CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – After a decades long journey the International African American Museum has a home right here in Charleston. They’ll begin welcoming visitors in early January 2023. Dr. Tonya Matthews, President and CEO of the International African American Museum, says they broke ground in 2020 right before the pandemic started. Supply chain issues …
CRBJBizWire.com: International African American Museum announces opening date
Charleston, S.C. – After over 20 years of planning, the International African American Museum (IAAM) has announced that the museum will be welcoming visitors for opening the weekend of January 21, 2023. Read More
The Post and Courier: Charleston’s International African American Museum sets opening date
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NewsBreak: African American Museum to Open in Former Slave Port
The International African American Museum (IAAM) will open its doors next January in Gadsden’s Wharf in Charleston, South Carolina, where over 100,000 enslaved people were estimated to have disembarked from slave ships. Read More
HyperAllergic: African American Museum to Open in Former Slave Port
The opening date for the museum, located at the former site of Gadsden’s Wharf in Charleston, has been anticipated for over two decades. Read More
OurLegacyPlus Twitter: Jessica (J.A.M.) Aiwuyor
One of the most prolific slave trading ports in the US will finally open as a museum in Charleston, SC. Read More
GSA Business Report: International African American Museum sets opening date
The International African American Museum (IAAM) will open its doors next January in Gadsden’s Wharf in Charleston, South Carolina, where over 100,000 enslaved people were estimated to have disembarked from slave ships. Read More
Slavery Archive: AMAZING NEWS!
The International African American Museum (@iaamuseum) will open in Charleston, SC, the port was the entry point of the largest number of enslaved Africans in North America, the weekend of January 21, 2023 #slaveryarchive #twitterstorians https://t.co/saDy7dOAKG Read More
Charleston Regional Business Journal: International African American Museum sets opening date
The International African American Museum will welcome its first visitors on Jan. 21, 2023. Read More
Player FM: Podcasts Worth a Listen
Today on the show Dr. Tonya M Matthews stopped by to speak about the International African American Museum, Understanding Our History and much more. Also, Charlamagne gave “Donkey of the Day” to the son of former baseball player Don Mattedly , for driving drunk and then trying to sell the wreck car. Listen Here