NMAfA Docent James Brown, Jr., with Preschoolers

ID: 2003-19519

Creator: Ploskonka, Jeffrey

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1988

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-015, Box 2, Folder: January 1989 Supplement

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Summary

Docent James Brown, Jr. introduces young visitors to the art of Africa at National Museum of African Art (NMAfA). With the help of his puppet friend Kaboundi Gazelle, Brown helps children investigate shapes, learn games, play music and listen to folk tales.

Subject

National Museum of African Art (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in Torch, January 1989 Supplement

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-015, Box 2, Folder: January 1989 Supplement

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1988

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Museum docents
  • Puppets
  • Children
  • Volunteer workers in museums
  • Brown, James, Jr
  • Volunteers

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Person, candid

ID Number

2003-19519

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8 x 10; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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