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Online Program: Narrating the Border Wall

Date:
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Time:
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Border wallLearn about efforts to tell the story of the border wall and other U.S.-Mexico border infrastructure. Sarah Leavitt, Ph.D, Curator at the Capital Jewish Museum, and Marla Miller, Ph.D, Professor of History and Director of the Public History program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst track the ways in which museums and other public history platforms tell stories of the border using several examples, exploring border-related nominations to the National Register of Historic Places in El Paso, and a public art project documenting migrant deaths. The program will conclude with a preview of the National Building Museum's upcoming exhibition The Wall/El Muro: What Is a Border Wall?, curated by Leavitt.

UPDATE: The recorded program is now available on the exhibition page, linked above.

This program is presented free of charge. In lieu of a program fee, we ask for your support of the National Building Museum. Your donation to the Annual Fund will enable the Museum to adapt to these changing times and plan for our reopening. Thank you!

The Wall/El Muro: What Is a Border Wall? is sponsored by:

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The Venable Foundation • The Field Fund • Mr. George S. Corey and Ms. Cynthia M. Krus


Image: Border wall and Monument #1 at Sunland Park, New Mexico. Photo courtesy Sarah Leavitt and Marla Miller.

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