Exhibits
Current Exhibitions
Lewis Latimer: Electrical Pioneer
Permanent Collection
Learn about Lewis Latimer’s inspiring story through interpretive wall panels with photographs and text, reproductions of patents, drawings and poems, original artifacts, facsimiles, furniture, and interactive installations.
Past Exhibitions
BEACON
Friday, 04/09/2021 through Sunday, 08/15/2021
BEACON is a temporary public installation inspired by African American Inventor, Lewis H. Latimer and his 1881 patent for the electric lamp and 1882 patent for processing carbon filament in the incandescent light bulb.
My Soul Will Be A Star
Friday, 04/23/2021 through Sunday, 08/29/2021
This exhibit is a virtual/interactive/visual exploration in the strength and resilience of Brooklyn and Queens immigrant artists who are striving in their communities during this age of COVID-19, racial reckoning, and political unrest.
Blood is Thicker than the Water that Separated U.S.
Friday, 04/01/2022 through Sunday, 07/03/2022
Solo Exhibition “Blood is Thicker than the Water that Separated U.S.” by artist Dario Mohr, explores the history of forced migration and ancestral lineage with a series of LED Light inspired works.