Name
|
City
|
State
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Founded
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References
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Image
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A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum
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Chicago
|
Illinois
|
1995
|
|
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Africa Center, The
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New York City (Manhattan)
|
New York
|
1984
|
|
|
African American Civil War Memorial Museum
|
Washington
|
D.C.
|
1999
|
|
|
African-American Research Library and Cultural Center
|
Fort Lauderdale
|
Florida
|
2002
|
|
|
African American Firefighter Museum
|
Los Angeles
|
California
|
1997
|
|
|
African American Military History Museum
|
Hattiesburg
|
Mississippi
|
2000
|
|
|
African American Multicultural Museum
|
Scottsdale
|
Arizona
|
2005
|
|
|
African American Museum
|
Dallas
|
Texas
|
1974
|
|
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African American Museum and Library at Oakland
|
Oakland
|
California
|
1994
|
|
|
African American Museum in Cleveland, The
|
Cleveland
|
Ohio
|
1956
|
|
|
African American Museum in Philadelphia
|
Philadelphia
|
Pennsylvania
|
1976
|
|
|
African American Museum of Iowa
|
Cedar Rapids
|
Iowa
|
2003
|
|
|
African American Museum of Nassau County
|
Hempstead
|
New York
|
1970
|
|
|
African American Museum of the Arts
|
DeLand
|
Florida
|
1994
|
|
|
African American Museum of Southern Illinois
|
Carbondale
|
Illinois
|
1997
|
|
|
Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum
|
Jersey City
|
New Jersey
|
1984
|
|
|
Alabama State Black Archives Research Center and Museum
|
Huntsville
|
Alabama
|
1990
|
|
|
Alexandria Black History Museum
|
Alexandria
|
Virginia
|
1987
|
|
|
America's Black Holocaust Museum
|
Milwaukee
|
Wisconsin
|
1988
|
|
|
Anacostia Museum
|
Washington
|
D.C.
|
1967
|
|
|
Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum
|
Lynchburg
|
Virginia
|
1977
|
|
|
APEX (African American Panoramic Experience) Museum
|
Atlanta
|
Georgia
|
1978
|
|
|
Armstead T. Johnson High School
|
Montross
|
Virginia
|
2000
|
|
|
Backstreet Cultural Museum
|
New Orleans
|
Louisiana
|
1999
|
|
|
Banneker-Douglass Museum
|
Annapolis
|
Maryland
|
1984
|
|
|
Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum
|
Oella
|
Maryland
|
1998
|
|
|
Beck Cultural Exchange Center
|
Knoxville, Tennessee
|
Tennessee
|
1975
|
|
|
Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum
|
Seneca
|
South Carolina
|
2015
|
|
|
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
|
Birmingham
|
Alabama
|
1992
|
|
|
Black American West Museum and Heritage Center
|
Denver
|
Colorado
|
1971
|
|
|
Black Cowboy Museum
|
Rosenberg
|
Texas
|
2017
|
|
|
Black History 101 Mobile Museum
|
Detroit
|
Michigan
|
1995
|
|
|
Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia
|
Richmond
|
Virginia
|
1981
|
|
|
Blanchard House Museum
|
Punta Gorda
|
Florida
|
2004
|
|
|
Bontemps African American Museum
|
Alexandria
|
Louisiana
|
1988
|
|
|
Brazos Valley African American Museum
|
Bryan
|
Texas
|
2006
|
|
|
Bronzeville Children's Museum
|
Chicago
|
Illinois
|
1998
|
|
|
Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
|
Houston
|
Texas
|
2000
|
|
|
California African American Museum
|
Los Angeles
|
California
|
1981
|
|
|
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
|
Detroit
|
Michigan
|
1965
|
|
|
Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum
|
Sedalia
|
North Carolina
|
1987
|
|
|
Clemson Area African American Museum
|
Clemson
|
South Carolina
|
2010
|
|
|
Delta Cultural Center
|
Helena
|
Arkansas
|
1991
|
|
|
Destination Crenshaw
|
Los Angeles
|
California
|
2019
|
|
|
Dorchester Academy and Museum
|
Midway
|
Georgia
|
2004
|
|
|
Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum
|
St. Petersburg
|
Florida
|
2006
|
|
|
DuSable Museum of African American History
|
Chicago
|
Illinois
|
1960
|
|
|
Eddie Mae Herron Center and Museum
|
Pocahontas
|
Arkansas
|
2001
|
|
|
Ely Educational Museum
|
Pompano Beach
|
Florida
|
2000
|
|
|
Evansville African American Museum
|
Evansville
|
Indiana
|
2007
|
|
|
Finding Our Roots African American Museum
|
Houma
|
Louisiana
|
2017
|
|
|
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
|
Washington
|
D.C.
