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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division
The Art and Artifacts Division collects, documents, preserves, and interprets art and artifacts by and about peoples of African heritage throughout the world. Fine and applied art and material culture objects from the seventeenth century to the present are collected, with emphasis on the visual arts of the twentieth century in the United States and Africa.
Items in the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division See More
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By Parties Unknown
Plantation Melodies
Abraham Lincoln Emancipation medal
Abraham Lincoln Emancipation medal
American Colonization Society one-cent coin
"Am I Not a Man and a Brother" token
"Am I Not a Man and a Brother" token
"Am I Not a Man and a Brother" token
Worcester 250th anniversary medal
Bishop J. B. Small medal
Bishop J. B. Small medal
"Am I Not a Man and a Brother" token
"Am I Not a Man and a Brother" token
Cyrus Hall McCormick medal
Cyrus Hall McCormick medal
Cyrus Hall McCormick medal
Prince Hall medallion
Seal of the Grand Lodge of Masons, London
“Awarded to J.S. Rock for Artificial Teeth” medal
Amateur Athletic Union medal
"Millions for Freedom Not One Cent for Slavery" coin
Rev. William Knibb "Jamaica" medal
Thaddeus Stevens commemorative medal
Al. W. Martin’s Greater Uncle Tom’s Cabin token
Collections in the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division
Middleton "Spike" Harris coin collection
225 items
Works Progress Administration (WPA) Art
116 items
Michael Cummings African American Art Event Ephemera Collection
99 items
Poster Collection
80 items
Art and Artifacts Division Button Collection
48 items
Works on paper collection
42 items
Painting and Sculpture Collection
31 items
Costume and textile collection
15 items
Material culture collection
6 items
Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits collection realia
3 items
Mr. and Mrs. Marc Grumet Collection
2 items
Blondiau theatre arts collection
2 items
Oxmantown Collection of West African Art
1 item