The Kinsey Collection: Shared Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey
“Five centuries of African American history, culture and heritage… the exhibition celebrates Bernard and Shirley Kinsey’s passion for collecting objects of extraordinary significance over the 40 years of their marriage.
One of the largest private collections of African American artifacts, documents and artwork, the Kinsey collection of rare books and manuscripts, paintings, prints, sculpture, and photographs includes an early version of the Emancipation Proclamation, correspondence between Malcolm X and Alex Haley, slave shackles, a 1773 first-edition copy of poems by Phillis Wheatley”, and more.
The Kinsey Collection: Shared Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey
Until May 19, 2013
MoAD – The Museum of the African Diaspora
685 Mission Street San Francisco, CA