Community Engagement & Impact

Poster

P06 - Museums as Gateways to America

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The Citizenship Project at the New-York Historical Society serves over 1,000 legal permanent residents annually through citizenship classes that help immigrants prepare for their naturalization interview by utilizing the museum and library collections to teach American history and government. Learn about the successes of this program and how your institution can offer similar programs to help green card holders become American citizens.

Learning Objectives:

• Envision a museum program to help immigrants become American citizens.
• Develop a citizenship preparation program that leverages an institution’s collections and meets the needs of the local immigrant community.
• Establish relationships with immigrant communities to raise awareness of programming and welcome more immigrants to the institution.

Poster Presenter(s)

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  Samantha Rijkers

  Citizenship Project Manager
  New-York Historical Society