You’re here because you were inspired to explore black culture and art via African American museums in a time when black history is limited in public school education and society today. There are currently over 100 different African American museums in the US, large and small. Use this guide to help you plan your experience and snag tickets to your future favorite exhibits.
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African American Museums
| # | African American Museum Name | City | State | Map | Year | Exhibits | Adult Ticket Prices | Book Tickets | Virtual Tour | Events | Jobs / Volunteer | Archivals |
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| 1 | African American Museum | Dallas | Texas | 1974 | Free | https://aamdallas.org/volunteer/ | ||||||
| 2 | National Museum of African American History and Culture | Washington | D.C. | 2016 | Free | |||||||
| 3 | National Civil Rights Museum | Memphis | Tennessee | 1991 | $20 | https://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/employment | ||||||
| 4 | International African American Museum | Charleston | South Carolina | 2019 | $22 | https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=81e778b9-1a21-445e-b9c5-190592f4f7a2&ccId=9200599692160_2&type=JS&lang=en_US | ||||||
| 5 | Whitney Plantation | St. John the Baptist Parish | Louisiana | 2014 | $25 | |||||||
| 6 | Muhammad Ali Center | Louisville | Kentucky | 2005 | $20 | https://alicenter.org/about-the-center/careers/ | ||||||
| 7 | The Legacy Museum | Montgomery | Alabama | 2018 | $5 | https://eji.org/employment/ | ||||||
| 8 | National Center for Civil and Human Rights | Atlanta | Georgia | 2014 | $20 | https://www.civilandhumanrights.org/take-action/ | ||||||
| 9 | Louis Armstrong House | New York City (Queens) | New York | 2003 | $20 | https://www.louisarmstronghouse.org/volunteer/ | ||||||
| 10 | National Museum of African American Music | Nashville | Tennessee | 2013 | $27 | https://nationalmuseumofafricanamericanmusic.applytojob.com/apply | ||||||
| 11 | National Underground Railroad Freedom Center | Cincinnati | Ohio | 2004 | $17 | https://freedomcenter.org/about/jobs/ | ||||||
| 12 | Rosa Parks Museum | Montgomery | Alabama | 2000 | $8 | https://www.troy.edu/student-life-resources/arts-culture/rosa-parks-museum/support/volunteer.html | ||||||
| 13 | African American Museum in Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 1976 | $14 | https://www.aampmuseum.org/calendar.html | ||||||
| 14 | DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center | Chicago | Illinois | 1960 | Free | https://www.dusablemuseum.org/careers/ | ||||||
| 15 | National Great Blacks In Wax Museum | Baltimore | Maryland | 1983 | $18 | |||||||
| 16 | Birmingham Civil Rights Institute | Birmingham | Alabama | 1992 | $15 | https://www.bcri.org/careers/ | ||||||
| 17 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture | Baltimore | Maryland | 2005 | $12 | https://www.lewismuseum.org/employment-opportunities/ | ||||||
| 18 | International Civil Rights Center and Museum | Greensboro | North Carolina | 2010 | $15 | https://www.sitinmovement.org/employment | ||||||
| 19 | Museum Of The African Diaspora | San Francisco | California | 2005 | $15 | https://www.moadsf.org/join-our-team | ||||||
| 20 | Weeksville Heritage Center | New York City (Brooklyn) | New York | 2005 | $8 | https://www.weeksvillesociety.org/about-us/join-us/ | ||||||
| 21 | APEX (African American Panoramic Experience) Museum | Atlanta | Georgia | 1978 | $12 | |||||||
| 22 | California African American Museum | Los Angeles | California | 1981 | Free | https://caamuseum.org/about/jobs-and-internships | ||||||
| 23 | Frederick Douglass National Historic Site | Washington | D.C. | 1962 | $1 | https://www.nps.gov/frdo/getinvolved/workwithus.htm | ||||||
| 24 | George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center | Phoenix | Arizona | 1980 | N/A | |||||||
| 25 | Mississippi Civil Rights Museum | Jackson | Mississippi | 2017 | $15 | https://2mm.mdah.ms.gov/support/volunteer | ||||||
| 26 | George Washington Carver Museum, The | Tuskegee | Alabama | 1941 | N/A | https://www.gwcarvermuseum.com/volunteer | ||||||
| 27 | African American Civil War Memorial Museum | Washington | D.C. | 1999 | Free | https://afroamcivilwar.org/ways-to-participate/#volunteer | ||||||
| 28 | America's Black Holocaust Museum | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | 1988 | $7 | https://www.abhmuseum.org/contribute/ | ||||||
