Community Day: New Haven, Yale, and Slavery Exhibition at New Haven Museum

A special community day will be held from 12 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, February 15, 2025, offering tours and conversation around the New Haven Museum’s exhibition, “Shining Light on Truth: New Haven, Yale, and Slavery,” prior to its closing on Saturday, March 1, 2025. Presented by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale Library, the exhibition highlights the essential role of enslaved and free Black people in New Haven and at Yale.

Visitors will be encouraged to tour the exhibition, with members of the exhibition team available for questions and conversation. Visitors may also join any of the related programs in the New Haven Museum auditorium:

Talks, Storytelling and Films

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