Museum of the African Diaspora Free Family Day
It is a free Family Day at the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco on Sunday, June 19, 2011, 12 pm to 6 pm just in time for Fathers Day 2011.
Visitors to MoAD June 19 will have much to explore. They will be able to enjoy performances from the incredible Bay Area talent, The Marcus Shelby Trio. They’ll also listen to tales woven by storyteller Kirk Waller; learn the basics of how to conduct an oral history of a family or community member with Leah McGarrigle; and participate in a Free Write Family Poetry activity.
In the Celebration Circle visitors will be able to view African American Lives and Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and the Wells Fargo Heritage Center will feature Juneteenth, a documentary on the historical celebration of emancipation.
About the Museum of the African Diaspora
The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) showcases the history, art and the cultural richness that resulted from the dispersal of Africans throughout the world with innovative and engaging exhibitions, education and public programs. Incorporated in 2002 as a 501(c) (3) nonprofit, MoAD opened its doors in 2005 in space contiguous with the St. Regis Hotel and Residences and in the historic Williams Building at 685 Mission Street at Third. MoAD was conceived as a cornerstone of the revitalization of downtown San Francisco, and has become an anchor with its neighbors, the San Francisco MoMA, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Zeum, and the Contemporary Jewish Museum, making this dynamic cultural corridor a premier destination.
Museum of the African Diaspora
685 Mission Street (at Third), San Francisco, CA 94105
www.moadsf.org
415.358.7200