African American Museum Harlem
Museum building will be opening soon
Visit Museum information table at 105th Street during the Museum Mile Festival on June 12, 2012 6:00pm - 9:00 pm
Designed by the celebrated Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP, the new Museum for African Art will own and occupy about 90, 000 square feet in a mixed-use joint-development project. The new Museum building is located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 110th Street, in New York City, where it will join Manhattan's "Museum Mile." With its expansive exhibition and programming spaces, the new facility will enable the institution to dramatically expand the audiences it serves. An announcement of the Museum's public opening date will be made during the final phase of construction.
While it prepares for the public opening of its new quarters, the Museum continues to develop important exhibitions that travel to major venues internationally and are accompanied by scholarly publications. The Museum also presents a wide range of public programs for adults, families, and schoolchildren, held at locations throughout New York City.
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Q&A
Why did African-Americans move to Harlem?
because work was plentiful there
Why was Harlem the center of the African American Renaissance?
A major factor leading to the rise of the Harlem Renaissance was the migration of African-Americans to the northern cities. This is why Harlem was the center.
Robert Seldon Duncanson (1821 – December 21, 1872) was an African-American painter associated with the Hudson River School. He is often described incorrectly as Robert Scott Duncanson, the son of a Canadian of Scottish descent, but he was actually descended from freed Virginia slaves.