Princeton’s Einstein Museum To Take Racial Justice Exhibit On The Road

PRINCETON, NJ — After a successful launch in Princeton last summer, the “Albert Einstein: Champion of Racial Justice and Equality” exhibit is going on the road again, through mid-2024.

The exhibit is a joint project between the nascent Princeton Einstein Museum of Science (PEMS) and the Witherspoon Jackson Historical and Cultural Society (WJHCS).

The exhibit will showcase details Albert Einstein’s relationships with local African American residents and prominent Black leaders of the mid 20th century.

Funded by the McCutchen Foundation, the exhibit consists of 11 panels of text and images.

“The mainstream press in the mid twentieth century reported on nearly everything Einstein did, except for his involvement with the African American community,” said WJHCS president and lifelong resident of the Witherspoon Jackson neighborhood, Shirley Satterfield. “Our exhibit highlights this largely unknown aspect of his life.”

Satterfield is a childhood acquaintance of Einstein.

PEMS president Elizabeth Romanaux said the organization was proud to team up with the Witherspoon Jackson Historical and Cultural Society to present the exhibit.

“When it opens in 2026, ours will primarily be a science museum, but visitors will need some context about Einstein’s time in New Jersey. They’ll find it in an introductory gallery which will include information about his life, including his friendships in the African American community,” Romanaux said.

Here’s the dates and venues of the upcoming exhibition:

• West Windsor Public Library: Through September 28, 2023
• The Jewish Center, Princeton: November 19 - December 20, 2023
• Plainsboro Public Library: January 2 - 27, 2024
• New Jersey Historical Society, Newark: February, 2024
• Montgomery Public Library: March, 2024 Monmouth Country
• Jewish Heritage Museum, Freehold: April 1 – June 30, 2024

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