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Learning at Lunch: The Smithsonian and Lorton

by workhousearts — last modified Jul 14, 2025 10:42 AM
The Lorton Prison Museum featuring the Lucy Burns Gallery at the Workhouse Arts Center is proud to present the third season of Learning at Lunch, a series illuminating aspects of the former prison’s 91-year history. Each month, we invite an expert to tackle a topic related to our complicated past. After a brief 30-minute talk, presenters answer audience questions, and all attendees are invited to visit the museum following the program.
When Aug 22, 2025
from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM
Where Workhouse Arts Center
Contact Name
Contact Phone 7035842900
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Learning at Lunch: The Smithsonian and Lorton

Friday, August 22, 2025
12:00 PM 1:00 PM
Workhouse Arts Center, W16: McGuire Woods Gallery

The Smithsonian and Lorton

The Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum (ACM) has a long history of engagement with the Lorton Correctional Complex. Archivist Jennifer Morris shares information and examples of archival materials – images and video footage – from ACM’s collection pertaining to 1970s exhibition Lorton Reformatory: Beyond Time and the 1990s exhibition Speak to my Heart, which highlighted prison ministry programs.
Above image: Installation photograph from The Utopia Project exhibition (2024) at the Anacostia Community Museum.
Free, no registration required.

9518 Workhouse Way
Lorton, Virginia
22079

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