Gallery Talk

Gallery Conversation—African American History and The Civil War and American Art

Wednesday, August 21, 10:30–11:30 a.m.

Stephanie L. Herdrich
Jennifer L. Morgan, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, Department of History, New York University

Gallery 963 Show location on map

Join a historian and an art historian to examine the historical context of paintings in this exhibition that depict experiences of African Americans.

This program is made possible by The Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts.

Assistive listening devices are available.Assistive listening devices are available.

Free with Museum admission

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Friday Evening Gallery Events

Bring your friends and chart your own course through the galleries as you participate in activities that connect you with works of art.

William Hogarth  (British, 1697–1764) | Scholars at a Lecture (detail), January 1736 | 91.1.35

The Museum offers lectures and panels in conjunction with special exhibitions, the permanent collection, and other related topics.

Garden Tour at The Cloisters Museum and Gardens

Enjoy collection highlight tours, garden tours, gallery talks, and other programs at The Cloisters museum and gardens, the branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in northern Manhattan devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe.