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The Best Black History Month Museums & Landmarks to Visit
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items From historic sites to cultural museums, these destinations are perfect for learning and honoring Black history in February and beyond.
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Through permanent and rotating exhibits, its nine galleries and memorial gardens tell the tales and shares the faces of the African diaspora.
International African American Museum
It connects a myriad of museums, courthouses, schools, churches, and other landmarks spread throughout 15 states including Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Louisiana, Florida, New Jersey, and North Carolina.
Civil Rights Trail
Includes a visitor center – where your kids will be impressed by the “Courage of Children” exhibit – as well as a monument, church, and fire station.
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park - National Park Service
A self-guided museum that paints a picture of what it was like for baseball’s early Black players who had to play in the Negro Leagues until 1947 when Robinson broke the barrier by joining a team in the MLB.
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
Perfect place to have a picnic and learn about the incredible history of the Tuskegee Airmen, 66 of whom perished in combat.
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
Stop at this 480-acre park where you can get to know the courageous “conductor” who helped free 70 slaves. There’s a visitor center (with an informative film), a legacy garden, a research library, and a museum store where you can pick up a copy of “A...
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
This contemporary art museum is dedicated to depicting the African Diaspora, and its aftermath, through the incredible multimedia artwork of Black artists like JoeSam. and Lishan AZ. Can’t visit in person? Check out the online exhibits that include m...
Museum of the African Diaspora
The first Black settlement west of the Mississippi, the town of Nicodemus was once the gateway for African Americans looking to settle the Great Plains and eventually, move further west. Today, you can learn about this pioneering community via a rang...
Nicodemus National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)
Since opening in 2021, this new 56,000-square-foot Nashville institution has welcomed thousands of visitors (and return visitors) interested in understanding how Black culture influenced, and even birthed, more than 50 genres of music. All six galler...
National Museum of African American Music
It’s one of the only African American firefighter museums in the country, and it’s only open on Saturdays (weekday by appointment), so plan accordingly.
Northern Nevada African American Firefighter Museum