Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture
The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, located in Baltimore, will be a place to experience culture, embrace diversity, remember struggle and celebrate accomplishment—a beacon of pride and inspiration for all people. The Museum's mission is to be the premiere experience and best resource for information and inspiration about the lives of African American Marylanders. The Museum seeks to realize its mission by collecting and preserving, interpreting, documenting, exhibiting and creating a climate for the appreciation and promotion of the rich contributions of African American Marylanders from the state's earliest history to the present and the future. The current focus of the Corporation is on facility and permanent exhibit design and construction, along with endowment and facility fund-raising efforts. Staff in major program areas has been added, and the museum is moving toward completion.
Proposed Programs: The Corporation Museum has a need for college assistantships after the Museum opens to help with the development and execution of changing exhibits, education programming, community outreach, oral history projects and research efforts. The new Museum comes on line in late 2004. This will advance opportunities for research and learning in the areas of minority studies, museum studies, and history.
Investments Toward IMPART: The Museum is still under construction, and its completion will make available a remarkable resource for partner institutions with a focus on African American history and culture. The Corporation staff is working closely with the Maryland Department of Education to develop expanded K-12 curriculum and lessons on the contributions of African Americans to Maryland's history, science, economy, culture and education.
