African American Museum

Come and Visit the African American Museum of Dallas. Admission if free and the most captivating exhibits, lectures and workshop of Dallas are held here!

The Extras: The museum is the annual host of the Annual Black Cowboy Invitational Rodeo, the largest black rodeo in the country.

When to Go: The museum offers programs, lecture, conferences and seminars. Call for times.

In Short
Since 1974, this has been the only place in the Southwest dedicated to the preservation and display of African-American art, history and culture. Four vaulted...

The African American Museum is the only museum in the Southwestern United States devoted to the preservation and display of African American artistic, cultural and historical materials. It also has one of the largest African American folk art collections in the United States. The African American Museum incorporates a wide variety of visual art forms and historical documents that portray the...

The African American Museum was founded in 1974 as a part of the Special Collections at Bishop College, a Historically Black... College that closed in 1988. The Museum has operated independently since 1979. The $7 million edifice was funded through private donations and a 1985 Dallas City bond election that provided $1.2 million for the construction of the new facility. The African American...

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