America's Black Holocaust Museum

Local nameAmerica’s Black Holocaust Museum
LocationBronzeville, Milwaukee

America's Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM is dedicated to the history of the Black Holocaust in America.The museum was founded in 1988 by James Cameron, who became well known after surviving a lynching.Cameron died in 2006, and in 2008, the museum's board of directors announced that the museum would be closed temporarily because of reduced funding during the 2008 Great Recession. A foundation was created in 2012 to continue his legacy and vision. In 2012, the foundation re-opened ABHM as a 3,200+ page virtual museum at www.abhmuseum.org.

In 2016, the Foundation began planning to return the museum to a new physical home. The new location is in the Griot building at 401 W. North Avenue in Milwaukee's historic Bronzeville neighborhood, was scheduled to open in Fall 2019. The grand opening has since been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America's_Black_Holocaust_Museum

Official Website https://abhmuseum.org/

Address 2260 N 4th St, Milwaukee 53212, United States

Coordinates 43°3'36.622" N -87°54'56.867" E

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