• African Burial Ground National Memorial

    African Burial Ground

    National Monument New York

  • African Burial Ground will be closed on Saturday, June 2, 2012

    On June 2, 2012, the Memorial and Visitor Center of the African Burial Ground (entire park site) will be closed due to maintenance work scheduled by GSA. The Memorial will re-open on Sunday, June 3, 2012, and the Visitor Center on Tuesday, June 5, 2012.

African Burial Ground NM Memorial

Did You Know?

Detail of the map in the heart of the memorial at African Burial Ground NM

Forty percent of the 419 sets of remains found during the rediscovery of the African Burial Ground were the remains of children. More...