NMAAHC Welcome Survey

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06/15/2019  I think it's fabulous and everyone should see it ...thank you so much
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07/02/2019  I am very interested in a board & committee position. Please contact me at 816-812-3231. Regards, Marian Woodward, Ms. Black USA Harvard College Harvard Business School Cambridge Univ. MBA
06/29/2019  I love the NMAACH app and only learned about it from a friend. Wider marketing into the market place would be amazing for young students.
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06/24/2019  Keep up the good work and I wish to be part of it. Thank you kindly. At 79 years Im looking forward to more productive years and work with the Museum. Thank you.
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06/11/2019  I would love to see more online resources for educators and also to have a process to obtain tickets for students.
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07/27/2019  Telling the African American story is very important, especially for our younger generation. This museum helps us to understanding where we came from which will be the key to us dealing with our future. I do not know if we will ever be free of racism but we have to try to education all people including ourselves that it is wrong. Growing up in Selma, Alabama in the 60's allowed me to see and experience racism first hand so it is very troubling for me to see what we are dealing with in our society today.
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07/26/2019  I AM SO PROUD OF THIS MUSEUM AND TO THOSE WHO WERE THE ARCHITECTS THAT LABORED TO MAKE THIS A REALITY; MY "HATS OFF" TO YOU! I ONLY WISH MY GRANDPARENTS WHO RAISED ME WERE ALIVE TO VISIT. I AM FACING SOME "ECONOMIC CHALLENGES"(BROKE?..NO, I AIN'T) RIGHT NOW BUT I WOULD LOVE TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN PROMOTING VISITATION AND FUND RAISING. MY NAME IS DAVID MILER, US NAVY VETERAN, FORMER COMMERCIAL TV DIRECTOR. MY CELL# 302-690-9208. I WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN CONNECTING PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH TOURS. THANK YOU. MAY Y'ALL BE BLESSED! 7/5/2019, WAS MY FIRST VISIT WHICH WAS ARRANGED AS WE CELEBRATED OUR 51ST MILLER FAMILY REUNION. WE HAD A GREAT TIME IN THE DMV AREA!
08/06/2019  american schools across the united states teach the history of the american people but very little is taught about the rich heritage of the African American people of this country most our younger generation don`t even know were there history begin,or the fact that this country was built mostly off of the back of free labor of slaves.our life did not begin here but there many African American heroes who made this country great.They where beaten,raped,and killed for our freedom to live a better life in a strange land that was built on their sweat and tears.
07/25/2019  It was a long time coming, but I'm SO GLAD that the AA Museum is finally here! Please keep up the wonderful work you're doing. I plan to visit the museum again at the earliest opportunity, and I also plan to donate to the cause. Thank you again for all of your hard work, employees and patrons of the museum; you are what makes the difference for the rest of us!
07/29/2019  The museum exceeded my expectations. I will recommend those traveling to DC as a must visit museum!
07/29/2019  The museum exceeded my expectations. I will recommend those traveling to DC as a must visit museum!
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08/25/2019  I suggested and then heard a video was being made to highlight the museum's exhibits. I wonder when that video might become available and at what cosst?
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12/10/2019  I'm the Founder of Made America Great Already and I live just 11 minutes from the best museum on Earth! I think you all are making the best decisions by offering these surveys and then implementing what you learn from those who care enough to fill them out. I'd like to also offer our MADE AMERICA GREAT ALREADY hats to your gift shop which embodies and is rooted in the African American story here. We also give back 10% of our proceeds to HBCU scholarships. A partnership for our new black-owned business would be a true blessing from God. If there is a will, there is a way. I hope this message lands in the right hands. Sam 202-621-4474 www.WeMadeAmericaGreatAlready.com
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10/31/2019  IDEAS OF FOSTERING REPARATION
11/24/2019  Touring the museum is an important experience I wish all Americans can have. It is educational, enlightening, emotional, something you will never forget.
11/06/2019  It was an absolute privilege to attend the Symposium on the 1619 Project -- the information, artistic contributions and panel discussions were all extraordinary. So grateful I came across it the day before I was coming to town and there were still tickets. Very grateful for programs like this, and I think they are essential to opening up the discussion of racism. Especially appreciated learning about reparation and the need for it to create some real change at the imbalances in our country. I work for the Ed Johnson Project in Chattanooga, Tennessee where we are working towards telling the story of Noah Pardon and Styles Hutchins, black attorneys who went to the US Supreme Court for an appeal at the unjust conviction of Ed Johnson. Telling this story in our community, and working towards completing a documentary and building a memorial has been instrumental in creating a more open dialogue in our community.
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11/02/2019  I learned about ten years ago that my mother's grandfather grew up in the slave South, and I have done a great deal of reading since then in an attempt to understand the actions of my ancestors. I was thus already aware of much of the information presented in the history galleries, but I was very impressed by how clearly and concisely the exhibits covered the factors that gave rise to slavery and how movingly they treated the suffering it caused Black Americans. Experiencing the exhibits thathighlight the achievements of African Americans and their extensive contributions to our culture--side by side with African American visitors---lifted my spirits and left me more hopeful about our shared future. Thank you.
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10/23/2019  I was moved beyond belief of the in-depth detailed work that went into all of the exhibits. I did all four floors & spent 5 hours. I was surprised & disappointed in that Sammy Davis Jr was not represented at all. Regardless of some points of view on him being an uncle tom. There is so much to his life of going it alone. Self educated, no schooling, danced & entertained his way to success. He was my god father so i know first hand. Feel free to contact me I would be honored to help right this wrong. I own the rights to over 5000 images of Sammy D. My email is jg@archiveimages.com best joshua greene
10/29/2019  Thank you to all that make this museum possible and are working to develop it in the future. I hope to visit one day soon from Houston, Texas.
04/05/2021  This email sent with Adrienne Brooks's name in the subject line almost got deleted without openning. I suggest some identifier of the Museum in subject line.
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11/22/2019  I bought the book "A Fool's Errand" online and can't wait to receive it on Monday. I'm intrigued to know the details that went into the final creation of the museum.
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10/21/2019  I'm from LA where the 1811 Slave Revolt occurred. I think it is under represented in the museum.
11/07/2019  Thank you for this museum experience
10/22/2019  I answered Not Concerned for question eight because we need to move past getting those with an evil heart to accept us. We need to love and accept ourselves and keep moving. You will NEVER be able to change these people. Let's focus on how we are Yah's (God) special and chosen people.
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10/29/2019  Continue to reveal the incredible history of an astounding people.
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11/22/2019  There isn't that much to add; you all are already doing the right and necessary things to bring our story to light and to give it life, THANK YOU!
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11/16/2019  Am looking forward to coming back - your Museum has inspired us here in the southern hemisphere and the power of having/created your own space to tell your own stories through your lens has so influenced and shifted my thinking. Often we say its too hard or no one will allow us to do it but your space has inspired me and given me a new sense of purpose and fearlessness so am ready to flip the conversation :) THANK YOU x
11/18/2019  I participated in founding of MoAD in San Francisco. It was that highlight of my professional career.
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10/26/2019  Hopefully one day the Museum will have room for information about history that in unknown , in everyday lives of ordinary people. For example, please text or email me at rosemarypowell234@yahoo.com , I plan to visit the Museum sometime during the first week of Nov 6th thru Nov. 10 th 2019. We are looking forward to that visit and very excited . Sincerely Mr. And Mrs. Winston Powell
10/26/2019  Hopefully one day the Museum will have room for information about history that in unknown , in everyday lives of ordinary people. For example, please text or email me at rosemarypowell234@yahoo.com , I plan to visit the Museum sometime during the first week of Nov 6th thru Nov. 10 th 2019. We are looking forward to that visit and very excited . Sincerely Mr. And Mrs. Winston Powell
11/22/2019  My name is Howard and my wife's name is Geral. Please update your records to reflect the difference. Thanks! Howard Butler
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11/23/2019  Check Ghana 22 edition on the story about Descendant Epistemology by Ebony Coletu
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10/28/2019  Tell the true story that all blacks did not come from Africa, but was already in North America and are the true Native American Indians
11/09/2019  It would be great to see more symposiums and workshops for black boys.
11/09/2019  Unforgettable experience visiting the museum last April. I even enjoyed just talking with people while standing in line waiting for our time to enter!
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11/13/2019  Still almost impossible to see the museum as one must plan months ahead.
11/30/2019  Thank you so much for the prior exhibitions and wonderful information the Museum has already provided. I'm very elated to visit the Museum during my senior D.C. trip! Thank you again for shining a light on African Americans and our culture and history.
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11/28/2019  Please continue to shine a light on the important contributions of people of African origin both past and present.
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10/19/2019  constantly strive on improving ways to advance the museum's mission.
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10/20/2019  Survey design needs more careful review and editing. See redundancy of #1 and 2, and the fact that #10 asks about "other" from #9 but #9 does not include an "other" option.
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11/03/2019  Concentrate on the black perspective not the colonialist white perspective. Concentrate not on white hate but black bravery, from America's birth to today. Stop giving Jefferson such a big platform in the museum - he already has plenty of platforms in the world, plus he was a slavedriver- I dont want him in my black history museum. (I'm a white Museum Studies graduate student so my comments are based both on my gut reactions to what I've learned about your museum over a few months, and also what I've learned in school). Interactive exhibits that are more participatory in nature for visitors would improve storytelling. What if you did a Virtual Reality exhibit that puts a white man in a black person's shoes with an interface exposing common prejudice. Or, like how at the Holocaust museum you can "adopt" an actual historical persona - in their case, concentration camp victims from history, at the NMAAHC, adopt a slave persona from history (pick identities of real slaves you have data on or stories about. MAKE WHITE PEOPLE FEEL THE TRUTH and the HUMANITY... for some reason, they need a prompting sometimes. So you have to attack on emotion. As a white person the fiest time I "felt" what racism might feel like was in elementary school in the 1990s. My best friend happened to be black, and her mom got her the Addy "American Girl" doll for her birthday. Addy's character was an escaped slave, and the book sets come with a set of 5 short "chapter books". Not 2 pages into Book 1, while still enslaved, Addy is forced to eat a SLUG off a tobacco leaf by her master at the plantation. This scene and its horror have stuck with me from 4th grade onwards, because I was made to feel Addy's humiliation, fear, and helplessness.. if I could handle that in 4th grade, adult visitors can stand to be made to feel things about small, telling moments where the pain is encapsulated but not meant to evoke "guilt" (which is not helpful) but unexpected understanding that is as deep a moment as I experienced with Addy and the awful slug moment. Luckily, she makes it up North to start a new life ... but, I think now, with a whole lot of trauma. This trauma is real and it may have changed shapes but there is so much black trauma that I know I cant directly relate to but I do feel it. Thanks for reading.
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02/08/2020  Keep up with technology!
02/09/2020  Continue to do the great work of telling the African American Experience
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02/26/2020  Please have security get better control of the young students running around, laughing and touching artifacts. It is disrespectful and annoying to others. The chaperons should be held responsible and should be told to leave with group after 1 warning.
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02/25/2020  Thank you!
02/27/2020  I live in Illinois. My wife and I visited the Museum right after the opening in 2016. We still have our Opening Day pins. I began researching the history of my family in 1973. My focus is on slaves, slaveholders, and slave traders. The exhibits at the Museum excited me. Our visit was a wonderful experience of learning. A great staff at the Museum who were courteous and very helpful. The food was awesome. My family is having a reunion in June and will visit the Museum. Thank you for the work you are doing.
02/18/2020  This museum is one of the most impressive and impactful I've visited in the world. When walking up through the historical section I was constantly thinking that this needs to be packaged for a road tour. Any effort to build a similarly powerful mobile version (a challenge, to be sure) of the historical exhibit and send it around the country should be a high priority. It's powerful, contextual, highly impactful both educationally and viscerally, and it needs to be in front of both kids and adults who otherwise may never have the chance to visit the museum itself.
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02/27/2020  Hilight atrocities at prisons that exist today Include a booth for unemloyed college grads please to submit resumes Include booth with African Americans in different fields highlighting their career paths We encourage students to go to college but so many are under or unemployef
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02/28/2020  My first visit to the Museum is next month. In the meantime I'm reading A Fool's Errand. Keep up your good work!
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02/20/2020  White America needs to understand that the status of the African-American is what it is due to the concerted efforts to suppress the success of the freedmen after the Civil War. Most Americans white Americans that is, have no knowledge of the history our nations brutal and sadly successful attempts to keep the African-American out of the game. I believe one of the important goals of the museum is to travel the country had to push to have our public education in the middle and high schools changed to properly instruct our youth as to what really happened in this country. For example try asking 10 Americans "what is black Wall Street?" I could go on!
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02/21/2020  Can we begin by eliminating and exploring alternatives to the word "race?" The word has been and continues to be used to justify the separation of people. We're all of the human race, which is comprised of many cultures and identities. I realize that replacing one word with another still leaves room for discrimination, but it also opens the door for people looking to see the humanity and commonality in others. As an African American, I'm uniquely American in that I'm African, Native American, and white. Regionally, I'm more southern than northern. In short, people are a mix of cultures and by eliminating a word used to keep us separate, we might find a way to come together.
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02/06/2020  The Museum within itself is a "BLESSING" because it's educating the young and old about our African-American culture. Racism is "hatred " and when people are racists they hate themselves because we "ALL" are God's children !!!!! My husband and I plan on coming to the museum to visit. Black culture wasn't taught in my era. I was born in 1963 and I remember when there were no black baby dolls, figures, etc. I feel so "blessed" to be alive to celebrate our African-American culture!!!! We are "blessed and highly favored by Father, GOD Thank- you Carolyn Sue Water
02/26/2020  I have not yet had the opportunity to visit yet. Each time I brought my family we could not get in during the time we spent in DC. We live in GA but will try again this summer which is the peak time for us.
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02/14/2020  Research into the history of Americas past can help us connect with the real issues and concerns of today. Issues of slavery should not define the african american experience but I think its important to recognise how slavery is still a very important problem around the world and Americans of all hues have deeply embedded experience of that. Reaching out to other folks suffering the horrors of slavery and forced labour could be an important part of the museum's work.
01/26/2020  Although I would like to educate first, unfortunately having the dialogue is critical in these times.
02/14/2020  Research into the history of Americas past can help us connect with the real issues and concerns of today. Issues of slavery should not define the african american experience but I think its important to recognise how slavery is still a very important problem around the world and Americans of all hues have deeply embedded experience of that. Reaching out to other folks suffering the horrors of slavery and forced labour could be an important part of the museum's work.
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02/15/2020  Need a better online store
01/08/2020  I feel that traveling exhibits and a strong online presence are extremely important because the communities in the Midwest live in denial of racism due to the small number of blacks living among them. They have no experience with diversity and struggle to admit that racism is alive and well. I live in Wyoming where people deny the issues staring them in the face simply because they are the white population. The stories must be told and shared nationwide. No one is exempt from the history and ongoing effects. Thank you for all you are doing!
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02/22/2020  I have my great great grandmother's apron from Valle Mines MO that my family would like to donate to the museum. I feel artifacts are essential to the African American heritage.
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02/23/2020  I love the museum, my children and I visited the smithsonian when they were kids and now my daughter that lives in Virginia Beach goes with her daughter. My daughter is an Art teacher that displays Africian Art in her room and in the art that she teaches.Just keep on showing the world our contribution to this country and beyond. Thank you for your work.
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02/16/2020  An interesting exhibit might be the story of the Clotilda (in February National Geographic). I haven't yet visited your museum but perhaps you already have a timeline of just how long the legal and illegal importation of slaves lasted in this country. Some history of the creation of Africatown and what, if anything, is being done to preserve the place and its history. Just one of many stories that should be told.
04/07/2021  Access to important / relevant film library Impact of US civil rights movement (then and now)) on citizens / movements around the world. Very thoughtful survey, thank you!
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02/09/2020  How to combat racism today. Make no mistake racism is alive and well. African Americans are aware but afraid to speak up, and lack support from other African Americans. It's really sad.
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02/19/2020  Why are questions 1 & 2 the same? Would love for the museum's deeply researched & more reliably informed knowledgeBase of our history & culture to inform textbooks on American History so that it reaches more of all youth in their formative years.
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01/26/2020  Need to improve on ways to get tickets
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02/24/2020  Please let everyone know to start at the bottom First. Then make your way to the top.
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01/08/2020  Just keep telling the story and find ways to help diversify the content to reach across racial lines
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02/13/2020  Blessed that God allowed me to live to see and support this vita new addition to African American History. BTW: I am not a new Supporter. I moved from 1084 Larkspur Terrace, Rockville MD 20850 , please check your address database and remove my name with this OLD ADDRESS my new address is 4000 Massachusetts Avenue, J, #803,!Washington, DC 20016. Thank you, Rev. (Ms.) Robbie G. Morton
02/18/2020  I am late to become, but am now, a proud member of the museum. I live in Portland, OR, which means my ability to visit the Museum will be limited. I would love it if the website could be an ongoing educational resource for me, including recommendations of essential books to read. Also, as I am reading books such as "The New Jim Crow" and "Stamped from the Beginning", I am getting angrier and more heartbroken by the second. Where, how, what should I do to fight? I am a white woman and a Buddhist who believes in the power of dialogue and speaking truth to power. I look to the Museum to lead and guide the national conversation that will permanently change this country's unconscionable history. To that end, put me to work for this. Marshall your members. Maybe there's a powerful volunteer development program needing to be created. What might be our tools? How can I engage with and support the Museum and our shared mission through my own actions and speech? Together, we must. There will be no peace in my heart or in this country until we've won. With resolve, Hope, and gratitude for the Museum, A foot soldier in Oregon Joann Calve
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01/31/2020  I have never been here to the museum yet.. as like many of my family members. We have a family group of 20 coming in but it's 47 of us so looking into a 3 day visit so all can visit and enjoy the museum
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01/15/2020  Positive interaction between all races to show that there are plenty of experiences of cooperation and lack of any prejudice or discrimination around -- and have been for some time. Continue to emphasise the wider perspective that slavery has been a feature of all civilisations and go into more detail about the mindset.
01/15/2020  Positive interaction between all races to show that there are plenty of experiences of cooperation and lack of any prejudice or discrimination around -- and have been for some time. Continue to emphasise the wider perspective that slavery has been a feature of all civilisations and go into more detail about the mindset.
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04/01/2020  It would be could to try to trace our parents and grandparents heritage and names without going broke trying. Utilize information, libraries, county information to show us how to perform these tasks.
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05/27/2020  In doing the above, please clarify that slavery (and racism) was/is not limited to the South.
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06/03/2020  The combined ills of Covid-19 and police brutality on the Black community are at the forefront right now. It may be worthwhile for NMAAHC to seize this moment to use its website and social media to reach out to the world and tell them about the Museum. Highlight the amazing stories of Black people that are offered in the collection that can help us heal. Highlight your Black leadership and perhaps list all of the Black people who helped by donating to build the Museum. Perhaps remind us of the day when the Obamas introduced the Museum to the world. Use this moment to provide comfort to our community and our world.
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07/02/2020  Ask President Obama to mention the Museum when he gives speeches .
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07/29/2020  The museum is an amazing history lesson and display for anybody who visits. And for the person who visits multiple times it helps develop a deeper understanding of the history of African Americans and the struggle that has been so prevalent. This deeper understanding can be used to help create better conversations about the need for continued progress related to race and equity issues in the US
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07/02/2020  To encourage cities everywhere to develope anti-racism coalitions and book clubs
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07/19/2020  make space for up and coming artists, their craft and skills. Combine the young (children) artists and the revered artists on the museum walls.
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07/11/2020  Online access to materials that help people (1) to self-assess the degree to which they practice/are complicity with racism in our country (2) practical changes we can make in everyday life to embrace anti-racism [e.g., Top 10 things anyone can do -- doing small things with great love],(3) access to materials that help teachers to create teaching plans now in advance of official changes to curricula, (4) tools to guide individuals in having difficult conversations, listening and learning how to rest in the discomfort they might be feeling. Thank you for the opportunity to provide input. Blessings - The Albrandts
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07/13/2020  Hoping to physically visit one day but the times I've been in DC tickets sell out fast and now in our new COVID lifestyle not sure when it will happen.
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08/04/2020  By opening a platform that everyone will be able to speak to the solutions of racism in this great country. It should be more of a therapeutic induction of the post traumatic stresses that have forever endured our country's past, in an aide to heal and strengthen the fabric of our great nation's ability to build.
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07/29/2020  I have been to this museum three times now, whenever I have been in DC with my husband, who is a Kennedy Center arts integration facilitator. Each time I have been moved to tears. The museum covers the affective domain very well. I have spent time in the reflection space, recovering. But what would be nice would then be dialogue - right at that moment, for those who are ready. My 2 cents.
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07/31/2020  I have not been to the Museum yet so I really don't know what is on display. I think that if you are able to share our history with all ethnicities, that would be a great start. Looking forward to visiting.
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07/24/2020  Police brutality on African Americans how it has been allowed and supported by the U.S. government.
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08/05/2020  I am an educator/counselor, trained journalist, and a concerned citizen in the DMV Area - if there is any way I can help, let me know at damitaj18@gmail.com
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07/26/2020  Today's Pandemic Racism as it has been called is fostering a petri dish for all educators to share information in the classroom. I recently heard a Prosecuting Attorney say, " the law is always looking for ways to get Just Us.' Ex: The young man who was threatened and tied to a tree was videotaped by a bystander. When the governor of his state viewed the video; he stated it was horrible and hard to watch and the investigation was still ongoing. If the victim had not been a person of color the assailants would already be in jail. So, when I spoke with an attorney friend they stated,"the investigation is ongoing because they are looking for flaws in the victims character." We are always waiting for equity, equality and justice.
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07/27/2020  Critical race theory related to white and gender privilege are nothing more than a smoke screen and a distraction...continue down this narrative at the peril of our Black Communities.
08/08/2020  This is a bittersweet time. It is so important and valuable to raise the issues and concerns of racism--historic and systemic. It is heartbreaking that these issues even exist. During all that has come to light, I find the strength and desire for justice and freedom for ALL are inherently living within our Black family and it is with their strengths that they are LEADING ALL OF AMERICA. I love Rep John Lewis and weep at his departure from this time in our history.
