List of museums focused on African Americans
List of museums

List of museums focused on African Americans

Section Title: List of museums
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Name	City	State	Founded	References	Image

A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum	Chicago	Illinois	1995	-

African American Civil War Memorial Museum	Washington	D.C.	1999

African-American Research Library and Cultural Center	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	2002

Rosa Parks Museum	Montgomery	Alabama	2000

African American Firefighter Museum	Los Angeles	California	1997	-

African American Multicultural Museum	Scottsdale	Arizona	2005

African American Museum	Dallas	Texas	1974	-

African American Museum and Library at Oakland	Oakland	California	1994	-

African American Museum in Cleveland, The	Cleveland	Ohio	1956	-

African American Museum in Philadelphia	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1976	-

African American Museum of Iowa	Cedar Rapids	Iowa	2003	-

African American Museum of Nassau County	Hempstead	New York	1970

APEX (African American Panoramic Experience) Museum	Atlanta	Georgia	1978

African American Museum of the Arts	DeLand	Florida	1994	-

African American Museum of Southern Illinois	Carbondale	Illinois	1997

African Burial Ground National Monument	New York City (Manhattan)	New York	2006	African Burial Ground, New York, New York LCCN2010719186.tif

Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum	Jersey City	New Jersey	1984	-

Alabama State Black Archives Research Center and Museum	Huntsville	Alabama	1990

Alexandria Black History Museum	Alexandria	Virginia	1987

America's Black Holocaust Museum	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	1988	-

Anacostia Museum	Washington	D.C.	1967	-

Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum	Lynchburg	Virginia	1977

Arthur "Smokestack" Hardy Fire Museum	Baltimore	Maryland	1995

August Wilson Center for African American Culture	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	2006

Banneker-Douglass Museum	Annapolis	Maryland	1984	Mt Moriah Jul 09.JPG

Baton Rouge African American Museum	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	2001	-

Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum	Oella	Maryland	1998	-

Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum	Seneca	South Carolina	2015

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute	Birmingham	Alabama	1992	-

Black American West Museum & Heritage Center	Denver	Colorado	1971

Black History 101 Mobile Museum	Detroit	Michigan	1995

Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia	Richmond	Virginia	1988

Bontemps African American Museum	Alexandria	Louisiana	1988

Brazos Valley African American Museum	Bryan	Texas	2006	-

Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site	Topeka	Kansas	2004

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum	Houston	Texas	2000

California African American Museum	Los Angeles	California	1981

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History	Detroit	Michigan	1965	-

Clemson Area African American Museum	Clemson	South Carolina	2010	-

Creole Heritage Folk Life Center	Opelousas	Louisiana	1970s (early)

Delta Cultural Center	Helena	Arkansas	1991

Dorchester Academy and Museum	Midway	Georgia	2004

Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum	St. Petersburg	Florida	2006

DuSable Museum of African American History	Chicago	Illinois	1960	-

Finding Our Roots African American Museum	Houma	Louisiana	2017

Frederick Douglass National Historic Site	Washington	D.C.	1962	-

George Washington Carver Museum, The	Tuskegee	Alabama	1941

George Washington Carver Museum	Phoenix	Arizona	1980

George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center	Austin	Texas	1980

Great Blacks in Wax Museum	Baltimore	Maryland	1983

Great Plains Black History Museum	Omaha	Nebraska	1975	-

Griot Museum of Black History, The	St. Louis	Missouri	1997

Hammonds House Museum	Atlanta	Georgia	1988

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center	Church Creek	Maryland	2017

Harvey B. Gantt Center	Charlotte	North Carolina	1974

Idaho Black History Museum	Boise	Idaho	1995

International African American Museum	Charleston	South Carolina	2019 (anticipated)

International Civil Rights Center and Museum	Greensboro	North Carolina	2010

Isaac Scott Hathaway Museum at Lexington History Center	Lexington	Kentucky	2002	-

John E. Rogers African American Cultural Center	Hartford	Connecticut	1991

John G. Riley Center/Museum of African American History and Culture	Tallahassee	Florida	1996	-

