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Wanda Draper, executive director of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore, Md., and Helen Yuen, director of marketing, look at the performing arts exhibit on display on March 9, 2017. (Brianna Rhodes/Capital News Service)
Lewis museum expects bright future under new management

Wanda Draper has set two goals to improve Marylanders’ and tourists’ visiting experiences at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture: Invigorate and move forward.

The Jones-Hall-Sims house sat in Poolesville, Maryland, for over a century where it housed the descendants of freed slaves. Photo courtesy The Montgomery County Planning Department (M-NCPPC), Historic Preservation Office.
Washington
Freddie Gray to the Freedom House: Maryland well-represented in new African-American museum

Although the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture opens Saturday in the heart of Washington, its neighboring state of Maryland has a strong presence.

The National African American Museum of History and Culture is expected to open in the fall of 2016. Capital News Service photo by Alessia Grunberger
Maryland
African American Museum Kicks Off Countdown to 2016 Grand Opening

To kick off the year-long countdown to its grand opening, the museum hosted a three-night event last month to celebrate the anniversaries of three major milestones in African American history.