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 […]

  Afro-Futurist Manifesto: Blackness Reimagined Women’s History Artist Panel Talk - In Person Thursday, March 23, 2023 | 6 pm ; Panel Talk Begins at 6:30 pm | Location: Reginald F. Lewis Museum Join the Reginald F. Lewis Museum celebrating Black women, their imagery and experiences through the visionary artistic lens of  the women exhibition artists […]

Saturday, April 1, 2023 | 1 pm - 3 pm | Location: Reginald F. Lewis Museum This program is included with Museum Admission. Join the Reginald F. Lewis Museum for  a double film feature  examining the origins of Afrofuturism and discovering what it takes to keep Black love in the future. A post discussion with […]

Friday, April 7, 2023 | 6 pm - 8:30 pm | Location : Reginald F. Lewis Museum The Museum is thrilled to celebrate the return of our First Friday Music Series this Spring. Kick off your weekend mingling at The Reginald F. Lewis Museum with local musical performances. Explore our latest on-of-kind exhibitions along with food and […]

Saturday, April 8, 2023 | 1 pm | Location: Reginald F. Lewis Museum This program is included with Museum Admission. Join the Reginald F. Lewis Museum as we discover how local Afro-futurists are using their creative, technological and entrepreneurial skills at the community grassroots level to envision practical futuristic solutions for a better tomorrow in […]

Black Futures/Black Imaginings Music Edition: Featuring Afro House - Kojo Astronaut  Friday, May 5th | 6 pm - 8:30 pm.  Exhibits Open at 6 pm. Performance begins at 7 pm. Relax and unwind from your week mingling at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum with local musical performances. Explore our latest one of a kind exhibitions with food […]