Image: MAAH 30th Anniversary Celebration, Black Entrepreneurs & Citizenship, Sunday, October 10, 2010.  Special Guest: Mrs. Thurgood Marshall




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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.

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Image: The Museum of African American History Receives $4 Million in Federal Stimulus Funds to Restore the African Meeting House.

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - Boston’s African Meeting House, a     National Historic Landmark on Beacon Hill, will be restored to its 19th Century state thanks to $4 million in federal funding announced today. The National Park Service (NPS) approved the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for the Museum of African American History (MAAH). <read full press release>

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  Image of Congressman Robert Smalls    
 

The Life and Times of

Congressman Robert Small

April 8 - September 20, 2010

In a courageous and well planned action during the Civil War, Robert Smalls and three other enslaved men along with their families escaped captivity.

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Boston's Black Bicyclists
of the 1890s

September 23, 2010, 5:30 pm

Beacon Hill was a hub of black bicyclists in the 1890s. Learn about the Riverside Cycling Club (RCC), an all-black club formed in 1893.

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Watch our 2010

Martin Luther King

Celebration

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MAAH / NECN

Historic Preservation

Abiel Smith School

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Archaeology Workshops

July - August (Annually)

Dig and discover stories

of the 19th Century
Black New Englanders

@ Camp MAAH

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THANK YOU TJX & MUSEUM MEMBERS

FOR SUPPORTING OUR

BLACK HISTORY MONTH MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

The TJX Companies - Multiple Logos

The Museum is delighted to thank The TJX Companies and all of our new and renewed Members for helping us make this year’s Black History Month membership drive an overwhelming success. Wonderfully, because of your dedication the Museum and the history it stewards, we have more than doubled our membership base.

Membership to the Museum is available year round. If you are not already a Member, join us today by signing up on-line or by visiting one of our campuses in Boston or on Nantucket.  Thank you for standing with us as we preserve and share this amazing American history.

 

 
 

 

Image: Carole Simpson Journalist in Residence

Latest Article:
Juneteenth:
All Free at Last

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Archaeology of the
African Meeting House
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