Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture

Reginald F. Lewis Museum
Established	2005
Location	830 East Pratt Street ; Baltimore, Maryland 21202; United States
Coordinates	39°17′15″N 76°36′14″W / 39.28750°N 76.60389°W
Director	Terri Lee Freeman
Website	http://www.lewismuseum.org

The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture is a resource for information about the lives and history of African American Marylanders. The Lewis Museum's mission is to collect, preserve, interpret, document, and exhibit the contributions of African American Marylanders using its collection of over 11,000 documents and objects and resources drawn from across the country.

The 82,000 square foot museum is located two blocks from Baltimore's Inner Harbor at 830 E. Pratt Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Opened in 2005,^[1] the museum is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, and was named after Reginald F. Lewis, the first African American to build a billion-dollar company, TLC Beatrice International Holdings. Starting from humble beginnings in Baltimore, in 1993 Forbes listed Lewis among the 400 richest Americans with a net worth estimated at $400 million.^[2]

Permanent exhibits include "The Strength of the Mind," "Things Hold, Lines Connect," and "Building Maryland, Building America". Recent major exhibitions include the work of artists Jacob Lawrence and Romare Bearden. Other facilities include an oral history recording and listening studio, a special exhibition gallery, a 200-seat theater auditorium, a classroom, and resource center.^[2]

References

^ "Support the Museum." Reginald F. Lewis Museum. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Taylor, Asha (July 18, 2005). "Baltimore Celebrates Opening of Maryland Black History Museum Named For Late Business Tycoon Reginald F. Lewis". Jet. Retrieved August 17, 2016.

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Official Site
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture; A Slave Ship Speaks: The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie (JSTOR registration required)

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[1] "Support the Museum." Reginald F. Lewis Museum. Retrieved August 17, 2016.

[Taylor-2] Taylor, Asha (July 18, 2005). "Baltimore Celebrates Opening of Maryland Black History Museum Named For Late Business Tycoon Reginald F. Lewis". Jet. Retrieved August 17, 2016.

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