Events

Join us for an in-person tour! Our docents take you through the museum highlighting the lives, stories, and achievements of 19th-century Black entrepreneurs, intellectuals, and artisans with soundscapes and images. Sample a ginger cookie made from a recipe from  Fisher’s cookbook. Highlighted 19th-century heroes include Francis Johnson, John Trower, Eliza Grier, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Julian…

Heather Moqtaderi, Founder and Artistic Director of Past Present Projects, will speak about Linda Sanders’ site-specific “Deep Rivers” mural at the Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion. The mural was commissioned as part of the Mansion’s “Deep Rivers” tour, which highlights 19th Century African Americans who achieved greatness in arts, culture, science, and business. Moqtaderi was invited to…

Charlotte Brontë’s masterpiece tells the story of Jane, orphaned as a child, who feels an outcast her entire life. Her courage is tested once again when she arrives at Thornfield Hall, where the brooding, proud Edward Rochester has hired her to care for his ward Adèle. Jane finds herself drawn to his troubled yet kind…