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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:

	$25
	Benefits include: A membership card valid for a 10% discount at all Smithsonian Stores and online, our newsletter, and your name listed on the Museum's electronic Honor Roll.
	$40
	All the above, plus a beautiful 8.5" x 11" Certificate of Appreciation, suitable for framing.
	$100
	All the above, plus the double CD, Every Tone a Testimony: An African American Aural History.
	$250
	All the above, plus a companion book to the Museum's inaugural exhibition, Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits.
	$1,000
	All of the above, plus Members in the prestigious Director's Circle enjoy invitations to special events, personal exhibition tours and the book The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise.

	Other amount

A Special Thank You from the Museum Director

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

NMAAHC: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Become a Charter Member

A Special Thank You from the Museum Director

From the Museum Collection

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