Last updated: October 3, 2024
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National Museum of African American Music (Nashville, Tennessee)
African American Civil Rights Network
The National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) is the only museum in the world dedicated solely to preserving African American music traditions and celebrating the central role African Americans have played in shaping American music. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, the museum highlights how African Americans have developed and shaped more than 50 genres and subgenres of music, from Blues and Jazz to Hip Hop and R&B. NMAAM features a research library, theater, and permanent galleries with several hundred artifacts. The museum's permanent galleries demonstrate how music influenced people of African descent’s fight for freedoms in the United States from the 1700s to present day.
The National Museum of African American Music became part of the African American Civil Rights Network in 2023.
The African American Civil Rights Network recognizes the African American Civil Rights Movement in the United States and the sacrifices made by those who fought against discrimination and segregation. Created by the African American Civil Rights Act of 2017, and coordinated by the National Park Service, the Network tells the stories of the people, places, and events of the U.S. African American Civil Rights Movement through a collection of public and private resources to include properties, facilities, and programs.
The National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) is the only museum in the world dedicated solely to preserving African American music traditions and celebrating the central role African Americans have played in shaping American music. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, the museum highlights how African Americans have developed and shaped more than 50 genres and subgenres of music, from Blues and Jazz to Hip Hop and R&B. NMAAM features a research library, theater, and permanent galleries with several hundred artifacts. The museum's permanent galleries demonstrate how music influenced people of African descent’s fight for freedoms in the United States from the 1700s to present day.
The National Museum of African American Music became part of the African American Civil Rights Network in 2023.
The African American Civil Rights Network recognizes the African American Civil Rights Movement in the United States and the sacrifices made by those who fought against discrimination and segregation. Created by the African American Civil Rights Act of 2017, and coordinated by the National Park Service, the Network tells the stories of the people, places, and events of the U.S. African American Civil Rights Movement through a collection of public and private resources to include properties, facilities, and programs.