Agency history, 1979-
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- Lifschitz, Edward 1945-
- Jenke, Veronika
- Dickerson, Amina J
- National Museum of African Art (U.S.) Department of Education and Research
- Museum of African Art (U.S.)
- National Museum of African Art (U.S.) Department of Education
Category
Agency History
Notes
- This is an agency history. It does not describe actual records. The Smithsonian Institution Archives uses these histories as brief accounts of the origin, development, and functions of an office or administrative unit to set that unit in its historical context. To find information on record holdings, please double-click the highlighted field "Creator/Author", which will open on a brief view of relevant records.
- Smithsonian Annual Report, 1979, 1980
- Veronika Jenke to Sylvia Williams, accession 94-027, box 5, June 2, 1988
- Accession 10-006 - National Museum of African Art, Office of Education and Public Pgrograms, Programs Files, 1973-2007.
- When the Museum of African Art merged with the Smithsonian Institution in 1979 it included an educational component reporting to Amina J. Dickerson as Program and Education Director. In 1983 Edward Lifschitz became Curator of Education in the Department of Education and Research (from 1988, Department of Education). Veronika Jenke was appointed Assistant Curator of Education in 1987. Before or in 2007 the Department of Education became known as the Office of Education and Public Programs.
- The Office of Education and Public Programs' mission is to strengthen global arts and humanities appreciation by helping to increase the understanding of the world's cultural and artistic traditions through the lens of African and its diasporas.
- For a history of the larger creating unit, refer to "Forms part of " above.
Repository Loc.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Date
- 1979
- 1979-
Topic
- Art, African
- Education
- Museums
- Museums--Educational aspects
Form/Genre
Mixed archival materials
Local number
SIA AH00320