National Museum of African American History & Culture: A Place to Remember, Commemorate, & Celebrate

Dean Vali Nasr, the SAIS Africa Association, the SAIS International Law Society and the SAIS International Law & Organizations Program invite you to join them for a conversation in honor of Black History Month with Dr. Jacquelyn Serwer Chief Curator, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Jacquelyn Days Serwer is a curator and art historian who joined the staff of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) as Chief Curator in May 2006. At NMAAHC, she focuses primarily on building the museum’s foundational collection and developing exhibition projects for the near term, as well as planning for the museum’s new building to open on the National Mall in 2016. Previously she served for six years as Chief Curator of the Corcoran Gallery of Art where she coordinated all museum activities. In addition to her own projects, Serwer supervised the museum’s exhibition program and related publications, as well as the in-house and outreach activities of the Education Department. Prior to her tenure at the Corcoran, she served as Chief Curator and Curator of Contemporary Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM). Serwer, who taught art history at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Geneva and at BrooklynCollege, received her M.A. from the University of Chicago and her Ph.D. from the City University of New York. She earned her B.A. at Sarah Lawrence College. Her career as a museum professional began at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

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