Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room
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Before Yesterday We Could Fly:
Visit the Met’s New Afrofuturist Period Room
Even lifelong New Yorkers may not know what occupied the 1.3-square-mile plot of land before Central Park's construction began in 1858. A new Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition, titled “Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room,” is highlighting the time period during which the park was Seneca Village, a thriving community of predominantly Black and Irish landowners and tenants. The exhibition explores the future of Seneca Village had the community survived. It was put together by the museum's curatorial team and lead curator, Hollywood production designer Hannah Beachler, (who won an Oscar for Black Panther).
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Visitors can view the exhibition from two vantage points: a small window and a completely open backside. “When you look through the window, you’ll see something that the next person won’t, because everyone’s perspectives are different. When you get to the end, though, where the whole structure opens up, visitors are seeing the much wider view, and the perspectives suddenly become the same,” Beachler explained to Architectural Digest.
Date: Ongoing from November 5th, 2021
Location: The Met Fifth Ave - 1000 Fifth Avenue, NYC 10028
Hours: The Met Fifth Avenue has extended its hours:
Sunday–Tuesday and Thursday: 10 am–5 pm
Friday and Saturday: 10 am–9 pm
Closed Wednesday
Ticket Information: This exhibit is free with admission. Entry is by timed ticket or reservation.
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