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From Our Executive Director
From the Executive Director
I am Terri Lee Freeman, the new Executive Director of the Museum. I am so excited about building the Museum and further establishing it as a central hub for the historical record of African Americans in Maryland and our contributions to the broader regional and national culture…
Media Releases
The Lewis Museum Announces 2023 Gala Honorees
The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture (The Lewis Museum) today announced Kevin Liles – CEO, Chairman of the Board and Co-Founder of 300 Ent – will be honored with the Titan Award at Into Utopia, the museum’s 2023 Gala, on Thursday, May 11, 2023, at The North Club at M&T Bank Stadium.
Mother of Reginald F. Lewis dies
Carolyn Edith Cooper Fugett, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and Matriarch to the Community at Large who had a special way of making everyone feel they were her favorite, departed this world of natural causes on February 7, 2023 at the age of 97.
The Lewis Museum, Baltimore National Heritage Area to hosting screening and panel discussion on squeegee worker doc
The Lewis Museum and the Baltimore National Heritage Area will host a free screening of the documentary By Any Means Necessary: Stories of Survival on Tuesday, October 18th.
Reading As Resistance Book Fair, Geoffrey Owens reads Shakespeare cap a weekend of Reading The Culture
Reading As Resistance Book Fair, Geoffrey Owens read Shakespeare
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From Our Permanent Collection: The Golliwogg
The stopper of this perfume bottle probably looks familiar. The black face, exaggerated red lips, and afro-style hair are very similar to minstrel show style blackface. Which was the intention. The label reads Golliwogg, which refers to a character from a series of books by Florence Upton, first written in 1895.
In Memoriam: Philip Freelon, Architect of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum
Philip Freelon, 1952 - 2019 Philip Freelon, FAIA, the much-admired and award-winning architect of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, has died at the age of 66. He had been diagnosed with ALS in 2016. The Freelon Group, one...
A Closer Look at the Lewis Collection: Educator & Clubwoman, Ida R. Cummings
Ida Rebecca Cummings was an educator, clubwoman, and organizational leader.
Carr’s and Sparrow’s Beaches Featured in Lewis Permanent Collection
Carr’s and Sparrow’s beaches were two beaches in Maryland that were havens for African Americans. Learn more about black beaches at the Lewis.