#blackmuseums

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Trap Music Museum

[nmaahc]

AAAM 2017: The Voice of the Black Museum Movement

Photo: An Educational Vision, Dr. Charles H. Wright’s traveling International Afro-American Museum, 1966, courtesy of the Archives and Research Library of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. 

Before the 1960s, majority-run museums, like the media and schools, generally ignored or demeaned African American history and culture. Individual black collectors had preserved objects that documented black achievements and experiences, but there were few public displays of the material. 

In the late 1960s, Dr. Margaret Burroughs, founder of the DuSable Museum in Chicago, and Dr. Charles H. Wright of the Museum of African American History in Detroit initiated a series of conferences for Black museums. The National Association of Museums and Cultural Organizations and the Black Museums Conference, the first informal Black museum association, evolved from these conferences. In 1978, a consortium of six Black Museums, with funding from the National Museum Act (administered by the Smithsonian Institution), presented a series of conferences at participating institutions. The conferences provided the opportunity to lay the groundwork for yet another organization. Under the chairmanship of E. Barry Gaither, the committee prepared by-laws, which were ratified in Detroit in February of 1978. The new organization adopted the name “African American Museums Association” (AAMA), and elected its first governing council. AAMA’s first office was at the Museum of the National Center for Afro-American Artists in Boston, Massachusetts.

Now known as the Association of African American Museums (AAAM), the AAAM has focused on identifying the composition and needs of its constituents and the larger African American museum community, aided by the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) on the number of projects to survey the field and implement strategic planning process for the Association.

Our Museum is honored to host the AAAMs 39th Annual Conference from July 31–Aug. 4th. This conference brings together over 500 leaders of African American and African-descent museums and cultural centers from across the country, the Caribbean and Latin America to engage in a series of academic sessions, speakers, authors’ dialogues and visits to cultural institutions around the Washington area.

Learn more about the 39th Annual AAAM conference: bit.ly/2vf8ivU

[voyeuristicvixen]

The Black Panther Founders Party Celebration Is Coming Sooon!! Join us in celebrating the founding of the Black Panther Party. MEROE is collaborating with various creative talents on the grid to bring awareness to why the BPP was created in the first place, its effect on our community then and its impact in today's modern world. We will have Poets, Dancers, and DJs for 2 Hours of conscious Black FUN! Save the date and meet us on the grid! October 16, 2022 Meroe Uber: https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Battersea%20Land/44/140/22

[fabulizemag]

Even though we are stuck on the inside, we have a duty to preserve our cultural centers that are the source of telling our history. Save Black Museums. #blackmuseum #blackmuseums . . . . . #blackartistmatter #afrocentrism #blackartnetwork #art #youngblackartists #dopeblackartwork #blackartistsconnected #museumlife #blackartonly #mybrownisbeautiful #supportblackart #blacklivesmatter #blackartistsmovement #culturalheritage #blackartinamerica #museumlover #blackart365 #blackartistsoninstagram #museumfromhome #blackartists #arthistorian #quarantinelife #blackartistspace #blackart #cultureinquarantinemw #blackvoyageurs #museumsforculture #shareculture (at Jersey City, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBEDgkmpd5t/?igshid=ai228s7245az

[kitchentablelit]

The Eroica exhibition is an excellent collection reflecting the history of Black comic books, Black superheroes, and other superheroes of color. Curated by @khaulahnaima . . . Running at the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum until the end of the month! . . #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory365 #blackmuseums #florida #delraybeach #eroica #comicbooks #blacksuperheroes #blackgraphicnovels #blackcomicbooks #museum #community #visualarts #literaryarts (at Spady Cultural Heritage Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/B81eJcKA2Z9/?igshid=1t5bpp6tzdy2y

[kitchentablelit]

The #bookclub ran in partnership with the Eroica exhibition going on at the @spadymuseum through the end of the month! . . . #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory365 #blackmuseums #florida #delraybeach #eroica #comicbooks #blacksuperheroes #blackgraphicnovels #blackcomicbooks #museum #community #visualarts #literaryarts (at Spady Cultural Heritage Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/B81dsfaAJ8m/?igshid=1nedzncxjkl1z

[pangeas-garden-life]

#Repost @naamnw ・・・ Join us for our annual MLK Jr. Day celebration. We will have a variety of films, programs, and art activities throughout the day, from 11am-5 pm. See our website for more information! www.naamnw.org #MLK2019 #blackexcellence #blackmuseums #Justice https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs5tVqhAu1E/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1964h9oa5kql6

[anniejmoran]

#Repost thanks to @mckennamuseum for featuring me this week. This is probably my favorite piece that I've done to date. Prints available for purchase online! (Link in bio) ・・・ "Kings and Jungles" by Annie Moran (@annie__moran) Annie Moran is a Louisiana born artist and designer whose playfully elegant style takes form through many disciplines. For more info follow her on IG or visit her website at www.anniemoran.com #followyournola #thatLaCommunity #blackmuseums #blackvisualarts #alwaysneworleans #supportyourlocalartist #investinlivingartists #blackartnetwork #blackart #artofthediaspora #africandiaspora #visualart #blackcreatives #oneofthebunch #thecreatorclass