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Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage & Screen
Mar 13–Sep 6, 2026
Love & Fury: New York’s Fight Against AIDS
Mar 13–Sep 6, 2026
Poster of a heroic man riding a dinosaur.
Poster of a stone statue against a sunrise over a bridge.
From Monarchy to Modernity: Travel, Identity, & the Czechoslovak First Republic (1918–1938)
Apr 23–Nov 1, 2026
Reading Under Fire: Arming Minds & Hearts During Wartime
Apr 23–Nov 1, 2026
Poster of a soldier climbing a tower of books toward a city.

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Digital image of a man wearing a lab coat standing looking out over an audience of children and their parents.
Third Sunday Always Free
Sunday, Aug 16, 2026, 10am–6pm
an illustration of two stylized figures facing each other and gesturing expressively, surrounded by green concentric circles, placed above white text promoting a Virtual Vibrant Verbal Description Tour.
In-Person Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Act Black
Monday, Aug 17, 2026, 11am–12:30pm
Vintage movie poster featuring a sailor and a young woman standing adjacent, looking at each other.
Members-Only Last Look: Act Black
Monday, Aug 17, 2026, 6–7:30pm

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An orange poster for the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner with black-and-white photographs on it. The largest photograph is of a couple—the man is Black and the woman is white. There are two small portraits at the bottom of the poster: one is of an older white man and the other is of an older white woman.
Aug 13, 2026
After Act Black: Film Posters for a New Generation
Rating: PG-13
Vintage image of a woman looking down at a woman lying down on a bed.
Jul 28, 2026
A Career Deferred: Fredi Washington and Hollywood’s Color Line
Rating: G
Jul 16, 2026
Made in Cuba
Rating: G
A poster of an illustrated woman smoking in front of a green and yellow night skyline with a Black man's face smiling down.
Jul 2, 2026
Act Black: An Interview with Curator Es-pranza Humphrey
Rating: G