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Museum of African American History Thank you for a wonderful Summer, 2011! We are now changing to our Winter Schedule which is by appointment only and for monthly programs as has been the past practice. Please call 508-228-9833 or 508-221-6775 (cell).
Summer Hours: Exhibit: Treasures from the Collection; Bibles: April 30 - October 2, 2011 Note: Schedule subject to change please call the Museum at 617.725.0022 ext 212 or |
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JANUARY, 2012 MAAH EVENTS ON NANTUCKET |
FRIDAY ● JANUARY 27 ● 7:00PM Theatre Workshop and ●●●
FEBRUARY12th - 19th Nantucket's 6th Annual
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August, 2011
(See below for July, 2011 events.) |
Brown Bag Lunch Series Aug. 25 Brown Bag Lunch:Dr. Francis Karttunen: Lucretia Coffin Mott, Abolitionist and Feminist (Noon to 1 P.M.) Aug. 25 Spriggs Lecture: Elise Lemoire author of Black Walden; 2 P.M. <Details> Aug. 26 Meet the musician night:Come meet Rio Clemente, David “Happy” Williams and Jake Vohs; 4 – 6 P.M. Aug. 27 Jazz Festival: Rio Clemente, piano; David “Happy” Williams base; Jake Vohs, drummer
Please consider the African Meeting House as the location for your wedding ceremony. Past August 2011 Events: Aug. 04 Brown Bag Lunch:Barbara White: Anna Gardner"A Disturber of Traditions" - Teacher of Freedmen (Noon to 1 P.M.) Aug. 10 New York School of Interior Design (NYSID): Come hear the students report on the findings and research on the Boston Higginbotham House; 2 P.M. Aug. 11 Brown Bag Lunch:Barbara White and Dr. Francis Karttunen: Colored Cemetery (Noon to 1 P.M.) Aug. 18 Brown Bag Lunch: Dr. Francis Karttunen: Free Will Immigrants: Nantucket’s Cape Verdean Heritage (Noon to 1 P.M.) Aug. 19 Lecture:Ames Fellowship Recipient Dr. Denise Patton, UMASS: Of Educational Value? 3 Generations of African Americans and the Nantucket Public Schools; 7 P.M.
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July, 2011
(See below for June, 2011 events.) |
Brown Bag Lunch Series July 7: Francis Karttunen: Captain Boston Had a Wife: The Maritime of Hannah Cook Boston July 14: Helen Seager: Evolution of the Black Heritage Trail July21: Francis Karttunen: The Remains of the Indians: What Became of Nantucket’s Wampanoag’s? July 28: Barbara White: Cyrus Peirce "Live to the Truth" - the story of an educator and an abolitionist.
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| June, 2011 MAAH Events on Nantucket |
June 4: Preservation Month: Tour and light refreshments; 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. June 11: June 18: 2:00 p.m. Celebrate on June 18th
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Treasures from the Collection; Bibles The Bibles date from 1804 to 1929. They are part of the collections and treasures of the African Meeting House, some of its members when the building was a church, and the Boston/Higginbotham House families. Stop by, read the various inscriptions, and enjoy! The Museum of African American History
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Northern White Cedar
Short, twisted trees on Nantucket, painting by Theodore Robinson (USA)
Wampanoag Canoe, Plimouth Plantation, Massachusetts |
The Museum of African American History Presents
Dale Gary, Town Arborist Saturday, April 2, 2011, 2 P.M. Mr. Gary has been working on Nantucket for more than twenty years. He is the Town Arborist or Tree Warden. Mr. Gary will focus on our Nantucket trees. He desires to speak to your questions about our native trees as well as those that have been planted here. Please come with your questions and concerns. Open Daffodil Weekend Treasures from the Collection; Bibles The Bibles date from 1804 to 1929. They are part of the collections and treasures of the African Meeting House, some of its members when the building was a church, and the Boston/Higginbotham House. Stop by, read the various inscriptions, and enjoy! |
Original Hospital on West Chester Street |
The Museum of African American History
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Rev. Edward Blackman |
Monday, January 17, 2011 12 noon Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance Location: Summer Street Church, One Summer Street, Nantucket. Free admission. Co-sponsored by the Interfaith Council and the African Meeting House, Museum of African American History. |
Christmas Stroll Event
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An Evening of Music Leonard Germinara is MC 7:00 P.M. the winner of the Nantucket Lightship Basket will be announced Sponsors:
Please consider the African Meeting House as the location for your wedding ceremony. In order to help preserve these historic sites: Please make a contribution. |
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November 19, 2010 (During Dinner Hours) Have dinner at the Seagrille Restaurant to benefit the African Meeting House The Seagrille Restaurant earlier this year instituted (for the off season) Friday nights as Non-Profit Night. On these non-profits nights proceeds are given to a selected non-profit. We are pleased to announce that the African Meeting House was selected. |
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November 6, 2010 @ 2:00 pm Interior Simplicity Featuring Margot Montgomery Margot Montgomery is an interior designer who has been living and working on Nantucket since 1980, Margot Montgomery has clients in Massachusetts, New York and California. This year is the 25th anniversary of her business. African Meeting House Nantucket |
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Charles Walker
Like the black children shown in this engraving, Sarah Roberts was denied entrance to school because of her color. “Turned Away from School,” Anti-Slavery Almanac, Boston, 1839 [Image from the Massachusetts Historical Society website, "Long Road to Justice; the African American Experience in Massachusetts Courts"] |
Sunday, October 3, 2010 2 pm Charles Walker: Lecture Sarah Roberts vs. the School Committee of Boston, the birth of Jim Crow. An in depth discussion of the Sarah Roberts vs. The School Committee of Boston, 5 Cushing 198 (1850). |
Saturday, September 18, 2010 2 pm Distance and Home: African American Family Life in Late-19th Century Nantucket Ames Fellow Lecture with Teresa D. Bulger, 2010 James Bradford Ames Fellow. PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley explores the development and change of African American family life on Nantucket over the course of the late-19th century, as various family members stayed on the island, others left for places like New York and California, and returned after years elsewhere. This lecture provides a holistic perspective of these families, tracing the successes and crises they faced in the complicated economic, political, and social context of the post-bellum north. |
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Rio Clemente |
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 Museum of African American History Presents Rio Clemente’ Robby Behrman, Master of Ceremonies "Meet the Artists" Reception: Concert: 7 pm Concert tickets are on sale for $20 at The Bean, Natucket Bookworks, The Tennis Loft, and the African Meeting House. Rio Clemente, who performed here on April 24th, is returning for a September 1st concert at First Congregational Church. Event is co-sponsored by: Jazz Co, the African Meeting House, and the First Congregational Church. The September 1 concert will be at 7 P.M. Robby Behrman, will be the M.C. Included in the program will be Armen Ghazaryan, a gifted classical violinist, and Paul Connors, a vocalist, specializing in jazz and blues from the 20’s and 30’s. |
Nantucket Lightship Basket Raffle
Nantucket Lightship Basket |
The Museum of African American History Nantucket Lightship Basket Raffle Beginning Daffodil Weekend we will raffle an original Nantucket Lightship Basket, made and donated by Dr. Thomas Springer. Raffle tickets will sell for $5.00 each and will be sold through Christmas Stroll, Friday, December 3. The basket is 11”d x 7” h; handle, base, and rim are made of cherry. The basket is valued at $1,200.00. Please see attached pictures. The winner will be announced during our Christmas Stroll program |
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