Enjoy a movie night on us! We invite our 2016 volunteers and their families to the CRPL to see "Night at the Museum." Look for the invitation in your inbox!
Whether their topics were slavery, war, freedom, community, or family, African-American women in the nineteenth century contended with restrictions on what they could and could not write. As writers, they […]
Enjoy free evening admission at the AAMI for Juneteenth Education day!
The AAMI will host a screening of the Netflix original documentary "13th." In this thought-provoking documentary, scholars, activists, and politicians analyze the criminalization of African Americans and the U.S. prison boom. […]
Join the AAMI Saturday, June 17 from 11:00am-4:00pm for a celebration of freedom at Viola Gibson Park. Enjoy a variety of food vendors, a health station, community information booths and live […]
The Museum will be closed on Monday, July 3 and Tuesday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day. We will resume our regular hours on Wednesday, July 5.
The Museum will be closed on Monday, July 3 and Tuesday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day. We will resume our regular hours on Wednesday, July 5.
Dr. Brian Behnken is an Associate Professor of the History at Iowa State University whose scholarship has explored relations between Latino/as and African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement, police […]
Join us on August 25, 2017, from 6:30pm to 8:00pm for the grand opening of our newest exhibit "If Objects Could Talk." Visitors are invited to explore the galleries and […]
Join us on August 26th for our History Harvest to celebrate the grand opening of our new exhibit "If Objects Could Talk!" This partnership project between the AAMI and the […]
