Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Founded |
URL |
References |
A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum |
Chicago |
Illinois |
USA |
1995 |
|
[8] |
Africa Center, The |
New York City (Manhattan) |
New York |
|
1984 |
|
[9][a] |
African American Civil War Memorial Museum |
Washington |
D.C. |
|
1999 |
|
[13] |
African-American Research Library and Cultural Center |
Fort Lauderdale |
Florida |
|
2002 |
|
[14] |
African American Firefighter Museum |
Los Angeles |
California |
|
1997 |
|
[15] |
African American Military History Museum |
Hattiesburg |
Mississippi |
|
2000 |
|
[16] |
African American Multicultural Museum |
Scottsdale |
Arizona |
|
2005 |
|
[17] |
African American Museum |
Dallas |
Texas |
|
1974 |
|
[18] |
African American Museum and Library at Oakland |
Oakland |
California |
|
1994 |
|
[19] |
African American Museum in Cleveland, The |
Cleveland |
Ohio |
|
1956 |
|
[20] |
African American Museum in Philadelphia |
Philadelphia |
Pennsylvania |
|
1976 |
|
[21] |
African American Museum of Iowa |
Cedar Rapids |
Iowa |
|
2003 |
|
[22] |
African American Museum of Nassau County |
Hempstead |
New York |
|
1970 |
|
[23] |
African American Museum of the Arts |
DeLand |
Florida |
|
1994 |
|
[24] |
African American Museum of Southern Illinois |
Carbondale |
Illinois |
|
1997 |
|
[25] |
Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum |
Jersey City |
New Jersey |
|
1984 |
|
[26] |
Alabama State Black Archives Research Center and Museum |
Huntsville |
Alabama |
|
1990 |
|
[27] |
Alexandria Black History Museum |
Alexandria |
Virginia |
|
1987 |
|
[28][b] |
America’s Black Holocaust Museum |
Milwaukee |
Wisconsin |
|
1988 |
|
[29] |
Anacostia Museum |
Washington |
D.C. |
|
1967 |
|
[30] |
Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum |
Lynchburg |
Virginia |
|
1977 |
|
[31] |
APEX (African American Panoramic Experience) Museum |
Atlanta |
Georgia |
|
1978 |
|
[32] |
Armstead T. Johnson High School |
Montross |
Virginia |
|
2000 |
|
[33] |
Backstreet Cultural Museum |
New Orleans |
Louisiana |
|
1999 |
|
[34] |
Banneker-Douglass Museum |
Annapolis |
Maryland |
|
1984 |
|
[35] |
Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum |
Oella |
Maryland |
|
1998 |
|
[36] |
Beck Cultural Exchange Center |
Knoxville, Tennessee |
Tennessee |
|
1975 |
|
[37] |
Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum |
Seneca |
South Carolina |
|
2015 |
|
[38] |
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute |
Birmingham |
Alabama |
|
1992 |
|
[39] |
Black American West Museum and Heritage Center |
Denver |
Colorado |
|
1971 |
|
[40] |
Black Cowboy Museum |
Rosenberg |
Texas |
|
2017 |
|
[41] |
Black History 101 Mobile Museum |
Detroit |
Michigan |
|
1995 |
|
[42] |
Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia |
Richmond |
Virginia |
|
1981 |
|
[43] |
Blanchard House Museum |
Punta Gorda |
Florida |
|
2004 |
|
[44] |
Bontemps African American Museum |
Alexandria |
Louisiana |
|
1988 |
|
[45] |
Brazos Valley African American Museum |
Bryan |
Texas |
|
2006 |
|
[46] |
Bronzeville Children’s Museum |
Chicago |
Illinois |
|
1998 |
|
[47] |
Buffalo Soldiers National Museum |
Houston |
Texas |
|
2000 |
|
[48] |
California African American Museum |
Los Angeles |
California |
|
1981 |
|
[49] |
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History |
Detroit |
Michigan |
|
1965 |
|
[50] |
Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum |
Sedalia |
North Carolina |
|
1987 |
|
[51] |
Clemson Area African American Museum |
Clemson |
South Carolina |
|
2010 |
|
[52] |
Delta Cultural Center |
Helena |
Arkansas |
|
1991 |
|
[53] |
Destination Crenshaw |
Los Angeles |
California |
|
2019 |
|
[54] |
Dorchester Academy and Museum |
Midway |
Georgia |
|
2004 |
|
[55] |
Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum |
St. Petersburg |
Florida |
|
2006 |
|
[56] |
DuSable Museum of African American History |
Chicago |
Illinois |
|
1960 |
|
[20] |
Eddie Mae Herron Center and Museum |
Pocahontas |
Arkansas |
|
2001 |
|
[57] |
Ely Educational Museum |
Pompano Beach |
Florida |
|
2000 |
|
[58] |
Evansville African American Museum |
Evansville |
Indiana |
|
2007 |
|
[59] |
Finding Our Roots African American Museum |
Houma |
Louisiana |
|
2017 |
|
[60] |
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site |
Washington |
D.C. |
|
1962 |
|
[61] |
Freedom House Museum |