07/20/2020  I believe that the Museum is in an excellent position to reach out and share its exhibits and rich history and present with everyone. During this time when all Smithsonian museums are closed in DC, it is more important than ever to use the online tools available for classrooms, seminars, etc. for the public at large. When the Museum re-opens, it would be wonderful to have more in person visits available. Of course, I don't have any idea how we do this, but the Museum is a powerful tool in and of itself to deliver a message of history and hope
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08/08/2020  I have never visited the Museum but want to in the future. I was inspired to donate to the Museum and become a member after John Lewis' passing. I am a, retired Special Agent of the FBI who spent 7 years conducting civil rights investigations for the Bureau. The hardest part of those investigations was the knowledge that so very few would ever be prosecuted even though i felt strongly about the egregious acts I investigated. I also had the terrible burden of being the case agent for the Tawana Brawley investigation- a matter that never should have been pursued. So many others did have merit. I am an adjunct professor of Criminal Justice at Dominican College and was able to develop a course called Multicultural Law Enforcement which is a required course for all CJ majors. There is lots to do to hopefully prepare the next generation of law enforcement professionals. Traveling exhibits, like the traveling Viet Nam War wall would be wonderful- not all my students can afford to visit the Museum but i would love to set up a trip for them going forward! Dominican is predominately a school for first generation college students and Dreamers! Hilda A Kogut
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08/09/2020  I myself along with our photo collection of Henry Clay photo collection from Greenville Ms .. I am working hard to getting names attached to the photos. As I am an author myself and attending Fisk University where Our beloved The late John Lewis attended and a Musuem contributor .. I would to involved presently getting to write a book concerning my experiences please direct me the person in who i need to collaborate with Sharon Kaye Edwards Executive Director www.iminvisiblebullying.org 931 220-4287 https://nmaahc.si.edu/sml/P3BhZ2U9NyZlZGFuX3E9aGVucnklMjBjbGF5JTIwYW5kZXJzb24lMjBwaG90b3M%3D
08/16/2020  We are the history of the world and we are everywhere in this nation . All of us matter and can benefit if you dig a little deeper into world history because we are there.
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08/03/2020  I appreciate the quality of the online materials--I have not yet been able to visit the museum but cannot wait to do so. I teach US history and am always looking for clear and accurate portrayals of how race is constructed at various moments, as well as primary sources to illuminate the black struggle for freedom.
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08/17/2020  Once we can travel again, we're really looking forward to visiting your museum. I'm grateful the museum exists to share aspects of the African American experience, and pleased that it's in a great position to help combat racism in America. The struggle continues but I feel much more hopeful knowing you exist to contribute in the fight for equality and justice for all.
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07/03/2020  Thank you for being a shining light - we need it
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07/29/2020  i believe the younger generation meeds to know as much as possible about history and to understand what happened in the past so the future can be better. It might be "too late" for the older people to change their views (though it is worth trying to make them change) but young people are for the most part, will to learn and make changes. In conclusion, I would continue doing the great work you do at the musuem (showing the history), and i would make sure to try to reach out as much as possible to the young ones to give them the tools and the neccessary knowlegde to make this country a better & more inclusive place. We cannot change the past but we can certainly learn from it and use it to improve the future.
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08/15/2020  I learned about the museum more specifically as one of the resources for the Ignatian Solidarity Network's 21 day Racial Equity Challenge. I was fascinated by the variety of information. We have a friend in DC who has invited us to stay with her and explore your museum. We will do that as soon as that is feasible.
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08/07/2020  If possible during the pandemic, Zoom calls regarding the museum.
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07/30/2020  Endeavor to increase the knowledge of our African American experience within the African American community.
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08/06/2020  We enjoyed the museum when we visited in 2018 & truly want to visit again. I wish more items the museum store sold where on the website. I also wish a research app was available to research The African American family tree like the one available at the museum. I truly wish everyone has the chance to visit the music (we did 2 days & it wasn't enough time) and experience the pride in our heritage and the many contributions we have contributed to society. All the exhibitions were powerful & informative and I thank all involved with bringing this museum & history for all to experience for generations! 🙏🏽
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08/10/2020  Thank you for your hard work!
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08/14/2020  I certainly wish you were open but I understand why you are not and keeping the public safe is our primary concern! I'm attending the March on Washington on August 28th to reconnect to my roots in the Civil Rights Movement of the 60s and 70s! I live in Florida now so I don't get the chance to come to Washington often but I will make it a point make the trip again!
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07/02/2020  Just keep promoting the history of African Americans
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07/17/2020  WE WOULD LOVE TO VISIT THE MUSEUM IN 2020 SO VERY EGAR TO KNOW THE REOPENING DATE, THANK YOU
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08/17/2020  Alert me when the museum re-opens. I want to take my mother to visit.
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07/27/2020  There is a lot of history that is unknown to the average American. An example of this is the history of Juneteenth. Or the Oklahoma Massacre destroying black wall street in 1921. There is much more that we do not know. I think that the American people do not understand the difference of white and black lives when white people are born with white privilege and compare that with the every day racism people of color experience. Systemic racism is not understood and the impact it has on people of color.
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08/15/2020  I appreciate this online site where I can become more informed and educate myself on the African American story and access reliable and accurate resources to learn and to be able to improve personally and as a teacher. As mentioned in the first question in the survey I feel the importance of a national dialogue on race, reconciliation and healing as well. Thank you for the availability of this site and your museum.
07/07/2020  I only got to visit DC and see the museum because of the family I married into. I know I have family who will never leave their small, Republican towns and who think Black Lives Matter (and the coronavirus, etc) is a Democratic hoax or conspiracy. I really would love to share a virtual experience of the museum with family members and friends who otherwise won't see it. I think it's so important to re-educate Americans (particularly white Americans) about our ongoing complicated and violent relationship with race. My education was not adequate. Until the last couple years I truly thought we'd fixed racism issues during the Civil Rights movement in the 60s. I thought it was a matter of maintenance (through ideas like colorblindness) and that racists were very rare. Charlottesville was the first thing that started to wake me up. (I'm a 28-year-old white woman who grew up in Utah and Oregon.) Please keep doing what you're doing. Coming to your museum was an amazing (if hard) experience. The three things that hit me the hardest - 1) Walking into the room with the statue of Thomas Jefferson, the words of the Declaration of Independence, and the names of his 600 slaves. 2) The words of Abigail Adams, that she knew Black people had just as much a right to freedom and the pursuit of happiness as anyone else and 3) The man in charge of a ship hauling slaves to the U.S. who was heartbroken by a woman's wailing, and asked her to stop, but he didn't stop hauling her and everyone else to a life of slavery. 2) and 3) to me were evidence that white people weren't completely brainwashed - they knew what they were doing was wrong.
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07/03/2020  I'm filled with sadness and fear, trying to imagine how we can raise the consciousness of the world to combat the deadly virus of racism that has existed since the beginning of time. It's institutions such as this great museum that give me hope. As a first generation immigrant, I had no idea how embedded racism was in this country until I stepped inside these doors. Thank you!
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07/20/2020  Keep telling the story Ana inspiring our young people. Thank you.
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08/08/2020  Outreach into all education systems is very important. We came to see the museum because we wanted to; now we see that too many people don't know and don't care about our history. Maybe the U. S. history of wealth building and/or capitalism should be mandatory in at least the middle school curriculum. Maybe it could be incorporated into geneology and/or gerontology topics within a curriculum.
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07/13/2020  African American experience, contributions and impact as it relates to STEM.
07/24/2020  Promote marriage. Inspire AA men (really all men) to love their wives, love their children and love their neighbor.
07/24/2020  Bring us together as Americans one and all and cease with the divisive.
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07/25/2020  I was very disappointed with one of your recent exhibitions on "whiteness" which, frankly, suggested that there was now a new trend of reverse racism appearing in the nations main stream. I was hopeful that the museum would more appropriately exhibit Dr. Martin Luther King's ideology: "people should be judged by the content of their character not the color of their skin".
07/26/2020  You are doing incredibly important and brave and difficult work!
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07/20/2020  Racism and white supremacy is so complicated and ingrained in our society. I look forward to what your institution will do for race relations in the future. I'm so glad you exist!!
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07/06/2020  None at this time. Thanks for asking. ;-)
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07/09/2020  I have not read the mission statement, so please take my suggestions with a grain of salt?
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07/09/2020  More people need to know about the museum. Advertise more so people will want to visit and/or view your online resources.
07/03/2020  Develop genealogy webinars for family heritage research of ancestors that trace back to slavery and how to find them.
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07/03/2020  I would like to visit one day ☺️
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07/06/2020  I haven't been yet so my perspective is limited. Outreach is major. I got a temporary membership in the mail last week, and I am very eager to visit. I live in Atlanta and think that outreach is essential. Inspiring young minds and reaching out to every school district possible to organize field trips is the way to go. I grew up in Philadelphia, and would go on field trips to the Blacks in Wax museum annually. It was vital to my development. I believe that NMAAHC is vital to the American people, even more so with the current political and social climate.
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07/08/2020  I'm a white women from the suburbs and I LOVE your museum and the lessons it teaches on history and hope for the future - I can not wait to bring my children there. Thank you for creating such an important place!
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07/04/2020  Many thanks for all you do! For 15 years I worked in racially integrated school settings, first as a speech/language development teacher, then as a school librarian. My emphasis was in ego building and developing appreciation for the influence of Afro-American culture on our overall American culture. Although well aware of the social injustice facing people of color, I had no idea how extensive, how brutal, racial injustice has been. I'm hopeful this new awareness for so many of us will put an end to the racial disparity Frederick Douglas eloquently pointed out in "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro." Mona Meeker July 4th 2020
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07/02/2020  For the countless number of African Americans that live in parts of the country far away from D.C. anything that can shared is welcomed. I even look forward to it.
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07/10/2020  Although I know that there is a monthly lottery system to get a visitor's ticket, but is it possible to do a paid ticket for people who are unable to get the free ticket? I have benefited from the free ticket, but sometimes just wanted to take an airplane trip to DC for the weekend to visit. If not I understand, because I've been fortunate to get my free tickets several times just not in the months that were valuable to me.
07/10/2020  I appreciate the efforts of the Museum in providing ongoing education as well as teaching lessons learned from the past.
07/20/2020  I also believe it's important to look at the origins of "Jim Crow - circa 1830). I am acutely aware and very sensitive of the racial abhorrence to Minstrelsy. But there is an very important story, a very positive one from my perspective, that I believe should be told around that whole subject. For the last two years I have been doing research around the entire realm of Black History. WHY? 1st of all some context here.Yes, I'm white, French Canadian to be exact. For 25 years I owned and operated an ethnic supermarket in the heart of Boston's Black community of Roxbury. My store catered to West Indian people, Hispanics, West Africans and African Americans. I ate Chitlings (sp) knowing what they were and being surprised how good they tasted.I learned about Santeria and the juxtaposition of Christian beliefs and African rituals. I experienced 1st hand the ravages of poverty while at the end of the day I went home to my lilly white home in upscale Lexington. And most importantly, my personal obligation to two black women from the projects who worked for me and are now deceased. I loved them both because of how special they truly were and the fact I wasn't there in their final days. I owe them something and that's just one reason why this whole racial environment is so troubling. My motivation is a just maybe, maybe my research and eventual writings will help ease this never ending racial tragedy that pits Americans against Americans. I hope this helps your oh so very important mission. Ronn Garry Gloucester, Ma.
07/25/2020  Thank you for all the work that you do.
07/25/2020  I am extremely concerned by the recent upsurge in public racism and race-based hate crimes in America because it seems that America is growing older but not necessarily wiser. It is a reminder that children in America are being taught racism at an early age by people they trust, love, and admire. It is a reminder that these boys and girls are maturing, assuming positions of authority, and naively believe that their perspective is right. It is a reminder that there are those who practice racism privately and there are those who practice racism publicly. If not for the public displays of racism it would be too easy to forget that racism still exists. They say that history repeats itself but let's hope, only up to a point. Racism and classism are bullies that join forces to fight equality...that must change.
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08/04/2020  My visit to the NMAAHC was overwhelmingly mind- boggling. I have shared my experience with many. Please continue the work you have begun. God has already blessed this.
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07/04/2020  As an educator, I think it is important to highlight the artifacts that could be used digitally in the classroom as primary sources. If you categorize and showcase documents with an Essential Question as a theme, it might be helpful to those educators in our nation or around the world who have not studied African American history. It would be great if the categories were introduced bother thematically to cover multiple eras and by era and Region as well. That way teachers of humanities and STEM courses might find creative ways to integrate the truth into their lessons. You might even link the source origin such as LOC for Teachers and/or students.
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07/05/2020  Extend your stories beyond the museum's doors by offering visually beautiful tshirts that reflect your impactful messages so that each time a visitor wears it, the conversation continues. Visit www.historywear.com to get an idea of what this could look like for NMAAHC
07/20/2020  Sharing Equity is susrely the most useful information that I can imagine at this time. Understanding White Supremacy Culture and its impact allows s to all work from "the inside out" which is probably most effective. Looking within and seeing our own indoctrination.
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08/01/2020  Get uncomfortable, by getting out of your comfort zone, and talking about the root of racism and how far it has branched out. Please teach your young visitors in an enticing and intriguing exhibition on inclusion, and how they must be the change.
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07/14/2020  The museum cannot be perceived as the "black" museum. Every single visitor should be drawn in by our story and how it disects with their lives currently and the lives of their ancestors. Too many people think that there is no problem and we are still living with it.
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07/21/2020  Maybe the museum should focus on the divide between African Americans. When are Black lives going to matter to Black lives?
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07/29/2020  It's on my list of places to visit.
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07/06/2020  I was fortunate enough to be able to see the NMAAHC a couple of years ago while staying with a friend in D.C. (I'm from the UK). The museum is, without a doubt, one of the most impressive, worthwhile and amazing institutions I've ever visited - educational, challenging, inspirational and uplifting. The work you do feels more important than ever this year. Thank you again.
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07/18/2020  I was happy to learn about this museum and the work you are doing.
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07/02/2020  I love the Museum - thank you!
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08/24/2020  Glad this Museum exists. You have an important role to play in advancing understanding, appreciation and knowledge of African American history, the experience of slavery and Jim Crow, etc, African American contributions to US society, and fostering open, respectful dialogue on race relations during a time of growing conflict.
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08/23/2020  Work with history textbook authors and publishers to have a more accurate description of true American history, then work with high schools to add these textbooks to their curriculum
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08/21/2020  We are more alike than different. Must find common ground. And work to build bridges. All people must work together. Thank you & the entire staff for working together to make a brighter tomorrow for all of us.
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10/10/2020  Your work has never been more important in providing facts to all Americans.
11/05/2020  This is the moment to lead and sustain a multi faceted national conversation -- one for all ages -- using every communications, organization and education tool available. In this historic moment, this American Museum, located on the National Mall can and must stimulate and inspire conversations that bring Americans together in a common purpose - to build a more perfect union. The world is watching and hoping America succeeds.
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11/28/2020  Provide More African American literature to the schools. (public & private) Via books, videos, internet etc. More advertisement about the Museum to the public, visual trips to the Museum for out of state students and others. Each floor should be a focused on in a video for schools & private organizations, that way all who want to experience the museum can. People don't forget the Holocaust because its always talked about and in the schools, on the news, in movies, etc.
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10/19/2020  I think that the Museum should utilize the Internet to share more educational documentaties prodced by the Museum that speaks to the overall history of the African American's existance in the United States.
10/19/2020  Love the museum and can't wait to finally visit in person after Covid!
12/15/2020  We must continue to push forward in business and science!! Teach our people to invest in our children's early education and development !!!!!
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10/19/2020  Send educators into the schools around the country. Create programs that can be non-threatening, informative, and real about civics, etc. You have everything that us creatives need to introduce the black experience to the classroom.
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12/17/2020  It's important that we educate black & non-black people ( young & old) on our experience, heritage, and contributions to this country. In order to do this I feel u have to ensure the history lives in the digital space for all to consume so everyone can benefit.
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12/30/2020  Schedule interactive programming of African American history especially during the pandemic and remote learning. Congratulations on the Kwanzaa programming, we need more events like this, not only for African American celebrations.
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10/04/2020  All of these are great ideas. It's hard to choose.
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10/08/2020  Thank you for asking my opinion. If you think my answers are among the most nuanced, I would be honored to join a virtual focus group with others whose answers were similarly nuanced. One thing I cannot say is how experts in curation would respond to my thoughts and further deepen my understanding of the best path forward with limited resources. In terms of creating educational materials, please enlist the aid of classroom teachers like me who have designed and field tested materials already.
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12/09/2020  Thank you for the survey. As an 8th grade teacher, I would welcome being part of future teacher workshops/seminars or being part of a Teacher Advisory Board. Your museum is so incredibly important and one that needs to be able to be used in classrooms across our country. I bring my students from Wisconsin here each year we visit DC. It opens up such great discussion, learning and understanding for my kids (and chaperones alike). Another thing I have always wished you would have is a book highlighting Museum with not only images of some of the artifacts, but content from the information boards that I can use with my classes. I teach the beginning of US history through the Civil War(and Civil Rights movement) and would welcome having created lessons using the content and artifacts from the museum. Let me know how I can become involved. My email address is: wattrh@hamilton.k12.wi.us
11/26/2020  While I am considered white (Caucasian), I want to learn all I can about the African American culture. I am realizing that what I have been taught is not necessarily true and comes from an era of slighted information. We are all created in God's image and should be treated like his children. Respecting and loving ❤ everyone.
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12/10/2020  Docent volunteers
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11/12/2020  I would focus on activities involving kids and young adults and involving their elders, getting all ages involved in the learning process in this way to help heal the pain and prevent any further damage in the future, but also to celebrate all of the common achievements and cooperation among all of our communities.
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10/12/2020  Band together with other museums around the country featuring the story of the African-American experience. Tap the smaller museum in Baltimore as well as larger sites around the country. Create a roadmap of our history taking travelers through the country. A green book for museums through the country. Make it easier for school districts to adopt your resources into their curriculum. Dispatch ambassadors to lobby state legislatures. In this season focus on increasing participation from brands that benefit from our consumption and visibility. It's not enough for Dove to
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12/23/2020  Please make every effort to establish a living connection with today's Africans, especially through their schools and universities. This academic year, as a contribution to my university's rebranding initiative, I am proposing that we build a Venture Smith Institute for African Diaspora Studies. It will add immeasurable cachet to the project if the NMAAHC could lend us its unique imprimatur. You could show me how to do this.
12/23/2020  I'm so glad you exist!
10/21/2020  A broader scope of African/American History with the hope of international cooperation and understanding.
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10/14/2020  The existence of this museum and all it stands for is a remarkable achievement. It now brings African American and Black history and experience into the mainstream in more concrete and substantial ways. And as an information and history hub, this museum will serve as a more powerful tool with which to "infiltrate" American culture, to provide opportunities and formats for white Americans to listen, learn, and collaborate.
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12/03/2020  I wish there were more ways for me to explore what the museum has to offer (beyond reading a lot of text and just seeing photos of artifacts) when I can't visit in-person
11/29/2020  The whole of African American history is critical to educating a misinformed public. The narrative may change by acknowledging the gaps in how American history has long been taught and making our shared history among races broadly available for as many people as possible.
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10/04/2020  AS an older white person who was interracially married for over 30yrs. and has a daughter from that marriage and well as a Black stepson, let me say I was extremely impressed and emotionally impacted by the day I spent at your Museum. I observed the pride felt by Black families going from exhibit to exhibit, saw the interest paid by Whites in the decades of that history and commend you for such a thoughtful and well planned presentation that lends compassion and understanding to all visitors. Thank you
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10/09/2020  Keep up the great work!
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10/29/2020  I am well pleased and appreciative of the messages you transcend.
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12/03/2020  MESSAGES OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. -- WITH DEEP IMMORTAL MORAL VALUES -- OUGHT TO BE SHOWCASED AND ANALYZED ONCE AGAIN. LOVE AND FORGIVENESS IS ONE EXAMPLE.
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10/20/2020  I need to see what is available at the museum already. I am scheduled to be there this month.
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12/09/2020  Like it or not,we are one big family. What we do to each other matters.
12/10/2020  I think it is critical to incorporate pre-bondage African narratives to tie African American culture to African origins; otherwise the mistaken notion is that our trafficking was a noble cause.
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10/03/2020  Please include African American history as it influenced the western states as well such as the Underground Railroad to Mexico, if it is not already covered in the Museum. Thank you for your work!
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10/08/2020  As a white person I was reluctant to fill this out. I wonder if you should prioritize the answers of people of color.
10/16/2020  I am very grateful for your work. Thank you.
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11/22/2020  I am pleased to be a member of the Museum. Keep doing the wonderful and important work you're doing.
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11/26/2020  I have visited the museum twice in January 2018 with the AKAs. I look forward to visiting with my grand girls in January 2021. As a former principal of a HS, I had an outstanding African American history teacher who made sure the students knew about their history and our contributions to American history.
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03/04/2022  I think this museum and its information is so important and needs to be made real to so many people across the country. People need to see one another as human, tangible, and relatable in order to internalize and empathize.
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03/04/2022  Keep up the great work!
03/04/2022  I think they did a good job on the Museum
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02/25/2022  I recently watched a Documentary about 1971 Attica Prison Hostage of Security staff and the torture of inmates in the aftermath. Not sure if you have this film footage in your collection. If not, it may be a good addition. Very difficult and disturbing to watch but important nonetheless
02/25/2022  you need to fix the survey. two of the questions do not have a choice of other, but you have the next question start with "If you answered "Other" above," Any thing the museum can do to increase the dialog and knowledge of historic racism and systemic unequality would be useful. The blowback by conservatives against "critical race theory" and an actual understanding of history has been disgraceful.
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02/21/2022  When my family and I visited the Museum I cannot even begin to tell the emotions that I was feeling and continue to feel. We are planning to come back this year as our History Matters!!!
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02/25/2022  I wish that visiting the African American history museum was more accessible. I have been trying to visit the museum since the museum opened.
03/02/2022  Continue to ask and hear ideas.
03/02/2022  Looking forward to seeing the exhibits and the rich environment of black history.
03/03/2022  I believe it is important to also focus on all our common struggles as we are almost all immigrants to this land.
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03/04/2022  We can't wait to see y'all in two weeks. Thank you, Friends.
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03/05/2022  It's a great frist step b
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02/25/2022  I published a book about my family.The title is Dear Mary, Dear Luther: A Courtship in Letters. I share my parents' 1930's love letters and family history. How can I contribute a copy to the Museum. My email is jillsnyder@comcast.net. Thank you.
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02/25/2022  First and foremost, thanks for all of your hard work in the development and, maintaining a national treasure to the improvement of our planet! The staff and management group are very knowledgeable and fantastic!
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03/04/2022  consider traveling exhibits. more people need to see and learn...
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02/20/2022  Look at what's happening in Virginia and other states that are trying to stop history from being taught. Please push back on this. Our kids need to learn the truth and ALL of our history, or otherwise, we are doomed to repeat the ugliness of our past. We need to build a just and equitable America for all our citizens.
02/26/2022  The trip to the museum was a wonderful experience and I hope in the near future all the exhibits on each floor will be accessible. Thank you for allowing me to participate in this survey. It's very important to get feed back on such important topics like these.
