Join us as we celebrate the opening of this highly anticipated exhibition. In Reading Douglass, we explore Frederick Douglass’ passion for reading as a form of resistance. Designed as an interactive installation that invokes the power of reading by recreating a library, the installation invites us to in the words of Douglass “open ourselves up […]

            Feelin: Creative Practice, Pleasure, and Black Feminist Thought Friday, December 16th | 6:30 PM Free Admission | RSVP Required Join scholar and interdisciplinary artist, Bettina Judd in celebrating her newest book, Feelin, with a conversation and interactive film screening at The Reginald F. Lewis Museum Maryland African American History and Culture […]

Martin Luther King Day: Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community Monday, January 16, 2023 | 11am - 6 pm Commemorate the King Day Holiday at The Lewis Museum as the museum reflects on prophetic themes from Dr. King’s last book, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community, in which King analyzes the […]

Reading Douglass Author Talk : In Spite Of… with Treopia Green Washington Saturday, January 28, 2023 | 2 pm | Hybrid Free with museum admission, but registration is requested Join us for a liberating author talk that celebrates Reading Douglass, an exhibition exploring reading as an act of resistance and restoration that can profoundly impact our lives.  […]

                        Elijah E. Cummings Democracy and Freedom Festival Wednesday, February 8, 2023 | 1:30pm - 8:45 pm | Location: Reginald F. Lewis Museum Join the SNF Agora Institute for a free event bringing together scholars, practitioners, and the local community to grapple with democratic challenges […]

  Frederick Douglass Birthday & Valentine’s Day Celebration,“Love & Liberation” Saturday, February 11, 2023 | 1 pm - 5 pm | Location: Reginald F. Lewis Museum Did you know that statesman Frederick Douglass chose Valentine's Day (Feb 14th)  to commemorate his unknown birth date in February because he liked the traditions surrounding this date?  Join the […]

February 22, 2023 through April 9, 2023 | The Lewis Now Gallery In 1900, W.E.B. Du Bois, historian Daniel Murray, and librarian Thomas J. Calloway exhibited at the World’s Fair in Paris, celebrating global achievements that looked back over the past 100 years while incubating ideas that would mold the future. The Exhibit of American […]

March 2nd through September 5th | DeSousa Gallery, 2nd Floor Member preview March 1, 2023 The Reginald F. Lewis Museum is excited to partner with Galerie Myrtis and the James E. Lewis Museum of Art at Morgan State University to present the groundbreaking exhibition “Afro-Futurist Manifesto: Blackness Reimagined” for the first time in the United […]

Celebrate the opening of the groundbreaking exhibition "Afro-Futurist Manifesto: Blackness Reimagined" with FREE ADMISSION this Saturday, March 18, 2023, from 10 am to 5pm. The Lewis Museum is excited to partner with Galerie Myrtis and the James E. Lewis Museum of Art at Morgan State University to present this exciting exhibition curated by Myrtis Bedolla for the 2022 […]

  Ladies First: An Evening Celebrating Maryland’s Pioneering Black Women of Achievement Wednesday, March 22 , 2023 | 6 pm - 9 pm | Location: Reginald F. Lewis Museum Black women have made landmark contributions to the social, cultural, and economic fabric of the State of Maryland as “The first …” in their fields and […]