Looming over the first section of “In Slavery’s Wake” at the National Museum of African American History and Culture is one of the most viscerally disturbing artifacts in the exhibit: an ...

After he was named director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture 11 years ago — before planning had begun for its 400,000-square foot bronze-colored ...

A view of the "In Slavery's Wake" exhibition at the National Museum of African American History and Culture National Museum of African American History and Culture Charcoal portraits depict six of ...

The National Museum of Slavery, due to open in 2030, is part of an ongoing process being undertaken by the Dutch state to investigate the repercussions of its colonial past. Search.

The site was discovered in 2023 through the efforts of Brazilian partners with the Slave Wrecks Project, an international collaboration hosted by the National Museum of African American History ...

The National Museum of African American History and Culture illuminates the brutalities of slavery and Jim Crow while also celebrating black Americans' political, intellectual, and cultural ...

I recently visited the National Museum of African American History in Washington, D.C., a major symbol of the turn toward greater honesty in the telling of America’s story.

President Biden delivered remarks Tuesday at the National Museum of Slavery in Angola's capital, part of a trip that has seen Mr. Biden become the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Sub ...

Deep in the territory of the old Confederacy, a new historical edifice will soon begin rising — the first national museum in the United States devoted to the subject of black slavery.

Mary Elliott is curator of American slavery at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, where she co-curated the ‘‘Slavery and Freedom’’ exhibition.

The exhibit will be up until Jan. 7 at the Strong National Museum of Play. By Victor Barroco , Allie Weintraub, and Ashley Ennis. October 19, 2023, ... After escaping slavery, ...