Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture
With photographs, artifacts, video, and music, the Lewis Museum brings to life the stories of African American Marylanders who made a difference to our state. Some are famous: Billie Holliday and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, explorer Matthew Henson, and surveyor Benjamin Banneker. Some are people who left their mark—even if their names are forgotten: artists, secretaries, students, scientists, religious leaders. Galleries are divided into themes: family and community, work, and the arts. The museum is housed in an eye-catching modern structure with cafe and shop on the first floor, changing exhibits on the second, and the permanent exhibits on the third. A new oral project enables visitors to tell their personal stories, similar to NPR's StoryCorps.
With photographs, artifacts, video, and music, the Lewis Museum brings to life the stories of African American Marylanders who made a difference to our state. Some are famous: Billie Holliday and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, explorer Matthew Henson, and surveyor Benjamin Banneker. Some are people who left their mark—even if their names are forgotten: artists, secretaries, students, scientists, religious leaders. Galleries are divided into themes: family and community, work, and the arts. The museum is housed in an eye-catching modern structure with cafe and shop on the first floor, changing exhibits on the second, and the permanent exhibits on the third. A new oral project enables visitors to tell their personal stories, similar to NPR's StoryCorps.
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