Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum

The Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum & Black Veteran Archives is a museum on Phoenix Square in Hammond, Louisiana.[1]

There are three main buildings. The north building has a dinner theater and storage. The middle building contains the main displays of African American heritage. The south building offers a spacious banquet hall together with multipurpose conference facilities. The Museum is one of 26 sites on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail as cited by USA Today.[2]

The Museum originated in the 1980s and has incrementally expanded in both displays and community services. A special arena of concentration in the Museum is its collection of data and exhibits on African American veterans of military service.[3] The Museum has a "cooperative endeavor agreement" with Southeastern Louisiana University.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Museum site. See also Uptake site on the Museum.
  2. ^ Mary Foster Louisiana unveils African American Heritage Trail in USA Today, 2008 March 17 (accessed 2010 January 16). See also We Go Places site on the Museum.
  3. ^ Museum history site.
  4. ^ Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum and Southeastern Louisiana University (accessed 2010 January 16).