List of museums focused on African Americans

This is an incomplete list of museums, which can or may never satisfy any objective standard for completeness. Revisions and additions are welcome.

This is an alphabetical list of museums about, or otherwise focused on African Americans.

List

Name City State
Black History 101 Mobile Museum Detroit Michigan
Abiel Smith School, Museum of African American History Boston Massachusetts
Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum Jersey City New Jersey
African American Museum of Iowa[1] Cedar Rapids Iowa
African American Library at the Gregory School
Houston Public Library		 Houston Texas
African American Museum Dallas Texas
African American Museum and Library at Oakland Oakland California
African American Museum in Cleveland Cleveland Ohio
African American Museum in Philadelphia Philadelphia Pennsylvania
African American Museum of the Arts DeLand Florida
Afro-American Historical Society of Delaware (Proposed) Wilmington Delaware
Alexandria Black History Museum Alexandria Virginia
America's Black Holocaust Museum Milwaukee Wisconsin
Anacostia Museum Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C.
August Wilson Center for African American Culture Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Banneker-Douglass Museum Annapolis Maryland
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Birmingham Alabama
Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia Richmond Virginia
Bontemps African American Museum Alexandria Louisiana
Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site Topeka Kansas
California African American Museum Los Angeles California
Center for Civil & Human Rights (planned) Atlanta Georgia
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History Detroit Michigan
Civil War Memorial Museum Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C.
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park Allensworth California
Creole Heritage Folk Life Center Opelousas Louisiana
Delta Cultural Center Helena Arkansas
Dorchester Academy Midway Georgia
Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum St. Petersburg Florida
DuSable Museum of African American History Chicago Illinois
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C.
George Washington Carver Museum Tuskegee Alabama
Great Blacks in Wax Museum Baltimore Maryland
Great Plains Black History Museum Omaha Nebraska
Idaho Black History Museum Boise Idaho
Isaac Scott Hathaway Museum Lexington Kentucky
L.E. Coleman African-American Museum Halifax County, Virginia Virginia
LaVilla Museum Jacksonville Florida
Legacy Museum of African American History Lynchburg Virginia
Love’s Jazz and Art Center Omaha Nebraska
Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site Atlanta Georgia
Mary McLeod Bethune Home Daytona Beach Florida
Mosaic Templars Cultural Center Little Rock Arkansas
Muhammad Ali Center Louisville Kentucky
Museum of African American History, African Meeting House Boston Massachusetts
Museum of African American Music Newark New Jersey
Museum of the African Diaspora San Francisco California
National African American Archives and Museum Mobile Alabama
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center Wilberforce Ohio
National Center of Afro-American Artists Roxbury Massachusetts
National Museum of African American History and Culture Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C.
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Cincinnati Ohio
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Kansas City Missouri
New Orleans African American Museum New Orleans Louisiana
Nicodemus National Historic Site Nicodemus Kansas
Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage Museum Monroe Louisiana
Northwest African American Museum Seattle Washington
Oak Hill Heritage House & Multicultural Research Library Oxford North Carolina
Old Dillard Museum Fort Lauderdale Florida
Old Stone House Museum Brownington Vermont
Paul R. Jones Collection of African American Art Newark Delaware
Pope House Museum Raleigh North Carolina
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History & Culture Baltimore Maryland
River Road African American Museum Donaldsonville Louisiana
St. Rita's Black History Museum New Smyrna Beach Florida
Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum Tallahassee Florida
Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum Hammond Louisiana
Tubman African American Museum Macon Georgia
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Tuskegee Alabama
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site Tuskegee Alabama
Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art Savannah Georgia
Weeksville Heritage Center Brooklyn New York
Wells'Built Museum Orlando Florida
Whitney Young Birthplace and Museum Simpsonville Kentucky

References

  1. ^ "African American Museum of Iowa homepage". AAMI Homepage. African American Museum of Iowa. http://www.blackiowa.org/. Retrieved 3 March 2011. 

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