| 29 | Anacostia Museum | Washington | D.C. | 1967 | Free | |||||||
| 30 | Harvey B. Gantt Center For African American Arts & Culture | Charlotte | North Carolina | 1974 | $9 | https://www.ganttcenter.org/donate/volunteer/ | ||||||
| 31 | Charles H. Wright Museum Of African American History | Detroit | Michigan | 1965 | $15 | https://www.thewright.org/about/careers | ||||||
| 32 | New Orleans African American Museum | New Orleans | Louisiana | 1988 | $10 | https://www.noaam.org/join-our-team | ||||||
| 33 | Northwest African American Museum | Seattle | Washington | 2008 | $10 | https://www.naamnw.org/employment-opportunities | ||||||
| 34 | Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site | Tuskegee | Alabama | 2008 | Free | https://home.nps.gov/tuai/getinvolved/volunteer.htm | ||||||
| 35 | Buffalo Soldiers National Museum | Houston | Texas | 2000 | $5 | https://buffalosoldiersmuseum.org/careers/ | ||||||
| 36 | Mosaic Templars Cultural Center | Little Rock | Arkansas | 2008 | Free | https://www.arkansasheritage.com/job-opportunities | ||||||
| 37 | Banneker-Douglass Museum | Annapolis | Maryland | 1984 | Free | https://bdmuseum.maryland.gov/volunteer/ | ||||||
| 38 | Griot Museum of Black History, The | St. Louis | Missouri | 1997 | $10 | https://www.thegriotmuseum.com/careers | ||||||
| 39 | Lewis H. Latimer House | New York City (Queens) | New York | 2004 | Free | |||||||
| 40 | African American Museum and Library at Oakland | Oakland | California | 1994 | Free | https://oaklandlibrary.org/about-the-library/careers/ | ||||||
| 41 | Black History Museum And Cultural Center Of Virginia | Richmond | Virginia | 1988 | $10 | |||||||
| 42 | Hammonds House Museum | Atlanta | Georgia | 1988 | $10 | https://www.hammondshouse.org/become-a-volunteer | ||||||
| 43 | Alexandria Black History Museum | Alexandria | Virginia | 1987 | $3 | |||||||
| 44 | MoCADA - The Museum Of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts | New York City (Brooklyn) | New York | 1999 | $15 | https://mocada.org/contribute/ | ||||||
| 45 | Studio Museum in Harlem | New York City (Manhattan) | New York | 1968 | N/A | |||||||
| 46 | African-American Research Library and Cultural Center | Fort Lauderdale | Florida | 2002 | Free | |||||||
| 47 | African American Firefighter Museum | Los Angeles | California | 1997 | Free | https://www.aaffmuseum.org/volunteer/ | ||||||
| 48 | African American Museum of Iowa | Cedar Rapids | Iowa | 2003 | https://blackiowa.org/about/careers/ | |||||||
| 49 | African American Museum of Nassau County | Hempstead | New York | 1970 | $5 | |||||||
| 50 | Black Cowboy Museum | Rosenberg | Texas | 2017 | $10 | |||||||
| 51 | Old Dillard Museum | Fort Lauderdale | Florida | 1995 | ||||||||
| 52 | Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum | Oella | Maryland | 1998 | https://friendsofbenjaminbanneker.com/support/opportunities/ | |||||||
| 53 | Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center | Church Creek | Maryland | 2017 | ||||||||
| 54 | Slave Mart Museum | Charleston | South Carolina | 1938 | $8 | |||||||
| 55 | Wells' Built Museum | Orlando | Florida | 2001 | ||||||||
| 56 | Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum | St. Petersburg | Florida | 2006 | https://woodsonmuseum.org/support/#volunteers | |||||||
| 57 | Black American West Museum & Heritage Center | Denver | Colorado | 1971 | $15 | https://www.bawmhc.org/volunteer | ||||||
| 58 | Great Plains Black History Museum | Omaha | Nebraska | 1975 | Free | |||||||
| 59 | Idaho Black History Museum | Boise | Idaho | 1995 | ||||||||
| 60 | Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site | Washington | D.C. | 1979 | Free | https://home.nps.gov/mamc/getinvolved/volunteer.htm | ||||||
| 61 | River Road African American Museum | Donaldsonville | Louisiana | 1994 | $20 | |||||||
| 62 | Delta Cultural Center | Helena | Arkansas | 1991 | ||||||||
| 63 | George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center | Austin | Texas | 1980 | ||||||||
| 64 | National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center | Wilberforce | Ohio | 1987 | $6 | |||||||
| 65 | Tuskegee Airmen National Museum | Detroit | Michigan | 1987 | https://tuskegeemuseum.org/volunteer/ | |||||||
| 66 | Brazos Valley African American Museum | Bryan | Texas | 2006 | $5 | https://www.bvaam.org/internship/ | ||||||
| 67 | African American Museum in Cleveland, The | Cleveland | Ohio | 1956 | ||||||||
| 68 | Kansas African-American Museum | Wichita | Kansas | 1997 | $6 | https://www.tkaamuseum.org/job-board | ||||||
