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      Anacostia Community Museum

      • Date: April 14, 2011
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    3. Flyer with a sketch of a Kwanzaa table, a list of symbols, and a list of the seven principles.

      Celebrating Kwanzaa at the Anacostia Community Museum

      • Date: December 5, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: One of the ways the Anacostia Community Museum has served its community is through celebrations and educational programming about Kwanzaa.

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    5. Blog Post

      What’s in a Name? The Anacostia Community Museum

      • Date: June 16, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: On June 16, 2006, Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum changed its name for the third time, signaling a renewed focus on local Black history and beyond.

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    7. Historic Pictures

      Anacostia Community Museum

      • Date: April 18, 2011
      • Description: The Anacostia Neighborhood Museum opened on September 15, 1967, in the historic Carver Theater in Anacostia, Washington, DC, as a “store-front museum” to reach underserved communities. In 1987, the museum relocated to a new building at 1901 Fort Place SE, Washington, DC. In 2006, it was renamed the Anacostia Community Museum. History of the Anacostia Community MuseumView

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    9. Intermediaries between the Museum and the Community

      Intermediaries between the Museum and the Community

      • Date: August 29-September 10, 1971
      • Creator: Kinard, John 1936-1989
      • Creator: Kinard, John 1936-1989

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    11. Invitation to the opening of the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum in 1987.

      Design + Archives: Anacostia Community Museum

      • Date: February 21, 2017
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Celebrating 50 years in 2017, the Anacostia Community Museum opened on September 15, 1967.

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    13. SI History Chronology

      Reopening of the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum

      • Date: October 13, 2019

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    15. Architectural History of the Anacostia Community Museum, 1985

      Architectural History of the Anacostia Community Museum, 1985

      • Date: 1985-1989

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    17. Black and white photograph of two young boys sweeping sidewalk in front of museum entrance.

      Fifty Years and Many More to Come!

      • Date: September 12, 2017
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: Friday, September 15th, 2017 marks the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Anacostia Community Museum. Originally named the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, Secretary Ripley envisioned this as a place to reach out to black residents of Washington, DC who were not seeing themselves in the museums on the Mall. Reporting on the opening of the museum, Secretary Ripley writes that

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    19. Blog Post

      Here at the Smithsonian: Black Pride at Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum

      • Date: February 23, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: To celebrate Black History Month, we’re sharing two recently-digitized video clips featuring exhibitions from the Anacostia Community Museum in the 1980s.

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    21. Finding Aid

      SIA Acc. 18-069, Anacostia Community Museum, Website Records, 2017

      • Date: 2017
      • Creator: Anacostia Community Museum
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    23. Finding Aid

      SIA Acc. 20-056, Anacostia Community Museum, Website Records, 2014-2020

      • Date: 2014 2014-2020
      • Creator: Anacostia Community Museum
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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