Smithsonian Magazine

How Historically Black Schools Create and Preserve Their Own History Through Amazing Artifacts, From Paintings to Marching Band Hats

For nearly 200 years, HBCUs have educated Black Americans. Now, a new exhibition highlights special objects from five ...

Sneak peek inside the new Kansas African American Museum

The beat of history is already alive inside the museum's new home, where hands-on learning, culture, and community come ...
ABC 7 Chicago

New Smithsonian African American history museum features Chicago artifacts

WASHINGTON (WLS) -- Opening on Sept. 24, the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture will feature a number of artifacts from Chicago. The museum is the Smithsonian's ...
AFRO American Newspapers

National Museum of African American History and Culture opens exhibition featuring collections from five HBCUs

Discover the groundbreaking exhibition 'At the Vanguard' at the Smithsonian's NMAAHC, celebrating the legacy of HBCUs and their role in shaping American history.
EURweb

Siblings Block New African-American Museum from MLK Jr.’s Artifacts

*When the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture opens on Sept. 24, no major artifacts from the late civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. will be on display.
KTLA

Michigan museum preserves Civil Rights artifacts amid federal efforts to downplay Black history

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Brick by brick, beam by beam and shingle by shingle, a house where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and others planned marches in support of Black voting rights in the Deep South ...
Hartford Courant

There’s a CT museum where ‘tough history’ is faced. Why that will not change.

At this Connecticut museum, when the executive director says no question is stupid, he really means it. You can ask questions about African-American history, the enslavement of people and the truth of ...

African American Museum of Northeast Texas in Gladwater opens Saturdays after experimental schedule

The African American Museum of Northeast Texas will be open Saturdays going forward after experimenting with various operating days since it opened in August 2025.