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
- Post and Courier: ‘A deeper understanding’: Black history and tourism in SC coming into focus
- Post and Courier: “Charleston boasts a plethora of historic architecture, of many styles and uses”
- Food & Wine: “How a Single Grain Shaped the History of This City — and Holds the Key to Its Future”
- Black Hot Fire Network: “The new museum at America’s largest slave port site also taps into a deeply rooted joy”
- Traveller: “Ten of the world’s greatest immersive travel experiences”
- Greenville Journal: “Greer gallery hosts International African American Museum anniversary celebration”
- WCSC-TV: “Harriet Tubman traveling exhibit arrives at Internat’l African American Museum”
- UNESCO: “Places of History and Memory: UNESCO launched a new global network linked to enslavement and the slave trade”
- “Routes of Enslaved Peoples: First 22 places join the new UNESCO’s Network of Places of History and Memory”
- Smithsonian Magazine: “Five Historic Places to Experience Charleston, South Carolina’s Captivating Past”
