PR Workshop

Object Details

Creator: Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Names: Anacostia Community Museum; Anacostia Neighborhood Museum; Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943; Kinard, John, 1936-1989; Martin-Felton, Zora
Collection Creator: Anacostia Community Museum

Topic: African Americans; Museums; Community museums; Museums and community; Publicity; Education; Education -- Museums

See more items in: Museum Events, Programs, and Projects, 1967-1989; Museum Events, Programs, and Projects, 1967-1989 / Series ACMA 09-007.7: ACM Education Department Programs Audiovisual Records

Citation: PR Tape: Mobile DC, YAC, Staff Titles, and History, Record Group 09-007.7, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents: Speakers talk about publicity, and how to promote an organization or event. Specifically, they talk about different types of media or external publicity, the difference between external publicity and internal publicity, and how to decide which type of publicity is best for a particular circumstance. Zora Martin-Felton explains the difference between a news article and a feature article, and how to develop a public relations packet. Workshop participants work together to create a public relations packet for an exhibition on George Washington Carver. John Kinard talks about George Washington Carver, making something out of nothing, and the under representation of African Americans in museum exhibits.; Workshop. Part of ACM Education Department Programs Audiovisual Records 1967-2008. Transcribed from physical asset: Tape 2 - PR Workshop, Fill-in. Undated.

Collection Restrictions: Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.