02/26/2022  The trip to the museum was a wonderful experience and I hope in the near future all the exhibits on each floor will be accessible. Thank you for allowing me to participate in this survey. It's very important to get feed back on such important topics like these.
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03/04/2022  Thank you for this opportunity
02/26/2022  Keep fighting to depict the truth in your depictions and communication of Black History.
03/13/2022  I love the way this museum shares a story that is often suppressed and I think it is important to shine a light on the aspects that are overlooked, like racism today and life in the Jim Crow era across the country. It is also really important to highlight the achievements African Americans have made and maybe show how they succeeded despite the odds. Empowerment for moving forward and positive stories is necessary to bring a better future.
03/04/2022  Offer programs for local history museums to use
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03/04/2022  I'm so very excited to visit, The National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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02/28/2022  most of the questions following up on "other" don't have "other" as one of the choices in the question above.
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03/04/2022  Continue to collect African American history in local communities including small communities. Continue workshops in local communities to encourage the collecting of African American history- why, how and what to do with it after collecting stories and artifacts.
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03/16/2022  Black Lives Matter is an important movement, as necessary as the Civil Rights Marches. I also believe shared experiences and honest conversation invites genuine respect and appreciation between people.
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03/17/2022  During the last year, there has been a greater focus on members and donors. Continue this development not simply with monthly solicitations but with special substantive special programs. We have been contributors long before the museum physically existed. We are also Smithson Society and Legacy donors (at least $25,000 targeted specifically for this museum). But we remember the frustration when at the opening ceremonies, we received no special invitations for any events. Perhaps museum members at a certain level should be admitted to the museum without advanced reservations like the Phillips does, as a starter. Rachel's mother, who lived in Philly, died at 102 last moth and was never able to visit.
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03/07/2022  I am planning to visit it soon. I hope I can come out of the museum with hope, not just being devastated by the horrors of prolonged systematic injustice.
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02/25/2022  Spotlight what current political policies continue to false racism and what needs to change in those policies in order to begin the dismantling of systemic oppression
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03/04/2022  Several people commented they were tired of reading by end of visit. With the crowd it takes a lot of time to wait for people to move so one can read exhibits. All fascinating and well done but exhausting waiting to get close enough to read another exhibit. Would encourage you to break up the reading with some interactive exhibits.
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03/04/2022  This was our third visit. Really enjoyed more everytime we visit.
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03/04/2022  This was my second visit so I was able to see things that I didn't see the first time
02/22/2022  Creating an ambassador program for folks to participate and engage. A few years ago, I went to a hip hop meet up for the launch of a new exhibit. More events like this. Telling individual stories - teachers, PhD, doctor, pilot. How did they get there ? What does it take. A youth education program. Book club, meet ups, local walking tours that are filmed.
02/22/2022  The most important thing is to find ways to integrate socially and create diverse, welcoming communities. Police Reform is everyone's business. Just verdicts like the federal and state sentencing of the 3 men who lynched Ahmaud Arbery is also important, in order to shine a light on the mental illness of such people.
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02/20/2022  As an educator, I feel that our students of color only get to see themselves in the light of slavery and civil rights, which is often very uncomfortable for them when trying to develop pride and belonging. I feel it is important to never forget the horrors of slavery and segregation. However, telling the thousands of untold stories of black excellence, current racism, overt and inherent, and the fact that black culture literally built our nation and has inspired nearly every form of art, entertainment, science and sport should be paramount.
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03/13/2022  Adding online content or "scan here to learn more" or "for a deeper dive, scan here" QR codes at select exhibits. That info could include outside resources for further study. Also, interactive exhibits would be nice, especially kid-focused things. The exhibits were very adult focused and kids who were visiting seemed like they were not as interested. I loved the my museum experience and really appreciated the Reconstruction exhibit. It was very enlightening and should be permanent. I did not participate in an audio tour, but it would have been very helpful.
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03/12/2022  I THANK A TRAVEL MUSEUM IS A GREAT A IDEAL.AS LONG AS THEY HAVE ADEQUATE SECURITY PROTECTION FIREFIGHTER,F B I, CIA,D S S EVERYBODY.
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03/04/2022  This was my first visit to the museum and I thought it is a remarkable and inspiring place. I found myself in a reflective and engaged mindset. I can only commend the work that has been done and continues to take place, this place is needed more than ever.
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03/04/2022  If people can not come to you, you have to find a way to get to them.
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02/27/2022  I hope the Museum will make materials available to teachers who want to teach African American history across the curriculum for longer than the month of February. I tried to do this when I was an elementary teacher and all the students benefited from the lessons.
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03/04/2022  When visiting the museum I was struck by the depth and breadth of information contained in the museum.
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03/04/2020  Develop a curriculum that Fathers can use to teach and empower their sons. My White Friends say this "A White Mother teaches her Sons because she knows that one day he will control the world. A White Mother loves and cherishes her daughters because she knows that one day she will marry a man that controls the world." My Friends continue to "A Black Mother teaches her daughters because she knows that one day she might be in charge of something under a White Man. A Black Mother babies her Sons because she knows that he will NEVER, EVER do any of the above." A curriculum designed for Father2Son2Father loads/stacks the deck and levels the playing field.
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03/10/2020  I have not received any response to inquiry re contributing artifacts.
03/10/2020  I think it's also important to tell the story of African Americans that are making impacts without focusing on their struggles from a racism (systematic or blatant) and focusing on how relatable they are as people. There needs to be more focus on how they are people first and foremost. All should do what they can to avoid separating African Americans as a people. We're all Americans.
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04/10/2020  Regarding question #9, In order to truly affect societal change, the mentality and ideals of those who do not visit the museum need to be changed. How can you address spreading knowledge to those who are least likely to be interested in understanding themes and narratives that do not belong to them?
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04/10/2020  America is aware of slavery and Jim Crow...and America continues to deny the effect that this has on African Americans then and today. What we can do is have an honest conversation about race, then and now. While there have been some gains, much has not changed.
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06/14/2020  You're doing awesome work. Thank you so much for that.
06/14/2020  I believe the focus needs to be on oppression. That is the huge problem in my eyes. The focus the both of the major parties in the country has little to do with oppression and healing. It has to do with keeping this country divided. I believe organizations such as yours can play a major role in taking this critical discussion out of the political arena and into the arena of change and healing.
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06/28/2020  Expand your clothing merchandise from your shop with civil rights and anti slavery messages and from museum artifacts as there is a big demand for this so could be good for revenue. 'Am I not a friend and a brother?' 'I have a dream' 'Ican't breathe'
06/28/2020  Expand your clothing merchandise from your shop with civil rights and anti slavery messages and from museum artifacts as there is a big demand for this so could be good for revenue. 'Am I not a friend and a brother?' 'I have a dream' 'Ican't breathe'
06/28/2020  Expand your clothing merchandise from your shop with civil rights and anti slavery messages and from museum artifacts as there is a big demand for this so could be good for revenue. 'Am I not a friend and a brother?' 'I have a dream' 'Ican't breathe'
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06/28/2020  I cannot wait until you open again
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06/12/2020  The quality controls for this survey are poor.
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06/12/2020  To remain focused on building strong factual historic heritage and not cater to whatever trending current social issues may be. There are always efforts to mimize or discount the history! The temptation to "get over it!" That is so offensive.
06/12/2020  I strongly believe that outreach and education through your website and through social media are critical to your mission. Perhaps you could provide a content subscription service to schools, if you're not already? Traveling exhibitions to schools around the country would also help with visibility.
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06/25/2020  if possible, me personally, would like to have black encyclopedias on hand. something tangible to keep & go back to for remembrance
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06/28/2020  I haven't had the pleasure to experience the grandeur of the Museum; however, it is on my bucket list and I look forward to immersing myself and my senses in all that it offers.
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06/11/2020  There are so many ways to approach the topics of race and racism in our country; however, I have found the Museum's resources under "Let's Talk about Race" to be a great starter kit. As a brown ally, even I have had to unlearn anti-Black education that is so ingrained in the US' education system and societal expectations - so seeing African American contributions to the country around us (science, entertainment, education, literature, and sports) is important too. Learning how systems of oppression were born out of things like slavery and Jim Crow can help educate folks on how racism is very much alive all around us. My first visit last March had a profound effect on me, and I hope to revisit as soon it is safe to make the trip to DC.
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06/24/2020  Navigating membership should be easier on the website. I was a charter member. When my recorded credit card expired I had no way to update the information online and couldn't reach anyone by phone due to lockdown. Now instead of a monthly contribution, I had to establish a new membership so I could make a one time contribution. Howard has some talented programmers. Ask them for help with the website.
06/28/2020  Would love to have an online tour since so many students aren't able to go to DC
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06/28/2020  Thank you for what you do.
06/28/2020  British, I'm hoping to make a return visit to area of Princeton NJ and New Hope PA where I have fond memories of my first (so far only) visit in 1968 - have a nephew and family now in Eugene OR...
06/12/2020  Thank you for all that you do!
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06/28/2020  It is important that your audience understand how systemic racism and generational trauma became institutionalized in US society, government, and culture and how white people can admit their white privilege and make changes so that all people can be honored as valuable human beings with abilities to contribute to their communities.
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06/28/2020  Thank you for asking the opinions of the members. Partner with other organizations where/when you can so that you remain mission focused. You can't effectively do it all.
06/28/2020  Thank you for all the great work done so far. The museum is a national treasure that helps educate and reach people.
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06/28/2020  I am old and I did not find enough places to sit down.
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06/14/2020  Thank you for being amazing.
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06/28/2020  Thank you for your work
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06/10/2020  This museum is a national treasure. It would be helpful to have more national attention paid to the existence of this archive and the history of its establishment, as well as the many valuable and important collections inside the museum. Everyone is not able to visit DC, so a traveling exhibit to other cities might be a way to reach out to more regions. Perhaps Ken Burns and his colleagues might be persuaded to create an hour long special for television as a special American Experience broadcast. There is a significant need for more teachers and educational institutions to have access to this important historical and cultural information about the museum's African American historical collections and exhibits.
06/27/2020  I had the honor of visiting your museum a few years ago. I'm still feeling the impact this visit had on me. The hopeless and horror of the bottom levels and the increasing hope and positivity as you ascended to the top floors. Thank you so much for all you do and the difference this museum is making to our nation. I look forward to my next visit to continue learning and growing.
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06/24/2020  Keep up the great work! I became a member because of the recent public racism issues and race-based hate crimes, and plan to renew every year as my own personal Juneteenth reflection. I cannot wait for the museum to reopen and to bring new visitors.
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06/27/2020  I've spoken to so many people - of all backgrounds - that have come away from a visit to the NMAAHC moved, enlightened and informed. You're doing an amazing job fulfilling your mission. I look forward to future exhibits and programs that continue this important work at such an important time.
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06/25/2020  Thank you for all that you offer and the thought & strategy in this survey.
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06/11/2020  I think everyone should visit the NHAAHC. Not everyone can get to Washington, so travelling exhibitions hopefully could be the answer.
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06/29/2020  The sins of our forefathers should not be visited on us or our children. They were meant to be a guide post on how and where we should proceed next. In the words of George Santayana: "Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it".
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06/19/2020  Thank you very much for the work that you do!
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06/28/2020  I am a white woman, age 80, living in the Virginia suburbs of DC. I am also a writer and aching to be more engaged in the process of bringing the races together in this volatile 21st century. Here at my senior community, with the leadership of a gifted black woman 15 years my senior, now deceased, we have a Black and White Shared History group and have played our part in educating others in our community. I have visited the museum on three occasions and have been inspired. Recently watched on TV the celebration of the museum's opening and cut out the photo of Lonnie Bunch in today's paper. Keep on keeping on!
06/28/2020  All aspects of your mission are important. I'm an educator and so I'd love to see more materials for classisms from K though higher ed. I'd love to see traveling exhibitions. I'm in Seattle and I haven't been to DC yet. I think a national conversation on reparations is coming. The museum could play an important role in that.
06/28/2020  I applaud the timely work and appreciate it.
06/29/2020  I love the museum. You doa important work!
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06/10/2020  I have visited the Museum several times,and each visit has been a profound experience.The story of survival, courage, endurance, expression, and flourishing, all in response to/despite the horrors of racism, fills me with awe. Thank you.
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06/26/2020  work in schools, i am 69 years old and i am frightened again by the ignorance and hate demonstrated towards the innocents
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06/28/2020  I know you are closed now due to Covid. But once re-opened, pls do what you can you facilitate visitation to the museum. Since you opened, I tried to get tix and was never able. Hence, during Covid emphasize your website for Virtual Visits. Thanks for listening, and good luck.
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06/28/2020  Also, more things about president Obama please
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06/20/2020  I want to get tickets someday. Couldn't last time I was in DC. Thanks for what you do!
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06/11/2020  Thank you for all that you do!!!
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06/28/2020  The museum is strategically placed in time to foster the debate and education of the entire world to the issues and effects of racial segregation and prejudice, and to participate in the social, economic, and mentality changes that are so desperately needed as many are unaware and many are simply unwilling to change.
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06/29/2020  It was hard to pick just one answer for each as all of the choices are excellent and needed. Thank you for all you do. What an important and special place your museum is - even more so now!
06/11/2020  Please continue your outstanding work. You continue to accomplish things that no one thought was possible.
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06/29/2020  We need to encourage people to vote and also fight against voter suppression that is happening around the country. We also need to speak out and encourage wearing masks since African-Americans are contractIng and also dying of Covid-19 at a disproportionately higher rate.
06/29/2020  Invite some researcher those who wish to work comparative works with African American to others.
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06/08/2020  Thank you for what you are doing!
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06/29/2020  Please provide recommended reading from time to time, such as books,or articles, or summaries of discussions on healing America from racism.
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06/29/2020  I think we should talk more about the equity gap instead of getting along. Its my belief, that the whole reason for slavery was economics. If the economic disparity is addressed and reconciled. African americans can build their communities and businesses. The systemic racism can only be fixed if the laws that govern the country are changed.I believe you cant change a person heart but the damage can be compensated thru the judical and economic system. We pay taxes but don't get the benefits of that taxation.
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06/25/2020  I think your work is so important, and especially as the media cycles forward past the recent uprisings, I hope your institution can continue to be a beacon for this vital national discussion.
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06/15/2020  I have not yet had the pleasure to visit due to the virus, but so appreciate your mission. Keep up the great work you are doing.
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06/10/2020  The museum is amazing. We hope to come back (from California) each year. Your work is so necessary. Thank you!
06/08/2020  Visiting the museum when it first opened almost four years ago was life altering for me. I went during Obama's last few months in office, when the line for standby was around the block to get in. I knew in that moment that the museum would change history in itself. However "educated" or "diverse" of a background I thought I came from growing up in New York, walking through the museum the first visit showed me that I knew almost nothing, which is scary since I am a person who works hard to educate myself. I spent 7 hours that first day, only getting through the first half of the museum and felt as if I barely scratched the surface. I have been to the civil rights museums both in Atlanta and Memphis - the NMAAHC not only tells the unvarnished truth, it's the ONLY place that I have seen reconcile that history with what is happening today- you give us the opportunity to be learn and be upset about the past but a way to move forward, a way to collect feelings and turn them into action. (I think that could also be an addition - a "what to do now that you understand better section"Equally important, you make every person feel like they belong there learning and participating, including white people like me. Education is CRITICAL for our country to move forward- I have been back four times and have had the honor of doing an event with your team- I have said every time that a a visit to your museum should be required learning, like it is to go to school to every American. Im going to work to become a better ally to the museum in the future, financially and as an advocate - if there is ever a way I can help expand your reach to white Americans who need to visit - please let me know. I think the world would change quickly with some education. Thank you for creating the survey and for doing the critical work our country needs. - stef Fink
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06/20/2020  Thank you so much for the resources you already have for educators! I use them extensively in my classes, as often times African American history is left out or glossed over in textbooks (even in higher education!).
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06/10/2020  I am 81 years old and on a limited budget. White. Advanced degree. I am anxious to find a way to visit your museum. I have heard only the best comments about it.
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06/24/2020  I think it would be wonderful to have interactive seminar series with the likes of Dr. Kendi, Jane Elliot, the heads of BLM, AOC, prominent people in the anti-racism, anti-semitic, anti-LGBTQ communities with caucasian populations to try to break through the barriers. Its hard to hate someone you know.
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06/11/2020  Thank you for the Museum. I'm russian interested in Afro-American culture. We had got no black slaves but white ones. It's a painful heritage that still poisoning our nation. Your experience of healing is precious to me.
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06/18/2020  Please always keep that Mural of The Obama's. The visit was just awesome!
06/21/2020  Thanks for enlightening the citizens of this country!
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06/11/2020  I'd like to see suggestions and connections for those who want to get involved. I have a daughter who has yet to be inspired by much of anything, but she is the most compassionate and empathetic person I have ever known. This movement has awakened her spirit. She wants to know what to do, but she is 18 and isn't sure. Help her know what to do to help the country. Help her know that one person can make a difference.
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06/11/2020  Your work is critical to a healthy and prosperous future for our children and theirs.
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06/19/2020  I hope to visit with my children soon!!
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06/18/2020  I had the privilege to visit the museum at the end of this February and spent as long as I possibly could in the main exhibit on the history. As a white person, I knew I didn't know the whole story. But in it, I truly understood the breadth of my ignorance, shaped by the my primary education that was mainly written by white people, focused on white people, and delivered by white people. The museum gave me so much to learn and so many areas of growth in my own knowledge. I can't express how meaningful that education and resources were then and now feel all the more urgent for me to continue this work to understand this country's history.
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06/16/2020  The challenge is engaging people who may not be able to get to the museum in person often, and how can you increase the reach of the museum's power beyond DC.
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06/25/2020  Thank you for all that you do and continue to do to display history and educate for the future.
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06/15/2020  I have not gotten to visit the museum, but am so glad that it exists. I hope that you will consider traveling exhibits so that others can learn from the wonderful information you have to share. Thank you!
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06/19/2020  Create Zoom games to play about African American History during the Pandemic.
06/11/2020  you are an invaluable resource, I will continue to share your materials and information with as many folks I can. thankyou for being there to help provide some much needed history and discussions that too often are left to POC to 'deal with'. Thankyou for all of the thought and hard work obviously put in into the exhibits, website and making these important topics even more accessible .
06/12/2020  Educate white people on individual actions they can take to challenge racism, and provide resources to help do that.
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06/21/2020  I would love to collaborate with you. I believe my work furthers the mission of your museum. visit www.amantascott.com
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06/15/2020  I would like to see more no-cost programs that help elucidate certain time periods. Thank you.
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06/17/2020  God by with you. May you seize this moment you have been handed and leverage the enormous collective outrage that individuals of every color, from every nation on earth, feel at this moment. May this tailwind propel you faster and further than you ever dreamed possible. I pray for you all.
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06/19/2020  so glad the museum exists !!!!
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06/12/2020  Your work is so necessary. God bless you all.
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06/14/2020  The current scope of African American artists and designers would be nice.
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06/11/2020  Keep doing what you are doing.
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06/11/2020  Keep doing what you are doing.
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08/27/2020  Re: #8, I don't know the most effective way to combat racism. The horrors of slavery and Jim Crow are effective lessons to many who exist in their own worlds, but it does seem a bit negative. Finding new ways to help all Americans appreciate our shared heritage will help those who are open to learning "new truths," but might not work on hard core racists. I don't know, but I am willing to work on it too!
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08/26/2020  Provide a questioners on what people think on some topics. 1. Why do people fear African Americans 2. What is the percentage of African Americans 3. Why do we have to conform to white Americans when other cultures don't. 4. Fight for African Americans to have free college education as restitution
08/28/2020  Now that we are in Covid-19 lockdown, I believe it is extremely important that the virtual tours continue to be offered, especially for science and medical research. Are children need to see that they come from greatness, even if they can't come to the museum.
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09/03/2020  These are all amazing initiatives. I think another important thing to do is participate in the International Exhibition Organizers summits which are annual and submit presentations on these very subjects. Sincerely, Bianca Fortier
09/11/2020  I have been a member since the beginning & look forward to visiting in person someday!
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09/24/2020  Thanks for reaching out.
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09/24/2020  I'm very inspired to visit the museum with my family one day!
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09/29/2020  I'm very glad that you want to continue to be responsive and to grow.
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09/21/2020  I think that the museum is for the purpose of exhibition. It should till the story or the history of who and what it represents. I think it's time for the so called African American to know their true history before slavery, during, and after.
08/29/2020  MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO VISIT THE MUSEUM WOULD BE CONVENIENT WITHOUT THE LENGTHY WEIGHT TIMES.
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10/01/2020  I'm so happy and proud of the Museum and the facilitators. It's a fantastic opportunity for complete insight and education about our history that we must and need to know
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09/24/2020  I would love for the museum to be more accessible. Every time I have tried to plan a trip the passes are sold out. It's near impossible to visit, especially with COVID. And with the current social/racial climate, people need a safe haven and place to learn. But when our greatest treasure trove of knowledge is inaccessible, how can we expect change/growth?
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08/31/2020  I would like this museum to respond a lot sooner to people who offer donations to this great museum. I submitted a donation of a mixed media lithograph of the Million Man March over 2 months ago. The artwork is titled The Million Man March: Our Legacy. It is very appropriate at this time to give me a response on whether or not if the museum is interested in this spectacular artwork. I would like this museum to strongly consider it since we will be celebrating this year the 25th anniversary of this historic peaceful march.
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09/19/2020  I am a high school teacher at a Title I school in Florida. I am also the Social Justice Coordinator. Prior to teaching, I worked for MCA Records/Universal Pictures as a Regional Promotion Manager. I would love to serve on a Board or committee to lend and expertise and/or connections that would help further the Museum's mission. You may contact me: Ms. Novice Johnson novice.johnson@yahoo.com
09/25/2020  I really don't have any more to say. I would just like to add that if certain people were Civil we wouldn't need any other laws passe. They (the laws) are already on the books, let's start with ALL me are created equal. Done deal!
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09/08/2020  We also need to address the degrading and/or apathetic behavior Black people frequently exhibit toward each in their everyday lives because we are emulating a false sense of hierarchy ingrained in us from colorism to economic status.
09/20/2020  Simply, keeping the conversations alive.
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08/30/2020  Keep upyour great work
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09/26/2020  Maybe surveying high school students for their ideas. A CD program that can be introduced to create or add to current curriculums. Have a high school subject on "catching up" on the black history that has been omitted.
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09/22/2020  Education about slavery and the terror/discrimination that followed are really important. Helping schools include that history seems very important given few people really have a grasp of those centuries. I hope having information would lead us toward understanding, peace and reconciliation, because all are critical.
