African American Museum in Philadelphia Juneteenth Free Museum Day

About this event

AAMP, the first institution funded and built by a major U.S. city to preserve African American heritage, throws open its doors free of charge on Juneteenth as the official launch of Wawa Welcome America's Free Museum Days and the museum's 50th anniversary year. Visitors get full access to the core exhibition Audacious Freedom: African Americans in Philadelphia (1776-1876), which uses life-size projections to introduce ten free Black Philadelphians of the founding era, and to the special exhibition Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design, featuring costumes from Black Panther and Coming 2 America. Curator gallery talks run throughout the day. Pairs with the block party programming on Arch Street.