National Museums
- The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Washington, D.C.
Groundbreaking for the Smithsonian African American History Community
Alabama
- Birmingham
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute - Montgomery
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum - Montgomery
Rosa Parks Library and Museum - Selma
National Voting Rights Museum and Institute - Tuskegee
George Washington Carver Museum - Tuskegee
Tuskegee Airman National Historic Site
Arizona
Arkansas
- Little Rock
The Mosaic Templars Cultural Center
California
- Allensworth
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park - Los Angeles
African American Firefighter Museum - Los Angeles
California African American Museum - Oakland
African American Museum & Library at Oakland - Portola
Jim Beckwourth Museum - San Diego
Casa del Rey Moro African American Museum - San Francisco
The Aaron Douglas Exhibit at the DeYoung Museum, San Francisco - San Francisco
San Francisco African American Historical & Cultural Society - San Francisco
Museum of the African Diaspora
Colorado
- Denver
Black American West Museum
Connecticut
- New Haven
Amistad America Inc. - New Haven
The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition - New Haven
Greater New Haven African American Historical Society
District of Columbia
- Washington, D.C.
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site - Washington, D.C.
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site - Washington, D.C.
The African American Civil War Memorial and Museum - Washington, D.C.
The Anacostia Museum & Center for African American History and Culture - Washington, D.C.
The Phillips Collection
- Washington, D.C.
The Hip-Hop Museum
Florida
- DeLand
African American Museum of the Arts - Fort Lauderdale
Old Dillard Museum - Fort Lauderdale
The African-American Research Library and Cultural Center
- Jacksonville
Ritz Theater and La Villa Museum - New Smyrna Beach
St. Rita’s Black History Museum - Orlando
Wells’ Built Museum - Pensacola
General Daniel Chappie James Museum - St. Petersburg
Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum - Tallahassee
Southwest Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum - Tallahassee
The John G. Riley Center/Museum of African American History and Culture
Georgia
- Atlanta
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture - Atlanta
MLK National Historic Site - Atlanta
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art - Atlanta
The King Center - Atlanta
The APEX Museum - Atlanta
Hammonds House Museum - Augusta
Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History - Macon
Tubman African American Museum - Thomasville
Jack Hadley Black History Museum
Hawaii
Idaho
- Boise
Idaho Black History Museum - Moscow
Lionel Hampton International Jazz Collection, University of Idaho
Illinois
- Chicago
A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum - Chicago
DuSable Museum of African American History - Chicago
Provident Foundation (Museum of Daniel Hale Williams, M.D.) - Decatur
African American Cultural and Genealogical Society of Illinois, Inc., Museum - Evanston
Shorefront Legacy Center - Evergreen Park
Bronzeville Children’s Museum
Indiana
- Bloomington
Archives of African American Music & Culture - Indianapolis
Freetown Living History Museum - Lyles Station
Lyles Station Museum
Iowa
Kansas
- Nicodemus
Nicodemus Historical Society - Topeka
Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site - Wichita
The Kansas African American Museum
Kentucky
- Louisville
Kentucky Center for African American Heritage - Louiville
The Muhammad Ali Center
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 - New Orleans
Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum
New Orleans African American Museum - Opelousas
Creole Heritage Folklife Center - Wallace
Whitney Plantation Museum
Maryland
- Annapolis
The Banneker-Douglass Museum - Baltimore
Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum - Baltimore
James E. Lewis Museum of Art, Morgan State University - Baltimore
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture - Baltimore
The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum - Columbia
Howard County Center of African American Culture, Inc.
Massachusetts
- Boston
The Museum of the National Center of Afro American Artist - Boston
Museum of Afro American History, Boston
Michigan
- Big Rapids
Jim Crow Museum (Ferris State University) - Detroit
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History - Lansing
All Around The African World Museum
Minnesota
Mississippi
- Clarksdale
Delta Blues Museum - Hattiesburg
African American Military History Museum - Indianola
B.B. King Museum and the Delta Interpretative Center - Jackson
Medgar Evers Home Museum
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
Smith Robertson Museum - Vicksburg
The Jacqueline House Museum
Missouri
- Kansas City
American Jazz Museum - Kansas City
Black Archives of Mid-America - Kansas City
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum - St Louis
George B. Vashon Museum
The Griot Museum of Black History
Scott Joplin House
The National Blues Museum
Nebraska
New Hampshire
- Portsmouth
Seacoast, New Hampshire Black History
New Jersey
- Jersey City
Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum - Newtonville
African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
- Brooklyn
Weeksville Heritage Center
- Corona
Louis Armstrong House & Archives - Elmira
John W. Jones Museum
- Hempstead
African American Museum of Nassau County
- New York City
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture - New York City
The Studio Museum in Harlem - New York City
Fraunces Tavern Museum
North Carolina
- Ashville
YMI Cultural Center - Charlotte
Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts+Culture - Durham
North Carolina Central University Art Museum - Greensboro
African American Atelier Inc. - Greensboro
International Civil Rights Museum - Raleigh
African American Cultural Complex - Raleigh
The Pope House Museum - Sedalia
Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum - Wilson
Oliver Nestus Freeman Round House Museum - Winston-Salem
St. Philips African American Complex in Old Salem
Ohio
- Cleveland
New Cleveland African American Museum - Wilberforce
National Afro-American Museum - Cincinnati
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Oregon
Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia
African American Museum in Philadelphia - Philadelphia
“Lest We Forget” Black Holocaust Museum of Slavery - Philadelphia
The Colored Girls Museum
- Philadelphia
Underground Railroad Museum at Belmont Mansion - Pittsburgh
August Wilson Center for African American Culture
South Carolina
- Charleston
Avery Research Center for African American History & Culture - Charleston
Old Slave Mart Museum - Charleston
The International African American Museum - Seneca
Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum - St. Helena Island
Penn Center National Historic Landmark District - Walterboro
Slave Relic Museum
Tennessee
- Henning
Alex Haley Museum - Knoxville
Beck Cultural Exchange Center, Inc. - Memphis
National Civil Rights Museum - Memphis
The Museum of African American Music, Art and Culture - 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 - Dallas
The Juanita Craft House - Fort Davis
Fort Davis National Historic Site - Fort Worth
Lenora Rolla Heritage Center Museum - Fort Worth
National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum and Hall of Fame - Houston
Buffalo Soldiers National Museum - Houston
Rutherford B.H. Yates Museum - Houston
The Houston Museum of African American Culture
Vermont
- Brownington Village
Old Stone House Museum
Virginia
- Alexandria
Alexandria Black History Museum - Farmville
Robert Russa Moton Museum - Hampton
Hampton University Museum - Lynchburg
Legacy Museum of African American History - Newport News
The Newsome House Museum and Cultural Center - Norfork
Harrison B. Wilson Archives and Gallery, Norfolk State University - Richmond
The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia - Richmond
Virginia Civil Rights Memorial
Washington
- Seattle
Black Heritage Society of Washington State - Seattle
Northwest African American Museum - Seattle
The James and Jane Washington Cultural Center - Tacoma
The 9th and 10th Horse Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers Museum
Wisconsin
- Milwaukee
America’s Black Holocaust Museum - Milwaukee
Wisconsin Black Historical Society and Museum
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