Sing Sing Prison Museum

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  • Home
  • Stone on Stone App
  • Why a Museum?
    • Project Summary
    • Sing Sing Today
    • The 1825 Cellblock
    • The Powerhouse
  • History of Sing Sing Prison
    • Quick Facts
    • Historic Significance
    • The Mutual Welfare League
    • Working at Sing Sing
  • Programs and Events
    • Poetry of Returning Citizens
    • What We're Reading
    • Justice Talks
    • Community Conversations
    • Interviews
  • About Us
    • Mission Statement
    • Our Plan >
      • Who's Involved
      • The Project's Impact
      • Bird's-Eye Overview
    • Board of Trustees
    • Our Team
    • 2021 Year End Summary
    • Reception
    • Press
  • Blog
  • DONATE
  • Contact
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Dig deeper into with stories you have not been told. Featuring people who experienced events inside, the arts and incarceration, the prison impacted,
​and notable historic moments.

​Creating the Museum

Every chapter in the history of criminal justice in American has a few pages written at Sing Sing Prison. This Untapped New York virtual event focused on the plans to create the Sing Sing Prison Museum, which will tell the extraordinary story of 200 years of incarceration at one of America’s most iconic prisons and, as a site of conscience, challenge visitors to imagine a more equitable justice system and take action to build a better society.

Poetry and Incarceration

In honor of National Poetry Month, join the Sing Sing Prison Museum for an exploration of poetry focused on incarceration and justice. In addition to being notable poets and writers, our award winning guests have worked together on Riker’s Island where they taught writing workshops through the “Free Space/Art Without Walls” initiative.

Thanksgiving 1972 - The Day BB King Came to Sing Sing Prison

On Thanksgiving 1972 filmmaker David Hoffman brought some of the era's greatest musical talents to Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, NY. We sat down with Hoffman to learn about how he made that happen, and why this cultural moment is an important one in the story of Sing Sing. Artists that performed that day were BB King, Joan Baez, Mimi Fariña, the Voices of East Harlem, and Comedian Jimmy Walker. BB King called it his greatest performance ever!
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