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Landmarks Illinois Collaborates with Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History & Culture to secure permanent home for Ebony Test Kitchen

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Tuesday, June 6, 2023
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The NMAAHC announced the acquisition of the historically significant test kitchen, which Landmarks Illinois saved from demolition in 2018, earlier today.

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  • The NMAAHC announced the acquisition of the historically significant test kitchen, which Landmarks Illinois saved from demolition in 2018, earlier today.
  • The test kitchen also helps tell the story of the Johnson Publishing Company, the country's most influential African American publisher of its time.
  • Following the MOFAD exhibit, NMAAHC approached Landmarks Illinois in the fall of 2022 about its interest in acquiring the Ebony Test Kitchen.
  • Landmarks Illinois produced a short video about the years-long effort to preserve the Ebony Test Kitchen, which can be viewed here .

Museum of the City of New York Presents "City of Faith: Religion, Activism, and Urban Space"

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Thursday, November 3, 2022
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Using art and the work of activists, City of Faith explores the political, racial, and labor systems that underpin those manifestations.

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  • Using art and the work of activists, City of Faith explores the political, racial, and labor systems that underpin those manifestations.
  • New York City has always been demographically diverse, but until the 19th century Protestantism was the main religion accommodated by the city fathers.
  • The religions relative power normalized it in the city, rendering its sites and practices ordinary and therefore invisible.
  • The Museum of the City of New York fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the worlds most influential metropolis.

Museum of the City of New York Serves Up “Food in New York: Bigger Than the Plate" - An Indoor/Outdoor Exhibition Exploring How and What New Yorkers Eat and Why It Matters

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022
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The Museum of the City of New Yorks new exhibition, Food in New York: Bigger Than the Plate examines the powerful connections between New Yorkersand countless others across the globefostered by food.

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  • The Museum of the City of New Yorks new exhibition, Food in New York: Bigger Than the Plate examines the powerful connections between New Yorkersand countless others across the globefostered by food.
  • Opening September 16th, the indoor/outdoor show marks the first time that the Museums back terrace will be utilized as exhibition space.
  • Once European settlers took over the land, the output changed and, by the end of the 19th century, the city was a major center of food industries.
  • With the rise of trading networks, New Yorkers began to outsource their food production and deindustrialization sent manufacturing elsewhere.