This is a list of museums in the United States whose primary focus is on African American culture and history. Such museums are commonly known as African American museums. According to scholar Raymond Doswell, an African American museum is "an institution established for the preservation of African-derived culture."^[1]

Museums have a mission of "collecting and preserving material on history and cultural heritage." African American museums share these goals with archives, genealogy groups, historical societies, and research libraries.^[2] Museums differ from archives, genealogy groups, historical societies, memorials, and research libraries because they have as a basic educational or aesthetic purpose the collection and display of objects, and regular exhibitions for the public.^[3] Being open to the public (not just researchers or by appointment) and having regular hours sets museums apart from historical sites or other facilities that may call themselves museums.^[3]

History of African American museums in the United States

The first African American museum was the College Museum in Hampton, Virginia, established in 1868.^[2] Prior to 1950, there were about 30 museums devoted to African American culture and history in the United States. These were located primarily at historically black colleges and universities or at libraries that had significant African American culture and history collections.^[4]

Important collections were developed at Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina; Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee; Howard University in Washington, D.C.; Lincoln University in Chester County, Pennsylvania; Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland; Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama; and Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama.^[5] Additionally, local historical societies, history clubs, and reading groups in African American communities also collected and displayed African American cultural artifacts.^[6]

The first independent, nonprofit African American museums in the United States were The African American Museum in Cleveland, Ohio (founded in 1956), the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago, Illinois (founded in 1960), and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, Michigan (founded in 1965). Throughout the 1960s, the energy of the American Civil Rights Movement led to numerous local African American museums being founded.^[4] Between 1868 and 1991, there were about 150 African American museums established in 37 states.^[2]

Since its opening in 2016, the largest African American museum in the United States is the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture. The previous record holder was the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, Michigan.^[7]

List of museums

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Name	City	State	Founded	References	Image
A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum	Chicago	Illinois	1995	[8]
Africa Center, The	New York City (Manhattan)	New York	1984	[9][a]
African American Civil War Memorial Museum	Washington	D.C.	1999	[13]
African-American Research Library and Cultural Center	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	2002	[14]
African American Firefighter Museum	Los Angeles	California	1997	[15]
African American Military History Museum	Hattiesburg	Mississippi	2000	[16]
African American Multicultural Museum	Scottsdale	Arizona	2005	[17]
African American Museum	Dallas	Texas	1974	[18]
African American Museum and Library at Oakland	Oakland	California	1994	[19]
African American Museum in Cleveland, The	Cleveland	Ohio	1956	[20]
African American Museum in Philadelphia	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1976	[21]
African American Museum of Iowa	Cedar Rapids	Iowa	2003	[22]
African American Museum of Nassau County	Hempstead	New York	1970	[23]
African American Museum of the Arts	DeLand	Florida	1994	[24]
African American Museum of Southern Illinois	Carbondale	Illinois	1997	[25]
Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum	Jersey City	New Jersey	1984	[26]
Alabama State Black Archives Research Center and Museum	Huntsville	Alabama	1990	[27]
Alexandria Black History Museum	Alexandria	Virginia	1987	[28][b]
America's Black Holocaust Museum	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	1988	[29]
Anacostia Museum	Washington	D.C.	1967	[30]
Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum	Lynchburg	Virginia	1977	[31]
APEX (African American Panoramic Experience) Museum	Atlanta	Georgia	1978	[32]
Armstead T. Johnson High School	Montross	Virginia	2000	[33]
Backstreet Cultural Museum	New Orleans	Louisiana	1999	[34]
Banneker-Douglass Museum	Annapolis	Maryland	1984	[35]
Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum	Oella	Maryland	1998	[36]
Beck Cultural Exchange Center	Knoxville, Tennessee	Tennessee	1975	[37]
Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum	Seneca	South Carolina	2015	[38]
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute	Birmingham	Alabama	1992	[39]
Black American West Museum and Heritage Center	Denver	Colorado	1971	[40]
Black Cowboy Museum	Rosenberg	Texas	2017	[41]
Black History 101 Mobile Museum	Detroit	Michigan	1995	[42]
Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia	Richmond	Virginia	1981	[43]
Blanchard House Museum	Punta Gorda	Florida	2004	[44]
Bontemps African American Museum	Alexandria	Louisiana	1988	[45]
Brazos Valley African American Museum	Bryan	Texas	2006	[46]
Bronzeville Children's Museum	Chicago	Illinois	1998	[47]
Buffalo Soldiers National Museum	Houston	Texas	2000	[48]
California African American Museum	Los Angeles	California	1981	[49]
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History	Detroit	Michigan	1965	[50]
Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum	Sedalia	North Carolina	1987	[51]
Clemson Area African American Museum	Clemson	South Carolina	2010	[52]
Delta Cultural Center	Helena	Arkansas	1991	[53]
Destination Crenshaw	Los Angeles	California	2019	[54]
Dorchester Academy and Museum	Midway	Georgia	2004	[55]
Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum	St. Petersburg	Florida	2006	[56]
DuSable Museum of African American History	Chicago	Illinois	1960	[20]
Eddie Mae Herron Center and Museum	Pocahontas	Arkansas	2001	[57]
Ely Educational Museum	Pompano Beach	Florida	2000	[58]
Evansville African American Museum	Evansville	Indiana	2007	[59]
Finding Our Roots African American Museum	Houma	Louisiana	2017	[60]
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site	Washington	D.C.	1962	[61]
Freedom House Museum	Alexandria	Virginia	2008	[62]
Freedom Rides Museum	Montgomery	Alabama	1962	[63]
George Washington Carver Museum, The	Tuskegee	Alabama	1941	[64]
George Washington Carver Museum	Phoenix	Arizona	1980	[65]
George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center	Austin	Texas	1980	[66]
George Washington Carver National Monument	Newton County	Missouri	1960	[67]
Great Blacks in Wax Museum	Baltimore	Maryland	1983	[68]
Great Plains Black History Museum	Omaha	Nebraska	1975	[69]
Griot Museum of Black History, The	St. Louis	Missouri	1997	[70]
Hammonds House Museum	Atlanta	Georgia	1988	[71]