Name: Photo Tour with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Start: 2026-06-20T12:00
End: 2026-06-20T13:30
Location: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, 515 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10037

Workshop

Sat, Jun 20, 12:00–1:30 p.m.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, 515 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10037

Registration required

Join Souls in Focus for an off-site photo tour at The New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Participants will join Souls in Focus and Schomburg staff to view images from the library’s collection from such photographers as James Van Der Zee, Marilyn Nance, and Malick Sidibé. Participants will also learn more about the historical significance of the Schomburg and its public resources in relation to Harlem and New York City.

This program will take place off-site at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Participants are encouraged to bring their own cameras to document the surroundings of Schomburg and the Harlem community following the end of the program.

Recommended for adults. Space is limited and RSVP is required.

Accessibility

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The Adobe Foundation is proud to support equity, learning, and creativity at MoMA.

Major funding is provided by the Agnes Gund Education Endowment Fund for Public Programs, the Jeanne Thayer Young Scholars Fund, and the Annual Education Fund.

This event accompanies Creativity Lab: Make a Portrait.

Licensing

If you would like to reproduce an image of a work of art in MoMA’s collection, or an image of a MoMA publication or archival material (including installation views, checklists, and press releases), please contact Art Resource (publication in North America) or Scala Archives (publication in all other geographic locations).

MoMA licenses archival audio and select out of copyright film clips from our film collection. At this time, MoMA produced video cannot be licensed by MoMA/Scala. All requests to license archival audio or out of copyright film clips should be addressed to Scala Archives at [email protected]. Motion picture film stills cannot be licensed by MoMA/Scala. For access to motion picture film stills for research purposes, please contact the Film Study Center at [email protected]. For more information about film loans and our Circulating Film and Video Library, please visit https://www.moma.org/research/circulating-film.

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