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Some Exhibits to Come – Reconstruction: A Brief Glimpse of Freedom

How African Americans Changed the Meaning of the Civil War

Founding the New Free Black Community

Three of the World’s Most Influential Empires: Ghana, Mali, and Songhai

Enslaved Peoples in African Societies Before the Transatlantic Slave Trade

A portrait of Queen Nzinga that hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in London, England. (Credit: National Portrait Gallery)

Early African Women: Hunters, Warriors, & Rulers

Ft Wayne (Indiana) Daily News, August 23, 1905

Lett’s Stand Against Debt Peonage Cost His Life

Portraiture of Resistance

Finding Myself Inspired by a Modern Day Teenage Activist

When Jim Crow Lived In Wisconsin

One Year Later Sophie Kloppenburg Continues to Inspire

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Regular Hours of Operation

Sunday - Monday

Closed

Tuesday - Thursday

10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Friday - Saturday

10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

* 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

Children ages 3-17

$5.00

Children under 3 years of age

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.)