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Gallery Talk: Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment

By Harvard Art Museums

Join us for a focused discussion with curator John Overholt about the abolitionist broadside on view in the special exhibition Dare to Know.

A diagram depicts different views of the interior of a slave ship, labeled with figure numbers and letters. There is a body of text underneath the diagram.

.: Tue, October 25 2022 12:30pm – 1pm.

Ages: Adults.

Contact

Harvard Art Museums
(617) 495-9400

Registration required

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Gallery talks are limited to 18 people, and it is required that you reserve your place. At 10am the day of the event, reservations will open and may be arranged online through this form. The gallery talk reservation will also serve as your general museum reservation. If required, visitors will pay the museum admission fee upon arrival.

Cost

$20 Adults

$18 Seniors (65+)

Free Sundays—free to all!

Free All students with a valid ID

Free Harvard ID holders (plus one guest)

Free Harvard Art Museums Friends

Free Youth under 18

Free Cambridge residents (proof of residency required)

  • Free for some residents

स्थान

  • In-person only.

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy
Cambridge, MA 02138
संयुक्त राज्य

Neighborhood 9

Please meet in the Calderwood Courtyard, in front of the digital screens between the shop and the admissions desk.

Wheelchair accessible.

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The Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance.

Additional information

Join Houghton Library curator John Overholt for an in-depth discussion about one of the most important and consequential prints of the 18th century: Description of a Slave Ship, on display in the special exhibition Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment. Overholt will share insights about how the print argued effectively and urgently for social change.

Last updated अक्टोबर 13, 2022.

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