|
1962
|
|
|
Freedom House Museum
|
Alexandria
|
Virginia
|
2008
|
|
|
Freedom Rides Museum
|
Montgomery
|
Alabama
|
1962
|
|
|
George Washington Carver Museum, The
|
Tuskegee
|
Alabama
|
1941
|
|
|
George Washington Carver Museum
|
Phoenix
|
Arizona
|
1980
|
|
|
George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center
|
Austin
|
Texas
|
1980
|
|
|
George Washington Carver National Monument
|
Newton County
|
Missouri
|
1960
|
|
|
Great Blacks in Wax Museum
|
Baltimore
|
Maryland
|
1983
|
|
|
Great Plains Black History Museum
|
Omaha
|
Nebraska
|
1975
|
|
|
Griot Museum of Black History, The
|
St. Louis
|
Missouri
|
1997
|
|
|
Hammonds House Museum
|
Atlanta
|
Georgia
|
1988
|
|
|
Hampton University Museum
|
Hampton
|
Virginia
|
1988
|
|
|
Harriet Tubman Museum
|
Cape May
|
New Jersey
|
2020
|
|
|
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center
|
Church Creek
|
Maryland
|
2017
|
|
|
Harvey B. Gantt Center
|
Charlotte
|
North Carolina
|
1974
|
|
|
Henderson Institute Historical Museum
|
Henderson
|
North Carolina
|
1986
|
|
|
Hotel Metropolitan Museum
|
Paducah
|
Kentucky
|
|
|
|
Howard County Center of African American Culture
|
Columbia
|
Maryland
|
1987
|
|
|
Idaho Black History Museum
|
Boise
|
Idaho
|
1995
|
|
|
International African American Museum
|
Charleston
|
South Carolina
|
2023
|
|
|
International Civil Rights Center and Museum
|
Greensboro
|
North Carolina
|
2010
|
|
|
Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum
|
Austin
|
Texas
|
2004
|
|
|
Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia
|
Big Rapids
|
Michigan
|
1996
|
|
|
John Johnson House
|
Philadelphia
|
Pennsylvania
|
1997
|
|
|
John E. Rogers African American Cultural Center
|
Hartford
|
Connecticut
|
1991
|
|
|
John G. Riley Center/Museum of African American History and Culture
|
Tallahassee
|
Florida
|
1996
|
|
|
Josephine School Community Museum
|
Berryville
|
Virginia
|
2003
|
|
|
Kansas African-American Museum
|
Wichita
|
Kansas
|
1997
|
|
|
L.E. Coleman African-American Museum
|
Halifax County, Virginia
|
Virginia
|
2005
|
|
|
LaVilla Museum
|
Jacksonville
|
Florida
|
1999
|
|
|
Legacy Museum, The
|
Montgomery
|
Alabama
|
2018
|
|
|
Legacy Museum of African American History
|
Lynchburg
|
Virginia
|
2000
|
|
|
Lewis H. Latimer House
|
New York City (Queens)
|
New York
|
2004
|
|
|
Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center
|
St. Augustine
|
Florida
|
2005
|
|
|
Louis Armstrong House
|
New York City (Queens)
|
New York
|
2003
|
|
|
Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site Visitors Center
|
Atlanta
|
Georgia
|
1996
|
|
|
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
|
Washington
|
D.C.
|
1979
|
|
|
Mary McLeod Bethune Home
|
Daytona Beach
|
Florida
|
1956
|
|
|
Mary S. Harrell Black Heritage Museum
|
New Smyrna Beach
|
Florida
|
1999
|
|
|
Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum
|
Culver City
|
California
|
2010
|
|
|
McLemore House African-American Museum
|
Franklin
|
Tennessee
|
2002
|
|
|
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
|
Jackson
|
Mississippi
|
2017
|
|
|
MoCADA
|
New York City (Brooklyn)
|
New York
|
1999
|
|
|
Mosaic Templars Cultural Center
|
Little Rock
|
Arkansas
|
2008
|
|
|
Muhammad Ali Center
|
Louisville
|
Kentucky
|
2005
|
|
|
Museum of African American History & Abiel Smith School
|
Boston
|
Massachusetts
|
1964
|
|
|
Museum of the African Diaspora
|
San Francisco
|
California
|
2005
|
|
|
Nash House Museum
|
Buffalo
|
New York
|
2003
|
|
|
Natchez Museum of African American History and Culture
|
Natchez
|
Mississippi
|
1991
|
|
|
National African American Archives and Museum
|
Mobile
|
Alabama
|
1992
|
|
|
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
|
Wilberforce
|
Ohio
|
1987
|
|
|
National Center for Civil and Human Rights
|
Atlanta
|
Georgia
|
2014
|
|
|
National Center of Afro-American Artists
|
Roxbury
|
Massachusetts
|
1969
|
|
|
National Civil Rights Museum
|
Memphis
|
Tennessee
|
1991
|
|
|
National Museum of African American History and Culture
|
Washington
|
D.C.
