Where does your story begin?
Join NMB to explore, honour and preserve your family history with Tracing Our Roots/Routes.
This year-long programme of online presentations, workshops, resources and an on-site contemporary art exhibit will help us better understand and connect with our collective past.
Local and international expert panelists will provide you with the tools and strategies to research and document your personal story.
FAMILY DISCOVERY TOOLKIT
Wednesday, February 17 (5:30 – 6:30 pm)
Venue: Zoom
Presenter: Kenyatta Berry, Genealogy Expert
Begin your journey with resources from a leading international expert. Attendees will receive an interactive Family Discovery Toolkit.
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Wednesday, March 17 (5:30 – 6:30 pm)
Venue: Zoom
Panelists: Jane Downing (NMB), Ellen Hollis (Bermuda National Library), Mandellas Lightbourne (Bermuda Archives)
Learn about the available resources from local experts to help you to discover your family’s history.
REGISTER HERE
Wednesday, April 14 (5:30 – 6:30 pm)
Venue: Zoom
Panelists: Hollis Gentry (Smithsonian Library), Joanne Hyppolite (National Museum of African American History and Culture), Kamilah Stinnett & Doretha Williams (Smithsonian Family History Centre)
Explore how curators, museum specialists, and genealogists at The Smithsonian use multiple strategies to research collections for exhibitions and community archives.
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Wednesday, May 19 (5:30 – 6:30 pm)
Location: Commissioner’s House, NMB
Gherdai Hassell, Bermudian artist
Hassell’s new body of work draws on the theme of genealogy and incorporates archival photographs. Expect provocative collages and a large scale interactive installation.
Wednesday, June 16 (5:30 – 6:30 pm)
Venue: Zoom
Dr. Janet Ferguson, NMB Trustee & education specialist
Focus on an object of importance to you or your family and learn how to create a memorable piece of writing that will preserve your history.
Wednesday, June 23
Online submission
We invite you to share your personal story and photographs. Help us connect with the past and each other. This project will be displayed online and on the walls of the Museum.
Early registration for events is available to NMB members.
Student and teacher resources available.
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