Charleston Marketing Podcast features Dr. Tonya Matthews, current president and CEO of the International African American Museum (IAAM). “Under Dr. Matthews’ leadership, IAAM has become a champion of authentic, empathetic storytelling of African American history and thus is one of the nation’s newest platforms for the disruption of institutionalized racism as America continues the walk …
Europeans first settled in the city that would become Charleston over 350 years ago.[1] Charleston’s rich history is one of the drivers of its thriving tourism sector, which tallied 7.68 million visitors in 2022. In the hospitality industry, Charleston continues to make history, while local initiatives are also making strides to preserve it. Demand Peaks …
Palmetto Life shares a video segment on the exhibits at the International African American Museum. Watch Here
WHAT: The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of South Carolina Day at the International African American Museum WHEN: Sunday, December 17, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. WHERE: The International African American Museum / 14 Wharfside Street / Charleston, S.C. 29401 DETAILS: The International African American Museum (IAAM) will host members of the …
The Rev. Kay Colleton will never forget the time she first laid eyes on Moving Star Hall, a tiny white clapboard building with a leaning chimney, a crooked roof and a storied history. The hall is a rare surviving example of a praise house — humble one-room structures used as places of worship by enslaved …
Before Congress ended the transatlantic slave trade in 1808, the Port of Charleston was the nation’s epicenter of human trafficking. Almost half of the estimated 400,000 African people imported into what became the United States were brought to that Southern city, and a substantial number took their first steps on American soil at Gadsden’s Wharf …
Charleston is full of historic spaces, but no spot is more imbued with the spirit of the past than the site of Gadsden’s Wharf. Located on the western side of the Cooper River where that waterway joins the Ashley in Charleston harbor, the wharf was at one point in the 18th century the largest quayside …
The Rev. Kay Colleton will never forget the time she first laid eyes on Moving Star Hall, a tiny white clapboard building with a leaning chimney, a crooked roof and a storied history. The hall is a rare surviving example of a praise house — humble one-room structures used as places of worship by enslaved …
The International African American Museum (IAAM) in Charleston has set in place the next exhibition, along with holiday observances and events running from mid-December through Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 15, 2024. Creative Gathering: A Space for Gathering, Fellowship, and Reflection runs from Dec. 14, 2023, through Jan. 14, 2024. The exhibition, which will …
Digging deeply into family lineage has taken off in recent years, with some estimates putting the number of visits to genealogy Web sites at over 100 million a year. The newly opened International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, aims to honor untold stories at one of America’s most sacred sites. Part of that …
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