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09/22/2020  I'm looking forward for the museum to reopen.
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09/27/2020  I wish my daughter and her husband could get tickets for the first weekend in October.
09/29/2020  thank you for all you are doing during covid. hope you will have more programming available on line to listen, to learn, to enrich.
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06/23/2021  How can a charter member like myself get to see the exhibits for my future generation?I'm I will be in D.C. from July 6-10.. 2021 with my 7 grandchildren. I would love for them to see the Museum of their culture.
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06/01/2021  I am so glad this museum exists in my lifetime. I appreciate the work of its staff, management, founders and contributors.
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06/25/2021  The SI TV channel should be available without paid subscriptions. Specifically, educsting people from all backgrounds about the African American experience from slavery to Black Lives Matter. Theres so much history that's hidden and/or ignored that should be exposed through TV that reaches millions of viewers.
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06/14/2021  It is all important to me and future generations to know the past and document the current and future endeavors of Black lives.
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06/07/2021  Beware of creating an us against them history. Need to be inclusive and embrace the racist, anti-Semite, whites who are clueless, African Americans and whites who have spawned fear through anger and violence, along with those who have diligently worked for change. Another words the entire unvarnished story from all perspectives. Acknowledge the fears and concerns of all.
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05/24/2021  It's very hard to get tickets find a better way.
06/09/2021  Acquire and prepare Volunteers representing different age levels as Guides to assist guests during tours. Ensure access to different Guides as needed by Guests to offer information upon request.
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06/28/2021  Thank You
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06/29/2021  I enjoyed the Juneteenth programming, and think it would be a wonderful series that could be expanded throughout the year. It could lead into a series about the lesser-known events that occurred throughout our history and shaped our path.
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06/30/2021  I would love it if the museum continued the practice of "going on tour" to other communities where folks are collecting community history and/or have African American history museums. Offering workshops on African American museology is critical to our self-determination efforts across the country.
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06/13/2021  Yes I have a special edition of TIME 1963 of Martin L.King of his life. Black History Is my sweetness 💖
07/01/2021  I am looking forward to one day being able to visit the museum. I am in Georgia. I just wish there was an easier way to get tickets. You can book a vacation to DC for a certain time but it's like trying to get that free zoo pass at the library. Very hit or miss if you get it. Mostly miss. It's certainly out of the question to just walk up and visit.
07/01/2021  Thank you championing this cause, your advocacy and contributions are crucial to the development of the American story!
06/15/2021  Greetings, I am very disappointed with the Ticketing system. I have traveled from Huntsville, AL three times this years to visit the museum, and was unable to get tickets. I called the direct number for several months, left messages, typed messages and have NEVER received a call back from anyone. I will not be able to experience the museum if I can't access it. Please make this system better. The lack of follow up with the customer service is causing a NEGATIVE effect for my fellow African American friends. Angela Sims, Huntsville, AL.
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05/18/2021  Reaching out to people all around the world through the World Wide Web through the internet. What a way to open up and invite people from all walks of life to come and have a lifetime experiences with their families and friends so they can share stories to their children's children about their adventure to the museum.
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06/26/2021  I am glad you are there, to me you guy are doing a fine job. Thank You for all that you do.
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06/18/2021  Finding a way to combat general misinformation targeted against academic studies and changing conversations in classrooms, for example, changing the narrative on critical race theory including an analysis of racial capitalism in online and other exhibits
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06/28/2021  Thank you for reaching out. I wish you all the best!
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06/10/2021  All children in the US should be taught the history of justices and injustices since the birth of our nation in order to learn When, How and Why there is systemic racism in our country. All kindergartners should view the video, Brown Eyes/Blue Eyes. Ongoing reverse race role plays should be presented in every grade in high school. - A member of the Human Race. -
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06/13/2021  try to get more visitations from high school students
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06/10/2021  Traveling Mobile(Bus) museums across the country would support a mission enhancing the education of those who may not be able to travel to Washington,DC. Students could view virtual reality film stationed at school district locations. Develop partnerships with state museums to offer virtual kiosks or monthly sessions on African-American heritage as well inventions. This could be films at local historical museums and art galleries that support diversity and inclusion.
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06/15/2021  Pleas advise how I can get tickets I have tried since opening it seem to miss the calendar when it opens.
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05/21/2021  More on the transatlantic middle passage would also be important to include.
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05/24/2021  Get the store up and running. I've tried twice to buy something and after giving my credit card info it would say: having difficulty with this transaction please call. the phone call takes you to an operator with lots of options, and still no human contact. Sigh
06/30/2021  Reopen all closed exhibitions and other important spaces within the museum.
06/21/2021  If there was some way that the museum could educate decision-makers about the importance of speaking with each other about racism without fear of reprisal, our world would be a better place! Of course, we all need to do that--not just the Museum. However, as part of the Smithsonian organization, emphasis on sensitivity in all exhibits would certainly help as many more people visit the museums as a whole.
06/01/2021  Regarding Question #7: I think that for successive generations no school will ever tell our story like we will and therefore, like our Jewish friends, it is incumbent upon us to tell the world where we started, what we as a people have endured in this country, and how we have evolved to contribute in a country that initially saw us as disposable property. Through shining a spotlight on the horrors, inspiring visitors with our stories, and finding new ways to convey the message many who would otherwise not know or be taught can learn to appreciate our shared heritage as Americans.
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06/27/2021  I was impressed with the number of aspects covered in the museum. Virtual visits would be super!
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06/14/2021  Keep Doing What You Are Doing, and the surveys like this are a GREAT way to stay in touch. Thank You!
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06/06/2021  Get the word out more about your museum and what's in it, particularly to the younger generation.
06/15/2021  None at this time.
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06/17/2021  I have not yet had the occasion to visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture. I hope to be able to visit at some time. There is an extraordinary African American Culture. I hope you also have some galleries devoted to Africa and to many areas of the African Diaspora. Roberta Anne Capelovitch. Roberta Anne Capelovitch.
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06/30/2021  Offer program for corporate America to learn more.
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06/28/2021  I wanted to select every choice. To me there is nothing more important to our country and each person than telling history's true story in a way that brings about understanding, justice and efforts to redress the wrongs of more than 400 years. For those who can't travel to D.C. I hope Smithsonian brings the history to each town, classroom and family both virtually and with traveling exhibits and symposiums.
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06/14/2021  Please perform more adverting on upcoming events and when various exhibits are close to be taken off.
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06/18/2021  Its difficult to answer this question since I have never had the pleasure of visiting the museum. But I feel if the truth no matter how it hurts is put out there in every way possible; videos, online classes, virtual discussions & especially info that is available to our school systems across the US, to teach the children the truth. Truth to where the kids are going to their parents asking mom, dad this really happen & why? I am hopeful and prayerful that this will be the start of something GREAT. I hope my husband and I get to visit we we come to Alexandria, VA in Aug. Thank You Mrs. Kim Lumpkin
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08/19/2021  "Finding new ways to bring Americans together to appreciate our shared heritage" is definitely another way to enlighten the masses and combat racism.
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08/14/2021  I owe you a great amount of Thanks. My family and I are definitely impressed and appreciative.
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08/16/2021  You are a gift to the WORLD. Keep up the excellent work.
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08/18/2021  I would hope that it be easier to get an opportunity to visit....
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08/12/2021  Please add more historical information on the black church. Provide details of the founders of Christian denominations and ministries, not only the AME and CME denominations but also the origins of the Pentecostal movement such as William Seymour and his connection to the Church of God In Christ's founder, C. H. Mason, the founding of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World; the National Baptist Association, The Progressive Baptist Association and other denominations, etc. Also, emphasize the relevance of partnerships between denominational and non-denominational pastors and ministries who foster family relationships, economic development, career and employment assistance, education, political involvement, social change, etc. to improve the livelihood and culture in African-American communities in the 20th and 21st centuries.
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08/22/2021  I believe that we can combat hate by focusing on what we have in common.
08/24/2021  I appreciate this survey. I signed up because of the hair history info online. Hopefully, it will continue to grow & materials will be developed to be used by teachers i regular schools as well as cosmetology schools in the US.
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09/13/2021  Visiting The National Museum of African American History and Culture was such an important experience for our family. My husband and I took our two young adult kids, ages 19 and 21 to Washington DC for the first time this summer. I felt very grateful for the opportunity for my kids to learn about the experiences of African Americans in this country throughout history, including the immense contributions and accomplishments of African Americans. We are all learning things now that we should have been taught through the school system, but weren't. We are a white family educating ourselves finally about systemic racism and hoping to be part of building a better tomorrow. I found myself wishing to go back to the museum in the near future- this time with my parents, to see if I could help them learn about some of the things they didn't learn or know to teach me themselves. Anyway, thank you SO much! The museum is doing such important work.
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09/10/2021  Out reach and Inclusion of diverse visitors / audience- finding the right tone/ message to inspire shared experiences - (anti blame assignment) in order to foster a continuing dialogue
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11/09/2021  I visited with a friend but plan to return so I can spend more time studying the exhibits.
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09/11/2021  Our visit was very informative. So much to learn about our heritage.
09/11/2021  There should be a black queer exhibit, there was said that drag shows by black artist were in NYC in the early 20 century. From Marsha P Johnson to the queer writes of the Harlem reinassnce to Ru Paul.
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09/18/2021  If it was easier to get in- have tried several tones when I was in dc on business!!
10/04/2021  Museum workers are helpful. Space is stunning. Exhibits well curated and interesting. Good merchandise in gift shop. Had a nice meal (before Covid).
10/10/2021  We are so excited to finally come to the museum later this month. I may have more feedback after we visit.
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09/11/2021  I'm not seeing anything that's broken
09/24/2021  Start an out reach training program for college and non college students. Creating an army of historical and cultural Evangelist nationwide.
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09/11/2021  Building a traveling exhibit would be a way to bring this museum to every city
09/11/2021  Maybe pictures of black heroes and what they accomplished, on the walls in the hallways, as you walk around, just seem like the hallways are too bare❤❤❤.
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10/04/2021  As an elementary school educator in DC, I would like to see more activities for k-5.
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09/11/2021  A brilliant museum. Joy, sorrow, shock, surprise - every emotion elicited. Need to make this content and experience available to ALL Americans.
09/11/2021  A brilliant museum. Joy, sorrow, shock, surprise - every emotion elicited. Need to make this content and experience available to ALL Americans.
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09/10/2021  The day I went to the museum, I received a YouTube clip from my father, a white guy in his sixties living in Florida, showing how blacks have unfair advantages, BLM is all terrorists, etc. etc. THESE are the people this museum needs to reach but they're unreachable on their own. If the museum could partner with various corporations to provide employees with incentive based quizzes on Black history or required annual courses that required participation for completion... something like that. I'm optimistic for the next generations but racism is a sloooooowly dying cancer. Either way, I'm a 35 yr old white guy living in Los Angeles and this is bar-none, the most powerful museum I've ever been to.
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09/10/2021  Please work on your ticketing situation. I visited DC and tried to get tickets online over a 3 day period. I even came to the museum at 8AM each day to see if there were "left over tickets." I was unsuccessful. The wait period to get tickets is "too long" for those planning trips from out of town. I went back online during my trip in July and secured tickets for August but was not able to make a second trip on the dates the tickets supplied. Additionally, and sadly there was not way to indicate to the museum that tickets were no longer useful to me... You need a feature on your website that allows current reserved ticket recipients, to donate their ticket/time to another patron who may appear as a walk-in on the day of or are looking for last-minute ticketing while in town. The online feature at 8AM in the morning for giving "day of tickets" is unfair. Out of towers are often staying at hotels where the internet is slow and does not "refresh" quick enough to secure an extra ticket, no matter how early they "get up" to do it. Thank you kindly.. I am still hoping I can get in someday.. From Atlanta, GA...
11/19/2021  It would have been easier to answer these questions after my first visit to the museum, which is scheduled but has not yet occurred.
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09/17/2021  Keep teaching and preaching the truth to youth. We cannot let another generation of students go without fully educating them to how the truth has been held hostage.
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09/10/2021  Souvenir access without museum visit.
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09/10/2021  Best museum ever. Heartbreaking, heartwarming, and uplifting. I am so glad that I learned about and now greatly appreciate the huge contributions made to our country and culture by African Americans. Never have so many owed so few because of the contributions and sacrifice made by those few.
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10/08/2021  Display more A.A. inventions that changed American lives, made lives easier and the creators of these inventions.
10/08/2021  Display more A.A. inventions that changed American lives, made lives easier and the creators of these inventions.
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09/10/2021  Would like to see more about Black Cowboys, frontier etc. AND Also the roles we played in proabition..etc Black gangsters, number runner, etc.
09/27/2021  Loved my visit to the Museum in Washington DC. Looking forward to returning!
09/13/2021  I didn't see a section of our black doctors. My grandfather was a doctor in Norfolk VA in the late 40's til his death in the the early seventies. I think that would be nice to see because you don't hear about there being black doctors in that time
09/14/2021  More places for the elderly and disabled to rest. Take more into consideration rest areas around the exhibits.
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10/09/2021  Continue to inspire the nation with content to enlighten our African American history to all who visit in person, online, and participate in seminars and webinars. This is truly a long overdue educational black history experience that we should always remember.
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10/25/2021  Bridging the gap between African American culture and the Cultures of the people of the motherland for a better understanding of their identity.
10/25/2021  Bridging the gap between African American culture and the Cultures of the people of the motherland for a better understanding of their identity.
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09/10/2021  The museum is fantastic! The problem I see is that the people who need to lessen more in order to change their views probably would not go to the museum😥How do we get to those people???
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10/25/2021  Just sharing knowledge of the black community - good and bad helps people understand, at least a little bit, the cultural racism at work in the US.
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09/11/2021  We have not been yet and are planning to attend October 3rd we are very excited to be coming from Austin, Texas
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11/20/2021  Visiting the museum was an eye/mind opening experience. I cried, it reminded me of the Museum of Tolerance and the horrors of the Holocaust.
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09/12/2021  EL movimiento de derechos civiles y la lucha por lograr la igualdad debe tener un peso mayor.
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09/24/2021  Keep shining light on black lives and our struggles.Whatever we do we can't let the light go dim or out.
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09/10/2021  Build another building
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09/13/2021  Thanks! For the work that the museum is doing.
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09/24/2021  I visited here with my fiance' in August and will be returning with my young boys in October. I hope to return again with my Mother and Grandmother soon also. Thank you for this museum. It's truly a blessing to the African American race.
10/17/2021  Keep up the good work.
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09/10/2021  I cannot get my tickets to the museum Pleaae help
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11/08/2021  I can not wait to get to D.C. again so I can come back. This was a phenomenal experience. I only wish you were open 24 hours a day, I was not ready to leave...and I was there from 11am - 4:30pm. I work in a museum, but this one is simply breath taking. You TRULY go on a journey.
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10/08/2021  Thank you so very much for the opportunity to share. KUDOS to you. You are helping, and you are valued! God bless you always.
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09/10/2021  I genuinely enjoyed my visit to the museum. The exhibit on community activism was so inspiring, and it brought me to tears.
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09/24/2021  I haven't been to the museum yet. But my mother and father marched with MLK in D.C. I do have pictures that I would love to share.
11/08/2021  Continue to share the history of African Americans and Bridge the gap to unite all races.
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09/13/2021  This museum was wonderful - informative and well organized. HOWEVER, MY AGING EYES found it difficult to read a lot of the displays - very dark and/or a glare on the writing. At one point another gentleman and I almost banged heads in our efforts to get closer to read the information. Please make adjustments to accommodate the seniors visiting this wonderful museum. PS: I really appreciated the architecture of the building and how it relates to the content within.
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10/25/2021  Somehow you need to make the museum easier to access for out of town visitors. Your current policies on ticket distribution makes it near impossible to get tickets in advance. We have been trying to get into the museum since it's opening and havent yet gotten tickets. We are from Richmond and have been in DC 6-8 times over the past several years.
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10/23/2021  I am so grateful that the museum is part of the system. It is a long time coming and it arrived at just the right time.
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10/09/2021  Wonderful museum. Excellent exhibits and artifacts. I left with my heart feeling exhilarated and my mind stimulated.
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10/10/2021  Create opportunities to get white patrons to learn the truth about our true American History
10/10/2021  Really looking forward to our first time visit at the end of Oct.
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09/13/2021  This is my first visit scheduled for September 24th. I waited at first as it was so hard to even get a ticket. Then I moved out of state. Then with COVID and shut-down it made it easier once I figured out the outline reservation time for advance tickets. I'm looking forward to it and am bringing 3 guests with me.
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11/15/2021  I first visited in 2018 and was so startled and horrified by the white robe & hood of the KKK that I just started crying. A wonderful woman, middle age and Black, came up to me, put her arms around me, and just held me as I stood there sobbing. She kept saying, "It's okay, we came through it." I have recounted that story countless times, getting choked up at every telling. I brought my husband and a couple of friends this past weekend for my second visit, and was looking for that robe, but it was gone and I was very disappointed. I understand that we do not want to celebrate such atrocities, but just like the Holocaust Museum, we must see them to feel the pain that others endured!. Just seeing the Hood lessened the impact so very much! I am bringing my brother and 16-year-old niece visiting from CA next week, and now I can only tell them the story of that robe and the impact it had on me. I urge you to please bring back the whole robe. And I am so very, very sorry that it was even a part of our combined past.
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09/03/2021  The push against teaching African American history in our schools must be countered. The existence of systematic racism must be made apparent, over and over again. Teaching elementary and high school students about the underside of American history is critical. And we have to start with teaching that history to children in the DC area.
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09/25/2021  It is important to provide the truth about the heritage/history of brown skinned people. Regardless of whether they came from Africa or not. Any person with brown skin is treated unfairly in this country at some point in their lives. The degradation of our people must stop and so must our self destructive behavior. Perhaps if folk would realize they are descendants of royalty and are really a chosen people, perhaps then they will lift their bowed heads & quit shuffling their feet as they murder and defame each other.
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09/10/2021  Have a box so people can record their responses and clean usable stuff from that to help educate and synthesize information.
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11/04/2021  Your survey had thought provoking questions and your future mission will be so important to all of us. Good luck.
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09/17/2021  I'm a 68 year old liberal white woman in a diverse Seattle neighborhood, shaken by the fault lines Trump pried open. I anticipate gaining some perspective on our past and present, at the Museum, to perhaps better glimpse the way forward.
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10/13/2021  I love the museum!
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09/10/2021  Thank you so much for all that you do! Best museum ever!
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10/09/2021  Keep up the great work
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09/10/2021  Get exhibits to the Deep South.
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09/18/2021  Love the idea " SHARE THE KNOWLEDGE ". Love that you take the challenge to go in DEEP to prove our EQUALITY. As shallow as some people are, I'VE worn your gray & black hoodie & got called racist. So, maybe add a " LEARN THE HISTORY " shirt to your collection. Oh, I've been in several times already. Can't do it in one day. Keep making US proud! Thank you
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11/02/2021  I was impressed with the museum, particularly the highlighting of important figures in the African American culture. In a lot of ways the collection of memorabilia was more impressive than the older Museum of American History.
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11/18/2021  Texas needs this!
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10/15/2021  We live in Hilton Head, SC and could not find any references or acknowledgement of Mitchellville, which was the first freeman's town in the US, had the first public school in SC, and where the former slaves were freed by military decree almost 9 months before Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
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11/02/2021  The Museum was well done. So much to see in one day. I'm looking forward to coming back again.
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11/02/2021  I love what you all are doing. It is so clear that a tremendous amount of planning, time and preparation has been committed to the mission and legacy. Thank you for changing the collective narrative and showcasing our truth.
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09/10/2021  Employees were arguing because one of them let too much people down like in the basement area were the slavery part is. They were LOUD, one yelling the other to dont tell him how to do their job. Was very unpleased see how they behaved in their job, Sorry for my english, i am from.Panama and my language is spanish. I LOVE ALL WHAT I SAW AT THE MUSEUM
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09/10/2021  Documenting the history of black efforts for self reliance and economic cooperation.
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11/02/2021  Recognize Actual living Black Leaders leading in the private sector. Show the success as CEOs, entrepreneurs, inventors, scientist, etc.
11/02/2021  Amazing place! So much to see/learn there! Thank you!
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09/11/2021  Thank you for this most important endeavor. Educating the world of the plight and accomplishments of our people is a tremendous responsibility you have taken on with grace dignity and respect. I thank you from the bottom of my heart and those of my ancestors whose immortal souls your efforts preserve and do great homage
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09/27/2021  Police brutality on African Americans and Latinos.
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10/08/2021  Constantly, relentlessly reach out and inform ALL AMERICANS.through the museum about our past, our present, and our future. The ELDERS should have a strong voice in this. Allow for continuous communication between the elders and the youth. Discuss how as a people "WE GOT OVER", emphasizing the everlasting role of faith in Christ/GOD was at the center of our belief in ourselves! Informing the young thus that they cannot only depend on themselves but from help from our creator. Almost all of our leaders and civil rights movement participants had this at their core, as the pressed on!
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10/15/2021  PLEASE ADD MORE TICKETS TO VISIT
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09/12/2021  The museum is a beautiful place and should be shared by all. A traveling museum would be so nice for those who may be elderly or those that may not be able to travel far. Thank you for sharing this experience with me and my son who still speaks of this trip we took a month ago! Tami
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11/06/2021  Thank you. I look forward to my visit later this month.
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10/08/2021  The work of the museum is one of the strongest bricks in Build Back Better. We cannot save our democracy if we don't tell the truth about who WE THE PEOPLE really are.
11/02/2021  I haven't visited the museum yet, but I'm truly looking forward to my upcoming visit!
11/02/2021  Thank you for your powerful story, and your well-worded remarks by the displays.
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10/15/2021  Please highlight the culinary contributions of African Americans to our American culinary landscape. See the Netflix TV series "High on the Hog" to know what I mean. It is based on book by scholar Jessica B. Harris. Series has narrator Stephen Satterfield who is an acclaimed African American chef. Also, you need to tell the story of what the slaves brought with them, as this is discussed in the "High on the Hog" series. Please also start serving food in the cafe that reflects the rich heritage of African American heritage, and this does not need to be high fat and carbohydrate foods. In addition, please recycle throughout the museum. I was shocked that there was no recycling - paper, plastics, bottles, compost - with global warming we all need to be doing this. Thank you so much for asking for our feedback. The museum is a gem and a true gift to our country.
10/20/2021  Thank you for this vivid display of our rich history. It is great that the museum stays current with the change in on going history like black lives matter political and scientific achievements. I enjoy seeing something new each time I visit. Traveling displays are a good idea. Bring in prominent personalities for special events keeps the excitement high and curiosity peaked. It also helps with support and donations.
