Exhibits

New Exhibit Opening: A Place For All People!

On February 19, 2017 / Exhibits, HMAAC Updates

The Harrison Museum of African American Culture Celebrates the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture with the Smithsonian Poster Exhibition for Black History Month! Please R.S.V.P to 540-857-4395 Admission for the opening is $10.

Lecture-Civil Rights is Human Rights

On January 28, 2017 / Exhibits

‘Extraordinary Crowns,’ an exhibit of African American Hats

On December 6, 2016 / Exhibits

‘Extraordinary Crowns,’ an exhibit of African American Hats Contact: Charles Price, Board President, 540.857.4395 Harrison Museum of African American History and Culture On January 8, 2017, the Harrison Museum will open the exhibit ‘Extraordinary Crowns: The Collection of Irma Jean Young Smith.’ Highlighting around 30 crowns

Artist & Musicians Lecture Series: Oscar Micheaux

On July 13, 2016 / Exhibits

On Tuesday, July 19, 2016 from 5:30pm-7:30pm, the Harrison Museum is proud to host a film presentation entitled Oscar Micheaux: God’s Step Children!!! This film is a part of our Artists & Musicians Lecture Series. We are pleased to have Amy Gerber-Stroh, Film Professor at Hollins University

Exhibit: Tobacco People: Africa and the Americas

On November 2, 2015 / Exhibits

Over the last twenty years Sarah Hazlegrove’s Tobacco People project has sent the Roanoke based photographer around the world. What began as a distinctly personal project recording the small community of people that had grown up around the production of tobacco on her family’s farm in Prince

Exhibit: IndiVisible – A Premier Showing for Virginia! – July 25, 2015

On July 12, 2015 / Exhibits

Comanche family, early 1900s Here is a family from the Comanche Nation located in southwestern Oklahoma. The elder man in Comanche traditional clothing is Ta-Ten-e-quer. His wife, Ta-Tat-ty, also wears Comanche clothing. Their niece (center) is Wife-per, also known as Frances E. Wright. Her father was

Exhibit: Faces of Africa

On July 9, 2015 / Exhibits

Click here to learn more about our Faces of Africa Exhibit.

Join Us: Remnants of a Broken Past

On February 15, 2015 / Exhibits, HMAAC Updates

Press Release for William Fleming’s Advanced Theatre Class World Premiere Production of: Remnants of a Broken Past: Sponsored by the Harrison Museum, in collaboration with Mill Mountain Theatre You are cordially invited to come and witness Remnants of a Broken Past, a heartfelt drama dealing with the

New Exhibit: Mystical View of Tribal Heritage – Opening February 23, 2015

On February 15, 2015 / Exhibits, HMAAC Updates

A Mystical View of Tribal Heritage is an exhibit on loan from the International Museum Institute of New York. Faithfully recreated by award-winning artist Richard W. Jones (1934-2008), this critically acclaimed collection of authentic reproductions of ancient masks, murals, and sculptures celebrates 3,500 years of African Tribal

A Cruise Down the Nile

On October 7, 2014 / Exhibits, HMAAC Updates

The Harrison Museum of African American Culture cordially invites you to attend A Cruise Down the Nile “Featuring 3 Ports of Call” Friday October 17, 2014 Download Invitation Please R.S.V.P. by Monday, October 13, 2014. Download RSVP Scroll Below to Pay Online Click to enlarge.