Construction of the Moody Nolan and Pei Cobb Freed & Partners-designed International African American Museum (IAAM) began in the fall of 2019 after nearly two decades of planning. In April, a request for additional funding was submitted to the city of Charleston in order to complete the genealogy center that’s planned for the museum. The board apparently had known about …
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Heating, cooling and humidity issues have forced officials to delay the scheduled January opening of the International African American Museum in Charleston. Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Heating, cooling and humidity issues have forced officials to delay the scheduled January opening of the International African American Museum in Charleston. Read More
The heating, cooling and humidity issues that delayed the opening of the International African American Museum surfaced within the past two weeks and are expected to be covered with funds that already have been raised, officials said this week. Read more here: IAAM delayed opening P&C coverage 12 23 22
Charleston, S.C. Due to challenges regarding the building’s humidity and temperature controls, The International African American Museum has made the difficult decision to postpone its opening. Museums require extremely stringent humidity controls in order to display the most sensitive of items for extended periods of time. This delay is necessary to ensure that the museum …
When the International African American Museum opens in January in Charleston, South Carolina, it will tell the story of slavery in the US – going all the way back to 300 BCE. Michael Boulware Moore grew up listening to his grandmother’s story about a 23-year-old enslaved man named Robert Smalls, who seized a Confederate ship …
“Unsettled Things: Art of the African American South,” a collection of 44 contemporary artworks by 28 artists, will make its national debut Jan. 21 as the inaugural special exhibition for the opening of the International African American Museum. The exhibit is organized by the Ackland Museum of Art at the University of North Carolina (UNC) …
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