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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
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Poster Kids: Dancing Threads
Sunday, Aug 16, 2026, 10:30am–1pm
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In-Person Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Act Black
Monday, Aug 17, 2026, 11am–12:30pm

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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