museum review paper

Visit (in-person or online) a cultural or historical museum that has exhibits connected to the subject of our course. Explain the significance of the exhibit(s) for African American History (between the years 1619-1877). Analyze what the exhibits offer, and whether they present material well or badly. What is missing? What should be improved? Write an essay of 300 to 500 words (excluding footnotes). Below is a list of approved museums; if you would like to visit a museum or site that is not on the list,

Alabama
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
George Washington Carver Museum (Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site)
National African American Archives and Museum
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice and The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration
< https://museumandmemorial.eji.org/>
The National Voting Rights Museum and Institute
16th Street Baptist Church, “Our History”
Rosa Parks Museum at Troy University
Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
California
California African American Museum
Colorado
Black American West Museum & Heritage Center
Florida
African American Museum of the Arts
Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum
Mary McLeod Bethune Home
Zora Neale Hurston Museum of Fine Arts
Georgia
African-American Panoramic Experience Museum < https://www.apexmuseum.org/>
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art
Illinois
The A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum
DuSable Museum of African American History
Iowa
African American Museum of Iowa
Kentucky
Muhammad Ali Center
Louisiana
Whitney Plantation
< https://www.whitneyplantation.org/>
New Orleans African American Museum
Rural African American Museum
Maryland
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historic Site
National Great Blacks in Wax Museum
Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum

Howard County Center of African American Culture
Massachusetts
Museum of African American History
Michigan
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History < https://www.thewright.org/>
Tuskegee Airmen National Museum
Minnesota
Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery < https://www.maahmg.org/>
Mississippi
Natchez Museum of African American History and Culture
African American Military History Museum
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
Missouri
The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
New Jersey
Harriet Tubman Museum of Cape May
New York
The Louis Armstrong House Museum
The Studio Museum in Harlem
North Carolina
Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum
International Civil Rights Center & Museum
Harvey B Gantt Center
Henderson Institute Historical Museum
Historic Stagville, North Carolina
Ohio
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center < https://freedomcenter.org/>
The African American Museum in Cleveland
National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center
Pennsylvania
African American Museum in Philadelphia

South Carolina
African American History Monument
Old Slave Mart Museum
Tennessee
National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel

National Museum of African American Music
Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum
Texas
The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
Texas Ranch House
The Black Cowboy Museum
African American Museum
Virginia
Alexandria Black History Museum
The American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar < https://acwm.org/>
Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia
Black Soldiers Memorial at Westpoint Cemetery
Chrysler Museum of Art
Emancipation Oak at Hampton University
Fort Monroe
Freedom House Museum
Hampton University Museum
L. Douglas Wilder Library & Learning Resource Center
Legacy Museum of African American History
Little England Chapel

Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
The Newsome House Museum and Cultural Center
Portsmouth Colored Community Library Museum
Virginia Museum of History & Culture
Washington
Northwest African American Museum
Washington, D.C.
National Museum of African American History & Culture < https://nmaahc.si.edu/>
Library of Congress < https://www.loc.gov/>
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
“African American History” – National Archives and Records Administration
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site

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