America’s Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) celebrates the resilience, achievements, and contributions of the Black community through a series of events in colaboration with Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) and the Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM). Join in acknowledging the rich tapestry of Black history, embracing stories of triumph over adversity as they amplify voices, share stories, and unite in fostering understanding, empathy, and a commitment to equality.  

Visit the ABHM at 401 W. North Ave. 10am-5pm Tuesday-Thursday, 10am-3pm Friday-Saturday. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for ages 3-17, 3 and under are free. Learn more by visiting abhm.org. and take a virtual tour at abhmuseum.org/galleries/.

Milwaukee Public Museum

Feb. 15, 22 & March 1, 10am-noon and 1-3pm
Early Learning Saturday Series Families with children age 3-6 can learn about Black history through stories and hands-on activities in the Early Learning classroom.

Feb. 15, 22 & March 1, 11am & 1pm
Public Tour Series: Celebrating Milwaukee’s Black History Docents, or “griots” from America’s Black Holocaust Museum, highlight African and African American History through MPM exhibits during 50-minute tours. The series is recommended for those age 15 and over, but is open to the general public. Tours are free with museum admission. 

Feb. 19-March 6
“Crossing the Line: The Milwaukee Fair Housing Marches of 1967-68”

This special traveling display, located in the Museum’s ground floor garden galleries, illustrates the importance of the Fair Housing Marches and the impact on the Civil Rights Movement through eight panel displays. Educators offer workshops for school audiences Feb. 19-20, 26-28, and March 3, 5, 6 from 10am-1pm.

MATC  Downtown Campus 

Through Feb. 28 
Building Legacies in MATC’s Create Gallery, room M175, ABHM and MATC celebrate Milwaukee’s vibrant history of civil rights and community leaders, and the college’s importance in the Black community, through its “Building Legacies” exhibit, which honors prominent MATC graduates including “Milwaukee’s Second Mayor” Reuben Harpole, Dr. James Cameron, founder of ABHM, and Clayborn Benson, founder of Wisconsin Black Historical Society and Museum (WBHSM).

Feb. 27, 6pm 
ABHM Book Club, “A Time of Terror:  A Survivor’s Story” by Dr. James Cameron Meet via zoom at: abhmuseum.org/events/abhm-book-club-a-time-of-terror-2/ In honor of late ABHM’s founder Dr. Cameron’s birthday, the Book Club will discuss “A Time of Terror.” This memoir chronicles the terrifying story of the arrest and near-lynching of Dr. Cameron in 1930, an event which took the lives of his two friends, and his coming-of-age during the Jim Crow era in the North.

Lynden Sculpture Garden

Call & Response: Asmaa Walton And The Black Art Library
Through Feb. 28
Walton’s Library, a rich collection of publications about Black arts and visual culture, includes children’s books, exhibition catalogues, theoretical texts, and research materials. According to Walton, the mission of the exhibit is “intended to be an educational resource to share with the Black community and beyond. The Library’s mission is to introduce or expand the community’s knowledge of Black art of the past and present through art books. See details at: lyndensculpturegarden.org/exhibitions/asmaa-walton-and-black-art-library

UWM Black History Month

Through February

At UWM, Black History Month is coordinated by campus stakeholders and includes: A crafts and food market on Feb. 4, exhibits throughout the month at the Golda Meir Library, movies at the UWM Cinema on Feb. 6 and 7,  a Karaoke Jam on Feb. 11, discussions and much more see details at: uwm.edu/blackhistorymonth

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MUSEUM EXHIBITS & CELEBRATIONS

Milwaukee art Museum 

Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22 Drop-In Tour: Art by Artists of the African Diaspora: Celebrate African American and Haitian artists in the museum’s collection. Join a museum docent to learn more about how artists of the African diaspora document their lives, tell the stories of their communities, and address social justice issues.

Feb. 6  Free Day + Celebration: A free day celebrating the monumental work On Site: Derrick Adams: Our Time Together, which closes May 11. Learn more about Milwaukee’s historic Bronzeville area, connect with local Black-owned businesses, and learn more about the Milwaukee stories featured in Our Time Together. Events include: art making, a community engagement fair, a film screening, live music, yoga and more.

Milwaukee Public Museum

Though February visitors can learn about Milwaukee’s colorful and turbulent history of struggles for racial justice and visit the home of the Watsons, a family that played a key role in establishing Milwaukee’s Black middle class in the mid-nineteenth century, in the museum’s Streets of Old Milwaukee exhibit. mpm.edu

Discovery World Museum

Feb. 8, 10am-3pm, Black Innovators in Science
Learn about the contributions Black innovators, including Hazel M. Johnson, Dr. Gladys West, John Henry Thompson, and Rodney Slater have made to STEM fields. Support local Black artists and artisans by shopping at the Milwaukee Makers Market in the Discovery World promenade.