Led by Museum educator Tori Waldron, each session features a specially selected book that complements the themes of a current exhibition. Enjoy refreshments—including a themed snack and a selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages—in the Museum Store before joining a guided discussion linking literature to the art on view in our galleries.
Puerto Rico: A National History
This Museum Book Club will feature a guided discussion of Puerto Rico: A National History by Jorell Meléndez-Badillo in the Museum Store and exhibition galleries on Thursday, July 16 from 5:30 to 7 pm.
“In this masterful work of scholarship, Meléndez-Badillo sheds light on the vibrant cultures of the archipelago in the centuries before the arrival of Columbus and captures the full sweep of Puerto Rico’s turbulent history in the centuries that followed, from the first indigenous insurrection against colonial rule in 1511—led by the powerful chieftain Agüeybaná II—to the establishment of the Commonwealth in 1952. He deftly portrays the contemporary period and the intertwined though unequal histories of the archipelago and the continental United States.” (source: https://www.amazon.com/Puerto-Rico-National-Jorell-Mel%C3%A9ndez-Badillo/dp/0691231273)
