The International African American Museum (IAAM) explores cultures and knowledge systems retained and adapted by Africans in the Americas and the diverse journeys and achievements of these individuals and their descendants in South Carolina, the United States, and throughout the African Diaspora. IAAM is a champion of authentic, empathetic storytelling of American history and is thus one of the nation’s newest platforms for the disruption of institutionalized racism as it evolves today. Set to open in late 2022, IAAM is positioned to honor the untold stories of the African American journey from Charleston, S.C., at the historically sacred site of Gadsden’s Wharf and beyond. For more information, please visit iaamuseum.org or call 843-872-5352.
Recent Press and Media Coverage
- The Post and Courier: TD Bank doubles contribution to Charleston’s International African American Museum
- LowcountryBizSC: International African American Museum receives second donation from TD Bank
- Holy City Sinner: TD Bank Gifts Another $250K to International African American Museum
- International African American Museum receives second donation from TD Bank
- The New Yorker: Summer Art Preview
- Charleston City Paper: International African American Museum hosts virtual chat May 18
- LowcountryBizSC:A Conversation with Dr. Tonya Matthews, The International African American Museum (IAAM)
- Holy City Sinner: IAAM to Host Virtual Event with NY Times Best-selling Author Clint Smith
- CRBJBizWire.com: International African American Museum sponsors Fireside Chat event on International Museum Day #1 New York Times best-selling author Clint Smith to discuss slavery across America
- LowcountryBizSC: International African American Museum sponsors Fireside Chat event on International Museum Day
- International African American Museum sponsors Fireside Chat event on International Museum Day
- The Post and Courier: Trailblazing SC-born athlete Althea Gibson remembered at Charleston Open and in new museum
- Charleston Magazine: Setting the Course
- Conde Nast Traveler: Explore Charleston
- ABC4 News:Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor hosting ‘Awakening of the Ancestors’ Saturday
- 1250 WTMA News Talk: Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor hosting ‘Awakening of the Ancestors’ Saturday
- Social Post: Ten New Cultural Highlights in the United States »News | Note
- Charleston City Paper: Join a Gullah Geechee celebration
- Charleston City Paper: HOT TOPICS, 3/18: Restaurant changes, a Gullah Geechee celebration and ‘The Righteous Gemstones’
- Town & Country: How Does Charleston Grapple With Its History? By Talking About It.
- Town&Country Twitter: As the city’s International African American Museum prepares for its late 2022 debut, Charlestonians open up.
- Indagare: Insider’s Charleston with The Dewberry’s Jaimie Dewberry
- Archy Worldys: USA: New museums and galleries from New York to Los Angeles
- VNExplorer: How Does Charleston Grapple With Its History? By Talking About It.
- CRBJBizWire.com: Ingevity invests $500,000 in International African American Museum
- Politic News Buster Insider: Chemical company gifts $500,000 to IAAM
- The Post and Courier Print Edition: Ingevity donates $500K to IAAM
- The Post and Courier: North Charleston chemical maker gives $500K to Charleston’s African American Museum
- Museum Breuer Press: CHEMICAL COMPANY GIFTS $500,000 TO INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM
- Travel Essays for History Lovers: CLIO’S CURATION – March 202
- LowcountryBizSC: Ingevity invests $500,000 in International African American Museum
- Ingevity invests $500,000 in International African American Museum
- USA Today: Charleston wharf where 100,000 enslaved Africans were imprisoned to become a museum
- The Post & Courier: Peper column: Keeping the Gullah language alive
- The Post & Courier:IAAM receives $1M gift from foundation dealing with racism allegations about its namesake
- Holy City Sinner: Inspired by Gullah Geechee History, Yawkey Foundation donates $1 Million to International African American Museum
- CRBJBizWire.com: Inspired by Gullah Geechee History, Yawkey Foundation donates $1M to International African American Museum
- 1250 WTMA News Talk: IAAM receives $1 million for Gullah Geechee exhibition gallery
- Davie County Enterprise Record: Black History: Gullah and Geechee cultures still alive
- LowcountryBizSC: Plans for IAAM’s Gullah Geechee exhibit made possible by Yawkey Foundation
- SC Arts The Hub: IAAM gets third round of support from Ford Foundation
- The Post & Courier: African American Museum gets $500K donation
- Charleston Regional Business Journal:International African American Museum receives $500,000 grant
- Inspired by Gullah Geechee History, Yawkey Foundation donates $1MM to International African American Museum
- Ford Foundation Increases Commitment to the International African American Museum
- IAAM’s CEO named one of Charleston’s “50 Most Influential People of 2021”