Upcoming Events
Celebrate Black History Month 365. Know the past, shape the future. See more events.
- May 9, 2026
- 11:00 am–1:00 pm
- 27 York Street
Holding History, Healing Harm: Nantucket Community Conversations at the African Meeting House
Nantucket, MAMAAH invites the Nantucket community to the final session of our Holding History, Healing Harm series. This conversation builds on earlier discussions to explore what meaningful repair and accountability look like in practice. Participants will dive into restorative and distributive approaches to justice and identify concrete steps to support safety, access, and community trust in Nantucket. Become an agent of change in the community and rebuild trust together with us.
- May 9, 2026
- 11:00 am–1:00 pm
- 46 Joy Street
Black Girl Magic: A Gathering of Storytelling, Craft, & Kinship
Boston, MASpend a joyful afternoon with Ashley J. May as we gather on the Kin Folk Archive quilt for storytelling, folk songs, and a hands-on yarn doll workshop inspired by Honey, I Love by Eloise Greenfield. Together we will read, sing, create, and dream while celebrating the simple moments that bring us closer like family drives, flying kites, and laughing with friends. This special Black Girl Magic gathering centers creativity, connection, and the joy of being in community.
- May 10, 2026
- 1:00 pm–2:00 pm
- 46 Joy Street
Boston Family Days: Amor Di Mai: A Mother’s Day Song Circle
Boston, MAThe Haus of Glitter invites the community into a joyful and reverent gathering honoring our mothers, grandmothers, matriarchs, maternal figures & chosen families. Through live music, storytelling, and shared song, we will celebrate lineage, memory, and the power of maternal love. This is an invitation to share stories and sing together, learning about a Cape Verdean heritage song passed down through family lineage. How do we honor those who have nurtured us with love, community, and song?
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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.