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Voting Rights for Blacks and Poor Whites in the Jim Crow South
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The Five Pillars of Jim Crow
Shackles from Slave Ship Henrietta Marie
Elmer Jackson – Working Man, Beloved Son and Brother
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How Slavery Became the Law of the Land “For Blacks Only”
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Frederick Douglass: “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro”
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Bernard Lafayette: An Unsung Veteran of the Voting Rights Struggle
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Why the Zimmerman Jury Failed Us
The Scourged Back: This slave named Gordon ran for 80 miles to join the Union Forces in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in March 1863. This famous photo of the welts on his badly "scourged back" was taken while he was being fitted for a uniform.
The Scourged Back: How Runaway Slave and Soldier Private Gordon Changed History
Engene Crawford, center, grandson of lynching victim Anthony Crawford, and his family react during a reconciliation service at Friendship Worship Center Tuesday in Abbeville, S.C. (Mary Ann Chastain / AP)
Service Seeks Reconciliation Over 1916 Lynching
In this Sept. 15, 1963 file photo, emergency workers and others stand around a large crater from a bomb which killed four black girls in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. The windows of the building across the street in the background were also blown out. (AP Photo)
The Speech That Shocked Birmingham the Day After the Church Bombing
"Contrabands": During the Civil War, thousands of slaves escaped their owners in the South by getting to Union Army camps. Thus freed, many continued on to settle in the North.
The Freedmen of Wisconsin

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Hours of Operation

Sunday - Monday
Closed
Tuesday - Thursday
Friday - Saturday

 

* For the safety of our guests and staff members, ABHM requests that you please reschedule your visit if you are not feeling well. Face mask wearing is optional.

Location

401 W North Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53212 


*Please be aware that parking is limited to street parking around the museum

Tickets

Adults 18 and up
$7.00
$7.00
Children ages 3-17
$5.00
$5.00
Children under 3 years of age
Free
Free

Tours:

  • Self-guided: regular ticket price
  • Guided by Griot (docent): $10/person
    (You must have 10 or more in your group.)
  • Discounted Guided Tours: $7/person
    Every Wednesday through May 6, 2026
    (You must have 10 or more in your group.)

To request a tour, click here.

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Head Griot (docent) Reggie Jackson helps visitors expand their knowledge and understanding of the long history of Black American achievement. (Dr. Fran Kaplan, ABHM)
Head Griot (docent) Reggie Jackson helps visitors expand their knowledge and understanding of the long history of Black American achievement. (Dr. Fran Kaplan, ABHM)
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Middle Passage Exhibit: The Door of No Return (Jarvis Lawson, MKE Magazine)