Alexandria Black History Resource Center, Alexandria, VA...

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located in original segregated black public library, offers paintings photos, ci.alexandria
Closed New Year's Day, Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Martin Luther King Day trekaroo.com
The museum is focused on preserving and celebrating local and regional African American history. There is also a reading room and nine-acre heritage park. washingtonpost.com
Located in the heart of the Parker-Gray Historic District, the Alexandria Black History Museum documents the contributions of African Americans to Alexandria's history and culture from 1749 to the present. The building that today houses the Museum was constructed in 1940 as the Robinson Library, the African American community's first public library. The Watson Reading Room is a non-circulating research virginia.org

The institutional complex is composed of the Museum, the Watson Reading Room, and the Alexandria African American Heritage Park. The Museum, devoted to exhibiting local a... from trekaroo.com

admission: Admission Fee: $2 suggested
deals and packages url: http://www.virginia.org/Listings/HistoricSites/AlexandriaBlackHistoryMuseum?view=packages
location: Alexandria
maps and directions url: http://www.virginia.org/Listings/HistoricSites/AlexandriaBlackHistoryMuseum?view=maps
alternative web site: http://www.prmuseum.com/kendrix/resouctr.html
building type: Library
group identity: African American
more info link: http://stepintoplaces.com/Resource%20Guide/Collection%20M-Z/Sculpture_VA.htm
type of resource: Museum
event type: History Museum
metro: Braddock Road (Blue and Yellow lines)
neighbourhood: Old Town Alexandria
num of readers ratings: 0
ages: 8 adult
categories: Museums & Monuments