ReImagine Lefferts is rebuilding this house museum around the legacies it long left out - the Lenape of Lenapehoking whose unceded land the park sits on, and the Africans enslaved by the Lefferts family - so putting Chisholm inside that frame is the point. SCCI has worked at the crossing of art, culture and economic justice since 1977. If you walk Prospect Park and have never entered the farmhouse, go.
What to expect
A compact exhibit inside a small colonial-era Dutch farmhouse, readable in half an hour, that puts Chisholm's Brooklyn political rise alongside the house's own reinterpretation. Admission is free and the house sits a short walk from the park's east-side entrances.
Good to know
- Lefferts Historic House is near the Willink entrance by the carousel and the Prospect Park Zoo
- Take the B, Q or S to Prospect Park station and walk in through the Flatbush Avenue side
- It reads as a short stop rather than a whole outing, so pair it with a park walk
- Hours are limited to afternoons and the house closes early in the day, so plan around it
- Good for older kids and teens studying civil rights and US political history
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Common questions
Is there an admission charge?
No. The Prospect Park Alliance lists admission to the exhibit as free.
Who curated it?
Barbara Bullard, cultural producer and president of the Shirley Chisholm Cultural Institute, in partnership with Prospect Park Alliance.
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