Looking for a place to celebrate African American History Month in northern New Jersey? Consider a visit to The Afro-American Historical Society Museum, located in the Greenville branch of the Jersey City Free Public Library. This Jersey City museum was organized in the late 1970’s to promote research, and to collect, preserve and exhibit items of historic and cultural significance to the African American community. The Afro-American Historical Society Museum has been operating in its current home on the second floor of Jersey City’s Greenville Public Library since 1984.
The Afro-American Historical Society Museum features galleries for lectures, special exhibits and events, and a permanent collection featuring the history and culture of New Jersey’s citizens of African American descent, as well as a display of African artifacts. The museum’s collection includes publications, personal documents and photographs, and memorabilia regarding African American history. Here, visitors can learn about slave trade activity in Jersey City and New Jersey, the Underground Railroad in New Jersey, the Pullman Porters (a black labor union), the Civil Rights Movement, the NAACP in New Jersey, and New Jersey’s historic African American churches. Genealogical records are available for those who are researching their family history.
The Afro-American Historical Society Museum also conducts tours of historic Hudson County sites and features special events celebrating the culture and contributions of African Americans, including events celebrating African American History month and Kwanzaa.
The Afro-American Historical Society Museum is located at on the second floor of the Greenville Public Library at 1841 Kennedy Boulevard, in Jersey City, New Jersey, and is open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 11am to 4pm, and on Tuesday, from noon until 5pm. For information about the Afro-American Historical Society Museum, call 201-547-5262 or visit the museum online.
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