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Here are 10 museums to visit during Black History Month 2023 to delve into African American history and civil rights, from Montgomery to Baltimore.
An example of an African American museum: The Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum. Woodson was the founder of Black History Month, and a noted educator. This is a list of museums in the United States whose primary focus is on African American culture and history. Such museums are commonly known as African American museums ...
The Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery (MAAHMG) is a museum and gallery dedicated to the art, history and culture of African American people in Minnesota, United States. Located in Minneapolis , the museum was founded in 2018, and offers free admission.
Donald King Architects (DKA), a local black-owned architecture firm, was selected to design the museum conversion. [14] Rico Quirindongo, of DKA, served as the lead architect on the project. [ 14 ] The redesign transformed the building into a museum on the ground floor with the second and third stories reserved for 36 affordable apartments.
US President Barack Obama sits on the famed Rosa Parks bus at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. (White House /Getty Images)It's February, and America is celebrating its 37th federally ...
The National Center of Afro-American Artists (NCAAA) is a center in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1968 by Elma Lewis to "preserv[e] and foster the cultural arts heritage of black peoples worldwide through arts teaching, and the presentation of professional works in all fine arts disciplines."
The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art has received a donation of 75 significant works — including paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures and videos — by Black artists, museum officials ...
In 2018, Wallach Art Gallery hosted the critically acclaimed exhibition titled Posing Modernity: The Black Model From Manet and Matisse to Today and curated by the American scholar of African American art Denise Murrell, which examined the depictions of people of color in European modern art.