April 21 - VIRTUAL - Dr. Brent D. Glass on "Building the Sing Sing Prison Museum: Challenges and Opportunities"
Brent D. Glass, the Executive Director of Sing Sing Prison Museum and Director Emeritus of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History will provide an overview of Sing Sing Prison's 200-year history and discuss the Museum's mission and goals.
Sing Sing Correctional Facility is an active, maximum-security prison where theories and the realities of criminal punishment and rehabilitation have played out for almost 200 years. Today, it is considered the most progressive facility in the New York State prison system. The Sing Sing Prison Museum and Center for Criminal Justice's future facility will occupy a location both inside and outside prison grounds, illustrating that we are all responsible for bridging divides in our knowledge of prison systems. The Museum will showcase an incredible history of criminal justice through exhibits, artifacts, and experiences as tools to understand national conversations about social justice and incarceration.
Brent D. Glass is the Executive Director of Sing Sing Prison Museum and Director Emeritus of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. A national leader in the preservation, interpretation, and promotion of history, Glass is a public historian who pioneered influential oral history and material culture studies, an author, television presence, and international speaker on cultural diplomacy and museum management. Glass earned his doctorate in history from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, a master’s degree in American Studies from New York University, and bachelor’s degree from Lafayette College. He also completed the program for government executives at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He writes extensively on topics ranging from state-of-the-museum blogs to public memory, historic preservation, and industrial history.
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| Date: | Thursday, April 21, 2021. |
| Time: | 7:00PM - 8:00PM. |
| Location: | via Zoom ** when you RSVP for the event, the receipt for your registration will contain the Zoom access and login specifics. |
| Cost: | Free. |
| Tickets: | Tickets are available by clicking the button below. |
| Who: | Open to members and alumni. |
| Inquiries: | For further info email epstein@post.harvard.edu |