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Exhibitions and Collections
Collections
The Black History Museum and Cultural Center continues its
mission by expanding its collection to include fine art objects, traditional African
artifacts and the preservation of oral traditions.
The Museum holds works by renowned artists such as Sam Gilllam,
John Biggers and P.H. Polk. In addition, the Museum has an extensive collection of African
Artifacts and textiles from various ethnic groups throughout Africa.
The BHMCC strives to become the largest repository for black
memorabilia pertaining to people and businesses of Historic Jackson
Ward, the birthplace of Black Capitalism.
Exhibitions
- The Gift of Black Inventors
- The Gift of Black Inventors highlights the numerous contributions of Americans of African descent to science and industry. The product of more than twenty-five years of research by its curator James E. Wright, Jr., the exhibition will display more than 125 items that feature inventions from the late 19th century through the present. The Gift of Black Inventors will be on display at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia through July 31, 2008.
Chester Higgins, Jr.
Invoking the Spirit: Worship Traditions in the African World
The product of more than twenty-five years of travel and research by New York Times photojournalist Chester Higgins, Jr., this photography exhibition explores worship practices across ethnic, national, cultural, and religious boundaries throughout the African world and documents the vitality and diversity of the global African religious experience.
BARNSTORMIN': The Negro Leagues, 1920-1960
This exhibition chronicles Negro Baseball Leagues including,
the Negro Southern League, the Eastern Colored League, the
American Negro League and the Negro National League. This
exhibition features approximately two hundred ad fifty artifacts.
Included are autographed photographs, baseballs, bats, and other
memorabilia.
Souls Dancing: An Exhibition of the Art of Darrick Claiborne
Mr.
Claiborne seeks to make his subjects come alive with paint
enhanced with fabric and jewels.
Claiborne desires to breathe life into his canvas, hoping that
you can feel his soul dancing through the movements of the
subjects of his paintings. He exalts the creator of his spirit
through the warm use of color. In his art, he shares his
elation and vulnerabilities, love for music, and celebrates the
triumph of the human experience.
Souls
Dancing will be on view through June 30, 2006. Gallery is open
Tuesday through Saturday, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. The Black
History Museum Cultural Center of VA is located at 00 Clay
Street, Richmond, VA 23219.
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