Guided Tour of Taking Care: The Black Angels of Sea View Hospital

Name: Guided Tour of Taking Care: The Black Angels of Sea View Hospital
Start: 2024-10-12T14:30:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-12T15:30:00-04:00
Location: Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor

Saturday, October 12, 2024, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

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Date:: Saturday, October 12, 2024
Time:: 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor

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Special Instructions: Registration recommended
Ticketing: Free / Donations welcome

In participation with New York State’s PATH Through History weekend, the Visitor Experience department of the museum will be offering a free guided tour of Taking Care: The Black Angels of Sea View Hospital on Saturday October 12th, 2024, from 2:30-3:30pm.

In 1951, Staten Island made history when a breakthrough treatment for tuberculosis was tested at Sea View Hospital. Taking Care highlights the groundbreaking work, lives, and legacy of the Black nursing staff, who came to be known as the “Black Angels.” This group of nurses broke racial barriers and risked their lives to care for patients and administer the clinical trials that forever changed the trajectory of this horrific disease.

Free / donations welcome. Registration recommended. This event has limited capacity.