Commemorating New York’s African Burial Ground: A N ational Monument |
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| This special exhibition fully explores the African Burial Ground, from its unearthing in 1991 to the 2006 Presidential declaration, making it America’s first National Monument commemorating a community of enslaved African men, women, and children. From the local community’s struggle to “stop the digging” and to properly protect and preserve the ancestral cemetery. Commemorating New York’s African Burial Ground includes documents, photographs, artifacts reproductions, and video footage to recall the historic, but long-forgotten cemetery’s origins, abandonment, and rediscovery–and the public’s journey to transfrom the site into a national monument.
Exhibition Hall Hours: Tuesday through Saturday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.We invite you to come and visit this one-of-a-kind exhibition before it closes on April 1, 2007. |
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If you would like information on guided tours, call 212-491-2207 or click here.
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Justin
March 8, 2007
It’s a bit shameless, but I have to say… I still think our design was more sensitive, to keep the burial ground as a cemetery and sacred space… you don’t see tourists tromping around inside/on top of trinity church’s cemetery…
http://www.objectcity.com/pdf/abg.pdf
but of course it is great and most imporant to have this memorial and space to remember our history in the heart of the city…