KINDR’D believes that African American & African Diaspora Museums represent the chronology and artful expressions or our historic struggle and unparalleled triumph. We have created a collection of institutions that are highly recommended and encourage our readers to explore our history time-and-time again.
The list (below) of African American & African Diaspora Museums is organized by US State:
Alabama
Alabama State Black Archives Research Center and Museum (Normal, AL)
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (Birmingham, AL)
California
African American Firefighter Museum Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles, CA)
African American Museum and Library at Oakland (Oakland, CA)
Colorado
Black American West Museum & Heritage Center (Denver, CO)
DC (Washington)
Anacostia Museum (Washington, DC)
African American Civil War Memorial Museum (Washington, DC)
Banneker-Douglass Museum (Washington, DC)
Florida
African American Museum of the Arts (DeLand, FL)
Georgia
APEX (African American Panoramic Experience) Museum (Atlanta, GA)
Iowa
African American Museum of Iowa (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Illinois
A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum (Chicago, IL)
Kansas
Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site (Topeka, KS)
Maryland
Arthur “Smokestack” Hardy Fire Museum (Baltimore, MD)
Michigan
Black History 101 Mobile Museum (Detroit, MI)
New Jersey
Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum (Jersey City, NJ)
New York
African American Museum of Nassau County (Hempstead, NY)
Ohio
African American Museum in Cleveland (Cleveland, OH)
Pennsylvania
August Wilson Center for African American Culture (Pittsburgh, PA)
African American Museum in Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)
South Carolina
Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum (Seneca, SC)
Texas
African American Museum (Dallas, TX)
Brazos Valley African American Museum (Bryan, TX)
Buffalo Soldiers National Museum (Houston, TX)
Virginia
Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum (Lynchburg, VA)
Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia (Richmond, VA)
The Alexandria Black History Museum (Alexandria, VA)