CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — A tour bus offloads passengers at the doorstep of Charleston’s International African American Museum. Their excited chatter is a precursor of expectations during their visit in this surprisingly low humidity mid-morning during summer. They file by two-by-two, some stop to read a marker stationed near the city sidewalk and property line …
WCSC Live5News: International African American Museum celebrates nearly 200,000 visitors in one year open
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – After 20 years of planning, the International African American Museum is marking the completion of its first year since it opened its doors. During that first year, the museum saw 187,657 visitors, five rotating exhibits and 7,148 annual memberships. Read More
Black Enterprise: INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM CELEBRATES ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Charleston, South Carolina’s International African American Museum is celebrating one year in operation following 20 years of planning and development. In its opening year, the $100 million museum saw 187,657 visitors, five exhibits, and 7,148 yearly memberships. “I think our engagement levels were far beyond what we expected,” Dr. Tanya Matthews, the museum’s president and …
Charleston Regional Business Journal: One Year In – IAAM in Charleston reflects on a conversation ‘long overdue’
By Hollie Moore Behind the floating architecture of the International African American Museum’s tall walls and pillars stands a story of a past not yet forgotten, and ready to be told. Since its opening one year ago today, June 27, thousands of faces have glared through the glass of nearly a dozen displays at the museum. Descendants, historians and curious …
Gray TV: Celebrating Juneteenth: International African American Museum
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The Grio: Experience the International African American Museum
The museum overlooks the old wharf where 40% of enslaved Africans first entered the U.S., and it honors their untold stories through genealogy, artifacts, and exhibits. Link to The Grio to keep reading.
The Telegraph: Charleston: a garden lover’s guide to this historic US city
You won’t need to travel far this summer to get a sense of the southern port city of Charleston. Explore Charleston’s show garden at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival in July is designed to capture the beauty, elegance and diverse landscapes of the charming port city, where sultry, subtropical marshes, grasses and waterways collide with …
Charleston Regional Business Journal: Smithsonian secretary to help kick off new Charleston museum speaker series
By Hollie Moore An executive with the Smithsonian National Museum of History will participate in the launch of a new speaker series at the International African American Museum in downtown Charleston. The Salon Marronge speaker series will feature “prominent and provocative artists, thought leaders and changemakers” speaking with Tonya Matthews, president and CEO of IAAM, and will …
Greenville News: 15 Minutes With … Dr. Tonya Matthews of the International African American Museum
By Leanne Cobb Dr. Tonya Matthews was taught never to turn down an opportunity without exploring it first. But in 2020 Dr. Matthews, like many others, was more focused on stability and familiarity than new opportunities. Still, lessons engrained during childhood run deep, so when a national search firm called Dr. Matthews to discuss …
Travel Noire: 8 REASONS WHY SPRING IS THE BEST TIME TO VISIT CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston, South Carolina is an intriguing destination. Travelers should go during spring which is the best time to visit Charleston. Link to full article here