Join us for our summertime Member & Volunteer Open House to learn how you can become a Lewis Museum member and volunteer! Kids and their families can spend the afternoon beating the summertime heat at the Lewis Museum with fun family activities throughout the day.  Activities include storytelling puppetry performances by Canady Foundation for the Arts Repertory […]

Explore the photographic works of Civil Rights photographer Robert Houston along with the contemporary works of Devin Allen, Joe Giordano and Dee Dwyer  through the world of dance.  Dance Baltimore Repertory Ensemble will perform dance interpretations based on their works. A gallery walk with the curator of  Tell Our Story: A Tribute to Robert Houston  […]

Hosted by 13 year old artist activist, Khloe Thompson, Young, Gifted & Woke Talk Series, is a conversation series with artists and activists working to better the world through creativity and activism in the community. Premieres July 21st!  This program is in partnership with the Canady Foundation for the Arts. This  event series exposes the public and international youth to […]

This program begins at 2 pm. Patrons can meet us onsite at the Lewis Museum to see this live on-air show.  Note: This program  will also  be live-streamed on WEAA and Lewis Museum's Facebook page as well as on 88.9 FM WEAA radio station. Join the Reginald F. Lewis Museum and WEAA’s Today with Dr. […]

To access  ZOOM panel program on September 23rd click Here.  Program begins Sept 23, 2021 at 6 pm EDT. To register for the event to let us know you are attending, click Here.     Students of color face many disparities in higher education. They are  disproportionately affected by barriers like affordability, STEM participation, and more, […]

Exhibition Opening Weekend: Bodies of Information: Understanding Slavery through the Stearns Collection October 1, 2021 - January 4, 2022 Bodies of Information: Understanding Slavery through the Stearns Collection explores how archives help us tell nuanced stories of slavery. The exhibit features select items from the Stearns Collection, an 87-piece collection spanning more than 100 years, […]

This education  webinar, part of  three part professional learning series will serve to help educators reimagine the African American historical experience while looking at forms of resistance and acts of resilience. This session will also cover the pursuit of literacy and educational systems during plantation slavery leading up to the civil war. Participants will undergo […]

Join STEMCX and the Reginald F. Lewis Museum as we invite Kelly Wyche, CEO and founder of Collective Power (https://www.ourcollectivepower.org/) to discuss the need for sustainable ways to power our planet. Then join Kelly as she leads us through the construction of our own DIY windmill using materials in your own home. This STEM activity […]

Presented in partnership with the Enoch Pratt Free Library. FREE. Please check back for registration information. Marita Golden will be in conversation with Dr. Georgia Willie-Carnegie about her life and work, including her new book, The Strong Black Woman: How a Myth Endangers the Physical and Mental Health of Black Women Marita Golden, cofounder and president emeritus of the Hurston/Wright Foundation, […]

  Program begins at 1 pm. Much of America’s rich history is being lost to time. In the South, vast amounts of African-American grave sites and burial grounds for enslaved persons have been disappearing over the years. In Virginia alone, stories of thousands at rest could vanish from history altogether if these locations are not […]