Poster advertising the AIDS Memorial Quilt events: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A color poster on glossy paper advertising the AIDS Memorial Quilt event. The poster front features a close up of the eye of a needle with a piece of red thread strung through it, resting on white fabric. The thread shape resembles that of an AIDS awareness ribbon - loop at top with ends over lapping and pointing in two different directions. Black type in the top left corner reads: [THE NAMES PROJECT / AIDS MEMORIAL / QUILT. / NOT ALL BATTLES ARE FOUGHT WITH A SWORD.] Black type in the bottom right corner reads: [OCTOBER 11 - 13, 1996 / WASHINGTON, DC / NATIONAL MALL / A three-day display of the entire AIDS Memorial Quilt. / All memorial panels received by May 31, 1996 will be shown on the Mall. / Call the NAMES Project at: 415-8825500 / (The Names Project logo) / For travel information and the best hotel and airline prices, call: 1-800-926-2631]. A United Airlines logo is located in the bottom center. The entire poster is bordered by a thick black solid line. The back of the poster is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1996
• Created by: The NAMES Project Foundation, American, founded 1987
• Subject of: Marlon Riggs, American, 1957 - 1994
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 17 × 11 in. (43.2 × 27.9 cm)
• Place used: National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Health
• Topic: Humanitarianism
• Topic: Identity
• Topic: LGBTQ
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Sexuality
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2014.169.5
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jack Vincent in memory of Marlon Riggs
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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