Upcoming Events
Celebrate Black History Month 365. Know the past, shape the future. See more events.
- Jul 16, 2026
- 10:00 am–1:00 pm
- 15 Broad Street
Bee Blunt Pop Up
Nantucket, MAExperience a full afternoon of conversation, creativity, and community at our Threads of Legacy Pop Up!
Engage in a fireside chat with Dr. Noelle Trent and Portia Blunt, founder of Bee Blunt, to discuss the intersection of heritage and design.
Get ready for the launch of new merchandise in the Threads of Legacy collection & be prepared take home a piece of history!
- Jul 18, 2026
- 11:00 am–3:00 pm
- Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial
Fort Wagner Day Commemoration
Boston, MAJoin us, members of Company A of the 54th Massachusetts, and the Museum of African American History on Saturday, July 18 to commemorate the 54th Massachusetts’ sacrifice during their attack on Fort Wagner on July 18, 1863.
As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the country’s founding, learn more about the men of the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry and their fight to uphold America’s value of freedom for all. Let us come together to honor their bravery, reflect on their legacy, and keep their stories alive.
- Jul 18, 2026
- 1:00 pm–2:00 pm
- 45 Hull Street
New Guinea Joy Tour
Boston, MAPresented by the Afrimerican Academy Summer Tours as part of Boston 250, this immersive walking tour examines how culture, infrastructure, transportation, and urvan development shaped some of Boston’s oldest neighborhoods. Participants will explore historic streets, transit, corridors, changing waterfronts, and the lasting impact of urban renewal and displacement.
Led by youth tour guides trained through the Afrimerican Academy Summer Projects Program, this experience combines public history, storytelling, and community-based learning to connect past and present.
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Explore the Museum & Get Connected
Celebrate Black History Month 365. Know the past, shape the future.
Connect to inspiring, authentic representations of life in the 18th and 19th centuries — in a unique place where Black communities organized and advanced the cause of freedom.
Boston Location
The African Meeting House, a registered National Historic Landmark, and Abiel Smith School on Beacon Hill were built in the early 1800s and are two of the museum's most valuable assets. Located steps away from the Massachusetts State House.
Nantucket Location
Explore our Nantucket campus, which features two historic sites, the African Meeting House and the Florence Higginbotham House. These buildings were at the center of a thriving nineteenth-century African American community on the island.
We understand the importance of remembering our history.
Welcome to The Museum of African American History! We are New England’s largest museum dedicated to preserving, conserving and interpreting the contributions of African Americans. In Boston and Nantucket, the Museum has preserved two historic sites and two Black Heritage Trails® that tell the story of organized Black communities from the Colonial Period through the 19th century. Exhibits, programs, and education activities at the Museum showcase the powerful stories of Black families who worshipped, educated their children, debated the issues of the day, produced great art, organized politically and advanced the cause of freedom.
"In every human Breast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance."
Plan Your Visit
Reserve Your Ticket
Choose a date, reserve your ticket, and learn something new every time you visit.
Experience the Museum (Virtually)
Explore exhibits, sign-up for a customized talk or schedule a tour, and discover the stories of courageous Americans on a guided walking tour of the Museum’s Black Heritage Trails®.
Leave Inspired & Empowered
Continue the conversation and share the authentic stories of New Englanders of African descent, and those who found common cause with them, in their quest for freedom and justice.
"For over 200 years, the African Meeting House has served as one of the nation’s most important and influential centers of cultural and political discourse around racial equality. Today, the Museum of African American History invokes this important history—in the very place it happened—to open new conversations around racial equity... and expand its narrative of Black and other social justice activists. … and underscore how their courage, as they united across race and class in the struggle for human rights, ushered in modern democracy."
Become a Member Today
Your vital contribution supports the Museum's education programs, research and exhibitions, and historic preservation of some of the nation's most important National Historic Landmarks throughout the year. Join us as we continue to make American history.
