Archives and Museums

Archives of African-American Music and Culture: Established in 1991, the Archives of African American Music and Culture (AAAMC) is a repository of materials covering musical idioms and cultural expressions from the post-World War II era.
Booker T. Washington National Monument: The park collection contains 55 items presently. Most items are 19th century farm tools.
Duke Ellington Collection Smithsonian Institute: National Museum of American History Duke Ellington Collection at the Smithsonian Institute Archives Center.
George Meany Memorial Archives, AFL/CIO: Archives in Silver Spring, MD.
Holdings of historically Black Colleges and Universities in Maryland: Holdings of historically Black colleges and universities.
Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Change, Inc.: The King Library and Archives in Atlanta is the largest repository of primary source materials on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American Civil Rights Movement in the world.
Mary McLeod Bethune Museum and Archives: Records of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs.
Marylandia & Rare Books Department: This collection consists of primarily twentieth-century materials, written by and about Africans, African-Americans, and Caribbeans on a wide variety of subjects.
Maryland State Archives: In the Aftermath of "Glory":Black Soldiers and Sailors From Annapolis, MD, 1863-1918.
Museum of African Art and Frederick Douglass Institute: Open: M-F 10-5; closed weekends, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
Museum of African-American Culture: A beautiful African-American culture museum in Columbia, SC.
Museum of Afro American History: An African-American culture museum in Boston, MA.
National Archives & Records Administration: Contemporary African Art from the Harmon Foundation, Pictures from the Harmon Foundation--Artworks and Activities, and Pictures of African Americans During World War II.
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution: Great Museum in D.C.
The Owen T. Curtis Collection: The Owen Curtis collection contains approximately 2000 images that document life in Southwest Washington between 1920 and 1950, prior to its destruction to make way for the Southeast-Southwest Freeway.
PAHMUSA - The Pan African Historical Museum U.S.A.: Featuring African and African American hisory and art exhibits.
The Shango Project: National Archives for Black Lesbians and Gay Men: The Shango Project is a newly conceived effort to collect, preserve and maintain materials of historical interest which document aspects of African-American Lesbian and Gay existence in contemporary and historical society.
The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art: A demo of exhibits at the museums.
United Negro College Fund Archives: United Negro College Fund Archives: A Guide and Index.