A collaborative curatorial project is cherishing every little relational trace of Black lives found in archives in a city long defined by histories of Canadian whiteness.
The Smithsonian Institute closed all of its museums due to the worldwide COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has closed museums and cultural sites worldwide. Meanwhile, curators are already working hard to preserve the current moment so that future generations may understand it.
“Mrs Ples” (who was actually very likely a “Mr”) forms part of the collection at South Africa’s Ditsong National Museum of Natural History.
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