Monday, May 12, 2008

African American History -- City of Alexandria, Virginia

   Alexandria Black History Museum
    902 Wythe Street
    Alexandria, Virginia  22314
    Tel:  703 838-4356
    Fax: 703 706-3999

   Hours:
    Tuesday to Saturday:   10am  to  4pm
    Sunday and Monday:    Closed
    Open:
    Martin Luther King Day
    Closed:
    New Year's Day, Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas

Museum Components

The institutional complex is composed of the Museum, the Watson Reading Room, and the Alexandria African American Heritage Park. The Museum, devoted to exhibiting local and regional history, incorporates the Robert H. Robinson Library as one of two exhibition galleries.

The Robert H. Robinson Library was originally constructed in 1940 following a sit-in at the segregated Alexandria Library. The Reading Room, established in 1995, provides an environment for learning about the diversity of African American cultural traditions. A nine-acre green space and wetland, the Park offers a place for celebration, commemoration and quiet reflection

   Museum & Other Related Historical Sites:
           Alexandria Black History Museum
           Watson Reading Room
           Robert H. Robinson Library
           African American Heritage Park
           Museum Exhibits
           Museum Collections
           Education Programs
           History of Museum & Related Sites
           Self-Guided Walking Tour

   Historical Information:
           African American History Guide
           Alexandria's Black Public Education, 1800-1965
           Alexandria's Early Free Black Neighborhoods
           Slave Market and Slave Jail
           Freedmen's Cemetery
           Oral History
           Alexandria's Black Churches
           To Witness the Past

   Civil War:
           Civil War: Fighting for Freedom
           Civil War: Black Soldiers of the Civil War
           Volunteers for Freedom, Part 1
           Volunteers for Freedom, Part 2
  
   Directions, Fees, How to Participate and/or Volunteer:
           Directions and Fees
           Participate and/or Volunteer

Mission
The mission of the Alexandria Black History Museum is to enrich the lives of Alexandria's residents and visitors, to foster tolerance and understanding among all cultures and to stimulate appreciation of the diversity of the African American experience.

Alexandria Black History Museum    |   Watson Reading Room    |    Robert H. Robinson Library
African American Heritage Park    |   Museum Exhibits    |    Museum Collections    |    Education Programs
History of Museum & Related Sites    |    Self-Guided Walking Tour    |   African American History Guide
Alexandria's Black Public Education 1800-1965    |    Alexandria's Early Free Black Neighborhoods
Slave Market and Slave Jail    |   Freedmen's Cemetery    |    Oral History    |    Alexandria's Black Churches
To Witness the Past    |   Civil War: Fighting for Freedom    |    Civil War: Black Soldiers of the Civil War
Volunteers for Freedom, Part 1    |    Volunteers for Freedom, Part 2    |    Directions and Fees
Participate and/or Volunteer