Apex Museum
The Apex Museum is full of artifacts, photographs, children's shows, presentations and more – all related to African-American culture, both past and present. 404-523-2739.
Auburn Avenue Research Library
The Auburn Avenue Research Library is the perfect resource for students or anybody looking to learn more about African American history and the city of Atlanta. 404-730-4001.
Clark Atlanta University Collection of African American Art
The permanent home of the University's historical collection of African American Art and the illustrious "Art of the Negro" murals by Hale Woodruff. 404-880-6102.
Hammonds House
Georgia's only museum dedicated to African-American fine art. Located in Historic West End in a Victorian house restored by the late Dr. Otis T. Hammonds, a noted physician and art patron. 404-752-8730.
Wren's Nest House Museum
The Wren's Nest is the preserved home of Joel Chandler Harris, the 19th century Atlanta journalist who penned the Brer Rabbit and Uncle Remus tales. 404-753-7735.
Apex Museum
The Apex Museum is full of artifacts, photographs, children's shows, presentations and more – all related to African-American culture, both past and present. 404-523-2739.
Auburn Avenue Research Library
The Auburn Avenue Research Library is the perfect resource for students or anybody looking to learn more about African American history and the city of Atlanta. 404-730-4001.
Clark Atlanta University Collection of African American Art
The permanent home of the University's historical collection of African American Art and the illustrious "Art of the Negro" murals by Hale Woodruff. 404-880-6102.
Hammonds House
Georgia's only museum dedicated to African-American fine art. Located in Historic West End in a Victorian house restored by the late Dr. Otis T. Hammonds, a noted physician and art patron. 404-752-8730.
Tubman African American Museum
Georgia's largest African American museum offers fourteen exhibition galleries, a resource center and magnificent 63-foot mural depicting African-American art, history and culture. 478-743-8544.
Wren's Nest House Museum
The Wren's Nest is the preserved home of Joel Chandler Harris, the 19th century Atlanta journalist who penned the Brer Rabbit and Uncle Remus tales. 404-753-7735.
L.C.Bates Museum of Natural History and Culture
The L.C. Bates Museum houses unique natural history and culture collections. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 207-238-4250.
Museum of African Culture
The Museum of African Culture is the only New England museum devoted to Sub-Saharan African Art and Culture. Tel: 207-871-7188
Sandy Spring Slave Museum
Focus on the heritage of Blacks from their origin in Africa through the Trans-Atlantic passage, participation with the Underground Railroad, the struggle for civil rights, and their accomplishments across the African Diaspora.
Greater Newark Conservancy Prudential Outdoor Learning Center
From our vibrant Sensory Garden, with the sights, sounds and scents of nature, to our Urban Wildlife Refuge, with its serene pond, the Prudential Outdoor Learning Center is the ideal place to learn about the natural world and the world of gardening.
Museum of African Art, Tenafly
The museum with its strong education program and serving approximately 3000 schoolchildren, college students and adults annually through gallery talks and tours by appointment, both on and off-site. In addition, The Society of African Missions and the Tenafly Museum of African Art presents African films, public lectures and gallery talks as well as concerts and exhibits of arts of the ‘primitive’ peoples of Africa, the Pacific and pre-Columbian North and South America. Museum of African Art, 23 Bliss Avenue, Tenafly, NJ. (201-567-4500) Click for Directions to the Museum
The Newark Museum
The largest Museum complex in New Jersey, with 80 galleries of art and science, a mini zoo, planetarium, sculpture garden, schoolhouse and the Ballantine House, a restored 1885 mansion, a National Historic Landmark located in the heart of the Downtown Arts District of Newark. Newark Museum, 49 Washington Street, Newark, NJ. (973-596-6550)
Bronx Museum of the Arts
Over 700 twentieth-century and contemporary works in all media by artists of African, Asian, and Latin American ancestry. The Museum has a commitment to increasing audience participation in the visual arts through its Permanent Collection, exhibitions, and educational programs.
Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NYC. (718-681-6000) HOURS: Thurs, Sat, Sun. 11:00 am - 6:00 pm, Fridays 11:00 am - 8:00 pm.
Brooklyn Museum
The 2nd largest art museum in New York City with a permanent collection that includes more than one and a half million objects, and represents almost every culture.
Brooklyn Museum of Art, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NYC. (718-501-6221) OPEN Wed-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat. & Sun. 11am-6pm.
Joyce Gold History Tours of New York
The New York Times has called Ms. Gold “the doyenne of city tour guides.” Popular tours include Colonial Wall Street, Harlem, Chinatown / Little Italy, Hell’s Kitchen, Ellis Island, Gangs of New York—The Bloody Five Points, Jewish Lower East Side, Greenwich Village, Women of Washington Square, Macabre Greenwich Village, Soho and Times Square.
Louis Armstrong House
Now designated as a national historic landmark and a New York City landmark and open to the public with Guided 40-minute tours of the House where LOUIS ARMSTRONG lived - starts every hour, on the hour.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
More than three million works of art spanning five thousand years. The Museum is open until 8:45 pm. on Friday and Saturday evenings. Visit the galleries, meet friends in the Balcony Bar for live classical music and a light snack.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave. at 81st St., NYC. (212-288-7733)
Museum for African Art
Dedicated to increasing public understanding and appreciation of African art and culture. The Museum is recognized worldwide as the pre–eminent organizer of exhibitions and publisher of books devoted exclusively to historical and contemporary African art.
The Museum for African Art, 36-01 43rd Avenue, Long Island City, NYC (718-784-7700) Mon-Fri 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Weeksville Heritage Center
The Hunterfly Road Houses are examples of the homes of 19th century free African Americans in the urban North. Named for James Weeks, who purchased the land in 1838, Weeksville was originally settled by African Americans following slavery’s end in New York State in 1827. 718 756 5250
Freedom Crossing: The Underground Railroad
The dramatic and heart-rending stories of the people who risked their lives for freedom, as well as the lasting heritage of their ancestors, can now be experienced at Freedom Crossing, the new Regional Underground Railroad Interpretive Center. 716-286-8200.
International Mask & Puppet Museum
Open Hand Theater is a performance center and museum celebrating the human experience through mask and puppet traditions from around the world.
Joyce Gold History Tours of New York
The New York Times has called Ms. Gold “the doyenne of city tour guides.” Popular tours include Colonial Wall Street, Harlem, Chinatown / Little Italy, Hell’s Kitchen, Ellis Island, Gangs of New York—The Bloody Five Points, Jewish Lower East Side, Greenwich Village, Women of Washington Square, Macabre Greenwich Village, Soho and Times Square.
LIVING THE EXPERIENCE
“Living The Experience”® Underground Railroad Reenactment a National Park Service Network to Freedom program and original Lancaster PA Underground Railroad site. Contact: Phoebe Bailey 1.800.510.5899 x113
