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Save & Preserve African American History & Culture in Maryland
The Banneker-Douglass Museum, Maryland’s State Museum on African American history and culture serves to document, interpret, and promote African American history, art, and culture in Maryland through dynamic and interactive exhibitions, programs and projects. Doing so, together, we improve the understanding and appreciation of America’s rich cultural diversity for all.
In the coming months, plans include, and your contributions will support:
- Producing and delivering free, accessible anti-racism educational programming for Maryland public schools and the general public for FY22
- Planning for a new art exhibition curated by acclaimed gallerist, Myrtis Bedolla, featuring Maryland artists whose work explores Black liberation movements
- Conservation, preservation, and installation of the historic “Andrew Ellicott & Benjamin Banneker Surveying the Boundaries of the District of Columbia” Mural
- Museum capacity building in youth education, development, and marketing and communications
- Strategic planning to include a new permanent exhibit
- Continued free admission to the public
Help Us Meet Our Goal
Our goal this quarter is to raise $50,000 by December 31. So far, we have raised $25,000. Please consider a gift of $50 or more to help us meet this goal. Gifts of all sizes are also welcome and appreciated.
Contributions can be made online on the museum’s website at bdmuseum.maryland.gov/donate, or mailed to:
Banneker-Douglass Museum Foundation
℅ Beryle Hall
P.O. Box 1442
Annapolis, MD 21404
Please join us to make a difference today and support Maryland’s African American history, art and culture. Your gift will be an investment in BDM’s collections and research program, state-wide youth and community programs, and exhibitions. We hope you will join us in our important work.
The Banneker Douglass Museum YouTube channel brings you educational content, recaps of our on-site events, and more. Stay in touch and subscribe to our page.
Freedom Bound Exhibit & Virtual Tour
This powerful exhibit tells nine stories of resistance to bondage and servitude in the Chesapeake Region from the Colonial Period to the American Civil War (1728-1864). The Banneker-Douglass Museum invites visitors to consider what resistance and freedom look like in the present day.
The Banneker-Douglass Museum is supported by the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, which is a unit of the Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives.
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