WHAT: The Davenport House Museum’s Urban Enslaved Exhibit — a project eight years in the making details the lives of 13 enslaved people who lived and worked in Isaiah Davenport’s mansion in the 1820s.
WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 9 at 11 a.m.
WHY: The Historic Savannah Foundation is now able to tell the complete story of the Davenport House. The completion of the Urban Enslaved Exhibit marks the third and final phase of what HSF has dubbed its “Kennedy Pharmacy Campaign.” The first phase involved the preservation and restoration of the Kennedy Pharmacy directly behind the Davenport House at 323 Broughton St., which now houses the Davenport House Museum Shop on the ground floor and HSF’s offices upstairs.
The exhibit designer Doug Mund will speak at the ribbon cutting. Mund has worked with HSF for eight years, bringing to life its exhibits as well as The Davenport House shop and Preservation Center timeline. He owns dmdg2, a local design agency that specializes in museum planning, exhibit planning and exhibit design.
Since founding dmdg2, the firm has helped clients expand their visions, helping each museum to spread their unique stories through exciting and meaningful museum spaces and exhibits. In the past 42 years, Doug and his team have worked with some of the finest museums throughout America, Europe and beyond. A few notable projects include The Louvre in Paris, France; the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago; the Museum Center in Cincinnati; The MFA in Boston; the New England Aquarium; The Smithsonian; The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force and so many more.
The Urban Enslaved Exhibit is a project eight years in the making that details the lives of 13 enslaved people who lived and worked in Isaiah Davenport’s mansion in the 1820s.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC:
The Urban Enslaved Exhibit will be open to the public starting Monday Nov. 13 at Davenport House Museum at 9 a.m.
ABOUT HISTORIC SAVANNAH FOUNDATION
Historic Savannah Foundation, a leading nonprofit preservation and cultural institution, saves buildings, places, and stories that define Savannah’s past, present, and future. Following its formation in 1955, the organization started a Revolving Fund to save endangered historic properties, now totaling over 420 buildings throughout several of Savannah’s historic districts. HSF continues to build capacity within its operations, secure new financial resources improve its image and visibility, and increase public policy efforts to protect Savannah’s historic districts. For more information about the work of the Historic Savannah Foundation, visit www.myhsf.org.