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09/10/2021  The real history to our current situation regarding the African Experience is not taught or understood. It needs to be brought to light, understood with solutions to integrate fairly going forward.
09/10/2021  I don't have any real comments until after our museum visit!
09/03/2021  I would like more online options/classes for children who are homeschooled. We've visited the museum once and I would love to see things virtually or have a class.
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09/20/2021  I believe text book publishers owe it to all Americans to tell the whole story of American history, and should be pressured to do so, despite what the Texas Department of Education would like.
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09/09/2021  i have artifacts to share. please reach out to me at salterstony2@email.com
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10/03/2021  Thanks so much for doing what you do! It such an uplifting inspiration just knowing YOU EXIST.
09/10/2021  We love the museum!
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09/10/2021  I am going to the museum on Wednesday, September 22 for the first time. Once I complete that visit I hope to be more informed on how best to grapple with the topic of racism in America. Thank you. Richard Drezen rsdrezen@hotmail.com
09/10/2021  Thank you for providing this survey. It allows us the opportunity to be heard!
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11/08/2021  I'll be better able to answer these questions after I visit later this month.
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09/10/2021  Why isn't the online ticket site working for 30 days out?
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10/03/2021  I thought that the museum was overall excellent. However, I felt that the attitudes and horrific treatment during the Jim Crow years and now was under presented. I would encourage special outreach to teachers to help them accurate present the nature of prejudice being a key part of out nation's origin as well as part of out nation's continued racist development as evidenced by the recent attack on voting laws.
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09/10/2021  Please continue the efforts for the effective measures of African American Shared history!!
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10/15/2021  THIS MUSEUM IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB OF EDUCATING PEOPLE ON ALL ASPECTS OF AM HISTORY, WITH MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES AND APPROACHES. THANK YOU.
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09/25/2021  Still very difficult to get tickets.
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11/09/2021  The rise of White Supremacy/Nationalist groups is destructive to our country. Is there anyway to understand and counteract their influence?
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09/10/2021  Love it all
09/25/2021  Find ways to engage children of all ethnicities.
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09/10/2021  Slavery did NOT originate in 1400, like the message on one wall states. Slavery was not a peculiar American vice (ever read the story of Joseph?). The slave traders loading their ships in Africa didn't go into the countryside and round up people. Fellow Africans enslaved Africans and sold them to the slave ships!
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09/10/2021  I have not visited the museum yet. Responses to the questions may have been detailed after a museum visit.
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09/10/2021  Definitely educate on the past and slavery, but end on a good note. Movin on up!
09/25/2021  It would be great to have detailed descriptions of the exhibits online. Id like to know what to expect when i get there
09/25/2021  None at this particular time.
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09/10/2021  I find it shocking that companies like Amazon have not taken a much larger role in financially supporting the museum. The major companies and billionaires names that are NOT is the donor wall is a glaring testament to systemic racism in our country.
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09/10/2021  please provide an opportunity for persons below the poverty level to attend the museum.
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11/19/2021  We've heard enough the horrors of slavery! How about telling our pre-American history and all the strides we're making in America now.
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09/10/2021  I loved your museum and was taken in by the exhibits. There was a wish that more space would have been allotted to the Blank Panthers as so much of our history, such as BLM, was made possible by the contributions of the Panthers.
09/10/2021  Extremely disappointed that the cafe was offering overpriced bland prepackaged food on my last visit
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09/10/2021  We really enjoyed our first visit of the Museum. The first stage of the museum was awe inspiring and heart wrenching at the same time. It was well done and sure does need a day to absorb it. I just wished there's a restroom in each level because it does take awhile to get to and back from the restroom.
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10/20/2021  Do you offer an online resource to lectures, classes and volunteer opportunities available in communities throughout the US?
09/10/2021  To bring people together, they must know we are stronger together
09/10/2021  Be as candid as possible about all of the gruesome experiences and take a stand against (the effects of) {institutional] slavery.
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09/11/2021  My family and I enjoyed every minute of our visit to the museum. It was awesome to see and read some of the many stories as it pertains to our African Heritage. Billy Davis
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09/11/2021  This will be my 3rd visit and my husband's first. I look forward to the beginning walk drone the bottom up Nd the straight to the top floor ( entertainment) and work our way down. I love the videos which bring the exhibits to life
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10/02/2021  This is such an important aspect of our history, which continues to be ignored and too often suppressed. Hard to provide one response because all of your ideas to combat the silence are relevant. Thank you.
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09/10/2021  Embrace smart phone culture to share how great this museum really is. Adopt the museum selfie campaign and share. Create spots of interaction. Get influencers and host events to promote visits. This is by far one of the best museums I have ever visited but what you hear about when you visit DC is mostly the Space and Air museum and the monuments. Engage with social media walls to take pictures, inside and out. Activities to keep kids engaged. It needs activities to keep kids engaged in the content.
09/10/2021  Embrace smart phone culture to share how great this museum really is. Adopt the museum selfie campaign and share. Create spots of interaction. Get influencers and host events to promote visits. This is by far one of the best museums I have ever visited but what you hear about when you visit DC is mostly the Space and Air museum and the monuments. Engage with social media walls to take pictures, inside and out. Activities to keep kids engaged. It needs activities to keep kids engaged in the content.
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09/10/2021  To #8 I would add to slavery and Jim Crow more recent continuing discrimination like redlining, loan discrimination, and zoning
09/10/2021  thank you for doing this. As an immigrant myself, I lack information on some of the historical legacies of ordinary African American citizens who made it through slavery, discrimination, and injustice. My kids and I learned a lot at the museum.
09/11/2021  I visited the museum for the first time this summer. I enjoyed every aspect that I was able to see. As a musician I spent the most time on the 4th floor. While I thought it was great, I hope that the jazz section was small. Understanding that other Black music forms are more popular, I hope that more jazz artist can be circulated in out of that section so that more can be recognized.
09/11/2021  It would be nice if you had museum guides to give history on the displays. Makes it more personal. Overall, my Girl Empowerment Inc. Girls and us Teachers/Parent's/ Chaperones enjoyed the museum artifacts. Thank you! We look forward to bringing and enlightening more girls next time, and every time after that.
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09/10/2021  I live in the Midwest in a predominantly white rural area. More outreach and education to and for educators would be outstanding. Traveling exhibits or lesson plans and downloadable art, posters, or other resources would also help. We visited the museum this past summer and it was by far the museum my kids talked the most about - it started some really great ( and sometimes hard) conversations about what we are taught compared to what really happened.
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09/11/2021  I enjoyed my visit in July. Planning to come again to see more.
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09/10/2021  That was my first visit and I am already planning my return. I wish ticket selection (dates) was easier, but I understand the high demand may limit options. The people at your information desk were beyond wonderful. The standard of customer service is to be commended.
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09/10/2021  The museum was inspiring. I learned so much, even at my age! I could have stayed for hours. People must learn about the oppression and suppression of our black brothers and sisters to truly understand our past so that we don't repeat it.
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09/11/2021  Once it's safe to do so, be open longer hours. It will make it easier for people to go to the museum and learn.
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09/12/2021  The exhibits are beautiful and uplifting. Some made me smile and some made me cry, as they should have. Continue as you have and help educate all areas of the country about their history as you continue the truth of the south.
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09/29/2021  If you could somehow provide better or more lighting for the displays/presentations, etc it would help those of us with challenged eye sight and hearing to get more out of your museum's presentations. Thanks
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09/11/2021  Love it!
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11/02/2021  We loved the Museum. Building is beautiful. The strategy of telling the story from the beginning is very clear and very well done. I was surprised that the main museum story ends with Obama. I would have found room to add Kamala Harris. Museum Story shouldn't feel like it ends with Obama.
11/02/2021  We loved the Museum. Building is beautiful. The strategy of telling the story from the beginning is very clear and very well done. I was surprised that the main museum story ends with Obama. I would have found room to add Kamala Harris. Museum Story shouldn't feel like it ends with Obama.
09/10/2021  Fix the lighting on the exhibits. It's way too dark such that we couldn't read many of the descriptions.
09/10/2021  This is an important museum. The exhibits are well organized and displayed and informative as to the contributions of African Americans to our shared national culture.
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09/06/2021  None at this time. To be continued.
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10/01/2021  The museum is filled with a lot of information. It is overwhelming but interesting. It will take a whole day to rush through it and 2 days to really see all that is there. It would be good to have more people knowledgeable of the contents of the museum to help visitors.
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11/15/2021  I would like for the museum to try to include exhibitions on the ancient Egyptians.
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09/18/2021  It would be great if you could feature stories that document the present day lives of diverse African Americans across the country today and tie their lives and experiences to our shared history. A living history exhibit of sorts.
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10/12/2021  Enhancing black history education in our classrooms at an earlier age, and doing more on social media.
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11/14/2021  I am a theatre producer, director, and actor. I would like to donate part of my archives to the museum. How can I contribute to this collection? Herman LeVern Jones, MFA www.theatresouth.net www.hermanlevernjones.net
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09/18/2021  One of the best museums I've ever been too. What it made me feel and think will stay with me for years to come.
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09/13/2021  I have seen the museum from the outside and I think it's a wonderful place. I didn't have a ticket for that day but I hope to return someday and experience the history.
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11/12/2021  As an epicurean and chef, I recognize the importance of food with relation to art and music. I would love to host regular events featuring the trinity of food, art and music with special guest collaborators. If interested, please reach out: Ronald Brown, Executive Chef wootahbrown1967@yahoo.com 803-431-9672
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09/26/2021  Thank the Lord we have some place to discover or history, keep moving forward.
09/29/2021  Your tasks are monumental! I've just moved to DC and was so taken by the depth and breadth of your exhibits I will return many times. I've been to many museums in many places, and none can compare with the quality and significance of NMAAHC!
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09/24/2021  Input a legacy of all heros and trail blazers across the centuries in each discipline. Education Economically all sciences etc. There is so much the world dose not know about contributions to the world from this community. Knowledge is power and power is knowledge.
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11/21/2021  Thank you !
11/01/2021  It was wonderful and heartbreaking. It was the most powerful stop we made on our trip to DC.
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09/25/2021  Making a way for alot of black people to find out who our ancestors were. Great Great Grandparents Birth Record,war records, Where did we come from originally. Many African Americans have no past history records of family records
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11/01/2021  Thank you for sharing and encouraging a conversation about our US history ~ the African American diaspora
09/26/2021  You've done a tremendous job thus far. I so appreciate museum's existence. Been there 3 x's so far, always encouraging people to go. Don't be weary in great doing..
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10/01/2021  Loved how much of the story was told in the first person. The horrors of what us white folks did was well stated.
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10/02/2021  You all are doing a great job, and I know it's not easy. Continue to build! I will continue to support by spreading the word that all folks must visit.
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11/09/2021  Amazing and thoughtful content, exquisite architecture. Bravo!
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11/17/2021  Thank you for existing. You are more important than you will ever know.
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11/02/2021  The Emmit Till exhibit needs to enable a lot more people to see it. I waited for 30 minutes on a Sunday and never got in.
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11/02/2021  Well done! I was happy with my visit. Great and courteous staff! Singing up was easy to get an admit ticket, but that might be cause I am computer savvy. It was a beautiful museum and you need a lot of time to get through everything. I think better directions with signage should be posted so people can find the areas they are looking for when they first enter, and when going through the levels. Also maybe post estimates on how much time to budget per area so folks can know how to schedule their trip.
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09/24/2021  Please advise the Caucasian community that while they visit is NOT the time to STILL try to show their privilege. This is my 2nd visit and BOTH times I had to let some people not to try me.
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11/02/2021  I thoroughly enjoyed the three hours I was able to send at the museum. I would haved longer, but the museum closed for the day. The website could be better about allowing access to tickets. We tried and failed 30 days out. On the other hand, it was easy to get same day tickets.
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10/15/2021  I am overjoyed we have the Museum and look forward to supporting all initiatives!
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11/03/2021  THANK YOU for all that you do. I cannot wait for my visit to the museum next week. Growing up, I was taught that racism and racial suppression was over when the civil war ended. As an adult, I know this is not true and I hope that through programs and museums like this, we can educate the future generations on the real history, current events and issues, and ways we can progress as a society together.
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10/01/2021  We really enjoyed our visit. Very well done. As a former History teacher I really appreciated the multi media and informative exhibits.
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11/08/2021  Love the museum so much! Wish it was more easily available for people in other parts of the country like where I grew up in Missouri
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11/03/2021  The Museum should be experienced by everyone of all ages, race and ethnicities.
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09/17/2021  I absolutely love the museum. I was wondering, however... Why is there so little information about Tupac Shakur (2Pac) at the Museum? He is a major Black figure. Also, there is not much information on Jean-Baptiste Point du Sable, who founded America's third largest city.
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11/12/2021  We have much to do to educate the next generation about racism in US. If only all whites could learn to accept colored people into their circle of friends
11/09/2021  I hope to visit the museum early next year.
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11/19/2021  Have African Americans who have reached great heights give lectures at the museum and also on Zoom for both adults and school going children.
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09/17/2021  While I certainly understand the need for this incredible museum. I want to see African American history fully entwined with American history. From pre colonial times and patriots like Crispus Attucks to today. There is no America or American culture without African Americans. That is what needs to be the goal in my humble opinion.
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11/19/2021  Black lives matter should never come to the museum. It's a polarizing movement not particularly part of history. It would be wonderful if you could have some thing along the lines of all lives matter and all lives should have mattered throughout our history
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05/24/2024  When I visited last week I noticed many of the students were speeding through the exhibition as if it was a tick box exercise rather than an opportunity to learn. In other words many young people are ignorant to the magnitude of the African American experiences. So perhaps there should be a short compulsory video on entry for every first time visitor to watch to just set the context of what they are about to view in the museum. You could even incentivize it with a clue in the video that leads to a reward( a special badge perhaps) at the end of the visit.
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06/28/2024  As a human being, American, and white American I believe it's important to talk about difficult and often uncomfortable subjects and reconcile our past with our present so that all Americans unite for a stronger and more cohesive society that values everyone's contributions to our nation. We need unity more than ever and bringing everyone together from all races and religions will benefit us all. As former President Obama said years ago, "We are striving for a more perfect union." It's my wish that we all try to do that everyday through kindness, understanding, compassion, and love.
05/20/2024  The most impressive aspect of the traditional Smithsonian exhibits are the collections of the historic artifacts of signal events in American history (e.g, the Spirit of St Louis or the Mercury spacecrafts). Would like to see more of those kinds of items representing the history of black culture in America. Really enjoyed visiting the museum.
05/20/2024  Our history is so multi-faceted and our stories need to be told throughout the world. We need to reach children with our stories as early as preschool. Developing an early childhood curriculum to be shared in places that are not anti-DEI is a good start. Also, I think it is very important to highlight the accomplishments of our people in spite of centuries of ongoing oppression, state sanctioned violence, and marginalization.
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07/06/2024  It is important to preserve all of American history and African Americans are a significant part of that history. We must work to not let this part of history be forgotten. I grew up and experienced some of this history and it's important our children know African American history and it up to us to preserve this history. Thank you
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06/21/2024  I do wish you stayed open longer to like 7:00pm.
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05/22/2024  I am not sure I can add anything else. I have yet to visit the museum but am looking forward to doing so soon.
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07/06/2024  I am an 80 year old white educator.I marched with Martin Luther King and lived through a large portion of your story. This was my first visit. I spent two hours on the Heritage Trail. I gained new awareness of the life of the People, who were brought slaves to America.I felt there could have been a more emotional moment created, similar to the shoes in the holocaust museum. I plan on revisiting and learning more. please take"this show" on the road. PS I did not need to hear a warning about throwing things over the rail, repeated many times. When I was there, the museum was full mini families, many Black people many white people, and all were behaving beautifully.
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05/10/2024  wonderful, informative experience. especially the lower level.
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05/17/2024  I've been fortunate enough to visit the museum once when I lived in the DC Metro. I barely got past the basement because it was such a well-documented series of exhibits. The work you do is so important to our country and an ongoing dialogue on race! I now live in St. Augustine, Florida where the city and Black community (Lincolnville specifically) are working together to bring more of the city's sordid past to light and educate people about it and the important work that was done here to further the civil rights movement. I think it would be meaningful for the museum to have traveling exhibits and artifacts. I also think that collecting oral history from communities like this is important. I realize some of these things are in the museum's archives, but love the idea of bringing the museum to people. Thank you for the opportunity to comment.
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05/10/2024  Thank you M
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07/05/2024  It's the most inspiring museum I have ever visited! I am not black, but so much admire the achievements, perseverance and suffering of all black, as well as "other" than white, people. Keep up your good work!
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06/14/2024  The exhibit was breathtaking. The bottom floors were well needed for my children to see the ships and how the "cargo" had to lay on top of each other. Just knowing the culture where the people would rather drown or be attacked by the dangers in the water speaks monuments of those who lived in the past and what they endured.
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05/10/2024  I think the reconstruction is not that much talked about from the point of view of white, non slave owner Americans who probably felt left out or betrayed by the US government. There's a wound that have been left open & ignored that needs to be healed for the US to move forward. Speaking as a naturalized American, i think we as a nation must learn and understand the horrors of slavery, of discrimination and social and racial inequity to move towards reconciliation and healing.
05/10/2024  I think the reconstruction is not that much talked about from the point of view of white, non slave owner Americans who probably felt left out or betrayed by the US government. There's a wound that have been left open & ignored that needs to be healed for the US to move forward. Speaking as a naturalized American, i think we as a nation must learn and understand the horrors of slavery, of discrimination and social and racial inequity to move towards reconciliation and healing.
06/19/2024  Contact the black churches nationwide to encourage trips to the Museum.AME,BATIST,etc.in order for the Museum to keep their doors open for all to view.
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05/24/2024  Thank you for your work.
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07/05/2024  My children walked around for nearly five hours and never stopped asking questions. The answer, to all of the troubles, is education. Thank you for all that you do.
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05/16/2024  I was very disappointed to not see a Claudette Colvin exhibit next to Rosa Parks. A lot of the civil rights movement was about tragedy. They didn't just go to Selma on Bloody Sunday. That was strategic because they knew that police chief was hot headed and it would make national news. Same with rev Little Rock nine. They walked together through mob crowds because it would make prime news. Sadly one of them didn't get the message of where to meet and ended up walking alone. A child!!! Yes, the civil rights movement sacrificed in a since children to advance freedom. This is not discussed why not?? It all happened put it out there. Claudette Colvin wasn't chosen like Rosa parks because of colorism and the fact that she was a teen mother. She is still alive and should be honored in this museum for giving the movement the idea to protest peacefully in this way. Happy to share more ideas. You really could collaborate with other museums across the country. The likelihood of people especially from other races being able to travel to DC might be low but you can come to them. Bring children this important history. Let them see themselves and stock where they come from. Especially in underperforming states like Mississippi and Louisiana. Joy Stewart 8703121587 joyofperfusion@gmail.com
05/16/2024  Sorry I can't choose one for any of the survey questions since all are valid and thoughtful. so you may provide "all" among the choices. Thank you
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06/14/2024  The NMAAHC is a beautiful, well-curated, and vital cultural institution.
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05/24/2024  This is my fourth visit to the museum and by far the worst. Unfortunately, it was so crowded you could not move. We missed so many exhibits and wound up leaving and they were so kind at the desk to reschedule us for the next day, which messed up our itinerary. I love the museum. It's one of my favorite places in the US and this visit was not good because we were shoulder to shoulder and at one point unable to even take a step forward
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05/24/2024  The museum is a magnificent achievement.
05/06/2024  Is there anyone I can speak to about the mission of the Museum further? The reason I ask is because I am the Research & Policy Coordinator for a faith-based social justice organization called Faith in Florida. My name is Linda Wiggins, and I am also one of the creators of a Black History Toolkit that we developed in response to the laws that have been passed in Florida that are suppressing the teaching of accurate African American History. You can find the toolkit at www.faithinflorida.org/blackhistory. You can also google us to see news stories that highlighted the work we are doing. Although we have recently started this campaign, it has gotten some national attention, and we are open to hearing about ways in which we can expand the work that we are doing, and I would love if our team could meet with someone from the Museum just to learn more about the work you are doing, if it will help us with the work we are doing. I can be reached by email at lwiggins@faithinflorida.org or by phone at 201-598-9431. Thank you for your time.
06/14/2024  I THOUGHT THE MUSEUM WAS AMAZING, THANK YOU
06/07/2024  I'm trying to secure tickets for August 21 to 23, 6 tickets. Thank you.
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06/27/2024  Would love more resources for working with white seniors/elders, who I find can be pretty resistant to engaging with anti-racism and anti-bias work.
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05/10/2024  The crowds are so big that it's hard to enjoy the exhibits. Everything is so well displayed and curated.
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06/29/2024  The best museum in DC. Glad I live here and can do small sections of the museum at a time.
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05/10/2024  I am a white U.S. History teacher. African American History is a huge part of our culture as Americans but I am consistently amazed at how little students know. Teaching about african-American history from the beginning of the United States until now, really helped my students understand the how and why behind what's going on in Society today. I thought the museum did an incredible job starting from the beginning, going all the way until now. I wish everyone could experience this museum. I think it can be life changing. When we left the museum, my husband said, "I didn't know it was that bad". My 13 year old daughter cried for over an hour in all the information she learned. It's a lot to take in but incredibly beneficial. The truth leads to understanding, compassion, & action. Thank you for all you've done to make this available to all.
06/21/2024  Very dynamic and educational. We couldn't finish it all and plan to return
05/06/2024  Fue mi primera visita a estados unidos y a un museo. Yo soy activista antirracista de identidad marron y escritora indigena aymara. Me pareció increíble el archivo, la historia, la instalación de la historia africana. Encuentro similitudes con las historias indigenas del sur global. Visibilizar nuestras historias para las futuras generaciones, es la lucha. El derecho a elegir sea en igualdad de condiciones y oportunidades. Saludos
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06/14/2024  I came to the museum with two 16 year olds and did not know what to expect. I have to say, we were pleasantly surprised and the teens had an AMAZING time! They're still talking about some of the exhibits and things they learned that they had never heard about before.
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06/29/2024  Continue to enhance and add new exhibits on lesser known accomplished African Americans.
06/14/2024  Great museum. Really impressed. Beautiful facility. Will however, disagree with "black panther" been a viable museum exhibit
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05/24/2024  I would like to see our community go back to becoming a village. Not separate and divide. It definitely is needed in the areas of poverty, mental health and well-being. Supporting those who need an alternative to be successful in life. Especially for those who've been incarcerated for a significant amount of time. Promote each one teach one!
