Schomburg expansion opens (1991)

CTL-E-4818 · Event · opening · 1991

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The 1991 Schomburg Center expansion created exhibition galleries, the renovated American Negro Theatre, and the 340-seat Langston Hughes Auditorium.

Notes

RELP111 supporting event; events.json CTL-EVT-023908.

Relationships

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture — held at
1991 expansion opening.

Sources

NYPL - Schomburg Center $22.3M renovation press release (primary source)

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