African American Museums
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Photo by Alan Karchmer, Courtesy Smithsonian Institution
African American Museums in the United States
The National Museum
The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Explore by State:
California
Allensworth
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park
Los Angeles
African American Firefighter Museum
California African American Museum
Oakland
African American Museum & Library at Oakland
Portola
San Diego
Casa del Rey Moro African American Museum
San Francisco
San Francisco African American Historical & Cultural Society
Museum of the African Diaspora
Connecticut
Hartford
John E. Rogers African American Cultural Center
New Haven
The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition
Greater New Haven African American Historical Society
Florida
DeLand
African American Museum of the Arts
Fort Lauderdale
The African-American Research Library and Cultural Center
Jacksonville
Ritz Theater and La Villa Museum
Orlando
St. Petersburg
Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum
The John G. Riley Center/Museum of African American History and Culture
Georgia
Atlanta
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art
Augusta
Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History
Lafayette
Walker County African American History Museum
Macon
Tubman African American Museum
Savannah
Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum
Thomasville
Jack Hadley Black History Museum
Illinois
Chicago
A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum
DuSable Museum of African American History
Decatur
African American Cultural and Genealogical Society of Illinois, Inc., Museum
Evanston
Evergreen Park
Indiana
Bloomington
Archives of African American Music & Culture
Evansville
Evansville African American Museum
Fort Wayne
African & African American Historical Museum
Indianapolis
Freetown Living History Museum
Lyles Station
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of Iowa
Fort Des Moines
Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center
Kansas
Nicodemus
Topeka
Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site
Wichita
The Kansas African American Museum
Louisiana
Alexandria
Arna Bontemps African American Museum
Donaldsonville
River Road African American Museum
New Orleans
The George and Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art
Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum
New Orleans African American Museum
Opelousas
Creole Heritage Folklife Center
Wallace
Maryland
Annapolis
Baltimore
Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum
James E. Lewis Museum of Art, Morgan State University
Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture
The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum
Columbia
Howard County Center of African American Culture, Inc.
Massachusetts
Boston
Museum of Afro American History, Boston
Concord
Mansfield
National Black Doll Museum of History & Culture
Michigan
Big Rapids
Jim Crow Museum (Ferris State University)
Detroit
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Idlewild
Idlewild Historic Cultural Center
Lansing
All Around The African World Museum
Mississippi
Clarksdale
Hattiesburg
African American Military History Museum
Indianola
B.B. King Museum and the Delta Interpretative Center
Jackson
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
Vicksburg
Nevada
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New Jersey
Jersey City
Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum
Newtonville
African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey
New York
Brooklyn
Corona
Louis Armstrong House & Archives
Elmira
Hempstead
African American Museum of Nassau County
New York City
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
North Carolina
Ashville
Charlotte
Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts+Culture
Durham
North Carolina Central University Art Museum
Gastonia
African American Museum of History and Culture – Loray Mill
Greensboro
International Civil Rights Museum
Raleigh
Sedalia
Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum
Winston-Salem
Ohio
Cincinnati
William Still Underground Railroad Foundation, Inc.
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Cleveland
New Cleveland African American Museum
Wilberforce
South Carolina
Charleston
Avery Research Center for African American History & Culture
The International African American Museum
Orangeburg
I.P. Stanback Museum & Planetarium
St. Helena Island
Penn Center National Historic Landmark District
Tennessee
Brownsville
Chattanooga
The Bessie Smith Cultural Center and Chattanooga African American Museum
Henning
Knoxville
Beck Cultural Exchange Center, Inc.
Memphis
Nashville
National Museum of African American Music
Texas
Austin
George Washington Carver Museum
Bryan
Brazos Valley African American Museum
Dallas
African American Museum of Dallas
Fort Davis
Fort Davis National Historic Site
Fort Worth
Lenora Rolla Heritage Center Museum
National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum and Hall of Fame
Houston
Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
The Houston Museum of African American Culture
Rosenberg
Virginia
Alexandria
Alexandria Black History Museum
Farmville
Hampton
Lynchburg
Legacy Museum of African American History
Newport News
The Newsome House Museum and Cultural Center
Norfolk
Harrison B. Wilson Archives and Gallery, Norfolk State University
Richmond
The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia
Virginia Civil Rights Memorial
