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Tuesday-Sunday, 10am-4pm, walk-ins welcome, appointments required
for groups.
Admission: $2/adult,
$1 seniors /children.
For more info, call 718-629-5400 or email: info@wyckoffassociation.org.
FREE PUBLIC EVENTS
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THE FOLLOWING ITEM HAS BEEN CANCELLED:
On Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 from 12 noon to 4 pm, The Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum and Weeksville Heritage Center will host a FREE event with various activities to discuss and commemorate the African-American experience in Brooklyn, New York.
The day begins at 12 noon with a tour of the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum emphasizing the lives of African-Americans in colonial Brooklyn. At 1 o’clock, Dr. Sherrill Wilson, their speaker for the 3rd Annual Dr. Joan B. Maynard Memorial Lecture, will give an invigorating discussion about why African-Americans came to Brooklyn as slaves or freemen, and eventually rose to create their own town, Weeksville, in “Traveling the New York African-American Experience from 1637 - 1865” .
At 2:00 and 3:00 pm at Weeksville Heritage Center, experience life “Beyond the Veil” as described by WEB DuBois. Watch a first-person interpretation and share the experience of one African-American man, as he leads visitors through one of the Historic Hunterfly Road Houses.
Also at 2 pm at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum, enjoy a captivating original African Dance performance by Ms. Akua Brabhan. Finally, make a cornhusk doll throughout the day with your family to complete the experience.
A shuttle bus is provided to take participants between the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum and Weeksville Heritage Center from 2 – 4:45. A reservation is required. For information and reservations, contact 718.629.5400 or education@wyckoffassociation.org.
Admission: FREE
ALL DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE CALL TO CONFIRM.
Location, Directions and More
Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum
5816 Clarendon Road, Between E.59th & Ralph Avenue
East Flatbush Brooklyn, NY 11203
Open Tuesday-Sunday, 10am-4pm, walk-ins welcome, appointments required
for groups.
Admission: $2/adult, $1 seniors /children.
For more info, call Phone# 718-629-5400 Fax# 718-629-3125
Website: www.wyckoffassociation.org
Email: info@wyckoffassociation.org.
The Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum centers around the Pieter Claesen
Wyckoff House (c. 1652-1820) New York City’s oldest structure
and first designated Landmark. Home to the Wyckoff family for 250
years, today the site is a property of the Department of Parks &
Recreation and since 1982 has been operated as a historic house
museum by the Wyckoff House & Association, Inc. The Museum features
restored period rooms and kitchen and herb gardens with seasonal
plantings. The Museum's mission is to educate contemporary New Yorkers
about the life and work of the diverse peoples of Brooklyn's Colonial
Farms. We have a range of volunteer and internship opportunities
and host a year-round calendar of craft, garden and FREE public
events.
Directions
Public transportation:
#2, 5, trains to Newkirk Avenue station, change for B8 bus to Beverly
Road and East 59th Street; Museum is one block south on East 59th
Street. Also accessible from B7 and B47 buses. A, C train to Utica
Avenue, catch B46 to Clarendon Road.
From the Manhattan Bridge:
Take Manhattan Bridge to Flatbush Avenue South. Follow Flatbush
Avenue to Clarendon Road (4 miles). Turn left onto Clarendon Road.
Follow Clarendon Road 2 miles to East 59th Street.
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