Weeksville Heritage Center

In preparation for the opening of its new Education and Cultural Arts Building in 2011, the Weeksville Heritage Center will promote from within to establish a new department and the new position of director of preservation and collections. A fully functioning department of Preservation and Collections will result in a greater focus on historic preservation, collections, and preservation education for the community while dramatically increasing the use of objects and artifacts in the interpretation of this site�"one of the first free African American communities in the nation. IMLS funds will also support graduate education courses for the senior education programs curator at Bank Street College.