The Museum will be closed January 1st and 2nd.

Today we honor and celebrate the service and sacrifice of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. To honor his legacy, the AAMI will have free admission from 10am-4pm and table top […]

Join us for an MLK Day Celebration sponsored by the Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission, Cedar Rapids Public Library, and The African American Museum of Iowa.  Information on current public […]

Did you know that African Americans have been inventing and innovating in a variety of fields, including engineering? Get to know one amazing Iowan engineer and use the same skills […]

Civil rights and civil liberties are something that the African American community spent hundreds of years fighting towards. Before much of today's well known federal legislation was passed, state and […]

Join William Jones, author and founder of the Afrofuturism Network, as he discusses and signs copies of his book The Ex-Con, Voodoo Priest, Goddess, and the African King: A Social […]

Have you ever wondered how those old pieces of pottery, bone, or rock “speak” to scientists? Discover how archaeologists use items left behind by previous people to create an understanding […]

Iowa was the first state in the U.S. to officially integrate its public schools in 1867, just two years after the Civil War ended. Surprised?  This and so much more […]

The Underground Railroad operated as a loosely organized network of people, both black and white, working to funnel slaves out of slavery into areas of freedom and lasted from about […]

The Underground Railroad operated as a loosely organized network of people, both black and white, working to funnel slaves out of slavery into areas of freedom and lasted from about […]