Become a Charter Member
Yes! I am proud to join as a Charter Member of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. To help raise $250 million to build this important museum and tell the rich story of the African American experience, I am making a gift of:
A special message from Museum director Lonnie Bunch.
The National Museum of African-American History and Culture is a place of meaning, of memory, of reflection, of laughter, and of hope. Please become a Charter Member today and make an enduring contribution to our nation's landscape by helping us create this new and long overdue Museum.
From the Museum Collection
Picnic Group, Highland Beach, Maryland, 1931, Image courtesy of the Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Walker Theatre Building, Indianapolis, Indiana, a National Historic Landmark
Product tin, Madam C. J. Walker’s Manufacturing Co. Indianapolis, IN, c. 1925; Image Courtesy Swann Galleries
Muhammad Ali Headgear, 5th Street Gym
Rosa Parks Dress, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
Hat worn by a sleeping car porter who worked on the midwestern Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad
Mule train leaves for Washington, Poor People’s March, Marks, MS, May 1968 © Ernest C. Withers, Courtesy Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA
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Upcoming or Current Exhibitions
- For All the World To See, now through November 27, 2011
- Through compelling photographs, television and film clips, and other historic artifacts, For All the World to See explores the role of visual culture — from the late 1940s to the mid-1970s — in shaping and transforming the struggle for racial equality and justice.