Black PR Wire: International African American Museum To Host Smithsonian Museum Men of Change Exhibit and Events
International African American Museum To Host Smithsonian Museum Men of Change Exhibit and Events
Melissa Pluta Parker
Black News: International African American Museum launches at former slave trading port
After more than 20 years of planning, the International African American Museum (IAAM) has opened to the public in Charleston, South Carolina. The new museum is located at the site of Gadsden’s Wharf, a former slave trading port. It includes nine galleries, a world-class genealogy and ancestry resource centre, and the African Ancestors Memorial Garden. Link here to read …
EX Bulletin: The latest in Black Art: International African American Museum opens, Spelman Museum kicks off National Collection tour, Kadir Nelson’s 4th of July vision and more
The International African American Museum in Charleston, SC, is located on Gadsdens Wharf. The historic site was a major landing point for enslaved Africans. | Photo courtesy International African American Museum Link here to read more
Charleston Business Magazine: Charleston’s International African American Museum Offers New Look at History
The Charleston Business Magazine offers a big write up on the International African American Museum in the July 2023 issue. Link to the Charleston Business Magazine here to read item
Surface Magazine: THE LONG-AWAITED INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM – SURFACE
Perched on a historic South Carolina harbor where enslaved Africans once landed, the long-delayed museum is a powerful document of Black cultural energy entering, shaping, and reshaping the United States Link here to read more
CRBJ Tip Sheet: International African American Museum opens doors wide for visitors near and far
Charleston, S.C. — The International African American Museum (IAAM) officially opened to the public on Tuesday, June 27, after over 20 years of planning, welcoming guests and community members inside to learn the full story of the African American journey. Located at the historically sacred site of Gadsden’s Wharf, IAAM’s nine distinct galleries demonstrate how …
Moultrie News: Hidden in plain sight – International African American Museum welcomes visitors
Inside the International African American Museum in Charleston, natural light from large windows overlooking the Charleston Harbor illuminate the exhibits housed in the center of the museum. The view of the harbor — idyllic in nature — also serves as a grim reminder of what happened over two centuries ago. During the transatlantic slave trade, an estimated …
WRAL News: HOLLAND COTTER: At slave port, new museum is tribute to Afro-American journey
In Charleston Harbor, where the initiating shots of the Civil War were fired — Fort Sumter is distantly visible — I’m on the site of a former shipping pier known as Gadsden’s Wharf. Here, in the 18th and early 19th centuries, ships carrying tens of thousands of enslaved Africans deposited their human cargo, a population …
SC Biz News: Work begins on 2 million-square-foot industrial park in Spartanburg
Frampton Construction Company LLC has broken ground on the first phase of Mid85 industrial park in Spartanburg. Phase one consists of two speculative warehouse facilities totaling 1,195,342 square feet, according to a news release from Frampton Construction. Link here to read more
Construction Review Online: Phase I of Mid85 industrial park breaks ground in South Carolina
by Barbara Mangiri Ther Mid85 industrial park development in Spartanburg, South Carolina, is spearheaded by the full-service construction firm, Frampton Construction Company. The developer is also working with Greystar Real Estate, a company specializing in investment, development, and management of high-quality real estate. Recently, they broke ground on the first phase of the new industrial project, which will …
