In Our Own Words

Temporary exhibition, Dec. 14, 2007–March 8, 2009. 700 sq. ft. Sady Sullivan, oral history program coordinator; Kate Fermoile, vice president for exhibits and education; Andrea Del Valle, director of education; Amy DeSalvo, education coordinator; Alison Cornyn, founder and director of Picture Projects; Philip F. Napoli, co-curator. The Brooklyn Historical Society is nestled in Cosby Show brownstone Brooklyn, in a landmarked redbrick, 1881 Queen Anne-style building that has recently undergone a prize-winning renovation. Its halls are filled with gilt-framed portraits of the great men of Brooklyn, and it was in part these portraits that inspired the exhibit designer and producer Alison Cornyn's innovative and strikingly successful vision for the presentation of oral history in museums. “In Our Own Words: Portraits of Brooklyn's Vietnam Veterans” began in the third-floor hallway encircling the museum's grand central stairway and continued into a wood-paneled room. The exhibition revolved around the stories of sixteen Vietnam War

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