Smithsonian Institution Collections

Highlights in African American Collections

The National Museum of African American History and Culture is pleased to present a sampling of collections held by Smithsonian Institution museums.

Smithsonian museums have a diverse array of material related to the history and culture of African Americans. The various specialties of each museum—art, ethnographic objects, archives, historic artifacts and photographs—are represented here. This selected sample of collections gives you a hint of the fascinating and unique objects collected by the Smithsonian.

This a showcase of the artifacts and works of art in other Smithsonian museums: Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, National Museum of Natural History, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.

This part of the site is just getting started—stay tuned as we add more material each month and add more museum collections.