Alexandria |
Virginia |
|
2008 |
|
[62] |
Freedom Rides Museum |
Montgomery |
Alabama |
|
1962 |
|
[63] |
George Washington Carver Museum, The |
Tuskegee |
Alabama |
|
1941 |
|
[64] |
George Washington Carver Museum |
Phoenix |
Arizona |
|
1980 |
|
[65] |
George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center |
Austin |
Texas |
|
1980 |
|
[66] |
George Washington Carver National Monument |
Newton County |
Missouri |
|
1960 |
|
[67] |
Great Blacks in Wax Museum |
Baltimore |
Maryland |
|
1983 |
|
[68] |
Great Plains Black History Museum |
Omaha |
Nebraska |
|
1975 |
|
[69] |
Griot Museum of Black History, The |
St. Louis |
Missouri |
|
1997 |
|
[70] |
Hammonds House Museum |
Atlanta |
Georgia |
|
1988 |
|
[71] |
Hampton University Museum |
Hampton |
Virginia |
|
1988 |
|
[72] |
Harriet Tubman Museum |
Cape May |
New Jersey |
|
2020 |
|
[73] |
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center |
Church Creek |
Maryland |
|
2017 |
|
[74] |
Harvey B. Gantt Center |
Charlotte |
North Carolina |
|
1974 |
|
[75] |
Henderson Institute Historical Museum |
Henderson |
North Carolina |
|
1986 |
|
[76] |
Howard County Center of African American Culture |
Columbia |
Maryland |
|
1987 |
|
[77] |
Idaho Black History Museum |
Boise |
Idaho |
|
1995 |
|
[78] |
International African American Museum |
Charleston |
South Carolina |
|
2023 |
|
[79][80] |
International Civil Rights Center and Museum |
Greensboro |
North Carolina |
|
2010 |
|
[81] |
Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum |
Austin |
Texas |
|
2004 |
|
[82] |
Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia |
Big Rapids |
Michigan |
|
1996 |
|
[83] |
John Johnson House |
Philadelphia |
Pennsylvania |
|
1997 |
|
[84] |
John E. Rogers African American Cultural Center |
Hartford |
Connecticut |
|
1991 |
|
[85] |
John G. Riley Center/Museum of African American History and Culture |
Tallahassee |
Florida |
|
1996 |
|
[86] |
Josephine School Community Museum |
Berryville |
Virginia |
|
2003 |
|
[87] |
Kansas African-American Museum |
Wichita |
Kansas |
|
1997 |
|
[88] |
L.E. Coleman African-American Museum |
Halifax County, Virginia |
Virginia |
|
2005 |
|
[89] |
LaVilla Museum |
Jacksonville |
Florida |
|
1999 |
|
[90] |
Legacy Museum, The |
Montgomery |
Alabama |
|
2018 |
|
[91] |
Legacy Museum of African American History |
Lynchburg |
Virginia |
|
2000 |
|
[92] |
Lewis H. Latimer House |
New York City (Queens) |
New York |
|
2004 |
|
[93] |
Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center |
St. Augustine |
Florida |
|
2005 |
|
[94] |
Louis Armstrong House |
New York City (Queens) |
New York |
|
2003 |
|
[95] |
Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site Visitors Center |
Atlanta |
Georgia |
|
1996 |
|
[96] |
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site |
Washington |
D.C. |
|
1979 |
|
[97] |
Mary McLeod Bethune Home |
Daytona Beach |
Florida |
|
1956 |
|
[98][c] |
Mary S. Harrell Black Heritage Museum |
New Smyrna Beach |
Florida |
|
1999 |
|
[99] |
Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum |
Culver City |
California |
|
2010 |
|
[100] |
McLemore House African-American Museum |
Franklin |
Tennessee |
|
2002 |
|
[101] |
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum |
Jackson |
Mississippi |
|
2017 |
|
[102][103] |
MoCADA |
New York City (Brooklyn) |
New York |
|
1999 |
|
[104] |
Mosaic Templars Cultural Center |
Little Rock |
Arkansas |
|
2008 |
|
[105] |
Muhammad Ali Center |
Louisville |
Kentucky |
|
2005 |
|
[106] |
Museum of African American History & Abiel Smith School |
Boston |
Massachusetts |
|
1964 |
|
[107] |
Museum of the African Diaspora |
San Francisco |
California |
|
2005 |
|
[108] |
Nash House Museum |
Buffalo |
New York |
|
2003 |
|
[109] |
Natchez Museum of African American History and Culture |
Natchez |
Mississippi |
|
1991 |
|
[110] |
National African American Archives and Museum |
Mobile |
Alabama |
|
1992 |
|
[111] |
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center |
Wilberforce |
Ohio |
|
1987 |
|
[112] |
National Center for Civil and Human Rights |
Atlanta |
Georgia |
|
2014 |
|
[102] |
National Center of Afro-American Artists |
Roxbury |
Massachusetts |
|
1969 |
|
[113] |
National Civil Rights Museum |
Memphis |
Tennessee |
|
1991 |
|
[114] |
National Museum of African American History and Culture |
Washington |
D.C. |
|
2016 |
|
