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Special Event
Event
Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives NEH Traveling Exhibition
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Fee:
Free.Location: LAT/LONG: 47.244170, -88.452240
The Calumet Visitor Center is located at 98 5th Street in downtown Calumet.
Repeating Event
Days:
Every week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
Dates:
September 02, 2019 to October 19, 2019
Time:
9:00 AM
Duration:
8 hours
Type of Event
Exhibition/Show
The Calumet Visitor Center hours from September 2 - October 20 are Monday - Saturday from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. EST.
Description
The National Endowment for the Humanities On the Road Exhibit Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives visits the Keweenaw Peninsula September 2 - October 20, 2019. Visitors will be able to step back into turn of the 20th century New York City, where photojournalist Jacob Riis documented the poor living conditions of tenements that many immigrants resided in. Riis's work helped influence social and environmental changes, as well as inspiring contemporaries that also worked to promote social change.
This limited exhibition is free or charge and open to the public during Calumet Visitor Center operating hours.
More information
Reservation or Registration: No
Image Gallery
"I Scrubs" - Little Katie from the West 52nd Street Industrial School, 1891-92; MCNY, 90.13.4.132