List of museums focused on African Americans

Binkura biɛhis sheei din be United States ka di yaa zaa dalim African Americankaya ni taɣada taarihi. Bɛ tooi zooi ya ka bɛ booni lala luɣa ŋɔ African American museums. Baŋdi yuli booni Raymond Doswell ni yɛli shɛm, African American museum nyɛla "tuma du'zuɣu ni guri  Africa kaya ni taɣa zaana."

Di nyɛla noli ni taarihi mini taarihi din sabi doya ka jendi kaya ni taɣada ni be shɛli. African American museums laɣindi mi n-tumdi taarihi yaɣa mini baŋsim yaɣ'bɔbigu. 

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 Name City State Founded References ImageAfrican American Historical and Cultural Museum WaterlooIowa1997  A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum Chicago Illinois 1995  110px Africa Center, The New York City (Manhattan) New York 1984  100px African American Civil War Memorial Museum Washington D.C. 1999  African-American Research Library and Cultural Center Fort Lauderdale Florida 2002 110px African American Firefighter Museum Los Angeles California 1997  110px African American Military History Museum Hattiesburg Mississippi 2000  100px African American Multicultural Museum Scottsdale Arizona 2005  African American Museum Dallas Texas 1974  110px African American Museum and Library at Oakland Oakland California 1994  110px African American Museum in Cleveland, The Cleveland Ohio 1956  110px African American Museum in Philadelphia Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1976  110px African American Museum of Iowa Cedar Rapids Iowa 2003  110px African American Museum of Nassau County Hempstead New York 1970  African American Museum of the Arts DeLand Florida 1994  110px African American Museum of Southern Illinois Carbondale Illinois 1997  Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum Jersey City New Jersey 1984  110px 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  110px Anacostia Museum Washington D.C. 1967  110px Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum Lynchburg Virginia 1977 ;  110px APEX (African American Panoramic Experience) Museum Atlanta Georgia 1978  Armstead T. Johnson High School Montross Virginia 2000  100px Backstreet Cultural Museum New Orleans Louisiana 1999  110px Banneker-Douglass Museum Annapolis Maryland 1984  110px Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum Oella Maryland 1998 ;  110px Beck Cultural Exchange Center Knoxville, Tennessee Tennessee 1975  Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum Seneca South Carolina 2015  Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Birmingham Alabama 1992  110px Black American West Museum and Heritage Center Denver Colorado 1971  110px Black Cowboy Museum Rosenberg Texas 2017  Black History 101 Mobile Museum Detroit Michigan 1995  Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia Richmond Virginia 1981  110px Blanchard House Museum Punta Gorda Florida 2004  Bontemps African American Museum Alexandria Louisiana 1988  Brazos Valley African American Museum Bryan Texas 2006  110px Bronzeville Children's Museum Chicago Illinois 1998  110px Buffalo Soldiers National Museum Houston Texas 2000  110px California African American Museum Los Angeles California 1981  Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History Detroit Michigan 1965  110px Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum Sedalia North Carolina 1987  110px Clemson Area African American Museum Clemson South Carolina 2010 110px Crispus Attucks Museum Indianapolis Indiana 1998   Delta Cultural Center Helena Arkansas 1991 Knutson, Karen. "Arkansas Primer: It's Now on the Map, Thanks to Bill Clinton." Chicago Sun-Times. October 11, 1992. 110px Destination Crenshaw Los Angeles California 2019  Dorchester Academy and Museum Midway Georgia 2004 Marten, Charlotte. "Dorchester Had Important Role in Civil Rights History." Coastal Courier. February 3, 2012. 110px Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum St. Petersburg Florida 2006 Wilson, Jon. "Museum Will Open Eyes to Black History." St. Petersburg Times. March 16, 2006. 110px DuSable Museum of African American History Chicago Illinois 1960  110px Eddie Mae Herron Center and Museum Pocahontas Arkansas 2001  110px Ely Educational Museum Pompano Beach Florida 2000 ;   Evansville African American Museum  Evansville Indiana 2007 Finding Our Roots African American Museum Houma Louisiana 2017 Frederick Douglass National Historic Site Washington D.C. 1962 Moker, Molly. The Official Guide to America's National Parks. New York, N.Y.: Fodors Travel, 2009, p. 106. 110px Freedom House Museum Alexandria Virginia 2008  110px Freedom Rides Museum Montgomery Alabama 1962  110px George Washington Carver Museum, The Tuskegee Alabama 1941 Kremer, Gary R. George Washington Carver: A Biography. