| 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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