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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

African Burial Ground National Monument's New Visitor Center Opening to the Public

The African Burial Ground National Monument, a unit of the National Park Service, is opening a new visitor center that will tell the story of free and enslaved Africans in early New York and the role of the African descendant community in preserving the burial ground following its 1991 rediscovery. The new interactive center includes four exhibit areas, a 40-person theatre and a store and will open to the public on Saturday, Feb.
27 at 1:30 p.m.



About African Burial Ground National Monument
One of the most significant archaeological finds in U.S. History, the African Burial Ground is a 17th- and 18th-century cemetery that was rediscovered in 1991 when construction began on a federal office building in lower Manhattan. In 1993, the site was preserved as a National Historic Landmark by the Secretary of the Interior and was later designated as a
National Monument by Presidential Proclamation on Feb. 27, 2006. The National Monument is part of an original 6.6-acre site containing the remains of approximately 15,000 people, making it the largest and oldest African cemetery excavated in North America.

How to Get There
The African Burial Ground National Monument is located at 290 Broadway, 1st Floor. The 4, 5, 6,R, W, J, M and Z trains (Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall) are one block from the site, the A train is three blocks away (Chambers Street) and the 1 train is 4 blocks away (Chambers Street) and the 2 and 3 trains are 2 blocks away (Park Place). The A, C and E are 3 blocks away
(Chambers/World Trade Center). The M15, M22 and B51 City Hall bus routes all  terminate within walking distance, and the M1 and M6 South Ferry route passes nearby.



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