#  ArtsThursdays: Manifest Thirteen Colonies 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **September 26, 2024** 

 05:00PM - 09:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge**  



 

 



 

   ![4 people in photo gallery.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4921/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/peabody/files/09-26_artsthursday_manifest_openingctonyrinaldo_detail.jpg?itok=42bXXUnm) 

 

 Join us for a free, evening at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture.

- Attend the conversation, [*Manifest: Thirteen Colonies* Book Launch and Conversation](https://hmsc.harvard.edu/calendar_event/manifest-thirteen-colonies-book-launch-and-conversation/), with photographer Wendel White, Deborah Willis, Leigh Raiford, Cheryl Finley, and Brenda Tindal, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm ET.
- Visit the exhibition [*Manifest: Thirteen Colonies*](/manifest-thirteen-colonies), featuring photographs of African American material culture housed in collections throughout the thirteen original United States colonies and Washington, D.C.
- Take a moment to write about your experience seeing the images featured in the exhibition, guided by writing prompts provided by the museum or your own reflections.

 Enter our raffle for a chance to win a membership to the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture and a copy of *Wendel A. White:*[*Manifest* | *Thirteen Colonies*](https://www.radiusbooks.org/all-books/p/wendel-a-white-manifest-thirteen-colonies) (Radius Books and Peabody Museum Press, 2024)

 Free and open to the public.

 Let us know you are coming! RSVPs are encouraged, but walk-in visitors are welcome until we reach capacity.

 [RSVP](https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=9CL6b2hFBUGtQy461HJpVwaEfAvKIKRHjDqup5ZqIVNUMDVTTlZSWVVaS1A1UEdVQ0pKUzI0Q1ZDTy4u)

 Free event parking at the [52 Oxford Street Garage](https://www.google.com/maps/place/52%20Oxford%20St,%20Cambridge,%20MA%2002138/@42.3801643,-71.1153065,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x89e37740b4804b09:0x1ca7c4a4324b1694!8m2!3d42.3801643!4d-71.1153065!16s/g/11c2133ff1) starting at 4:30 pm.

 *ArtsThursdays is a university-wide initiative supported by Harvard University Committee on the Arts.*

 *Photo © Tony Rinaldo*



 

 



 

 

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