Sign In Resources Make a Donation    
Exhibitions and Programs Collections Education Collaboration Get Involved About Us
Homethreadsbottomborder
You do not have JavaScript enabled. Please be warned that certain features of this site will not be available to you without JavaScript.

Exhibitions and Events - Black History Month

Greensboro-sit-in_web
Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-in. Image courtesy of New York World-Telegram & Sun Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photograph Division

NMAAHC celebrates Black History Month with a full slate of public programs for children, families, teachers and others throughout the month of February. See the full listing of what we have in store on our Public Programs Calendar.

Meanwhile, don't forget that our popular photography exhibition – The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise – will close on February 28. With more than 100 images by one of the premier African American studios in the country, this collaborative exhibition between NMAAHC and the National Museum of American History presents a vivid and moving portrait of African American life in our nation's capital.


 
Homeimagecontenthat
This hat was worn by a sleeping car porter who worked on the midwestern Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad. White hats were worn by the more experienced porters when they serviced private cars for prominent guests. The hat was donated to the museum during our Save Our African American Treasures program at the Chicago Public Library. The program has been held in Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Charleston, SC and St. Helena, SC. Save Our African American Treasures will next be held in Atlanta on Saturday, February 6, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History.

spacer

Join Now and Contribute!

Become a Charter Member TODAY and help build the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Sign up for our E-Newsletter


Memory Book



Tell us your history, share a family photograph, and connect with others by contributing to the museum’s Memory Book.

StoryCorps Griot Project

Listen to tales of inspiration, dignity and family captured during our collaboration with StoryCorps.


spacer

News and Updates

Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup is the architectural team chosen to design the National Museum of African American History and Culture to be located on the National Mall near the Washington Monument. The selection was made by a jury chaired by Museum Director Lonnie G. Bunch III. Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup was among six firms that entered a design competition in January 2009. See more about the competition and the concept selected by the jury.


NMAAHC's public program calendar is now online! See a listing of our upcoming programs.


Find us on Facebook.


spacer