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High School Students Curate Exhibit on History and Culture of Brooklyn
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN CURATING A HISTORY COLLECTION? High School Students Curate Exhibit on History and Culture of Brooklyn “Inventing Brooklyn- People, Places and Progress” opens June 2 at Brooklyn Historical Society May 18, 2011: Brooklyn, NY – Fourteen local teens curated the exhibition Inventing Brooklyn: People, Places and Progress at the Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS). Inventing Brooklyn: People, Places, Progress traces the evolution of Brooklyn into the place we know today. From Native American roots and Dutch colonial influences to icons such as the Brooklyn Bridge and the Dodgers, Inventing Brooklynexamines how various people, places, and historical events have shaped the development of the borough. Drawing on archival documents, photographs, prints, artifacts, and oral histories from the…