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The California African American Museum (CAAM) is a museum located in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, next to the California Science Center. The museum focuses on enrichment and education on the cultural heritage and history of African Americans with a focus on California and western United States. Admission is free to all visitors.
An exhibit at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Museums not only collect and preserve historic and cultural material, their basic purpose is educational or aesthetic. The first African American museum was the College Museum in Hampton, Virginia, established in 1868. [2] Prior to 1950, there were about 30 museums ...
Designated ODL. 1981. The African American Museum and Library at Oakland (AAMLO) is a museum and non-circulating library in the Oakland Public Library system dedicated to preserving African American history, experiences and culture. Located on 14th Street in Downtown Oakland, California, United States, the museum contains an extensive archival ...
The California African American Museum, which has been closed since last year, will reopen this weekend with six new exhibitions and upgraded facilities. Inside the California African American ...
The California African American Museum, which recently underwent a renovation, has temporarily shuttered its doors to assess issues following Tropical Storm Hilary.
Bowers Museum. Santa Ana. Multiple. Orange County history, Native American, African, Pre-Columbian and Asian art, paintings, South American ethnographic items, decorative arts, natural history. Bradford House. Placentia. Historic house. Operated by the Placentia Founders Society, furnished in 1900-1920s style.
The first African American newspaper in California is thought to be the Mirror of the Times, published in the mid-1850s. [89] Other early African American newspapers in Northern California included Pacific Appeal and The Elevator; [90] and in Southern California included the California Eagle, California Voice, and Los Angeles Sentinel. [58]
This list of museums in Los Angeles is a list of museums located within the City of Los Angeles, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.