Re: SYMPOSIUM: American Slavery: Bringing Wider Perspectives to Museum Interpretation - Feb. 25, 2012 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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5) SYM: American Slavery: Bringing Wider Perspectives to Museum

Interpretation - Feb. 25, 2012 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

A symposium jointly sponsored by Independence National Historical Park

=95 African American Museum in Philadelphia =95 Friends of Independence

National Historical Park

Date: Saturday, February 25, 2012

Time: 8 am =96 3 pm

Location: Morning Sessions =96 Auditorium, Philadelphia Branch of the

Federal Reserve Bank of the United States

North Sixth Street above Arch Street.

Luncheon =96 Independence Visitor Center, 6th and Market Streets

Keynote Speaker:

Lonnie G. Bunch, III, Founding Director of the National Museum of

African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution

Symposium Highlights:

- Panel 1: Researching and Exhibiting Untold Stories

Moderator: Emma Lapsansky Werner, Professor Emerita, Haverford College

Panelists:

Mary V. Thompson, Research Historian, Mt. Vernon Estate & Gardens

Louise Mirrer, President & CEO, New York Historical Society

Ivan Henderson, Curator of Education & Public Programming, African

American Museum in Philadelphia; Leslie Guy, Conservator and Curator

of Collections, African American Museum in Philadelphia

- Panel 2: Presenting Stories and Engaging Communities

Moderator: David Young, Executive Director, Cliveden of the National Trust

Panelists:

Louis Massiah, Executive Director, Scribe Video

Lorene Cary, Author; Founder and Director of Art Sanctuary

Christy Coleman, President, The Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar

Gay Vietzke, Deputy Regional Director for Park Operations, Northeast Region

Friends of Independence National Historical Park

143 South Third Street

Philadelphia, PA 19106

Registration: Morning Panels $35.00. Luncheon and keynote speaker,

$65.00. Reduced price for panels and luncheon, $85.00.

Seating is limited on a first-come-first-served basis.

To register, please visit www.friendsofindependence.org.