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National Museum of African American History and Culture

National museum · Washington Monument Grounds ·

National Museum of African American History and Culture

National museum · Washington Monument Grounds ·
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"This extraordinary collection encompasses the dark and the light of our nation's racial history, from the shackles, shacks, and whips of slavery to an exuberant lemon-yellow costume worn onstage by Bootsy Collins when playing bass for the funk band Parliament. The story begins several floors below ground-level with information about the early days of the African slave trade. Visitors follow the exhibits through the subsequent floors, climbing ramps as the story progresses through the colonies, the Constitution, the Civil War, Jim Crow and carpetbaggers, the civil rights movement, and up to the present. The exhibits on the upper floors, covering arts and sports and cuisine and community, are a joyous celebration of ongoing history and culture. The crowds who sign up for entry tickets months in advance, and who stand in front of displays and share their stories with complete strangers, are testimony that it's high time this history was honored with its own museum."

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Smithsonian museum with exhibits on African American history and culture

african american history
african american culture
soul food
sweet home cafe
fried chicken
mac and cheese
civil rights movement
music
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1400 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20560 Get directions

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National Museum of African American History and Culture by Alan Karchmer
National Museum of African American History and Culture by Alan Karchmer
National Museum of African American History and Culture by Alan Karchmer
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National Museum of African American History and Culture by Alan Karchmer
National Museum of African American History and Culture by Alan Karchmer
National Museum of African American History and Culture by Alan Karchmer
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Smithsonian museum with exhibits on African American history and culture

african american history
african american culture
soul food
sweet home cafe
fried chicken
mac and cheese
civil rights movement
music
Google Rating
4.8 (30K)
Yelp Rating
4.7
Featured on Michelin
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1400 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20560 Get directions

Restroom
Family friendly
Free Wi-Fi
Wheelchair accessible entrance
Wheelchair accessible parking lot
National Museum of African American History and Culture by null
National Museum of African American History and Culture by Alan Karchmer
National Museum of African American History and Culture by Getty
National Museum of African American History and Culture by Alan Karchmer
National Museum of African American History and Culture by Alan Karchmer
National Museum of African American History and Culture by Alan Karchmer
National Museum of African American History and Culture by Alan KARCHmer
National Museum of African American History and Culture by Alan Karchmer
National Museum of African American History and Culture by Alan Karchmer
National Museum of African American History and Culture by Alan Karchmer
National Museum of African American History and Culture by Alan Karchmer
National Museum of African American History and Culture by Getty
National Museum of African American History and Culture by Bill Addison/Eater
National Museum of African American History and Culture by Alan Karchmer
National Museum of African American History and Culture by Getty
National Museum of African American History and Culture by Photo by Alan Karchmer
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National Museum of African American History and Culture by null
National Museum of African American History and Culture by null
National Museum of African American History and Culture by null
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National Museum of African American History and Culture by null
National Museum of African American History and Culture by null
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