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07/05/2024  Yes... I have a concern? When I went to purchase items at souvenir store, I was disappointed that they weren't willing to provide me with the appropriate bags for the items I purchased free of charge? I was told that they had no paper bags and I would have purchase a reusable one?? It just seemed like a hustle? The customer service was bad also? Thanks
06/21/2024  We were so happy to be able to get last minute tickets to the museum. It was a beautiful place with so much to learn. It was great to see so many student groups truly engaged and learning but also having fun.
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05/31/2024  Walking through your museum was one of the most powerful museum experiences I've ever had. I can't wait to come back. Thank you.
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05/16/2024  What an incredible experience! I would like to have seen more about the many African American heroes in law--and, in the music section, about the brilliant backup singers--but came away awed and inspired by the contributions of African Americans to our world.
05/16/2024  What an incredible experience! I would like to have seen more about the many African American heroes in law--and, in the music section, about the brilliant backup singers--but came away awed and inspired by the contributions of African Americans to our world.
06/23/2024  More visual representation of the number of slaves and depictions of the horrors of slavery. Need more visual to demonstrate the scale of slavery
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05/20/2024  I AM GETTING ON IN YEARS (87) AND I CANNOT WALK WELL; OTHERWISE I WOULD BE BACK TO VISIT ONCE MORE. MAY YOU CONTINUE YOUR GOOD WORK. I STARTED CONTRIBUTING WHEN LONNIE HAD THIS MARVELOUS IDEA AND THE IDEA TURNED INTO A FANTASTIC MUSEUM.
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05/05/2024  The NMAAHC is magnificent! Please reopen the recording booths as soon as feasible. Please consider augmenting the Tuskegee Airmen exhibit to include the historic flight given to 1st Lady Eleanor Roosevelt by Chief Anderson. Bishop Patterson's items were displayed; however, there should be some reference made to C.O.G.I.C founder Bishop Mason. Would you please consider a larger HBCU experience, especially for the medical institutions Meharry, Morehouse, Tuskegee (incl. veterinary)? Please consider an emergency exit elevator in the lower level C1-C4.
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05/16/2024  I would like to see more artwork of Black Americans
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06/07/2024  The low lighting and old fashioned handwriting hinders the readability of many plaques. Please provide typed versions of the handwritten artifacts.
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05/03/2024  Thank you for the opportunity to share my limited insight. Continue the great work you are doing. You have the support of myself and my wife. Tell the truth, Thank you, Dwayne K Wilson Sr.
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05/24/2024  Incredible place. One thought for traveling exhibits would be to even try to feature museum pieces at other national mall museums, such as a link to US history and air and space for the science highlight to continue reinforcing that African American history is our country's history too.
05/24/2024  I visted the museum recently. I must admit - there was a docent, or scheduled "Tour" that ruined the lover level experience. An incredibly annoying New Yorker voice going on and on and on and on and on ruining the general 'vibe' of the museum. I couldn't hear the video presentations as she was in the background - blaaaaa baaaa blaaaa blaaaa blaaaa bla bla bla blaaaaaaaa blaaaaa meeee meeee blaaaa. She wasn't African American - she was an annoying new yorker that would never NEVER stop talking and you could hear her from one side of the entire 1st floor to the other. She was literally yelling. I tried to get away from her and restart the exhibit to get away from her. There's got to be a better way than some whining annoying voice ruining this incredibly important experience.
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06/29/2024  To make the museum even more powerful than it already is, adding rooms where someone's personal story is told, such as their experiences with racism and/or mass incarceration would be really engaging. Also, the addition of booths to mimic talking to an inmate where you would pick up the phone and hear their story about how they have been racially abused.
06/29/2024  The whole truth needs to be revealed. There has never in the history of humanity been such a horrific treatment, torture, and abuse of people as there was in American slavery. It was greater than the holocaust. Greater than the enslavement of the ancient Hebrews in Egypt. In history, every nation subdued by another kingdom was able to keep their identity. We are the only people who were demoralized beyond the physical, reaching to the depths of the unseen, our souls. We also have the greatest redemption story of all time. To be broken to that level and not destroyed is a miracle! God bless! May God prosper you all in all you do. And may your works be delivered in truth!
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05/24/2024  Continue to focus on and foster an understanding of a culturally relevant and rigorous research methodologies, i.e., narrative, inquiry, oral histories and storytelling, i.e., of suppressed stories and as a National Poet Laureate Tracey K. Smith, shared: It takes Art to bring questions and realities into an urgent contact with who we are. and, Toni Morrison urged that we make visible: Unmemorialized history in American Literature
06/27/2024  Create a relationship with High Schools that will offer graduation credits for students who visit. Perhaps tied to the required History credits already required.
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05/11/2024  This is a wonderful museum. It is hard to ever get off the first floor. I wish all Americans would visit. I'm sure many haven't a clue of what life was like for POC, and many will deny it was that way.
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05/16/2024  This museum is long overdue. I hope it influences many cities to have similar information available.
05/16/2024  The sunken slave ship project really stood out to me! It's exciting to see the impact of ongoing research, and I think it's important to emphasize that our understanding of Black history is deeply shaped by the amount of funding dedicated to preserving it.
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05/16/2024  I was truly grateful to get the opportunity to visit the museum. Although my short time there did not allow me to experience the full museum. I loved the design of the museum, the elevator taking visitors to the lower level to travel back in time. I was also very inspired by the other galleries that featured visual art by contemporary artists and the contributions of African Americans to American culture. I especially loved the section focused on the music exhibit. I will plan to return the next time I'm in DC. I am a museum nerd, making time for museums whenever I travel. This was definitely one of my top museum experiences. I learned so much and will encourage others to attend the museum when they are in DC. The role of this museum is crucial in today's world as threats to culture, DEI, humanity and human rights continue to exist and be supported.
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05/31/2024  Please include something of the history or slaves in San Basilio de Palenque, a town where many slaves got free thanks to Benkos Biojó
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06/30/2024  I would like to see holigrams of the elders telling primary source narratives. As elders transition, sometimes their narratives are lost.IE: Tuskegee Airmen, Black Wall Street Survivors,etc.
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06/28/2024  None at this time!!
06/29/2024  It was very captivating and want to come again as I didn't see everything thoroughly.
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05/16/2024  POV - white boomer. Amazing, sometimes hard to view due to the emotional impact. On a practical note, even with timed entrances, the starting point gets super jammed up. Security had to get people to move along as there was so much in that one place.
05/25/2024  Nothing at this time. I have not yet visited in person, and I haven't done a thorough exploration of the website, although I have used many pages and think they are awesome.
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05/16/2024  I am so grateful to everyone that made this museum possible
05/16/2024  I was so excited to come to the museum but found the flow of the exhibits to be really difficult to navigate. While the map made sense when standing and walking through I wasn't sure what to read first and ended up feeling like I was mentally overwhelmed with so much detail, I wondered if others also cognitively lose steam and the ability to take it all in / even though they are really engaged and interested to begin with! There were places in the museum I witnessed people not reading or stopping for because they were in the middle of a pathway and they didn't want to be in the way of the flow of people walking. The artifacts to bring a tactile, concrete visual to historical information was so powerful. I was surprised and really enjoyed the entire Afrofuturism section! That was incredibly well done including highlighting what a significant portion of our music and art history has been and continues to be influenced by outstanding black artists! My kids are 13 and 11 and I loved seeing all the students around but wondered if they all benefitted or could glean as much of the content as I could as an adult who was willing to struggle to read everything over the shoulders of others, and sifting through the less critical or necessary details at times. I'd love and think it could be really helpful to review the presentation of the materials with an eye for reaching and ensuring youth can benefit just as much. Sitting and looking through every named donor made me wonder where were so many others? I am shocked there isn't more financial support from more institutions. I wish I had some clout and could reel those in. Lastly I wonder about whether there may be an opportunity for the museum to help whites to make connections to the present day in terms of what does this mean for them in their power and privilege now? What does having knowing knowledge of the history of racism and its impacts still today mean? How can they address their unconscious racism and racism the insutitonal oppression that still exists today? Feels like an opportunity to help create an invitation and a springboard for raising consciousness that this isn't a thing of the past. I loved Obama's recorded speech on the last wall as speaking to that as well. But
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05/24/2024  I particularly appreciated the information about African culture prior to the enormous slave trade that came from colonialism and the kidnapping of African people. We need to counter the ridiculous notion that African people benefited from slavery by exposure to "advanced" society, i.e., the European-based habits and attitudes of the slave owners.
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10/09/2018  The extraordinary play Harriet Tubman The Chosen One.
10/28/2018  There should be more exhibits on the contributions of african americans in the fields of science and technology.
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09/21/2018  In times we live in now, I would embrace the knowledge of the presidency (President(s))of our nation and how each one contributed and how it affected racism and violence. We have overlook (ed) values, consciousness, and acknowleding God back in our nation and schools. My mom would say... "If I cut you and you cut me ...we both bleed red blood..not the color of our skin but the blood God shred on the cross for all mankind" She' deceased now but I tell that story to everyone I encounter and will encounter. It's a changed statement when it comes to racism. Thank you, Janice James Hudson, B.MD
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10/12/2018  Walk up weekdays allowed for flexibility for the visitors to D.C. Who were unable to " plan in advance" to get tickets
10/12/2018  Expand geneolgy search abilities for guests. Knowing more specifics about our origins wood bring us closer and identify commonalities.
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10/20/2018  Being a mixed race person, I would like to know the ethnic make-up of "Black" people because not only are they bringing an African element to the history of America. I have found that alot of entertainers are Afri-AmeriIndian. What about the other mixtures that have transpired in America like: Afri-Jewish Afri-Italiano Afri- German Afri-Greco Afri-Irish Afri-English and on and on and on? I was wondering if we just wanted one side of their stories or the whole story that makes them want and who they are.
10/25/2018  Extremely difficult to obtain tickets for the museum. Recommend extended hours during the weekday and weekends.
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10/10/2018  The museum is spiritual.
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11/18/2018  I believe the psychological impact of racism needs to be discussed and addressed regarding all Americans. People worldwide are effected by American racism. White people have been lied to overall. This is gravely detrimental to their beliefs and behavior which causes misunderstandings and mistakes in treating Americans and others of darker complexions badly. This behavior also backfires which in turn causes too many problems for our nation as a whole. Since we claim to be the most POWERFUL country, it would be great to lead and improve upon something that have a negative impact on the economy and the world.
10/31/2018  This museum is profound and necessary especially during this time of heightened racial and justice inequalities. Since I didn't complete my visit, I'm coming back. I was inspired, rejuvenated, overwhelmed, educated, more proud to be an African American, sad and determined to continue the "fight" in my own way. The "fight" continues and will continue for many, many years.
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11/17/2018  Make visiting the museum easy. Too many time constraints. To many conditions. You want people to know about the African History,but not really.
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09/21/2018  The food court is amazing
09/21/2018  In times we live in now, I would embrace the knowledge of the presidency (President(s))of our nation and how each one contributed and how it affected racism and violence. We have overlook (ed) values, consciousness, and acknowleding God back in our nation and schools. My mom would say... "If I cut you and you cut me ...we both bleed red blood..not the color of our skin but the blood God shred on the cross for all mankind" She' deceased now but I tell that story to everyone I encounter and will encounter. It's a changed statement when it comes to racism. Thank you, Janice James Hudson, B.MD
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09/28/2018  Racism still exist. Let it not be named among us. I believe Prayer, Education and encouraging dialogue will bring about some reconciliation and healing. Best wishes in this endeavor.
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11/06/2018  I found the museum lacking in telling the political story behind emancipation and the civil rights act and the voting rights sct. US Politics can be a very telling and sometimes ugly history
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10/26/2018  I THINK It Would Be Wonderful If An African American Yearbook ... Perhaps, Bi-Annually That Could Highlight The Efforts Of Educators, Inventors, Doctors, and Military That Have Impacted Our Shared Cultural Heritage As Well As Enhancing The Museum's Mission.
11/14/2018  I loved my visit to the Museum and absolutely cannot wait to come back!
09/30/2018  Have programs that allow young people to curate a project for the museum because the youth needs to be engaged with our history.
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09/24/2018  Maybe the museum can include more first thru professions. Ex: 1st law professor, Dean of medical school, astronut,United way director, manager on Broadway,Madison square, Radio City etc. What ever happened to hit parade magazine, staxx records? Other media information systems. Where are the writers and editors?
09/24/2018  Disseminating information to the public about the importance of all races to visit the museum. I think if people understand the atrocities that Black people have endured they may become a little more sympathetic. Also, making it less cumbersome to actually visit the museum. It took me over a year to get tickets. People in the government and who are still working seem to be able to acquire tickets. Think about making it more accessible to retirees. We are in more of a position to support museum, financially.
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11/02/2018  Offering an interactive rotating exhibits would be of Greg benefit in addition to adding historical artifacts and memorabilia to the collection. Lastly, making the museum's visation hours and time passed process more user friendly and accommodable would be most helpful!
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10/28/2018  First responders should be able to get into the museum just like military personnel with their families
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11/07/2018  Please re-open the group passes. I have 50-56 senior citizens I'm trying to get tickets for October 19th and 20th 2019. We will be traveling from Jacksonville, Florida. Thank you so much for assisting us. Mail to: Karen Lee 2761 Woolery Drive, Jacksonville, Florida 32211. God Bless
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10/04/2018  I am completing this with a saddened heart, but with a sense of importance. I have been trying to have someone -+++ ANYONE- to connect with us about a fundraising OUTSTANDING initiative to visit the Museum, to no avail. I believe if this request came from a millionaire someone would have responded. But little people such as us do not get the respect, but here we are speaking about gaining respect. I am extremely disappointed in the behavior I have received over these months. My number is 954-326-2812. If i do not hear from anyone, I will cease and desist from going further. Very disappointed, indeed.
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09/22/2018  overwhelming - too much to see - not enough time - over crowded. will have to go again. thank you it is a wonderful museum
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11/13/2018  Conferences, seminars, workshops that promote conversations and interactive dialoguing with a view to arriving at concrete solutions that will be ultimately disseminated.
09/27/2018  Thank you for your efforts!!!
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10/12/2018  I absolutely love the museum - keep up the good work!!!!! I really think this place is a testament to what our people really are - awesome! The fact that people still need a timed entry (and no other museum I know stays that packed) lets us see that this is an awesome contribution to society. I'd love for everyone to get to experience this place...
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10/22/2018  This may seem trivial, but I have been extremely frustrated with the difficulty of getting a person on a telephone who can address my questions..example: When I tried reaching the donation department to,update my credit card, I could not get through and never received a call or email back. Another even more frustrating example: I was so looking forward to participating in the streaming event with panel of young African Americans speaking about their faith and spirituality last August. I could not find out how to stream the event for a full month, calling the Los Angeles museum where it was to be held (they did not even know anything about it, had never heard about it!), and trying to call and giving up calling the DC museum as well. Finally I was able to get some answers by email, and when the day came, we tried everything we could possibly try to get onto that stream...there was no way. I gave up and did;t even try to contact you to vent my frustration. Did the event even happen?? and what about the other six cities where this same event was to be scheduled??? We have heard nothing--no recordings, no reports, nothing. the only thing the museum does is to continue to send me requests for funds and all sorts of emails like this survey. I live in CA, so I will not be able to take advantage of all the activities that the museum might produce in DC. I will probably never again get to visit the museum. You need RELIABLE streaming of events for those folks who are supporting the museum from afar. And you need a telephone line with educated informed individuals who can answer questions, and who will answer the phone!! if I lived in DC I would volunteer to be one of those people. I can only be grateful for the incredible week I spent in DC on opening weekend two years ago withy my sons. Best week of my life!!! But now, I am disappointed with your ability to serve the public.\ Gina Whitaker
10/17/2018  I think that traveling exhibits will help to accomplish all of the objectives of the Museum by reaching out to the American population that cannot get to Museum in Washington D. C.
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10/06/2018  Next year will mark 400 years that African Americans since slavery started in this country. I'd love to see a festival of some sort that celebrates our ingenuity.
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09/29/2018  Last October, I visited the museum for the first and only time. I plan to visit again next month. While visiting the slave exhibit, I noticed that one of the dates for a historic event was incorrect. I am a native New Orleans and noticed that the date for the "founding of New Orleans" was inaccurate. One of the placards stated that the city was "founded" in 1719. This is incorrect. New Orleans was actually founded in 1718 and is celebrating its tricentennial this year. Please correct this error.
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10/25/2018  I'm so thankful for this Museum and for all the people who organized a it is I have really I feel so uplifted when I go and I to know about myself have some reference many reference points so thank you
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10/22/2018  None at this time.
09/30/2018  It's a wonderful museum but this survey is odd.
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11/09/2018  I'm 56 years old I thought I knew more than I did about African American history. The Museum was so enlightening and informative some how we must encourage people to visit I can't stop talking about it. Looking forward to next visit.
11/14/2018  If there is any way to teach others that we are all equal no matter what color skin or religion. Some how point out to leaders that words matter and stop blaming others that don't look like just like you.
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09/30/2018  It is very difficult to arrange group tours and schedule itineraries for a trip to D.C. with a focus on visiting the NMAAH. I have been attempting to arrange a tour for a group of students for the summer of 2019....no one to talk to...sample itineraries would be very helpful...nearby hotels within walking distance would be helpful... Shirley Connally (SJConnally60@educationplusatthebrazos.org)
10/04/2018  Highlight the Africans before enslavement. We exist before enslavement and we're educated before enslament.what was the purpose for enslavement who control the oppression that still exists today
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11/11/2018  Letting people know that the strugge never stopped
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09/25/2018  I've always been intrigued by our history. Not to discredit others however we have had so much taken from us yet we survive. It was very disturbing to attend the museum and to bring my family for the first time and to hear one of the security guards state that her light skinned disturbs the black dark ugly ones. Comments like this from your staff is very disturbing and to think that my ancestors would have rocked in their grave to hear such behavior. From that statement as a black woman who's Mother walked proudly with her dark skin. I wept in her defense. Where do we go from here?
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11/02/2018  I would like to see enhanced ways to gain entry to museum, often times we can't get in when we want to.
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10/07/2018  I would like to be directly involved in this work. I believe it has already begun to transform American society. The subject matter of African American History is and always has been of global significance. Africa is and ever has been central to human experience.
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10/02/2018  SEND MORE WHITE PEOPLE AND BLACK TO THIS MUSEUM OK ? OK
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11/10/2018  The timed passes are to complicated another way of keeping people out
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10/07/2018  We are far more connected in our history, culture and language than we know. Thank you for helping us discover our history and heritage! Imagine the US without the contributions of African Americans! As dry, bland, and humorless as an old Puritan.
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11/07/2018  I LOVE the museum and the story that is told from bottom to top. The fact that you start at the bottom speaks to the experience. We literally started at the bottom in this country and have elevated our way to the top despite many obstacles.
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10/08/2018  The method for obtaining tickets needs to be revisted. As a disabled person I'm not able to stand in line to get to tics .
11/05/2018  I brought my grandchildren ages 3 and 5 to the museum. While they enjoyed their visit and entertained other visitors,there was not much geared for children their age. This is a missed opportunity.
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02/05/2019  A decenant of Ghana, U.K. French Portuguese
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02/19/2019  By highlighting the careers and activities of African-Americans who have stood out as role models, it might allow whites to see that their world is not lost. They grew up with privilege and and priority and mistakenly assumed that this situation would last forever. I think that is why they are expressing this unease through racist behaviour.They have to be made to understand that society is evolving--just like how the Jim Crow era is now gone. They have to be made to understand that non-whites are only interested in taking their lawful place in society.
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03/12/2021  I've shared most of my thoughts on how our world can grow into what most aspire to be. Open dialog and continual conversations, help us to stop destroying ourselves and our planet
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02/11/2019  As an educator based in NYC public college system and as a Mental Health Counselor providing healing from traumatic experiences of people of African and Caribbean descent, I would like to thank you all for the hard work and efforts you have put in to create this museum. I stalk your page to obtain tickets with hopes that I can bring my younger clients and college students to visit (using my own resources - as most all educators have to do) and would love the opportunity to volunteer and contribute to the museum within my scope.Please don't hesitate to contact me if there is a way I can contribute. Sundeese.Borden@nyu.edu
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02/07/2019  Thank you!
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03/22/2021  I provided several ideas. I also wanted had another suggest of added interactive robots. Robotics and artificial intelligence it the future. You all have to begin to work with these two. Again my number is (804) 475-4650. I would love to work with a team to assist the museum with growth, change, and moving to bigger heights. My name is Tammy M. Burrell. Thank you again.
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02/14/2019  I have been trying ti ger tickets to museum since it opened but always sold out. Just frustrating. Thsnk you.
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04/01/2021  I had the opportunity to visit, but one day is not enough! It was an exceptional educational experience and I am grateful for the excellent curation of history we all need to know. I learned so much, but I need to learn much more. Thank you!
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03/28/2019  Planned bus trips to the museum. Every one can't always afford to visit. How about we bring the people to the museum. Do books and planners for the hospital and the schools
04/11/2019  Very positive experience when visiting the museum on the last sat in march 2019
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04/01/2019  My father, Herbert Lee, was murdered September 21, 1961 in Amite county by a local politician. He worked with Robert "Bob" Moses and others to register resident farmers to vote. He died for a caused he believed in and fought for strongly! Unfortunately, he did not get the opportunity that is sometimes taken for granted. There are many "grassroots individuals" that others do not have an awareness of.
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04/03/2021  Please open. We're visiting the city in May. Please open.
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03/27/2021  I would really like for the museum to open soon with easier and better ways to obtain ways for entry.
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04/02/2021  Would truly love for the museum to open back up for in person visits.
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03/21/2019  Do you have educational trip packages for schools AND nonprofit youth programs nationally to visit the museum? I believe the way to combat racism and open healthy dialogue is to begin when people are young and impressionable. Offering packages for national travel could do that. I'm sure you offer this but I haven't heard about it. Perhaps some target advertising would help.
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04/06/2019  None at this time. May have more input, after my planned visit and tour in September 2019.
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04/02/2019  Have a youth based education on their ancestors atrocities and fight that gave them the freedom they have today.Teach that the African American race is still being pitted against each other.
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04/07/2019  I have found that the website is challenging to navigate and the ticketing/non-ticketing process is extremely confusing. We want everyone that is interested to be able to visit the museum but gaining access appears to be difficult and that keeps people away.
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05/22/2019  I haven't visited yet but am so looking forward to coming as soon as possible!
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05/23/2019  I LOVE this museum. I have been 3 times and walk away feeling proud every time. Thank you for your work and dedication.
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05/21/2019  I am greatly appreciative of the work of the NMAAHC. I have had the privilege of visiting a couple of times and I am extremely proud of the way that the story of my people is told.
