Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit

Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit can be found at Waterman Ave 1003. The following is offered: Art Museums & Galleries. The entry is present with us since Sep 10, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In East Providence there are 1 other Art Museums & Galleries. An overview can be found here.

very recommended, this museum is one of the few around focusing on african culture- but that's not entirely correct. cape verde is african, but also portuguese and the people have been in new england for hundreds of years so the museum covers immigrant life in the united states, too. anyway, it's a lot of explain- go to the museum itself, you'll learn more than i can explain here!

Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit in East Providence, Rhode Island

A Grand Opening was held on Saturday, October 8, 2005 to invite the Cape Verdean community and others to come and view the location space and to celebrate this accomplishment. This went well despite the weather because the enthusiasm and positive attitude of all that visited the museum told us that the community embraced the idea of a museum to tell our stories. The permanent opening date of...

The Cape Verdean Museum has a unique collection of artifacts, photographs, maps and crafts the tell the story of the islands and their people. It has also a great deal of information on Cape Verdean Americans and their history. There are exhibits on slavery, whaling, Cape Cod cranberry picking, the immigration packets, the longshoremen, the Independence movement among other topics. The museum...