The Anti-Eugenics Project
Phase One: Dismantling Eugenics - A Convening, 9/27/21 - 10/2/21
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New York City Museums Reckoning with Eugenics: 2021 & 1921

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Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, moderates a conversation featuring leaders of New York City cultural institutions that rose to prominence in the Progressive Era—a time rooted in eugenicist ideology. Featured guests: Max Hollein, Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Cristián Samper, President of the Wildlife Conservation Fund; and Ellen Futter, President of the American Museum of Natural History.