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

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