The Real McCoy: Docent Training

Object Details

Creator

Anacostia Museum

Scope and Contents

Curator Portia James provided highlights and insights about the exhibition 'The Real McCoy: Afro-American Invention and Innovation 1619-1930' to docents. She provided an overview history of African American inventors and innovators, and the sections of the exhibition. Training was more a discussion than a lecture.

Discussion. Audio only. Related to exhibition 'The Real McCoy: Afro-American Invention and Innovation 1619-1930.' Dated April 27.

Date

circa 1989

Extent

1 Sound recording (audio cassette)

Type

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Topic

African Americans

African American inventors

Inventors

Inventions

Technology

Technological innovations

Museum exhibits

Place

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Washington (D.C.)

United States

Citation

The Real McCoy: Docent Training, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier

ACMA.03-026, Item ACMA AV001251_A

Local Numbers

ACMA AV001251_B