Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
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Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History is geschiedenismuseum in de Amerikaanse stad Detroit. Het museum opende in 1965 en vertelt de Afro-Amerikaanse geschiedenis aan de hand van voorwerpen, kunstobjecten en muziekgeschiedenis. In 1965 opende het museum onder de naam International Afro-American Museum. Twintig jaar later in 1985 werd de naam aangepast naar Museum of African American History. In 1997 kreeg het museum de huidige naam. Vernoemd naar Charles H. Wright, de oprichter van het museum.
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The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, or The Wright, is located in Detroit, Michigan in the U.S.; inside the city's Midtown Cultural Center is one of the world's oldest independent African American museums. Founded in 1965, The Wright museum holds the world's largest permanent collection of African-American culture. With a collection of more than 35,000 artifacts, The Wright's current 125,000-square-foot museum opened as the largest museum in the world dedicated to African American history.
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Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
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The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, or The Wright, is located in Detroit, Michigan in the U.S.; inside the city's Midtown Cultural Center is one of the world's oldest independent African American museums. Founded in 1965, The Wright museum holds the world's largest permanent collection of African-American culture. With a collection of more than 35,000 artifacts, The Wright's current 125,000-square-foot museum opened as the largest museum in the world dedicated to African American history. The Wright, whose exhibits include Underground Railroad documents and letters from Malcolm X and Rosa Parks, also hosted memorial events for Parks and the "Queen of Soul," Aretha Franklin, who lay in state in the museum's rotunda in 2005 and 2018, respectively. Notably, The Wright is the current home of The National Museum of the Tuskegee Airmen The Wright also produces one of the largest festivals dedicated to celebrating the food, fashion, music, and dance cultures of the diaspora -- African World Festival.
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Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History is geschiedenismuseum in de Amerikaanse stad Detroit. Het museum opende in 1965 en vertelt de Afro-Amerikaanse geschiedenis aan de hand van voorwerpen, kunstobjecten en muziekgeschiedenis. In 1965 opende het museum onder de naam International Afro-American Museum. Twintig jaar later in 1985 werd de naam aangepast naar Museum of African American History. In 1997 kreeg het museum de huidige naam. Vernoemd naar Charles H. Wright, de oprichter van het museum.
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