| 69 | Mary McLeod Bethune Home | Daytona Beach | Florida | 1956 | ||||||||
| 70 | A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum | Chicago | Illinois | 1995 | $5 | https://aprpullmanportermuseum.org/volunteer-opportunities/ | ||||||
| 71 | Clemson Area African American Museum | Clemson | South Carolina | 2010 | ||||||||
| 72 | African American Museum of the Arts | DeLand | Florida | 1994 | ||||||||
| 73 | Black History 101 Mobile Museum | Detroit | Michigan | 1995 | ||||||||
| 74 | Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum | Culver City | California | 2010 | ||||||||
| 75 | Sandy Ground Historical Museum | New York City (Staten Island) | New York | 1994 | ||||||||
| 76 | Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History Museum | Springfield | Illinois | 2012 | https://spiaahm.org/volunteers-2/ | |||||||
| 77 | Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum | Seneca | South Carolina | 2015 | ||||||||
| 78 | Mary S. Harrell Black Heritage Museum | New Smyrna Beach | Florida | 1999 | Free | |||||||
| 79 | National Center of Afro-American Artists | Roxbury | Massachusetts | 1969 | $5 | |||||||
| 80 | Prince George's African American Museum and Cultural Center | North Brentwood | Maryland | 2010 | $5 | https://pgaamcc.org/membership/volunteer-at-pgaamcc/ | ||||||
| 81 | Tubman African American Museum | Macon | Georgia | 1981 | $10 | https://tubmanmuseum.com/about-the-tubman-museum/career-opportunities/ | ||||||
| 82 | Finding Our Roots African American Museum | Houma | Louisiana | 2017 | ||||||||
| 83 | LaVilla Museum | Jacksonville | Florida | 1999 | $8 | |||||||
| 84 | Natchez Museum of African American History and Culture | Natchez | Mississippi | 1991 | $28 | |||||||
| 85 | Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum | Hammond | Louisiana | 2005 | $10 | |||||||
| 86 | Negro Leagues Baseball Museum | Kansas City | Missouri | 1990 | ||||||||
| 87 | Bontemps African American Museum | Alexandria | Louisiana | 1988 | ||||||||
| 88 | National African American Archives and Museum | Mobile | Alabama | 1992 | ||||||||
| 89 | Odell S. Williams Now And Then African-American Museum | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | 2001 | ||||||||
| 90 | African American Museum of Southern Illinois | Carbondale | Illinois | 1997 | ||||||||
| 91 | Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum | Jersey City | New Jersey | 1984 | Free | |||||||
| 92 | Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum | Lynchburg | Virginia | 1977 | $15 | https://www.annespencermuseum.org/jobs-volunteering | ||||||
| 93 | Rural African American Museum | Opelousas | Louisiana | 2018 | ||||||||
| 94 | Smith-Robertson Museum and Cultural Center | Jackson | Mississippi | 1984 | $7 | |||||||
| 95 | African American Multicultural Museum | Scottsdale | Arizona | 2005 | ||||||||
| 96 | Dorchester Academy and Museum | Midway | Georgia | 2004 | ||||||||
| 97 | John E. Rogers African American Cultural Center | Hartford | Connecticut | 1991 | ||||||||
| 98 | Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage Museum | Monroe | Louisiana | 1994 | $5 | |||||||
| 99 | Alabama State Black Archives Research Center and Museum | Huntsville | Alabama | 1990 | ||||||||
| 100 | Arthur "Smokestack" Hardy Fire Museum | Baltimore | Maryland | 1995 | ||||||||
| 101 | Museum of African American History & Abiel Smith School | Boston | Massachusetts | 1964 | $10 | |||||||
| 102 | Oran Z's Black Facts and Wax Museum | Los Angeles | California | 2000 | ||||||||
| 103 | Paul R. Jones Collection of African American Art | Newark | Delaware | 2004 | Free | https://art.ua.edu/student-opportunities/ | ||||||
| 104 | Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum | Tallahassee | Florida | 1976 | ||||||||
| 105 | Willam V. Banks Broadcast Museum | Detroit | Michigan | 2017 | ||||||||
| 106 | John G. Riley Center/Museum of African American History and Culture | Tallahassee | Florida | 1996 | $5 | https://www.rileymuseum.org/volunteer | ||||||
| 107 | L.E. Coleman African-American Museum | Halifax County, Virginia | Virginia | 2005 | ||||||||
| 108 | Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site Visitors Center | Atlanta | Georgia | 1996 | Free | |||||||
| 109 | National Voting Rights Museum | Selma | Alabama | 1991 | $7 | |||||||
| # | African American Museum Name | City | State | Map | Year | Exhibits | Adult Ticket Prices | Book Tickets | Virtual Tour | Events | Jobs / Volunteer | Archivals |
