AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUMS OF HISTORY AND CULTURE

AAHGS works in collaboration with our nation’s African American Museums of History and Culture in preserving our national history and heritage.

Each museum enriches the history of their local African American community, and we encourage our members to work to collect and preserve local history, artifacts and the genealogy of local African American families.

If you would like to preserve your local history and work on a special proejct, please contact us.

 

Alabama

Huntsville

Alabama State Black Archives Research Center and Museum

Alabama

Birmingham

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

Alabama

Tuskegee

George Washington Carver Museum, The

Alabama

Mobile

National African American Archives and Museum

Alabama

Selma

National Voting Rights Museum

Alabama

Tuskegee

Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site

Arizona

Scottsdale

African American Multicultural Museum

Arizona

Phoenix

George Washington Carver Museum

Arkansas

Helena

Delta Cultural Center

Arkansas

Little Rock

Mosaic Templars Cultural Center

California

Los Angeles

African American Firefighter Museum

California

Oakland

African American Museum and Library at Oakland

California

Los Angeles

California African American Museum

California

Culver City

Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum

California

San Francisco

Museum of the African Diaspora

California

Los Angeles

Oran Z's Black Facts and Wax Museum

Colorado

Denver, Colorado

Black American West Museum & Heritage Center

Connecticut

Hartford

John E. Rogers African American Cultural Center

District of Columbia

Washington

African American Civil War Memorial Museum

District of Columbia

Washington

Anacostia Museum

District of Columbia

Washington

Frederick Douglass National Historic Site

District of Columbia

Washington

Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site

District of Columbia

Washington

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Delaware

Newark

Paul R. Jones Collection of African American Art

Florida

Deland

African American Museum of the Arts

Florida

St. Petersburg

Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum

Florida

Tallahassee

John G. Riley Center/Museum of African American History and Culture

Florida

Jacksonville

LaVilla Museum

Florida

Daytona Beach

Mary McLeod Bethune Home

Florida

Fort Lauderdale

Old Dillard Museum

Florida

New Smyrna Beach

St. Rita's Black History Museum

Florida

Tallahassee

Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum

Florida

Orlando

Wells' Built Museum

Georgia

Midway

Dorchester Academy and Museum

Georgia

Atlanta

Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site Visitors Center

Georgia

Atlanta

National Center for Civil and Human Rights

Georgia

Macon

Tubman African American Museum

Idaho

Boise

Idaho Black History Museum

Illinois

Chicago

A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum

Illinois

Chicago

DuSable Museum of African American History

Iowa

Cedar Rapids

African American Museum of Iowa

Kansas

Topeka

Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site

Kansas

Wichita

Kansas African-American Museum

Kansas

Nicodemus

Nicodemus National Historic Site

Kentucky

Lexington

Isaac Scott Hathaway Museum at Lexington History Center

Kentucky

Louisville

Muhammad Ali Center

Louisiana

Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge African American Museum

Louisiana

Alexandria

Bontemps African American Museum

Louisiana

Opelousas

Creole Heritage Folk Life Center

Louisiana

Various locations

Louisiana African American Heritage Trail

Louisiana

New Orleans

New Orleans African American Museum

Louisiana

Monroe

Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage Museum

Louisiana

Donaldsonville

River Road African American Museum

Louisiana

Hammond

Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum

Louisiana

St. John the Baptist Parish

Whitney Plantation

Maryland

Baltimore

Arthur "Smokestack" Hardy Fire Museum

Maryland

Annapolis

Banneker-Douglass Museum

Maryland

Baltimore

Great Blacks in Wax Museum

Maryland

Church Creek

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center

Maryland

North Brentwood

Prince George's African American Museum and Cultural Center

Maryland

Baltimore

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

Massachusetts

Boston

Museum of African American History & Abiel Smith School

Massachusetts

Roxbury

National Center of Afro-American Artists

Michigan

Detroit

Black History 101 Mobile Museum

Michigan

Detroit

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

Mississippi

Jackson

Mississippi Civil Rights Museum

Mississippi

Natchez

Natchez Museum of African American History and Culture

Mississippi

Jackson

Smith-Robertson Museum and Cultural Center

Missouri

Kansas City

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

Nebraska

Omaha

Great Plains Black History Museum

New Jersey

Jersey City

Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum

New York

Hempstead

African American Museum of Nassau County

New York

Brooklyn

Weeksville Heritage Center

North Carolina

Charlotte

Harvey B. Gantt Center

North Carolina

Greensboro

International Civil Rights Center and Museum

Ohio

Cleveland

African American Museum in Cleveland, The

Ohio

Wilberforce

National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center

Ohio

Cincinnati

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

African American Museum in Philadelphia

Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh

August Wilson Center for African American Culture

South Carolina

Seneca

Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum

South Carolina

Clemson

Clemson Area African American Museum

South Carolina

Charleston

International African American Museum

South Carolina

Charleston

Slave Mart Museum

Tennessee

Memphis

National Civil Rights Museum

Tennessee

Nashville

National Museum of African American Music

Texas

Dallas

African American Museum

Texas

Houston

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum

Texas

Austin

George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center

Virginia

Alexandria

Alexandria Black History Museum

Virginia

Lynchburg

Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum

Virginia

Richmond

Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia

Virginia

Halifax County, Virginia

L.E. Coleman African-American Museum

Virginia

Lynchburg

Legacy Museum of African American History

Washington

Seattle

Northwest African American Museum

Wisconsin

Milwaukee

America's Black Holocaust Museum