Programming, 1961-circa 2022

File types include: correspondence, lesson plans, proposals, program evaluations, examples of student work, marketing, and ephemera.

The sub series within document youth programming from 1961-2022, with some overlap with the School Programs department. Programming includes the Junior Membership program, which invited children to "be members" of the Museum like their grownups in the 1960s. Children received membership cards and were able to participate in exclusive art making activties and programming for Junior Members. In 1971 the Education department offered Black Arts Seminar which was a course that explored Black art from ancient African Art to contemporary African American art. Influenced by the Black arts movement and the civil rights movement, the purpose of the course was to explore and celebrate themes and motifs within art created by Black artists. Between 1997 and 2002, the Museum developed the Distance Learning Program with New York Institute of Technology, a video learning program for students before Zoom and virtual learning spaces.

Youth programming has always focused on introducing children to the Museum and its collection, encouraging literacy and self expression, and a life long love of learning.