Kansas African-American Museum	Wichita	Kansas	1997

L.E. Coleman African-American Museum	Halifax County, Virginia	Virginia	2005

LaVilla Museum	Jacksonville	Florida	1999

Legacy Museum, The	Montgomery	Alabama	2018

Legacy Museum of African American History	Lynchburg	Virginia	2000

Lewis H. Latimer House	New York City (Queens)	New York	-

Louis Armstrong House	New York City (Queens)	New York	-

Louisiana African American Heritage Trail	Various locations	Louisiana	2008

Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center	New York City (Manhattan)	New York	-

MoCADA	New York City (Brooklyn)	New York	1999	-

Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site Visitors Center	Atlanta	Georgia	1996

Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site	Washington	D.C.	1979	-

Mary McLeod Bethune Home	Daytona Beach	Florida	1956	-

Mary S. Harrell Black Heritage Museum	New Smyrna Beach	Florida	1999	-

Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum	Culver City	California	2010

Mississippi Civil Rights Museum	Jackson	Mississippi	2017

Mosaic Templars Cultural Center	Little Rock	Arkansas	2008

Muhammad Ali Center	Louisville	Kentucky	2005	-

Museum of African American History & Abiel Smith School	Boston	Massachusetts	1964	-

Museum of the African Diaspora	San Francisco	California	2005	-

Natchez Museum of African American History and Culture	Natchez	Mississippi	1991

National African American Archives and Museum	Mobile	Alabama	1992	National African American Archives Mobile.JPG

National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center	Wilberforce	Ohio	1987

National Center for Civil and Human Rights	Atlanta	Georgia	2014

National Center of Afro-American Artists	Roxbury	Massachusetts	1969

National Civil Rights Museum	Memphis	Tennessee	1991

National Museum of African American History and Culture	Washington	D.C.	2016	-

National Museum of African American Music	Nashville	Tennessee	2013

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center	Cincinnati	Ohio	2004	-

National Voting Rights Museum	Selma	Alabama	1991

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum	Kansas City	Missouri	1990	-

New Orleans African American Museum	New Orleans	Louisiana	1988	-

Nicodemus National Historic Site	Nicodemus	Kansas	1996	Nicodemus.JPG

Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage Museum	Monroe	Louisiana	1994

Northwest African American Museum	Seattle	Washington	2008	-

Old Dillard Museum	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	1995	-

Oran Z's Black Facts and Wax Museum	Los Angeles	California	2000

Paul R. Jones Collection of African American Art	Newark	Delaware	2004

Prince George's African American Museum and Cultural Center	North Brentwood	Maryland	2010

Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture	Baltimore	Maryland	2005

River Road African American Museum	Donaldsonville	Louisiana	1994

Sandy Ground Historical Museum	New York City (Staten Island)	New York	-

Slave Mart Museum	Charleston	South Carolina	1938	-

Smith-Robertson Museum and Cultural Center	Jackson	Mississippi	1984

Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum	Tallahassee	Florida	1976	CarnegieLibraryTLH.JPG

Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History Museum	Springfield	Illinois	2012

Store Front Museum	New York City (Queens)	New York	1971	Storefront Museum.tif

Studio Museum in Harlem	New York City (Manhattan)	New York	1968	-

Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum	Hammond	Louisiana	2005	Tangipahoa African-American Heritage Museum 2010Jan16.JPG

Tubman African American Museum	Macon	Georgia	1981

Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site	Tuskegee	Alabama	2008	Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site.JPG

Tuskegee Airmen National Museum	Detroit	Michigan	1987

Weeksville Heritage Center	New York City (Brooklyn)	New York	2005	-

Wells' Built Museum	Orlando	Florida	2001	-

Whitney Plantation	St. John the Baptist Parish	Louisiana	2014	WhitneyPlantation11.JPG

Willam V. Banks Broadcast Museum	Detroit	Michigan	2017

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The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History is in Detroit, Michigan.

final_sentence: The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History is in Detroit, Michigan.