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood, 2011, p. 173. 110px George Washington Carver Museum Phoenix Arizona 1980 Melendez, Mel. "Carver Museum Puts Spotlight on Black History." Arizona Republic. January 27, 2006. George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center Austin Texas 1980  110px George Washington Carver National Monument Newton County Missouri 1960  110px Great Blacks in Wax Museum Baltimore Maryland 1983 The museum opened in 1983, but closed in 1985 due to space limitations. It reopened in larger quarters in 1988. Some sources use the 1988 date as the museum's founding. See: Harley-Adams, Sandra. "Baltimore's Black Wax Museum." The Crisis. February 1989, p. 12. Great Plains Black History Museum Omaha Nebraska 1975 Danilov, Victor J. Women and Museums: A Comprehensive Guide. Lanham, Md.: AltaMira Press, 2005, p. 238. 110px Griot Museum of Black History, The St. Louis Missouri 1997 110px Hammonds House Museum Atlanta Georgia 1988   Hampton University Museum Hampton Virginia 1988   Harriet Tubman Museum Cape May New Jersey 2020  110px Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center Church Creek Maryland 2017  110px Harvey B. Gantt Center Charlotte North Carolina 1974  110px Henderson Institute Historical Museum Henderson North Carolina 1986  110pxHotel Metropolitan MuseumPaducahKentuckyHouston Museum of African American CultureHoustonTexas2012 Howard County Center of African American Culture Columbia Maryland 1987  110px Idaho Black History Museum Boise Idaho 1995 Burden, Paul R. A Subject Guide to Quality Web Sites. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2010, p. 321. 110px International African American Museum Charleston South Carolina 2023 ;  International Civil Rights Center and Museum Greensboro North Carolina 2010 Minchin, Timothy J. and Salmond, John A. After the Dream: Black and White Southerners Since 1965. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, 2011, p. 259. 110px Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum Austin Texas 2004  110px Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia Big Rapids Michigan 1996 ;  110px John Johnson House Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1997  110px John E. Rogers African American Cultural Center Hartford Connecticut 1991 Amaral, Jorge. "Making Room for History." Hartford Courant. May 20, 2005; Goode, Steven. "Grand Vision For Hartford's Northwest School." Hartford Courant. October 2, 2010. John G. Riley Center/Museum of African American History and Culture Tallahassee Florida 1996 "Riley House Receives Collection of Abolitionist Papers." Black Issues in Higher Education. October 7, 2004, p. 13. 110px Josephine School Community Museum Berryville Virginia 2003  110px Kansas African-American Museum Wichita Kansas 1997 "Cochran Brings Group a Message of 'Excellence'." Wichita Eagle. November 7, 1999. 110px L.E. Coleman African-American Museum Halifax County, Virginia Virginia 2005 "L. E. Coleman Museum Opens This Saturday." The Gazette-Virginian. October 14, 2005. LaVilla Museum Jacksonville Florida 1999 Bull, Roger. "Ritz Theatre Celebrates 10 Years Back in Business in LaVilla." Florida Times-Union. September 14, 2009. Accessed March 3, 2012; Potter, Dorothy Bundy Turner and Potter, Clifton W. Lynchburg, 1757-2007. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, 2007, p. 117. Legacy Museum, The Montgomery Alabama 2018  Legacy Museum of African American History Lynchburg Virginia 2000 Brezus, Kia Shant'e. "Planting Historical Feet." Associated Press. July 16, 2000. Accessed March 3, 2012. Lewis H. Latimer House New York City (Queens) New York 2004  110px Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center St. Augustine Florida 2005   Louis Armstrong House New York City (Queens) New York 2003  110px Mariposa Museum & World Cultural Center Peterborough New Hampshire 2002 Regan, Shelby. History, culture, and sculpture. MV Times.  July 20, 2020. https://www.mvtimes.com/2020/07/20/history-culture-sculpture/ Mariposa Museum in Oak Bluffs (Mariposa Museum & World Cultural Center) Oak Bluffs Massachusetts 2019 Regan, Shelby. History, culture, and sculpture. MV Times.  July 20, 2020. https://www.mvtimes.com/2020/07/20/history-culture-sculpture/ Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site Visitors Center Atlanta Georgia 1996 While the national historic site was designated in 1980, the museum in the visitors center was not constructed until 1996. See: Scott, David Logan and Scott, Kay Woelfel. Guide to the National Park Areas: Eastern States. Guilford, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press, 2004, p. 55; Davis, Ren and Davis, Helen. Atlanta Walks: A Comprehensive Guide to Walking, Running, and Bicycling the Area's Scenic and Historic Locales. Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, 2011, p. 26. Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site Washington D.C. 1979 Holland, p. 93. 110px Mary McLeod Bethune Home Daytona Beach Florida 1956  110px Mary S. Harrell Black Heritage Museum New Smyrna Beach Florida 1999  110px Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum Culver City California 2010 Johnson, Winter. "'Freedom Ride' Celebrated at Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum."  Culver City Patch. August 10, 2011. Accessed March 3, 2012. McLemore House African-American Museum Franklin Tennessee 2002  110px Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Jackson Mississippi 2017 Severson, Kim. "New Museums to Shine a Spotlight on Civil Rights Era." The New York Times. February 19, 2012. Accessed March 3, 2012.Waibel, Elizabeth. "Museum Needs Civil Rights Stories." Jackson Free Press. January 27, 2012. Accessed March 3, 2012. 110px MoCADA New York City (Brooklyn) New York 1999  110px Mosaic Templars Cultural Center Little Rock Arkansas 2008 Davis, Ryan. "A Cultural Icon Rises From the Ashes in Historic Little Rock." The Crisis. Summer 2009, p. 39-40. Muhammad Ali Center Louisville Kentucky 2005 "Muhammad Ali Returns Home for Center Dedication." Jet. December 12, 2005, p. 52. 110px Museum of African American History & Abiel Smith School Boston Massachusetts 1964 Kaufman, Polly Welts. Boston Women's Heritage Trail: Seven Self-Guided Walking Tours Through Four Centuries of Boston Women's History. Boston: Boston Women's Heritage Trail, 2006, p. 36. 110px Museum of the African Diaspora San Francisco California 2005 Bertho, Michelle; Crawford, Beverly; and Fogarty, Edward A. The Impact of Globalization on the United States. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2008, p. 46. 110px Nash House Museum Buffalo New York 2003 110px Natchez Museum of African American History and Culture Natchez Mississippi 1991Natchez museum showcases African American heritage  Today in Mississippi, accessed March 2, 2016 110px National African American Archives and Museum Mobile Alabama 1992  110px National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center Wilberforce Ohio 1987 Ruffings, Fath Davis. "Culture Wars Won and Lost, Part II: Ethnic Museums on the Mall." Radical History Review. June 1998, p. 80. 110px National Center for Civil and Human Rights Atlanta Georgia 2014  110px National Center of Afro-American Artists Roxbury Massachusetts 1969 Lafo, Rachel Rosenfield; Capasso, Nicholas J.; and Uhrhane, Jennifer. Painting in Boston, 1950–2000. Lincoln, Mass.: DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, 2002, p. 36. National Civil Rights Museum Memphis Tennessee 1991 "Civil Rights Museum Opens in Memphis." Jet. July 22, 1991, p. 14. 110px National Museum of African American History and Culture Washington D.C. 2016 Trescott, Jacqueline. "African American Museum Groundbreaking Showcases Living History." The Washington Post. February 22, 2012. Accessed March 3, 2012. 110px National Museum of African American Music Nashville Tennessee 2013 ;   National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Cincinnati Ohio 2004 "National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Opens In Cincinnati." Jet. September 13, 2004, p. 4-13. 110px National Voting Rights Museum Selma Alabama 1991  110px Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Kansas City Missouri 1990 Some sources claim the museum did not open until 1997.  The museum moved to new quarters in 1997, but opened in 1990.  See:  Rielly, Edward J. Baseball in the Classroom: Essays on Teaching the National Pastime. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co, 2006, p. 34; Pahigian, Josh. 101 Baseball Places to Visit Before You Strike Out. Guilford, Conn.: Lyons Press, 2008, p. 9. 110px Negro Southern League Museum Birmingham Alabama 2014 https://www.birminghamnslm.org/ Negro Southern League Museum.  New Orleans African American Museum New Orleans Louisiana 1988 Carr, Martha. "African-American Museum Closed." Times-Picayune. November 1, 2003. 110px Newsome House Museum and Cultural Center Newport News Virginia 1991  110px Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center Niagara Falls New York 2018  110px Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage Museum Monroe Louisiana 1994 McCrea, Bridget. "Museum Offers Historic Walk Through Black Culture." Black Enterprise. June 17, 2010. Accessed March 3, 2012. Northwest African American Museum Seattle Washington 2008 Gilmore, Susan. "African American Museum Opens to Acclaim." Seattle Times. March 9, 2008. Accessed March 9, 2008. 