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This is a list of Slavery memorials and museums situated in the United States, organized by state.

List of Monuments, Memorials, and Museums about Slavery in the United States, by state. See also: List of museums focused on African Americans, Civil Rights Monuments

Alabama

 * Alabama State Black Archives Research Center and Museum, Huntsville, Alabama, founded 1990.
 * Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, founded 1992.
 * Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument,Birmingham, Alabama, established by President Barack Obama in January 2017.
 * Civil Rights Memorial, Montgomery, Alabama, designed by artist Maya Lin, DATE??
 * Freedom Riders National Monument, Anniston, Alabama established by President Barack Obama in January 2017.
 * George Washington Carver Museum, The, Tuskegee, Alabama, founded 1941.
 * National African American Archives and Museum, Mobile, Alabama, founded 1992.
 * Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail, Montgomery County, Lowndes County & Dallas Counties, AL

Arizona

 * African American Multicultural Museum, Scottsdale, Arizona, founded 2005
 * George Washington Carver Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, founded 1980.

Arkansas

 * Delta Cultural Center, Helena, Arkansas, founded 1991.
 * Fort Smith National Historic Site, Fort Smith, Arkansas.

California

 * African American Museum and Library at Oakland (AAMLO), Oakland, Californian, collection began in 1946.
 * California African American Museum, Los Angeles, California, founded 1981.
 * Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, California, founded 2005.

Colorado

 * Black American West Museum & Heritage Center, Denver, Colorado, founded 1971.

Connecticut

 * John E. Rogers African American Cultural Center, Hartford, Connecticut, founded 1991.

District of Colombia (Washington, DC)

 * Anacostia Museum, founded 1967.
 * Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, managed by the National Park Service, established 1962.
 * Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site, managed by the National Park Service, established 1979.
 * National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), Smithsonian, established 2003, opened 2016. Designed by architects Adjaye Associates and Davis Brody Bond.

Florida

 * African American Museum of the Arts, DeLand, Florida.
 * Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida, founded 2006.
 * John G. Riley Center/Museum of African American History and Culture, Tallahassee, Florida, founded 1996.
 * Kingsley Plantation, Jacksonville, Florida, former slave plantation managed by National Park Service.
 * LaVilla Museum, Jacksonville, Florida, founded 1999.
 * Mary McLeod Bethune Home, Daytona Beach, Florida, established 1956.
 * Old Dillard Museum, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, founded 1995.
 * St. Rita's Black Heritage Museum, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, founded 1999.
 * Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum, Tallahassee, Florida, founded 1976.

Georgia

 * Dorchester Academy and Museum, Midway, Georgia, founded 2004.
 * Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site, Atlanta, Georgia, founded 1996.
 * National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta, Georgia, founded 2014.
 * Tubman African American Museum, Macon, Georgia, founded 1981.

Idaho

 * Idaho Black History Museum, Boise, Idaho, founded 1995.

Illinois

 * DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago, Illinois, founded 1960.
 * Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Springfield, Illinois.

Iowa

 * African American Museum of Iowa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, opened 2000

Kansas

 * Kansas African-American Museum, Wichita, Kansas, founded 1997.
 * Nicodemus National Historic Site, Nicodemus, Kansas, founded 1996.

Kentucky

 * Isaac Scott Hathaway Museum at Lexington History Center, Lexington, Kentucky, founded 2002.

Louisiana

 * Baton Rouge African American Museum, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, founded 2001.
 * Bontemps African American Museum, Alexandria, Louisiana, founded 1988.
 * Cane River Creole National Historical Park, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, run by the National Park Service, established in 1994.
 * Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, New Orleans, Louisiana
 * Louisiana African American Heritage Trail, State of Louisiana, founded 2008
 * New Orleans African American Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana, founded 1988.
 * Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage Museum, Monroe, Louisiana, founded 1994.
 * River Road African American Museum, Donaldsville, Louisiana, founded 1994.
 * Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum, Hammond, Louisiana, founded 2005.
 * Whitney Plantation, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana

Maryland

 * Banneker-Douglass Museum, Annapolis, Maryland, founded 1984.
 * Great Blacks in Wax Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, founded 1983.
 * Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center, Church Creek, Maryland, managed by the National Park Service, established 2017.
 * Prince George's African American Museum and Cultural Center, North Brentwood, Maryland, founded 2010.
 * Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History and Culture, Baltimore, Maryland, founded 2005.

Massachusetts

 * Boston Massacre memorial, Boston, Massachusetts.
 * Boston African American National Historic Site, [[Boston, Massachusetts].
 * Museum of African American History & Abiel Smith School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1964.

Michigan

 * Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, Michigan, founded 1965.

Mississippi

 * Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, [[Jackson, Mississippi], 2017.
 * Natchez Museum of African American History and Culture, Natchez, Mississippi, founded 1991.
 * Smith-Robertson Museum and Cultural Center, Jackson, Mississippi, founded 1984.

Missouri

 * George Washington Carver National Monument, Diamond, Missouri.

Nebraska

 * Great Plains Black History Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, founded 1975

New Jersey

 * Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey, founded 1984.

New York

 * African American Museum (New York), Hempstead, New York, opened 1970.
 * African Burial Ground National Monument, New York City

North Carolina

 * Harvey B. Gantt Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, founded 1974.
 * International Civil Rights Center and Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina, founded 2010.

Ohio

 * The African American Museum in Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, founded 1953.
 * National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce, Ohio, founded 1987.
 * National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnatti, Ohio, founded 2004.

Pennsylvania

 * African American Museum in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, opened 1976.
 * August Wilson Center for African American Culture, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, founded 2006.
 * Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, Hopewell, Pennsylvania.

South Carolina

 * Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum, Seneca, South Carolina, founded 2015
 * Clemson Area African American Museum, Clemson, South Carolina, founded 2010.
 * International African American Museum, Charleston, South Carolina, 2019 (anticipated).
 * Reconstruction Era National Monument, Beaufort County, South Carolina includes Camp Saxton Site/Emancipation Grove, Port Royal Penn Center, Saint Helena Island, established in January, 2017 by President Barack Obama.
 * Slave Mart Museum, Charleston, South Carolina, founded 1938.

Tennessee

 * National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, founded 1991.

Texas

 * African American Museum (Dallas), Dallas, Texas, founded 1974.
 * Booker T. Washington Park, Mexia, Texas
 * Emancipation Park, Austin, Texas
 * Emancipation Park, Houston, Texas
 * George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center, Austin, Texas, founded 1980

Virginia

 * Alexandria Black History Museum, Alexandria, Virginia, founded 1987.
 * Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum, Lynchburg, Virginia, founded 1977.
 * Arlington House (The Robert E. Lee Memorial), Arlington, Virginia
 * Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, founded 1988.
 * Booker T. Washington National Monument, Hardy, Virginia.
 * Colonial National Historical Park, Yorktown, Virginia.
 * George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Washington’s Birthplace, Virginia
 * L.E. Coleman African-American Museum, Halifax County, Virginia, founded 2005.
 * Legacy Museum of African American History, Lynchburg, Virginia, founded 2000
 * Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, Richmond, Virginia.

Washington

 * Northwest African American Museum, Seattle, Washington, founded 2008.

West Virginia

 * Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Wisconsin

 * America's Black Holocaust Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, founded 1988.