Upcoming Events
Celebrate Black History Month 365. Know the past, shape the future. See more events.
- Aug 5, 2026
- 9:00 am–12:00 pm
- Nantucket, MA
NHA Community Day: The Wider World & Scrimshaw Activation
15 Harbor View Way
- Aug 5, 2026
- 5:00 pm–6:00 pm
- 27 York Street
“13 Moons: A History of Wampanoag Culture” with Darius Coombs
Nantucket, MAMAAH welcomes educator and cultural steward Darius Coombs for a program exploring the enduring history and living culture of the Wampanoag people. For thousands of years, the Wampanoag have stewarded these homelands by hunting in the forests, fishing the waters, cultivating the land, and keeping a reciprocal relationship with the natural world. Through this engaging presentation, Coombs traces the changes and adaptations of Wampanoag culture across centuries while highlighting the resilience, continuity, and strength of a people who remain rooted in their ancestral homelands. Spanning from the distant past to the present day, this program offers audiences a deeper understanding of Wampanoag history, culture, and community today.
- Aug 7, 2026
- 5:00 pm–7:00 pm
- 27 York Street
Nantucket Drum Circle
Nantucket, MAFind your rhythm at MAAH! Band together with us at the historic African Meeting House for a powerful community drum circle, in collaboration with Capoeira Onda Do Mar and Nantucket Drum Circle. Swing by for an afternoon of unity, connection, and self expression.
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Explore the Museum & Get Connected
Celebrate Black History Month 365. Know the past, shape the future.
Connect to inspiring, authentic representations of life in the 18th and 19th centuries — in a unique place where Black communities organized and advanced the cause of freedom.
Boston Location
The African Meeting House, a registered National Historic Landmark, and Abiel Smith School on Beacon Hill were built in the early 1800s and are two of the museum's most valuable assets. Located steps away from the Massachusetts State House.
Nantucket Location
Explore our Nantucket campus, which features two historic sites, the African Meeting House and the Florence Higginbotham House. These buildings were at the center of a thriving nineteenth-century African American community on the island.
We understand the importance of remembering our history.
Welcome to The Museum of African American History! We are New England’s largest museum dedicated to preserving, conserving and interpreting the contributions of African Americans. In Boston and Nantucket, the Museum has preserved two historic sites and two Black Heritage Trails® that tell the story of organized Black communities from the Colonial Period through the 19th century. Exhibits, programs, and education activities at the Museum showcase the powerful stories of Black families who worshipped, educated their children, debated the issues of the day, produced great art, organized politically and advanced the cause of freedom.
"In every human Breast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance."
Plan Your Visit
Reserve Your Ticket
Choose a date, reserve your ticket, and learn something new every time you visit.
Experience the Museum (Virtually)
Explore exhibits, sign-up for a customized talk or schedule a tour, and discover the stories of courageous Americans on a guided walking tour of the Museum’s Black Heritage Trails®.
Leave Inspired & Empowered
Continue the conversation and share the authentic stories of New Englanders of African descent, and those who found common cause with them, in their quest for freedom and justice.
"For over 200 years, the African Meeting House has served as one of the nation’s most important and influential centers of cultural and political discourse around racial equality. Today, the Museum of African American History invokes this important history—in the very place it happened—to open new conversations around racial equity... and expand its narrative of Black and other social justice activists. … and underscore how their courage, as they united across race and class in the struggle for human rights, ushered in modern democracy."
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Your vital contribution supports the Museum's education programs, research and exhibitions, and historic preservation of some of the nation's most important National Historic Landmarks throughout the year. Join us as we continue to make American history.