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06/05/2019  I'm proud of the work you collected and works that are done to highlight our culture in a truthful and positive manner. Thank you
05/22/2019  Thank you for allowing me to come , I'll be back
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05/21/2019  Please invest in a telephone operator to answer live calls. Presently your phone system is very poor. When someone calls the museum for group tickets they are prompt to call Etix tickets who states that they can not issue group tickets it has to come through the museum. When one calls the museum we are prompted back to Etix. Please correct!
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05/21/2019  I Visit THE MUSEUM BECAUSE I'M A DOCUMENTARY FILM MAKER.l WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ALL MORE ABOUT MY UPCOMING DOCUMENTARY.Kindly contact me for more information. Shay Moore (323) 829-9394 website: nocolorlinesproductions.com
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05/24/2019  The names of slaves ( lower level) had a most profound effect on me. It made the experience feel real. It would be helpful to talk about slavery across civilizations and sex slavery today. This might help people of all races consider the implications of slavery to those who are enslaved ( and generations that follow) and to those who enslave ( and generations that follow).
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05/21/2019  I live in Colorado, and most of my friends don't have the opportunity to travel to DC. I think reaching out outside of the northeast would be invaluable.
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05/21/2019  The Museum is such a treasure!
05/21/2019  I haven't yet been to the Museum, as unfortunately our tickets were during the shutdown in January but look forward to being there sometime soon. Even though I haven't been yet, the history and experiences of African Americans in slavery and to this day define our country and others need to see the truth and learn from it. At least I hope they learn from it.
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05/21/2019  Please have staff double-check questionnaire on many platforms before publishing. Several questions were not answerable because they were incomplete and on my browser screen (#4, #8 and #9). Specifics were required for responses that could not be given AS "OTHER" (#7 and #10).
05/21/2019  this is by far the best museum i have ever visited
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05/26/2019  you do need to improve your website
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05/29/2019  Working with local history-focused museums to develop programs, like "Follow the North Star" at Conner Prairie in Indiana, could have great value.
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05/28/2019  Museum is great learning experience for people who don't know much about African American culture. A place that everyone should visit. Food should be cheaper in cafe.Great restaurant though.
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05/26/2019  We loved the museum. We live in Arizona and will try to visit again on one of our next trips back to Washington, DC.
05/16/2019  I am an illustrator, graphic designer with a strong marketing focus if I can be of assistance, pls contact me. jthompson2329@gmail.com
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05/21/2019  This museum BLEW me away. I heard great things about the experience but I was totally taken aback at how every section was eloquently presented and celebrated. My 5 year old son enjoyed learning about his ancestors and gave him more people of color to look up to. Can't thank you enough for shining a light on our heritage other than slavery!!!!
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05/21/2019  I enjoyed the visit to the museum. I'd love to see traveling exhibits so those who cannot afford to travel can still experience some parts of it.
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05/21/2019  It is very difficult to get tickets to the museum. Make walk-up available on all days.
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05/22/2019  I believe the employees including contractors, and security personnel need more training overall on how to be empathetic to visitors especially during an emergency. Not every visitor is ratchet, and up to no good. Sometimes people's perception and judgement of others can ruin the message that's being put out. It's a shame because the museum is great, but half my party said they wouldn't come back because of security and some food servers. There were many employees that were great!
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05/21/2019  I really think it would be great if the museum used it's platform to hold HBCUs accountable when it comes to teaching our history. That's the one place we can learn about our history w/o constraints. Learning about the diaspora pre-slavery (positive), at my HBCU, Spelman College, was life-changing & empowering for me & my peers. Especially coming out of public schools with textbooks that paint the start of our history with slavery (negative). That type of knowledge provides a sense of pride & i know all HBCUs are not teaching our history to the extent they should. In addition, the Harlem Renaissance and our music and dance history are also key.
05/21/2019  The museum made me feel very emotional and at one point I started tearing up which is a sign of a great exhibition. I truly enjoyed my visit and was worth it. I learnt a lot about African-American history being from another country. Thank you.
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06/04/2019  We have to learn as a people to TRUST GOD MORE as our ancestors did in the past and walk by faith whereas we do not live in fear and are not easily distracted from the ways of the world!! HALLELUJAH!!!!!
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05/21/2019  Continue to demonstrate how racism and hatred diminishes our growth as a democracy through real-life historical and present day examples.
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05/22/2019  I would like to see more interactive features that can be more memorable for the kids. Although I was only able to see Concourse level as the museum is so huge I was unable to view in one day. I will return in august. I would also, like to see a parking garage for out of towners.
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06/09/2019  Thank you for telling and showing the history!
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05/21/2019  Thank you for seeking to expand beyond the museum walls to help this country look honestly at its history.
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05/21/2019  It is time for programming to utilize the works of African scholars, and have them as participants as panelists, lecturers, etc. Great men and women who have dedicated their lives to fighting white supremacy with truth and knowledge must be allowed to use the platform the museum has. Too many people other than us are telling our story and even though they some may do so with no malice towards us in their hearts and with nothing but good intentions, they lack the inside perspective of what it was, is and possibly may be in a future based on the current circumstances, to be Black in a world dominated by white supremacy.
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05/21/2019  I'm Mexican American and I'm so glad I was able to visit the National Museum African-American history and culture. This was such a wonderful, moving and educational experience of a life time! Every American should visit the breath taking museum. The staff were exceptional. I hope to visit next year in 2020!
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05/21/2019  nothing else. great job.
05/22/2019  Website need to be monitored and updated. Several times went on there and information for ticketing was confusing. Add helpful resources and links for travelers
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05/21/2019  Keep up the good work. We look forward to being in the museum the beginning of June to see in person!!
05/21/2019  I love this museum and can not wait to bring my daughter back in July!! Young people (especially blacks) need this museum. It teaches and inspires at so many levels. We need the encouragement of our ancestors to fuel us to be all that we can be! Thanks for sending me this survey. I look forward to see what more the museum will offer in the future. Many Blessings!
05/21/2019  Thank you for creating this. It's truly amazing and I loved every second of being there. It inspires me to contribute in my own way and any possible way I can for African American culture.
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05/21/2019  Please consider allowing persons who do not have tickets to access the gift shop. This will allow them to make revenue-generating purchases and be a part of the experience even if they are not provided with full-access. Just a thought...
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05/21/2019  Give history on JENA 6 and that regarding the 6 black teenagers who were killed in Jena, Louisiana, more information on Black Lives Matter and the Black Panther era.
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05/22/2019  Wow! I have so much to see after my first visit. Hardly scratched the surface
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05/21/2019  Actually all the things mentioned here are of importance, and I hope you efforts will continue to inspire and inform all peoples of our shared struggles.
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05/21/2019  I love that we now have a Museum we can call our own!! I've been 5 times and still haven't seen everything. I love the gift shop and the fact that it offers books about the truth of our history. I am currently reading "The Half Has Never Been Told" and have to put it down because I get so angry about how our ancestors were treated; but I am sharing it with others. I encourage everybody I know who comes to D.C. to visit. My whole family came last Christmas and we were able to enjoy the time at the Museum. Thank you again for this monumental tasking you which continues to exceed all of my expectations!
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05/22/2019  We know that all human life began in Africa...We all know that there is no separation of races, because there are no "races." It has been scientifically proven! DNA is the story here. To stamp out "racism, we must promote alongside our achievements and contributions, that all human life evolved out of Africa...we all share the same building blocks of life. We are all connected and related through Mother Africa! That IS the Divine irony of it all. We are all children (brothers and sisters) of Mother Africa! In the 21st Century,Cain cannot completely put an end to Abel without ending himself! Cultivate this truth and dispense it There is only one so-called "race"...The Human Race...and it began out of Africa.
05/21/2019  Easier access to tickets
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05/21/2019  Thank you for a fantastisk museum, The best we have ever been to. Kind regards Winnie Lund, Denmark
05/23/2019  I'm enormously grateful for the creation of this Museum. Thank you.
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05/21/2019  Education is the best method to combat racism and stereotypes.
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05/21/2019  I think the museum should become more visible by letting people Know about it and about the "experience" of visiting.
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05/21/2019  Wish that my dear colleague and friend Claudine Brown had lived long enough to see her masterpiece. Thank you to one and all who have brought her vision to life!
05/21/2019  Museums like think would have been considered a wild dream by my parents generation. I'm privileged to live in these times. I'm thankful for this museum. My only recommendation is to create an interactive experience for young children (4-6) that helps introduce this extraordinary topic.
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05/22/2019  Thank you for allowing public input as you develop the Museums future agenda.
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05/21/2019  Shine a light on reparations that was supposed to be paid to African Americans and they never were! Shine a light on how African Americans are the only group of people to be stripped of their language.
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05/21/2019  Great experience. Thank you for the opportunity, would do it again
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05/21/2019  Thank you for all that you do to promote our shared story. We must address the past so that we can heal for the future. Respectfully submitted, N.Pharr-Maletta, Educator and Historian.
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05/22/2019  It is almost impossible to plan to visit the museum months ahead of time with young people who are in school, work schedules, etc. At some point could it be announced that the museum would be open without an advanced pass being required on a periodic basis, say every Monday, one specific day each month, etc. I'm afraid to drive all the way to Washington, D.C., and then just hope that I can get one of the very few entrance passes without the online months wait time.
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05/23/2019  I appreciate the attention given to slavery, Jim Crow, and "firsts," but I was most inspired on the 4th floor where the cultural contributions of African Americans are recognized.
05/24/2019  CONVERSATIONS ARE IMPORTANT AND A TRAVELING MUSEUM IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OUR HISTORY IS NOT BEING TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS AT ANY LEVEL AS IT SHOULD BE.
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05/21/2019  I went on the grand opening day and the number of people that were there was very encouraging. This museum is the most comprehensive museum or educational facility I have every experienced and have been raving about it ever since I went. I hope it continues to grow more and more.
05/21/2019  Getting into the museum is so hard because tickets are scarce. Anything you can do to bring the museum experience out of the building would be terrific. There is a lot of great work in the museum. Four hours on a timed pass doesn't even scratch the surface.
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05/23/2019  I love what you have done so far-KEEP IT UP!!!
05/24/2019  I am grateful to have this museum African Americans have made a great contribution to the building of countries and continents. For the first time nonwhites can see the contribution and the challenge and the perseverance of people of color. I was moved by the response of the white woman during the 1400 to emancipation tour she was moved to tears. The message is getting through I wondered why so many white people wanted to come to the museum and I was a little resentful but now I see the benefit that they learn the history for the first time learning fact from fiction. White people really are the voice to share it with their friends/families. That is the circle that black people will never be able to infiltrate. They can now speak up with knowledge and insight about the real experience and culture of African-Americans. Thank you so much this was a life-changing.
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05/21/2019  The hours the museums open to visitors is not long enough. The museum shop is always overcrowded. Better management definitely needed there. Ordering online is not convenient for everybody especially older folks. And the policy on tickets is horrible. Very poor system of things. Great museum but difficult navigating thru these issues.
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05/21/2019  everything is very well, and what to put something of enfancis how important is the union of races
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05/21/2019  I have been to the museum twice, & I want to go again. I am a white woman who went the 1st time w/my best friend, who is black. The 2nd time, I took 4 people w/me, including my 14 year-old son, because I think the real story of slavery & racism is so very important. We were not taught all of the story. We all need to be taught all of the story. My son has always been a great student, but there were so many things he had not been taught in school, & he was appalled at learning about how black people have been, & continue to be, treated. I have been part of a racial reconciliation group at my church that has also been eye opening & helpful to me. I think we need to have these conversations. Bravo to the African American Museum! It is my favorite museum; and it also has amazing food! Thank you.
07/16/2019  I recently visited the museum a couple of days ago with a bus of about 42 other people. We are from Texas. I can't wait to return.
07/16/2019  The museum is awesome!
07/15/2019  It's important for people to be able to attend. Online ticket policy is cumbersome and discouraging.
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07/22/2019  Please contact about Hugh E. Macbeth, an early African American attorney whose story will inspire us now. There is some information about him on various websites if you do a search. There is more more documentation available. My mother Eva M. Mack was an attorney who worked with Hugh E. Macbeth in 1948 on on successful landmark civil rights case in California Supreme Court Lydia.Ringwald2801@gmail.com Thank you Lydia Ringwald
07/22/2019  I believe that it's extremely important for law Enforcement agencies local as well as national be sent to sensitivity training that includes the the museum. And moving forward be held accountable for their actions
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07/19/2019  I would to see the Museum become a regular part of school trips to Washington, taking its place alongside the Holocaust Museum, the Museum of Native Americans, the National Galleries of Art, the Smithsonian, and governmental buildings.
07/17/2019  As an Equity and Cultural Competency trainer and facilitator, the Museum's mission of encouraging a national dialogue on race, reconciliation, and healing is of utmost significance to me. I appreciate all that the museum has to offer and would be happy to help with any efforts that will lead to healing the deep divisions in our country. Azeb Kinder azeb@akinderenterprise.com 215-789-9819
07/18/2019  Although I have not visited the museum since its opening, my wife and I are planning a trip for September 2019. I mention this because I realize there are many children and adults who cannot afford the trip to Washington, DC. For anyone who would like to catch a glimpse of the museum, a traveling exhibit will give them the opportunity to see African American culture on a broader spectrum. I'm not sure how you could bring this history to small town America, but it would greatly benefit the citizens within those areas.
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08/22/2019  Encourage Urban and Suburban educators teaching elementary, high school and college level history courses to visit museum.
10/15/2019  I have been teaching middle school for over 20 years. Mostly math, some history (social studies ) I would like to see a virtual or traveling presentation of the exhibit from the Jim Crow era to present times. This will help students better understand the journey African Americans. I teach in rural Georgia and many of our students will never be able to experience how the Museum has presented our journey.
10/12/2019  Continue to improve and add more to the narrative about African American history.
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03/27/2021  First and foremost...I'm black. I say that because what follows may get received the wrong way. We know that sharing or telling the evil that was done to us has not, is nit and will never be acknowledged by white Americans...maybe it's time for us to stop caring about whether or not they heal without them. We keep telling our history
03/27/2021  First and foremost...I'm black. I say that because what follows may get received the wrong way. We know that sharing or telling the evil that was done to us has not, is not and will never be acknowledged by white Americans...maybe it's time for us to stop caring about whether or not they accept it...we need to heal without them or how they feel about our history. We should most definitely keep telling our story so that the horrors that were done to us will never be forgotten...
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09/20/2019  The exhibits are informative, meaningful, and powerful. The experience was profound.
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10/07/2019  I thoroughly enjoyed the museum experience, although it was a lot to take in, it was an exceptional collection and historical treasure trove of artifacts & information that spans the 400+ years of the African American experience in the United States. I would advise visitors that the exhibit will most likely take at least 2 days to experience the exhibits in all its glory. I have nothing but positive feedback & the Cafe is one of the highlights that me & my family experienced... just awesome. Thank you & may God Bless the entire Staff & those that contributed to bring this to life, for all of us & our generations who will come after. Lou
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10/09/2019  Leadership on the issue of race has become even more critically important with the absolute lack of understanding and morality in the White House. Please be bold - I know you are "government" but we cannot let the national dialogue be hi-jacked by bigotry and stupidity.
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07/09/2021  I'm a native of Galveston, TX, birthplace of Juneteenth. I'd like a larger display of Juneteenth at the museum and more artifacts and input from people from Galveston as it relates to Juneteenth, now that it's a national holiday. I love Ms. Opal, but she isn't the only person that has fought and lobbied for Juneteenth to become a national holiday. We've been fighting for a long time. I'm a journalist at The Galveston County Daily News, Texas' oldest newspaper and I'm the only Black on staff. I've been writing for years for this to come to pass and it has.
07/09/2021  I would like for you to offer 3-4 day programs for teachers & professors who want to integrate the museum and it's exhibits into our teaching and curriculum. I have my students do virtual museum tours if the US Holocaust Museum to great effect. I'd love to be able to attend an I depth program that gives me many ideas for Shari g your resources, especially for students who can't travel there yet.
07/09/2021  At a minimum, Expand hours on the weekends to provide more opportunities to visit and enjoy what the museum has to offer.
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07/14/2021  The role played by Arabs in the trans Atlantic slave trade. Personal PhD/family research on this given my Ancestors were Arab/Bantu on the Swahili Coast from Oman/Yemen and Arab on the Barbary Coast. Maybe online materials by the museum. An area still needing academic research. Personally still haven't put all the historical pieces together. Even the role of Arabs in the Caribbean comes up empty just doing a non- academic internet search. Currently problems accessing online journals during current conditions. Best wishes
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07/15/2021  Do not exist to be a 'political correct' appeasing museum. Be an honest museum. Be a truly impactful resource for change in this nation's and the world's perceptions of and understanding of the African American experience.
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07/10/2021  At a minimum, Expand hours on the weekends to provide more opportunities to visit and enjoy what the museum has to offer.
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02/19/2022  Do not limit your reach to just a building... travel with appropriate age materials to college, high schools, middle schools and elementary schools
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01/09/2022  I would like to see the museum do more to encourage authors, artists, and educators to create materials that are useful to educate adults and children about both African and African-American history. The museum should also further its role to identify and make such items available to the general public.
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02/13/2022  First time visitor in February 2020, the most amazing experience ever! On my agenda for another visit and encouraging others that traveling to and support of the Museum is our Heritage. Lets expand our cultural knowledge. Thank you
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02/07/2022  I'm excited to visit from all that I've heard about your beautiful museum.
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01/08/2022  I LOVE the NMAAHC and I truly believe that we should continue to protect and preserve our history, contributions on how our culture built this country, how we continue to build and shape this country, making America aware of how vital our culture is to this country and the world in every aspect. You are doing an EXCELLENT job and I am excited to see your continued evolvement.
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02/18/2022  We all need this exposure. The museum offers that in a very expressive way. It was truly an eye opening experience and I wish that everyone has the opportunity to take this journey. Thank you for building the African American cultural museum. Its a most important p/art of the American history. Through the suffering there are some beautiful stories of hope, love, family and resilience.
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02/18/2022  We will visit first week in March, with our African American granddaughter. We want her to see contemporary people who are proud of themselves and their shared experiences.
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01/15/2022  It was a great experience. My only regret was that I didn't have enough time to absorb everything.
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01/14/2022  Dialogue is extremely important. However, what happens after the discussions is intricate in continuing to move America forward in race relations.
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01/27/2022  Mr. Darren Overby was very helpful. He gave my family and I great insight on the artifacts and some of the history of the museum. Please award him and keep people like him around. You can tell he thoroughly enjoy history and being a part of the staff at the museum. It would be great to see people like to him leading and conducting tours. Awesome individual and very approachable.
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01/14/2022  Can't wait to see the exhibition for the 1st time.
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01/29/2022  The museum was fantastic and so well done. We did not have enough time to go through all of the museum send will be back. Our only complain is directions. More signs for entree and how to leave the building would be welcome. Staff were very quick to tell us we were not going the right way and it was obvious they do this all day long from the tone of their voices. Over all great experience. Keep up the good work. Every American should visit this museum.
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02/04/2022  I have to admit. I left the museum wanting to learn more about our history and how our people helped build this country, had our own community and infrastructures. So much of our people's history has been whitewashed.
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01/06/2022  I'm looking forward to my first In-Person visit. Covid has delayed my visit.
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01/30/2022  You need a section on Black Futures for REAL udoewa@gmail.com
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01/08/2022  Wow, it was tough to choose between these options, but I asked myself, what is this institution *uniquely* poised to do? My answers followed suit. Whatever direction NMAAHC takes, it will still play a central and critical role in uplifting African American contributions to the world--past and present. But y'all already know that. ;)
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02/04/2022  This was my second trip to the museum and I will definitely continue to visit in the future, along with my two nephews aged 6 and 13.
01/07/2022  We love the museum and appreciate our story being told in such a wonderful environment. We feel it is important for all people, young and old, to be exposed to African American history, sacrifices and contributions to this country.
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01/07/2022  When I visited the museum, I was in a hurry due to the pandemic and crowds but I did not see certain things that I expected to see. Of course it's not possible to fit everything in but I hope to see some additions next time!
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01/08/2022  Virtual exhibitions would enhance the reach of the museum to people who cannot physically get to DC
01/08/2022  Virtual exhibitions would enhance the reach of the museum to people who cannot physically get to DC
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01/14/2022  We need to start an organization that reaches across the country that helps to tell the African American History for those who are not able to make it to DC to visit this awesome museum. We must mobilize in helping our culture understand the importance of what our ancestors have gone through so we are able to reach the youth of today. How are we able to grow if we are not able to reach the majority? How can we build if we are not able to share the foundation of our history in a way that reaches the majority?
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01/28/2022  Loved the museum.
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02/04/2022  One of the finest museums I have visited!
02/04/2022  More education in race and injust
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02/04/2022  I want to start by saying that the museum itself is amazing the exhibits are exquisite I did find a bit confusing walking into the main exhibit down on the lower level as to which way to go and also I had an issue with the fonts on the writings could help to make them a little bit bigger
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02/05/2022  Having open conversations about the common generational traumas that were past down in the Black communities and families.
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02/04/2022  Rev. James Cleveland "The King of Gospel" should have a larger presentation in the exhibit. Had it not been for him you never would have heard of The Clara Ward Singers, John P. Kee, Kirk Franklin, The Hawkins and others. Please contact his daughter, LaShonne Cleveland, to get info regarding him and his legacy. I can put you in contact with her. Also you need a larger exhibit for The Temptations. They set the standard for all male groups. R&B and Pop also.
01/22/2022  I really enjoyed my visor at the museum; Enlightening and educational.
02/18/2022  I thought the museum was extremely good and informative, BUT I am vevan and the cafe had nothing other than a clif bar and a apple I could eat. Because outside food is prohibited and timed tickets mean vegans can't leave and come back, I had to leave before I was done with the exhibits because I was very hungry. There are thoughtful and easy ways to address this and numerous African-American vegan chefs who could help. Other Smithsonian museums have vegan options. Thanks for considering this. I hope to come back and finish the exhibits another time. I have that option, but many do not.
02/18/2022  Beautiful space, so much to see and learn. Exceeded my expectations for sure!
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01/30/2022  So far we have only made a reservation in February so have not had the opportunity to actually visit. My viewpoints may be different after visiting, but looking forward to the visit.
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02/04/2022  I find it very sad to see a museum that highlights the importance of equality planning on barring those who do not posses the right documents from accessing this US treasure
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01/07/2022  I'd like to speak to everyone walking thru the exhibits explain to them our true origin I have been here many life times and I can shed light on truth.
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01/08/2022  I am happy that there is a museum to shed light on the darkness of slavery, Jim Crow Era, and the racist acts that still plague Black people.
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01/08/2022  Become the go to source for statistical and historical facts. Research as much as you can about all aspects of African American culture, health, class, education, and economics.
