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Top Black Museums
Top Black Museums engage us with art, culture and historical snapshots, artifacts and new media experiences. Since more Black Museums have opened in the last decade, there is more specialization that reveals more depth of perspectives about the Black Experience in America that every traveler can appreciate. Collectively, Top Black Museums reveal African-Americans’ changing social status in our nation, how other Americans viewed African-Americans, and how America can become a better nation for all people. For that reason, travelers of all stripes should visit these museums for their social and historical importance, grand scale, and thematic significance.
To appear on the exclusive list, they must evoke special emotions for a diverse range of interests in our audience. Therefore, a Top Black Museum must be superior in two or more of these categories:
Best Historical Artifacts Collection
Best Art Collection
Best Architecture
Best Looking Galleries
Best Museum Honoring a Person
Uniqueness of Artifacts or Concept
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Charles Wright Museum of African American History
Du Sable Museum of African American History
National Great Blacks In Wax Museum
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Reginald Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture
August Wilson Center for African American Culture
Harvey Gantt Center for African-American Arts & Culture
Stax Museum of American Soul Music
African Burial Ground Museum & Monument
African American Museum of Philadelphia
Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
African American Museum of Dallas
Museum of the African Diaspora
Center For Civil & Human Rights
Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Museum & Maritime Park
California African American Museum
The Center For Human And Civil Rights in Atlanta, GA is another recommendation for this list. History Associates assisted in the development of the museum’s content, including the Legacy Table, an interactive exhibit interpreting the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Here’s some information about the exhibit: https://www.historyassociates.com/resources/blog/black-history-museums-archives/
Its already listed in our Atlanta Guide