|
2016
|
|
|
National Museum of African American Music
|
Nashville
|
Tennessee
|
2013
|
|
|
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
|
Cincinnati
|
Ohio
|
2004
|
|
|
National Voting Rights Museum
|
Selma
|
Alabama
|
1991
|
|
|
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
|
Kansas City
|
Missouri
|
1990
|
|
|
Negro Southern League Museum
|
Birmingham
|
Alabama
|
2014
|
|
|
New Orleans African American Museum
|
New Orleans
|
Louisiana
|
1988
|
|
|
Newsome House Museum and Cultural Center
|
Newport News
|
Virginia
|
1991
|
|
|
Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center
|
Niagara Falls
|
New York
|
2018
|
|
|
Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage Museum
|
Monroe
|
Louisiana
|
1994
|
|
|
Northwest African American Museum
|
Seattle
|
Washington
|
2008
|
|
|
Odell S. Williams Now And Then African-American Museum
|
Baton Rouge
|
Louisiana
|
2001
|
|
|
Old Dillard Museum
|
Fort Lauderdale
|
Florida
|
1995
|
|
|
Omenala Griot Afrocentric Teaching Museum
|
Atlanta
|
Georgia
|
1992
|
|
|
Oran Z's Black Facts and Wax Museum
|
Los Angeles
|
California
|
2000
|
|
|
Paul R. Jones Collection of African American Art
|
Newark
|
Delaware
|
2004
|
|
|
Philadelphia Doll Museum
|
Philadelphia
|
Pennsylvania
|
1988
|
|
|
Poindexter Village Museum and Cultural Center
|
Columbus
|
Ohio
|
Planned
|
|
|
Pope House Museum
|
Raleigh
|
North Carolina
|
2011
|
|
|
Portsmouth Colored Community Library Museum
|
Portsmouth
|
Virginia
|
2013
|
|
|
Prince George's African American Museum and Cultural Center
|
North Brentwood
|
Maryland
|
2010
|
|
|
Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum
|
Savannah
|
Georgia
|
1996
|
|
|
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture
|
Baltimore
|
Maryland
|
2005
|
|
|
River Road African American Museum
|
Donaldsonville
|
Louisiana
|
1994
|
|
|
Rosa Parks Museum
|
Montgomery
|
Alabama
|
2000
|
|
|
Rural African American Museum
|
Opelousas
|
Louisiana
|
2018
|
|
|
Sandy Ground Historical Museum
|
New York City (Staten Island)
|
New York
|
1994
|
|
|
Scott Joplin House State Historic Site
|
St. Louis
|
Missouri
|
1983
|
|
Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center
|
Scottsboro
|
Alabama
|
2010
|
|
|
Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum
|
Memphis
|
Tennessee
|
1997
|
|
|
Slave Mart Museum
|
Charleston
|
South Carolina
|
1938
|
|
|
Smith-Robertson Museum and Cultural Center
|
Jackson
|
Mississippi
|
1984
|
|
|
Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum
|
Tallahassee
|
Florida
|
1976
|
|
|
Spady Cultural Heritage Museum
|
Delray Beach
|
Florida
|
2001
|
|
|
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art
|
Atlanta
|
Georgia
|
1996
|
|
|
Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History Museum
|
Springfield
|
Illinois
|
2012
|
|
|
Studio Museum in Harlem
|
New York City (Manhattan)
|
New York
|
1968
|
|
|
Swift Museum
|
Rogersville
|
Tennessee
|
2008
|
|
|
Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum
|
Hammond
|
Louisiana
|
2007
|
|
|
Taylor House Museum of Historic Frenchtown
|
Tallahassee
|
Florida
|
2011
|
|
|
Tubman African American Museum
|
Macon
|
Georgia
|
1981
|
|
|
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
|
Tuskegee
|
Alabama
|
2008
|
|
|
Tuskegee Airmen National Museum
|
Detroit
|
Michigan
|
1987
|
|
|
Underground Railroad Museum at Belmont Mansion
|
Philadelphia
|
Pennsylvania
|
2007
|
|
|
Weeksville Heritage Center
|
New York City (Brooklyn)
|
New York
|
2005
|
|
|
Wells' Built Museum
|
Orlando
|
Florida
|
2001
|
|
|
Whitney Plantation
|
St. John the Baptist Parish
|
Louisiana
|
2014
|
|
|
Willam V. Banks Broadcast Museum
|
Detroit
|
Michigan
|
2017
|
|
|
Zion Union Heritage Museum
|
Hyannis
|
Massachusetts
|
2008
|
|
|
Zora Neale Hurston Museum of Fine Arts
|
Eatonville
|
Florida
|
2017
|
|
|
Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery
|
Minneapolis
|
Minnesota
|
2018
|
|
|