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The Banneker-Douglass Museum celebrated the first anniversary of its library and archives in honor of Sylvia Gaither Garrison on October 27, 2009. In addition to her roles as Bates High School teacher, Fulbright Scholar, librarian, church leader, sorority sister, and community activist, Garrison was the central force behind the establishment of ...
The Banneker-Douglass Museum in Annapolis, Maryland, memorializes Benjamin Banneker and Frederick Douglass. [65] The museum, which was dedicated on February 24, 1984, is the State of Maryland's official museum of African American heritage.
Banneker-Douglass Museum: Annapolis: Maryland: 1984 [35] Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum: Oella: Maryland: 1998 [36] Beck Cultural Exchange Center: Knoxville, Tennessee: Tennessee: 1975 [37] Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum Seneca: South Carolina: 2015 [38] Birmingham Civil Rights Institute: Birmingham: Alabama: 1992 [39]
Banneker-Douglass Museum: Annapolis: Anne Arundel: Central: African American: Black life in Maryland, African and African American art, important African American Marylanders Barbara Fritchie House and Museum: Frederick: Frederick: Western: Historic house: Reconstructed house of Barbara Fritchie, heroine of John Greenleaf Whittier's poem from ...
In 1997, it was announced that the artifacts would initially be exhibited in the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and then loaned to the Banneker-Douglass Museum in Annapolis, Maryland. After completion of the Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum in Oella, the artifacts would be loaned to that facility for a period of twenty ...
The Banneker-Douglass Museum, located in the historic Mount Moriah Church at 87 Franklin Street, documents the history of African Americans in Maryland. Since its opening on February 24, 1984, the museum has provided educational programs, rotating exhibits, and a research facility. Admission is free. [66]
Notables on exhibit at the MCHC are the original manuscript of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and the letters and journals of Benjamin Banneker. The MCHC showcases include 231 weapons, 866 pieces of jewelry, 2,200 Native American prehistoric archaeological objects, 15,000 musical scores as well as a remarkable collection of 18th- and 19th-century ...
African American church structure; now houses Banneker-Douglass Museum. 61: Mt. Tabor Good Samaritan Lodge No. 59: Mt. Tabor Good Samaritan Lodge No. 59: July 20, 2001 : 1407 St. Stephen's Church Rd. Crownsville