MAY 2021

MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH at THE WRIGHT

May is Military Appreciation Month!

Experience The Wright

Where history's well within reach.

Our newest exhibition "Enshrined: Presence + Preservation" opens to the public on June 3rd

"Enshrined" brings together several dozen works of art from Mario Moore’s early and current career.

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COVID-19 Update

The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History is open to the public with limited hours of operation. The health and safety of our community and staff remain our steadfast priority. Learn more about how we’re helping you to visit safely!

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Do not ever let anyone make you feel like you don’t matter, or like you don’t have a place in our American story—because you do.

Michelle Obama, attorney, author and former First Lady

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

Langston Hughes, poet and playwright

Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.

Dr. Mae Jemison, first African-American female astronaut

Our newest exhibition "Enshrined: Presence + Preservation" opens to the public on June 3rd