Tomorrow! Meet skating activist Reggie Brown at BPL!

        January 29, 2019

**United Skates Star Reggie Brown Speaks at Brooklyn Public Library 1/30**

Hear About Efforts to Save Roller Rinks Nationwide!

**What's New in our Making a Museum Exhibit?**

Our Items of the Week: The 1939 World's Fair Collection of Virginia McClellan Moskowitz

**Save the Date: 12th Annual Panorama Challenge is Friday, March 1!**

Test Your New York Knowledge Against The Best

**(Empire) Skate of Mind at Brooklyn Public Library with Reggie Brown - Tomorrow at the Brooklyn Public Library!**

Reggie Brown is a roller skating ambassador, community advocate, and a major part of the award-winning HBO documentary [*United Skates*](https://www.unitedskatesfilm.com/). On Wednesday, January 30, join us in the [Brooklyn Collection Room](https://www.bklynlibrary.org/brooklyncollection) at the [Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch](https://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/central) to hear Reggie speak about the culture, history, and eventual disappearance of roller rinks in New York and across the country. The Brooklyn Collection is currently home to our exhibit [*Empire Skate: The Birthplace of Roller Disco*](https://www.bklynlibrary.org/exhibitions/empire-skate-birthplace)!

A brief reception will precede the talk at 6:30 p.m. Reggie's presentation will begin at 7 p.m. There will also be an unofficial skating afterparty at [Brooklyn Skates](https://www.facebook.com/bklynskates/)!

**What's New in our Making A Museum Exhibit?**

**The 1939 World's Fair Collection of Virginia McClellan Moskowitz**

The City Reliquary is taking visitors inside our processes of acquisition, research, and preservation of our collection. As we redesign our permanent collection and bring out some of our rarely exhibited holdings, we’re also adding new objects, studying their history. Every week we’ll be working on new additions, and we invite you to journey with us as we learn new stories of the city. 

A major part of the City Reliquary's mission is to elevate everyday objects and the stories of everyday New Yorkers. We love and celebrate the passion and curatorial skill of amateur collectors. With this collection of 1939 World's Fair memorabilia, we showcase the work of an amateur collector who became a professional: Virginia McClellan Moskowitz.

In 1939, Virginia, a nurse from Mount Vernon, NY, attended the World's Fair in New York City. The experiences and sights she witnessed stayed with her her entire life, and inspired her to collect many different types of souvenirs reflecting her fond memories.

**The Panorama Challenge is Coming!**

Friday, March 1, 2019 — Doors 6 p.m. — Game at 7 p.m.
At [Queens Museum](https://queensmuseum.org/directions) – Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
[General Admission Tickets: $15 advance](https://www.artful.ly/store/events/17121) / $20 at the door
[City Reliquary and Queens Museum Members: $12 advance](https://www.artful.ly/store/events/17121) / $15 at the door
Mark your calendars and break out your Blue Guides: it’s nearly time for the Panorama Challenge! Once again, [The City Reliquary](http://cityreliquary.org/), [Queens Museum](http://queensmuseum.org/), & [The Levys’ Unique New York!](http://levysuniqueny.com/) have partnered for an exciting evening of trivia with the whole city at your feet. Meet us at the world’s largest architectural scale model – [The Panorama of the City of New York at the Queens Museum](http://www.queensmuseum.org/2013/10/panorama-of-the-city-of-new-york)!
Full details coming soon - [watch this space](http://www.cityreliquary.org/the-12th-annual-panorama-challenge/)! Veteran trivia challengers know to get their tickets in advance.

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