South Street Seaport Museum in partnership with the Black Gotham Experience (BGX) and Big City Tourism, presents Council 400 Office Hours: Plain Sight on Friday, November 22, 2024, at 7pm. Join us at 192 Front Street for an engaging discussion as part of the Council 400 Office Hours series, featuring conversations with pedagogues on themes related to the African Diaspora. seaportmuseum.org/plain-sight



Martina Caruso, Director of Collections and Exhibitions at the Seaport Museum, will showcase objects from the Museum’s collections and archives, highlighting the critical role of cataloging in museums and cultural institutions. She will examine items that may contain insensitive depictions, outdated terminology, or expressions of bias, and explain how careful cataloging helps address these issues. By exploring how language can shape perceptions and perpetuate systemic discrimination, Caruso will demonstrate how the Museum is committed to responsibly cataloging and presenting rediscovered objects while balancing research needs.



Zak Risinger, Director of Engagement and Public Programs at the Museum, will discuss how this work in collections impacts the Museum’s programming. He will highlight the role of partnerships with cultural organizations and speakers in fostering meaningful conversations around these themes.



About Council 400

Council 400 commemorates the African Diaspora’s impact on the territory of New York City from the Autumn of 1624 to the Autumn of 2024. This is an invitation for scholars, creatives, and healers to meet and remember together at a port that is pivotal to the stories from the colonial era to the present. This investigation will be documented creating an archive for future generations. Activities curated by Black Gotham Experience will take place primarily at BGX Gallery in the Seaport, including a group exhibition, talks, wellness workshops, film screenings, and award-winning historical walks in Manhattan. blackgotham.com/council-400



About Black Gotham Experience

Black Gotham Experience is a creative intervention that elevates the impact of the African Diaspora. BGX established space to revisit untold and suppressed stories through a practice that invites people to walk, talk, and reimagine the past to expand public consciousness. BGX knows that history is not an unbiased collection of records but a cycle of events that we participate in collectively. BGX are creatives building intentional experiences at the intersection of aesthetics and scholarship to learn, heal, and remember together. blackgotham.com



About the South Street Seaport Museum

The South Street Seaport Museum, located in the heart of the historic seaport district in New York City, preserves and interprets the history of New York as a great port city. Founded in 1967, the Museum houses an extensive collection of works of art and artifacts, a maritime reference library, exhibition galleries and education spaces, working 19th century print shops, and an active fleet of historic vessels that all work to tell the story of “Where New York Begins.” seaportmuseum.org



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• November 22 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm

  November 22, 2024 07:00 to November 22, 2024 09:00
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