Banneker-Douglass Museum | Annapolis, MD

Housed in the former the former Mt. Moriah African Methodist Episcopal Church built by free blacks in 1874, the Banneker-Douglass Museum is dedicated to preserving Maryland’s African American heritage and serves as the state’s official repository of African American material culture. It was named for Benjamin Banneker, the Maryland-born mathematician who helped survey and lay out the District of Columbia, and Frederick Douglass, who escaped slavery to become a leader of the abolition movement.

The museum’s permanent collection of rare artifacts and interactive media provides visitors an overview of African American history in Maryland from 1633, through the days of Benjamin Banneker and Frederick Douglass, to Dr. Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement 1950’s and 60’s.

Find out more about Maryland’s black heritage sites and attractions in the Maryland African American Heritage Guide.

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Banneker-Doulgass Museum
Address: 84 Franklin Street, Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: (410) 216-6180
Website: www.bdmuseum.com
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