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Landmarks Illinois Collaborates with Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture to secure permanent home for Ebony Test Kitchen [Video]

By Landmarks Illinois 

CHICAGO, June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Landmarks Illinois is excited to announce that it has donated the iconic Ebony Test Kitchen from the former Johnson Publishing Company Building in Chicago to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) located in Washington, D.C. The test kitchen will be a part of the museum’s permanent collection.

The NMAAHC announced the acquisition of the historically significant test kitchen, which Landmarks Illinois saved from demolition in 2018, earlier today. The museum said the kitchen would undergo conservation work as it develops new plans for its construction and future use. 

Landmarks Illinois has spent the past five years working to ensure the Ebony Test Kitchen is preserved and celebrated, giving future generations the opportunity to experience it and learn about its important role in Black history and culinary history. The test kitchen also helps tell the story of the Johnson Publishing …

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