Tag: Anacostia

2023 Theme Focuses on Environmental Justice and New Center WEBWIRE – Thursday, February 16, 2023 As part of a multi-year focus on community issues, the Smithsonians Anacostia Community Museum has announced Our Environment, Our Future as the theme for 2023. Through planned exhibitions, programs and the opening of a new Smithsonian Center, the museum will examine the topic of environmental justice in the Washington metropolitan area using the lens of race and gender. This theme deepens the museums existing work in pioneering community-centered practices and critical environmental justice conversations. Our Environment, Our Future is part of a five-year initiative, Transforming ... Read more

“Before the Bulldozers: Historic Southwest D.C. Exposed” Explores the Impact of Urban Renewal on the Neighborhood WEBWIRE – Wednesday, October 5, 2022 “Before the Bulldozers: Historic Southwest D.C. Exposed” is a new app-based walking tour from the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum that leads users through the historic Southwest Washington, D.C., neighborhood and the story of its turbulent redevelopment. As part of the museum’s yearlong focus on housing justice, “Before the Bulldozers” recalls the Southwest community—and its displacement—in vivid detail. The free app uses location-based storytelling, augmented reality and immersive audio to examine larger issues of housing inequality through ... Read more

Online Exhibition Focuses on Housing Equity and Justice in Historic DC Neighborhood WEBWIRE – Wednesday, March 16, 2022 As part of a yearlong focus on housing equity and justice in Washington, D.C., the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum will present the online exhibition, “We Shall Not Be Moved: Stories of Struggle from Barry Farm-Hillsdale.” Available online beginning April 4, “We Shall Not Be Moved” asks virtual visitors to investigate housing equity in Washington through the lens of the historic neighborhood Barry Farm-Hillsdale. The exhibition features diverse stories of the people and places that made up the neighborhood, and it ... Read more