In case you missed it: Site Announced for Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (pdf):
The Smithsonian’s Board of Regents, the governing body of the Institution, today announcedthe location for the new National Museum of African American History and Culture. The Regents selected the area of land known as the “Monument site,� bounded by Constitution Avenue, Madison Drive, and 14th and 15th streets N.W. The site is adjacent to the Washington Monument and across the street from the National Museum of American History...
DIHE article Making the Past Present about the Museum's founding director:
Historian Lonnie G. Bunch III talks often about “the ancestors.� On the job since July, the founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture knows that the “eyes of the world� are trained on him now. But he says knowing that “the eyes of the ancestors� are looking down on him is what gives him a sense of honor and feelings of both trepidation and humility....
And I couldn't make it to the new Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco (though I hope to soon), but the next best thing to being there is the amazing virtual tour of the photographic exhibit. (Click on the center image for a separate pop-up screen. Macromedia Flash required.)
Posted by perry032 at February 16, 2006 06:08 PM | TrackBackOooh I didn't know about the one in San Francisco--I think I have a conference out there next year so I'll have to put that on my list of things to do!!
Posted by: Mon at February 16, 2006 12:46 PMPlease, please, please let us know how it was if you do get to go!!!
Posted by: Yvette at February 23, 2006 12:17 PM