Visitors from Togo Tour ANM

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Summary

Visitors from Togo tour the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum with Director John R. Kinard, and head of the educational department, Zora Martin [later Zora Martin-Felton]. "The Togolese officials were interested in the role of the Smithsonian in the cultural life of the United States and Washington, particularly in seeing how the neighborhood museum works with young people displaying arts and crafts pertaining to the United States and Africa."

Subject

  • Martin-Felton, Zora
  • Kinard, John 1936-1989
  • Anacostia Community Museum
  • Anacostia Neighborhood Museum

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Torch, 10/1974, p. 3.

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

Date

August 28, 1974

Topic

  • Togo
  • Dignitaries
  • Museums
  • African Americans
  • Africa--Togo
  • Museum visitors
  • Museum directors

Place

Africa

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