Alexandria Black History Museum
City of Alexandria, Virginia
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The mission of the Alexandria Black History Museum is to enrich the lives of Alexandria's residents and visitors, to foster tolerance and understanding among all cultures and to stimulate appreciation for the diversity of the African American experience.
The Museum, devoted to exhibiting local and regional history, is housed in the Robert H. Robinson Library, originally constructed in 1940 following a sit-in at the segregated Alexandria Library. The Museum complex also includes the Watson Reading Room and the Alexandria African American Heritage Park. The Reading Room, established in 1995, provides an environment for learning about the diversity of African American cultural traditions. A nine-acre green space and wetland, the Park offers a place for celebration, commemoration and quiet reflection.
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