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The Museum of African American History is dedicated to preserving, conserving and accurately interpreting the contributions of African Americans in New England from the colonial period through the 19th century.

 

 

Calendar of Events

Unless otherwise noted, programs and events take place at the Museum of African American History or the Abiel Smith School Gallery, 46 Joy Street, Boston. RSVP to 617-725-0022 ext. 25 or rsvp@maah.org

Validated discount parking (for most evening, weekend and special events ONLY) is available for all events at the Cambridge Street Garage (under Holiday Inn Express $5.00) MBTA: Red and Green Lines to Park Street

Sarah Vaughn
Josef Breitenbach (1896-1984)
1950 National Portrait Gallery
Smithsonian Institution


October 17, 2009-January 10, 2010

Museum of African American History,
46 Joy Street,
Beacon Hill, Boston

This is the inaugural traveling exhibition of the Smithsonian Institute National Museum of African American History and Culture featuring 70 photographs of notable black Americans from the 19th Century to the present.

  

Exhibition Credits

PARKING

For programs at the Museum of African American History, validated parking is available at the Cambridge Street Garage, under the Holiday Inn. Bring your parking ticket with you for validation.

Archaeology of the African Meeting House

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Evening

David Landon, Associate Director, Fiske Center for Archaeological Research, UMass Boston, presents the publication sponsored in partnership with the Museum of African American History.
 

Abolitionism in Black and White: The Anti-Slavery Community of Boston and Cambridge

Friday, October 23, 2009

Evening

 

The Museum is host to the opening reception for this two-day public symposium that includes the reading of a new play about self-emancipated Harriet Wilson and workshops led by scholars Jim and Lois Horton, David Blight, John Stauffer, Jean Fagan Yellin and others.

Partner: BOAF
 

The Making of Let Your Motto Be Resistance

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Evening

A talk by the exhibition’s curator, Deborah Willis, Chair and Professor of New York University, Tisch School of the Arts Photography and Imaging.