New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0671203177 .
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Individual evidence
Coordinates: 38 ° 51 '23.8 " N , 76 ° 58' 36.1" W.