Museum on Main Street deadline extended to May 20
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Submit a Letter of Inquiry to bring the Smithsonian to your town Museum on Main Street (MoMS) is a unique partnership between the Smithsonian and Mass Humanities that brings world-class exhibits to six rural communities in our state. Host sites are supported throughout the entire process through capacity building workshops with Mass Humanities staff and […]
Reading Douglass in Belfast
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By Brian Boyles A newly dedicated statue of Frederick Douglass stands on a scruffy block in Belfast, Northern Ireland, between a vintage clothing store and a Caffe Nero, just around the corner from the First Presbyterian Church, where Douglass spoke in 1845. It is a humble location for a heroic figure whose visit left a […]