Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center
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Linda Marsella
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  Mariposa Museum Location within New Hampshire | |
| Established | 2002 |
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| Location | Peterborough, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 42°52′38″N 71°56′58″W / 42.877312°N 71.949559°W |
| Founder | David Blair Linda Marsella |
| Website | www |
The Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center is a museum in Peterborough, New Hampshire, United States. It was founded in 2002, by husband-and-wife team David Blair and Linda Marsella to improve awareness and understanding across cultural boundaries.[1] [2] [3] The Mariposa was designed as a "hands-on" museum and is located in Peterborough's Baptist Church building (1841), which was added to the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places in 2011.[4]
In 2019, the Mariposa expanded its mission and opened the Mariposa Museum in Oak Bluffs in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts to showcase the work and scholarship of African-American artists.[5][6] The Mariposa Museum in Oak Bluffs is Martha’s Vineyard’s only museum dedicated to African-American artists.[7]
It is estimated that 6,000 visitors attended the Mariposa Museum in Oak Bluffs' first exhibit, And Still We Rise, in the summer of 2019.[6]