[115] |
National Museum of African American Music |
Nashville |
Tennessee |
|
2013 |
|
[116][d] |
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center |
Cincinnati |
Ohio |
|
2004 |
|
[117] |
National Voting Rights Museum |
Selma |
Alabama |
|
1991 |
|
[118] |
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum |
Kansas City |
Missouri |
|
1990 |
|
[119] |
Negro Southern League Museum |
Birmingham |
Alabama |
|
2014 |
|
[120] |
New Orleans African American Museum |
New Orleans |
Louisiana |
|
1988 |
|
[121] |
Newsome House Museum and Cultural Center |
Newport News |
Virginia |
|
1991 |
|
[122] |
Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center |
Niagara Falls |
New York |
|
2018 |
|
[123] |
Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage Museum |
Monroe |
Louisiana |
|
1994 |
|
[124] |
Northwest African American Museum |
Seattle |
Washington |
|
2008 |
|
[125] |
Odell S. Williams Now And Then African-American Museum |
Baton Rouge |
Louisiana |
|
2001 |
|
[126] |
Old Dillard Museum |
Fort Lauderdale |
Florida |
|
1995 |
|
[127] |
Omenala Griot Afrocentric Teaching Museum |
Atlanta |
Georgia |
|
1992 |
|
[128] |
Oran Z’s Black Facts and Wax Museum |
Los Angeles |
California |
|
2000 |
|
[129] |
Paul R. Jones Collection of African American Art |
Newark |
Delaware |
|
2004 |
|
[130] |
Philadelphia Doll Museum |
Philadelphia |
Pennsylvania |
|
1988 |
|
[131] |
Poindexter Village Museum and Cultural Center |
Columbus |
Ohio |
|
Planned |
|
[132] |
Pope House Museum |
Raleigh |
North Carolina |
|
2011 |
|
[133] |
Portsmouth Colored Community Library Museum |
Portsmouth |
Virginia |
|
2013 |
|
[134] |
Prince George’s African American Museum and Cultural Center |
North Brentwood |
Maryland |
|
2010 |
|
[135] |
Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum |
Savannah |
Georgia |
|
1996 |
|
[136] |
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture |
Baltimore |
Maryland |
|
2005 |
|
[137] |
River Road African American Museum |
Donaldsonville |
Louisiana |
|
1994 |
|
[138] |
Rosa Parks Museum |
Montgomery |
Alabama |
|
2000 |
|
[139] |
Rural African American Museum |
Opelousas |
Louisiana |
|
2018 |
|
[140] |
Sandy Ground Historical Museum |
New York City (Staten Island) |
New York |
|
1994 |
|
[141] |
Scott Joplin House State Historic Site |
St. Louis |
Missouri |
|
1983 |
|
[142] |
Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center |
Scottsboro |
Alabama |
|
2010 |
|
[143] |
Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum |
Memphis |
Tennessee |
|
1997 |
|
[144] |
Slave Mart Museum |
Charleston |
South Carolina |
|
1938 |
|
[145] |
Smith-Robertson Museum and Cultural Center |
Jackson |
Mississippi |
|
1984 |
|
[146] |
Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum |
Tallahassee |
Florida |
|
1976 |
|
[147] |
Spady Cultural Heritage Museum |
Delray Beach |
Florida |
|
2001 |
|
[148] |
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art |
Atlanta |
Georgia |
|
1996 |
|
[149] |
Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History Museum |
Springfield |
Illinois |
|
2012 |
|
[150] |
Studio Museum in Harlem |
New York City (Manhattan) |
New York |
|
1968 |
|
[151] |
Swift Museum |
Rogersville |
Tennessee |
|
2008 |
|
[152] |
Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum |
Hammond |
Louisiana |
|
2007 |
|
[153] |
Taylor House Museum of Historic Frenchtown |
Tallahassee |
Florida |
|
2011 |
|
[154] |
Tubman African American Museum |
Macon |
Georgia |
|
1981 |
|
[155] |
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site |
Tuskegee |
Alabama |
|
2008 |
|
[156] |
Tuskegee Airmen National Museum |
Detroit |
Michigan |
|
1987 |
|
[157] |
Underground Railroad Museum at Belmont Mansion |
Philadelphia |
Pennsylvania |
|
2007 |
|
[158] |
Weeksville Heritage Center |
New York City (Brooklyn) |
New York |
|
2005 |
|
[159] |
Wells’ Built Museum |
Orlando |
Florida |
|
2001 |
|
[160] |
Whitney Plantation |
St. John the Baptist Parish |
Louisiana |
|
2014 |
|
[161] |
Willam V. Banks Broadcast Museum |
Detroit |
Michigan |
|
2017 |
|
[162] |
Zion Union Heritage Museum |
Hyannis |
Massachusetts |
|
2008 |
|
[163] |
Zora Neale Hurston Museum of Fine Arts |
Eatonville |
Florida |
|
2017 |
|
[164] |
Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery |
Minneapolis |
Minnesota |
|
2018 |
|
[165] |
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