Join us for our annual MLK Day celebration! Your $1 admission (free for members and children under 5) gives you access to both of our current exhibits, Endless Possibilities and Unwavering: […]
Join us this Thursday, February 11, 2021, to explore the struggles and triumphs of the fight for equal rights. Featured individuals include Alexander Clark, the man who helped desegregate Iowa schools in 1868, Edna Griffin, the woman who led sit-ins at the Katz Drugstore in Des Moines in 1948, and more!
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvduuupjwrH9D31mSCq066mxJTa2nQub1z
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Can’t wait to get together for this upcoming Who Was Storytime – this upcoming weekend will be doing a Who Is - former President Barack Obama. Stay tuned to learn some amazing facts about our 44th president.
Join the AAMI and NewBo City Market for the next installment focused on democracy– more specifically, how our democracy's central ideals have been true and untrue since the outset, especially for people […]
Summit Schools hosts “Moving Toward OUR History: The Importance of an Inclusive Curriculum” virtual panel discussion on Wednesday, March 3 at 6:30 on the school’s Facebook Live and YouTube pages (links will be available one week before the event). Joining Summit for this free, interactive, live discussion is LaNisha Cassell and Sean Donaldson, both from the African American Museum of Iowa; Dr. Ashley Howard, assistant professor at the University of Iowa; and Caleb “The Negro Artist” Rainey.
An African American woman’s Sunday hat is her crowning glory—it announces to the world that here is a beautiful, sophisticated, confident person. But Sunday is just one day of the […]
Let's go on an adventure through the skies with the brave and amazing Tuskegee Airmen! Stay tuned for our high flying activity, where you become the pilot!
