Its public programming is designed to complement its exhibitions and has been augmented with workshops and demonstrations, concerts, films, dance performance, poetry readings, book signings, story telling, lectures and seminars. Over the years, the Museum's collection has grown to include over 400,000 objects, images and documents ranging from utilitarian and domestic objects to fine and folk art, memorabilia, furnishings and costumes, photographs and negatives, books and periodicals. Our holdings are made available for research, exhibitions, for loan to other museums, and used in the Museum's many educational programs. The Museum hosts an annual all-night jazz jam every February . The land on which the museum was built was once part of a historic black community.
Gift shop features a fine selection of African-American related books.
Masks, prints, photographs, instruments, jewelry, and Africana also for sale.