110px Odell S. Williams Now And Then African-American Museum Baton Rouge Louisiana 2001 110px Old Dillard Museum Fort Lauderdale Florida 1995 American Association for State and Local History. Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada. Walnut Creek, Calif.: AltaMira Press, 2002, p. 146. 110px Omenala Griot Afrocentric Teaching Museum Atlanta Georgia 1992   Oran Z's Black Facts and Wax Museum Los Angeles California 2000 Lynch, Christopher J. "Oran Z's Black Facts and Wax Museum: A Bizarre, Brutally-Honest African-American History Collection in Baldwin Hills." L.A. Weekly. September 8, 2011. Accessed March 3, 2012. Paul R. Jones Collection of African American Art Newark Delaware 2004 Anyaso, Hilary Hurd. "African American Art Front and Center." Black Issues in Higher Education. December 2, 2004. Philadelphia Doll Museum Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1988   Poindexter Village Museum and Cultural Center Columbus Ohio Planned  Pope House Museum Raleigh North Carolina 2011  100px Portsmouth Colored Community Library Museum Portsmouth Virginia 2013  100px Prince George's African American Museum and Cultural Center North Brentwood Maryland 2010  Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum Savannah Georgia 1996  Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture Baltimore Maryland 2005 Holland, p. 132. River Road African American Museum Donaldsonville Louisiana 1994 Anderson, Katharine. Nature, Culture, and Big Old Trees. Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press, 2003, p. 39. Rosa Parks Museum Montgomery Alabama 2000  110px Rural African American Museum Opelousas Louisiana 2018  Sandy Ground Historical Museum New York City (Staten Island) New York 1994  110px Scott Joplin House State Historic Site St. Louis Missouri 1983 ; ;  Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center Scottsboro Alabama 2010  Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum Memphis Tennessee 1997  110px Slave Mart Museum Charleston South Carolina 1938 The Old Slave Mart Museum has operated on and off since 1938, under various owners. It has, at times, been an art museum, a slave history museum, and other kinds of museum.  See: Dixon, Nenie and Bull, Elias.  "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form for Old Slave Mart." February 12, 1975.  Accessed May 27, 2010. 110px Smith-Robertson Museum and Cultural Center Jackson Mississippi 1984 Brown, Marquita. "Smith Robertson Museum a Cultural Experience." The Clarion-Ledger. February 6, 2011. 110px Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum Tallahassee Florida 1976 McCloud, Rashad. "Black Archives Unveils New Exhibits." The Famuan. October 2, 2006. Accessed March 3, 2012. 110px Spady Cultural Heritage Museum Delray Beach Florida 2001  110px Spelman College Museum of Fine Art Atlanta Georgia 1996   Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History Museum Springfield Illinois 2012 Stiles African American Heritage CenterDenverColorado1998thumb|Stiles African American Heritage Center Studio Museum in Harlem New York City (Manhattan) New York 1968  110px Swift Museum Rogersville Tennessee 2008  110px Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum Hammond Louisiana 2007  110px Taylor House Museum of Historic Frenchtown Tallahassee Florida 2011  110px Tubman African American Museum Macon Georgia 1981 American Art Directory 2008. New Providence, N.J.: National Register Pub., 2007, p. 107.  Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Tuskegee Alabama 2008 Harrison, Christine. "Historic Homecoming for Tuskegee Airmen as National Site Opens in Their Honor." Montgomery Advertiser. October 23, 2008. 110px Tuskegee Airmen National Museum Detroit Michigan 1987  Underground Railroad Museum at Belmont Mansion Philadelphia Pennsylvania 2007  110px Weeksville Heritage Center New York City (Brooklyn) New York 2005  110px Wells' Built Museum Orlando Florida 2001  110px Whitney Plantation St. John the Baptist Parish Louisiana 2014;  110px Willam V. Banks Broadcast Museum Detroit Michigan 2017  Zion Union Heritage Museum Hyannis Massachusetts 2008   Zora Neale Hurston Museum of Fine Arts Eatonville Florida 2017 110px Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery Minneapolis Minnesota 2018 https://www.maahmg.org/ Minnesota African American Heritage Museum & Gallery.Seek MuseumRussellvilleKentucky2016thumb|Bibb House of Seek Museum Russellville Kentucky

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