As the Studio Museum prepares to break ground here next year, coinciding with its 50th anniversary, Ms. Golden, is overseeing the institution at a turning point in its history.
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Slave’s daughter who helped open the African American Museum dies at 100 | The Washington Post
Ruth Odom Bonner was 99 when she grasped the rope of the old Baptist church bell and started it tolling across the Mall last fall before a gathering of thousands.
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The Whitney Plantation Is The Only Confederate Monument We Should Keep | BuzzFeed
I went to the Whitney Plantation Museum to see if America is ready to reckon with its past.
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Int’l African-American Museum’s New Genealogy Research Center Will Help Black People Trace Their Roots | Atlanta Black Star
Sticking to its mission of encouraging visitors to trace their family history, the International African-American Museum in Charleston, S.C., announced the launch of a new genealogical research center on Tuesday, July 18.
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Little-known ‘Colored Girls Museum’ open in Germantown – Chestnut Hill Local
The Colored Girls Museum, 4613 Newhall St. in Germantown, helps to redress the frequent disregard of black women’s lives and labor.
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Billionaire to boost Charleston’s African American Museum – The Post & Courier
Charleston’s International African American Museum is getting a big boost that just might push it over the finish line.
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Urban League and Griot Museum Join Forces to Keep African-American History Alive in St. Louis
The Urban League of St. Louis and the Griot Museum of Black History are forming an alliance that the museum’s founder hopes will keep the museum going for generations.
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Meet Zena Howard, The Architect Behind D.C.’s African American Museum
It wasn’t until Zena Howard saw The Brady Bunch that she knew what she wanted to do for the rest of her life. It was because of the family sitcom that, at the age of seven or eight, she discovered what an architect was.
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African American Museum in Phila. Celebrating with 40th Gala
The African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) was founded in the shadow of the nation’s Bicentennial 40 years ago, and during that time span, the museum has told the story of Black people in Philadelphia and throughout the nation.
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