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01/21/2022  The Trayvon Martin exhibit took my breath away!
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02/18/2022  For visitors who are seniors, like me, please make the text on some of the exhibits easier to read. You don't have to enlarge the text, just add better lighting.
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02/04/2022  Great museum. Every American should see it.
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02/05/2022  I was so impressed by everyone who worked at the museum- the helpfulness, the friendliness- all employees knew the great importance of their roles and the impact of the wonderful museum!
02/05/2022  It's an incredible display except for the employees. Can't you figure out how to make them an integral part of the education effort? Some were sleeping on their feet. Most are inattentive and could care less if they were there or if any of the visitors were there, as well. No smiles. No greetings. They are a display of boredom in an incredibly vibrant place. It's incongruent and needs addressed.
01/13/2022  The museum is a gift to our country in healing past transgressions and a more positive outlook for the future.
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01/14/2022  Bridging the gap in old outdated history taught is my generation(I'm in my fifties) with truths in history is what I appreciated in my visit. Thank you.
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02/12/2022  Keep the Faith.
01/29/2022  Carry more posters, art, and literature that reflects your exhibits and of Black People. The Museum of American History had an exhibit called Fields to Factories. I would like to see something similar at your museum. check out the marvelous art, posters, books, and jewelry at African Art, and Asian Art. I was looking to buy something real meaningful to decorate my classroom. Your shop did not have a variety of choices. I enjoyed the visit.
01/28/2022  We no longer live in DC and have been unable to visit the museum on trips back. It is my hope to visit soon. In the meantime, traveling exhibits would benefit a lot of people!
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01/21/2022  The written description associated with the exhibits are to small of print to read especially if it's crowded and older or have bad eyesight. Suggestion: have larger stationary print or virtual riling screen of information on demand or have
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01/20/2022  Overall, to educate the world on The True American History.
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07/04/2022  The museum is great. We should encourage everyone to visit
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07/03/2022  I was impressed with the scope of the experience. At 77 years of age. I lived through a lot of the history on display. I learned a lot in the pre American slavery experience. The exhibit of accomplishments in all areas (entertainment, sports, science, military, etc.) was downright fun seeing all the mementos. Going in, I didn't know what to expect. A few friend's recommendations. A printed review that recommended at least a 2 hour visit. We were there from opening 'til closing and still can't say we saw it all. Since our trip to DC was sort of last minute, we really appreciated the opportunity to try for reservations on short notice. Thank you.
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07/03/2022  As an out of state visitor, it is very important for the greeters or staff to inform every guest to start the tour one the first floor.
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07/04/2022  I feel we need to understand, heal and move on with new discussion of combatting discrimination and improve economic prosperity. Educate! Educate! Educate. Thank you for creating this museum for Americans to know the history. I was oblivious to the struggles of civil rights (live in the Chicago area) until I took a history class in Texas. The teacher had us watch Eyes on the Prize. She showed us about 1 hour of the video and I went and watched the whole series. It was a game changer of even knowing the civil rights era. I feel so bad and asked my mom on how could have this happened in our country? This museum is everyones "Eyes on the Prize". Thank you.
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07/02/2022  I really enjoyed being part of the history, although I was not born in u.s., but always have being aware of racism in this country. As a member of BahaiFaith which refers to black people as pupil of the eye, and the oneness of humanity I always felt very equal to black friends of mine in fact somehow I feel more comfortable around blacks. Thank you for the opportunity for people to learn and see what the history teaches us.
07/03/2022  Visiting the museum was an emotional experience, particularly at this time when our nation is so divided. The history and stories portrayed highlighted the tragedies of our history as well as the triumphs of moving our nation forward in realizing our nation's founding principles. I believe the museum's outreach across the nation could be an effective tool to help us move toward a more actualized nation of equality and opportunity for all citizens.
07/04/2022  I have visited multiple times and have learned SO much that I did not know. I love the museum and recognize how vital its mission is!
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07/06/2022  Education the children who visit will have the most lasting effect in future conversations and moving people closer together. Interaction and engagement needs to be at a high level. This was the first museum/DC site we went to for a reason. My 14 yr old son was moved to see the horrors of racism juxtaposed with the influence and successes of African Americans. It created a level of understanding that he will carry into adulthood. The virtual African dance "machine" was a big hit! Thank you for all the work you do.
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07/03/2022  The museum addresses a huge subject to a very wide audience. I was impressed with the balance of topics included in the exhibits; what was included and emphasized, what was excluded/downplayed.
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07/11/2022  We were unable to visit the main collection due to time constraints. It would be nice to have multiple entrances to exhibits like other SI museums. It did force us to see the other exhibits like the music one which was absolutely amazing.
07/05/2022  I would like the Museum to enhance among us, all The Black People to be more than proud about our heritage and constribution to the so called American,(USA) Culture'cause what it would be without the Great Element of Black African Culture?
07/05/2022  I find it profoundly frustrating that I have still not been able to get tickets to visit the museum. Every time I go online I find that all the tickets are gone. I hear that tour companies get them, at the expense of ordinary citizens like me who live in the area and just want to visit. I wish you could make it easier.
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07/09/2022  Thank you for everything the museum is doing to move your mission forward. As an educator, having resources, materials and support would be incredible. Thank you,
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07/05/2022  I loved the museum. I think the truth will be the best way to get visitors to think more about the African American experience. For example, the Breona Taylor exhibit, I made an effort to read line by line the day she passed. I think not everyone takes time to read, so maybe an audio or a video. But more exhibits like that. A true story with an image.
07/05/2022  Overall I enjoyed the museum and the body of work and dedication it took to create. The staff was professional and eager to assist. I followed a tour guide was was enchanted by the oral narration of the exhibits. I visited the museum two consecutive days and was happy to see the entire museum and it was awesomely breath taking, I just wish there was more personnel near the exhibits to narrate so we can get a cleared presentation of the exhibits. But none the less it was a great experience and I intend to bring my grandsons 13 and 10 years old. By the way the food in the cafeteria was the best!
07/05/2022  Overall I enjoyed the museum and the body of work and dedication it took to create. The staff was professional and eager to assist. I followed a tour guide was was enchanted by the oral narration of the exhibits. I visited the museum two consecutive days and was happy to see the entire museum and it was awesomely breath taking, I just wish there was more personnel near the exhibits to narrate so we can get a cleared presentation of the exhibits. But none the less it was a great experience and I intend to bring my grandsons 13 and 10 years old. By the way the food in the cafeteria was the best!
07/05/2022  Overall I enjoyed the museum and the body of work and dedication it took to create. The staff was professional and eager to assist. I followed a tour guide was was enchanted by the oral narration of the exhibits. I visited the museum two consecutive days and was happy to see the entire museum and it was awesomely breath taking, I just wish there was more personnel near the exhibits to narrate so we can get a cleared presentation of the exhibits. But none the less it was a great experience and I intend to bring my grandsons 13 and 10 years old. By the way the food in the cafeteria was the best!
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07/05/2022  Make easier to leave the main exhibit to go eat and then come back to where the visitor stopped for his break
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07/05/2022  Overall I enjoyed the museum and the body of work and dedication it took to create. The staff was professional and eager to assist. I followed a tour guide was was enchanted by the oral narration of the exhibits. I visited the museum two consecutive days and was happy to see the entire museum and it was awesomely breath taking, I just wish there was more personnel near the exhibits to narrate so we can get a cleared presentation of the exhibits. But none the less it was a great experience and I intend to bring my grandsons 13 and 10 years old. By the way the food in the cafeteria was the best!
07/18/2022  We were inspired by our history and would live more info in how we're forging ahead in today's climate of political weaponry of teaching our history and suppressing our votes
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07/09/2022  Excellent collection of important historical research. Interesting and thought provoking. Among the best museums in the USA
07/05/2022  I absolutely love the museum. I would like to attend more focused meetings that focus on a specific topic. I enjoyed the seminar on cooking through the years. This was enjoyed by all in attendance.
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07/05/2022  I am a visitor from Canada. I thought the museum was wonderful. My only real complaint was that I ran out of time and need to return to DC one day to finish going through it. Congratulations to the entire team that developed this outstanding venue.
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07/05/2022  I believe we need to be uniting not dividing.I think the vast majority of whites and blacks respect one another and want piece and harmony. lets focus on and promote the positive more and the negative less.
07/04/2022  Keep up the good work!
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07/18/2022  The current movement in US to attempt to erase or justify slavery, Reconstruction and its Jim Crow aftermath that lasted into 20th century from our schools must be stopped. The Museum must teach it. For example, as a 70 year old educated black woman, only in recent years have I understood the depths of our racist, Virginia born President Wilson: how he "federalized" racism into the government. Skipping forward how the same government kept our soldiers from becoming part of the new American middle class after WWII by not allowing participation in home mortgage lending and redlining. My point is that racism permeates every part of US history from its inception to this very moment. You need an exhibit (a timeline?) that shows THAT, so when white people walk thru they can be disabused of their "race card" excuses.
07/25/2022  This was our first visit and certainly not the last. We were very impressed by everything. Thanks to all the people who contributed and all the staff for there diligent work.
07/26/2022  Foster ways to show the importance of fundraising. Offer special events inviting those with the financial means to contribute. Use social media more to support creative marketing strategies to help fund the library and related activities. Reach out to professional organizations to include their history digitally.Develop satellite locations at Colleges. Love to talk more.
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07/05/2022  The Museum is amazing! I have visited twice (from NJ). I'm an immigrant from Ireland and believe we should know ALL American history so that we can live lives of truth with justice and equality.
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07/05/2022  Having toured the permanent exhibition once, I have to say that the space in the museum was not well-used. While I understand that wide open spaces are nice to have, I was disappointed that the initial exhibitions were so crowded that it could be uncomfortable to read all of the material presented. This seemed to be a result of the deliberately cramped design of the beginning of the permanent exhibition. I understand the feeling that the design is intended to convey, but that amusement park trick detracts somewhat from the educational value of that part of the exhibitions.
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07/05/2022  We were not told that we should start at the bottom and move upward. That would have been helpful.
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07/05/2022  This is a wonderful museum, with a very important mission.
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07/09/2022  I enjoyed the museum and the way the information was presented, but it is a lot to take in and I could see many children getting bored. Maybe design an area specifically for children with more interactive/hands on learning. Thank you for all you do!
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07/11/2022  I just visited for the first time. Overall, the experience was overwhelmingly positive, but as a gay man, I looked in vain for any exhibition that featured or even touched on the experience of LGBTQI+ African Americans.
07/21/2022  Perhaps partnering with state institutions such as the one I work for--The Library of Virginia--to help foster a greater and stronger national conversation.
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07/05/2022  I loved the museum. I cant wait to come back!!
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07/04/2022  On the website it said it would about two hours to see the Museum? We were shocked when it was 2.5 hrs and we hadn't see half of it. Maybe advertise 3-4 hrs to visit
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07/04/2022  I wish there was a room where one could sit and listen to videos of speeches of Reverend King, Malcom X and others, running in a loop. Maybe this is possible on your website but I think it would get a lot more listeners running continuously in a room. Come up with ways to have non-blacks put in the shoes of what it is like to be black in American. I suggest a room that educates how racism is codified in laws. You need a MUCH bigger exhibit to cover the contributions of black musicians, including classical. I think the sports exhibit is larger.
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07/05/2022  When we came to the museum, we were very excited. But going through the exhibit, all four people in my party (myself included) felt there lacked a clear thread through the various exhibitions. Of course the main theme is enslaved people, but the exhibitions seemed to be more a collection of isolated snippets of events. After a while, and with the abundance of information, one can get overwhelmed and actually forget some of the more important information. A more overt 'narrative' that flows from exhibit to exhibit could help connect the various parts of the museum, which would help the digestion of the information. Essentially, I think the communication around the exhibits could be improved.
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07/05/2022  I love your museum and believe every American should visit. Wish the food at the cafeteria had more snack options.
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07/03/2022  Your wayfinding signage and information is still very confusing (I say still because you have been open a while). The concourses, the levels, the stairs down. I know you can find a clearer way to communicate that to guests. Why make it difficult?
07/05/2022  Outstanding museum.
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07/07/2022  Thank you for all of your efforts to share stories and the quest for racial equity and justice. This was our favorite museum visit on our recent trip.
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07/11/2022  For me, as a white 70-year old Berkeley CA native, NMAAHC was life-changing experience. Thank you for continuing my American history education and for really touching my heart and my conscience with your stories, personal artifacts and photographs/videos. I found the Contemplation Room both a necessary and brilliant touch after the wrenching experience of the lower three levels. Had great conversations with folks in that room. Loved the cafe too. We came back a second day to enjoy the two top floors. I especially loved the re-creation of the millinery shop from Philly - actually met two of the nieces of the original proprietor as we were exiting. THANK YOU to all the conceivers, designers and contributors for keeping the faith, for sharing your stories, and for a deep lesson in modeling true "American values" in an age where many have forsaken them or refuse to acknowledge the full origin story of our nation.
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07/03/2022  I visited for the first time a few weeks ago. I think the museum has done quite good job creating spaces that enhance the message being delivered. I do feel that for such a long, meandering, popular path, it is really challenging to read even a fraction of the volume of writing on the exhibits. It got a little overwhelming, especially when I wanted to fully take it in but there was a communal feeling that you needed to move forward. I think I missed a lot because of that.
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07/04/2022  We live in the civil rights hub of the south, Alabama. We visited the Birmingham Civil rights museum and the EJI Memorial and Museum. I would say the AAHCM was fascinating. Some of the displays on culture brought tears to my eyes. For example, my mom went to Sumner Highschool with Chuck Berry. We went to highschool with his kids and can remember seeing the red Cadillac. I remember the concerts with Parliament, Jackson 5, and others. Each floor focusing on a different topic was great. I hope to visit again.
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07/08/2022  A more user friendly and complete inventory online shopping experience to increase sales.
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07/02/2022  I very much enjoyed my visit to your museum. I learned a great deal. Loved the space capsule! I live in South Dakota but will continue to view your website and have subscribed to the Smithsonian channel and the magazine.
07/05/2022  Getting our youth of all ethnic origins to the museum is the most effective tool to educate this nation about the injustices and horror of slavery and racism.
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07/13/2022  I would like to have docent days and the availability of guided tours.
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07/05/2022  For me, your mision is telling the Afficzn American story WITH AN EYE to educating visitors how this story has become our shared heritage. Both are essentiel in my opinion. You arevalrezdy doing a great job! Keep spreading the word.
07/05/2022  Best museum I have seen in a long time also the Native American museum in okc was incredible
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07/08/2022  The museum was a surprisingly uplifting experience because it celebrated so many influential and amazing individuals. I think it is important to keep both the truth about our nation's history on slavery and racism AND the highlighting of how so many individual black Americans have contributed to and impacted all of us. The museum was a powerful and memorable experience for me. I'd love to go back.
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07/05/2022  Has been a great experience! Although unclear you are supposed to start at the lowest level and make your way up.
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07/05/2022  I could have spent a month here. Thank you for creating this powerful, necessary museum. I wish more people had the opportunity to experience, expanding access to students and teachers and online "museum" would be great.
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07/06/2022  This museum surpassed every expectation I had!
07/10/2022  My family and I really enjoyed the Museum. The best museum experience we have ever had. I learned so much that I did not know. The visuals were so impactful. This should be a "must see" for all Americans!
07/15/2022  Fighting to get history of our black struggles and accomplishments in our schools and colleges starting with first grade.
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07/05/2022  The is a need to include the African history of humanity as the credible of humanity. The story of the origins of humanity from Africa is critical and should not be isolated from the story of African Americans. Africans are the original modern human beings that inhabited the earth. African history of colonialism and slavery should for part of the history of African Americans so that the tris revealed.
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07/05/2022  It should not be so difficult to visit the museum.
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07/10/2022  History begins with each passing day and that information should be displayed in some form or fashion. This will keep visitors on site and on line aware of most recent contributions, events, and decisions impacting racial equality in America.
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02/18/2023  you are telling the most important story in American History.
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02/06/2023  Enhancing online content for those who will never to see the Museum in person, due to age and handicap prohibiting them to travel.
02/07/2023  I have visited the Museum and plan to come again soon. I enjoyed it and learned so much.
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02/01/2023  I love that you all are being so intentional about your impact. Thank you for all you are doing!
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04/05/2024  I appreciated the interactive displays and the stories told about the travails of african americans. It is a great product. I think more should be done about creating awareness about the museum. Ignorance is the beast and information is the sword. More online presence and more strategic advertising to bring more people to learn at the museum
04/05/2024  I am a White mom with Black boys. My husband and I try to educate them about the past and how Blacks suffered (and still do) in America. Our corner of the country is considered more educated and inclusive than other places. The visit to the museum made them aware of how lucky they are and (I hope) understand there is so much more work to do to bridge the racial, and corresponding economic, divide. The interactive exhibits and films including primary sources were particularly effective.
05/01/2024  Exposing little know fact like the first HBCU Cheyney University. Starting as a teacher college It sent teachers out to education people of color. Education is a strong method of up lifting a people.
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04/05/2024  Please keep doing the great work that you are doing.
04/26/2024  The museum is wonderful and I will recommend it as a point of interest or a destination.
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04/26/2024  I only had time for one museum in my time with Road Scholar`s program on Inside American Diplomacy with the Foreign Service. I chose the African American Museum and thought that I made a wise choice. Congratulations on a fascinating and well thought out museum. Eileen Klatsky Orinda, CA.
03/22/2024  The suppression of black history in this country, especially of slavery, Jim Crow and the inequalities that have been afforded black and brown people of this country need to be taught in the school system, NOT avoided. It is through learning of our history - All of our history, good and bad, that this nation can be healed and this horrible chapter of our history not repeated.
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03/22/2024  The museum should focused more on advancing forward to the unity of all American Citizens. Spend less time with what should have been or the past.
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03/25/2024  AR and VR shows are needed.
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04/19/2024  This museum is an incredible space to learn, reflect, and preserve the true history of slavery so that our country can fully understand what our black friends and their families have endured for centuries. As a white human on this earth, I am grateful for the museum and for the two times that I have been able to visit. Every American citizen should walk through every exhibit to fully empathize with a community that wants to be heard and heal from systemic racism and injustices. It can be a space to ignite a fire in everyone to join in breaking down the continued systemic racism and white supremacy that is still prevalent in our society to ensure that our fellow citizens feel safe in their own home, school, street, and country.
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04/03/2024  We loved our visit in early March to the museum. It was our first visit and we just barely scratched the surface. I spent most of my time in the Afro-Futurism exhibit which was intriguing and inspiring. I came home and explored the online materials. We live in Boston, but we will definitely return to the museum on our next visit to DC. Thank you. Noel Flatt Belmont, MA
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03/22/2024  Thank you for the experience. It was life changing. Had a huge impact on all 3 of my kids. Will be coming back to DC to spend more time there. Keep up the good work!
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03/22/2024  Thank you for putting together this museum. You have been tasked with stuffing a huge amount of history into one place, and it is a rich history that many Americans will not learn unless they visit the museum. Thank you for your work.
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03/22/2024  Wonderful and moving experience
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04/06/2024  Loved our visit to this museum. Will absolutely recommend to all friends/family. Truly a stunning & impactful experience
03/23/2024  Visiting the museum should be a prerequisite for every American. That is why I selected the museum offer more virtual experiences and traveling exhibits to raise awareness since not everyone can travel to DC.
03/22/2024  My children enjoyed your museum. We are foreign visitors.
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03/22/2024  My children enjoyed your museum. We are foreign visitors.
03/22/2024  Please make Obama's exhibit bigger and with more recognition that he was our 1st Black president. We could never imagine it but it actually happened. I also believe Obama needs his own day like other past president's being the 1st Black president. Malcolm X should have an exhibit or atleast mentioned more throughout the Black Power unit. Thank you for a wonderful time.
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03/22/2024  Need to update the Supreme Court justices panel. This was a very stimulating, educational, emotional experience over 1.5 days. We appreciated the variety and depth. Some spaces I felt overwhelmed by sound and media. Need more quiet spaces to decompress. Amazing place and will return! Thank you!
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03/23/2024  I live in California. When I have kids, I am bringing them here despite the cost. They need to know. Thank you for illustrating the true history of our country. Immediately after I went here, I went next door to the American history museum. I walked out after 30 minutes because of the whitewashed version of history they showed both about African Americans and native Americans. Thank you for your work to speak truth to power. Also, thank you for the afrofuturism exhibit. I know have a new liston books to read.
04/29/2024  I really enjoyed the exhibit. I was fortunate to see an exhibit on RACE several years ago, and it was life-changing. I learned so much and gained greater respect for those in the ongoing fight for equality.
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03/25/2024  Thank you for your hard work and collaboration to better the lives of all of us through sharing African American history. I had seen a bulletin board once when I was growing up that had the most profound effect upon me. The board contained quotes from Dr Martin Luther King. I began to write them down - feverishly. I immediately chose my favorites, but I could sense the wisdom and power behind them all. It inspired me to read a book from the library that he had written.
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03/22/2024  It is an incredibly fabulous museum in every way. Keep up the amazing work you are doing!
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03/22/2024  My family and I enjoyed every bit of our muesum. We cried, we smiled, and we felt proud. We have been encouraging everyone to come experience what we experienced. We wished we would have been able to research our family history but it was not available on the day we visited. Please continue to shine light on our history and culture. We are beyond amazing!
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04/05/2024  I brought my 22 year-old nephew to the museum recently and his reaction was "This sucks. They should have spent all this money helping real people today." I was very disappointed in him, because I feel like he missed the whole point of education. What can the museum do to counter these negative perceptions? He needs to understand that education is key to improving society. I did tell him that much of the museum was privately funded. But he was really resistant to the idea of having this museum. What else can I do?
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03/29/2024  There were too many visitors to appreciate the exhibits. The numbers stymied any efforts to read and consider exhibits. The best route through the museum should be boldly marked, as well.
03/29/2024  The hours of the museum should be longer 10:30 to 5:30 is not enough time to see that museum and these hours need to be extended during the summertime when students and teachers are out of school and would have time to visit the museum
04/05/2024  We were at the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis last September. The Smithsonian collection is very extensive as is the one in Memphis. Both Museum's require at least an entire day to view properly.
04/05/2024  Fabulous reflective visit for empowerment of our country and world, thank you. The film's reach another generation too, keep developing them please!
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03/22/2024  Form a board of individuals who will serve in the various area of growth...ex. Congresswoman Barbara Lee is retiring...as a specialist about California she would be a gem to be added to the museum to know the history of those that escaped slavery and went West...the first Black millionaires in the West...who were the first Black elected officials...where the were from...like Lieutenant Governor Mervyn Dymally from Trinidad (African/Far East Indian)
03/30/2024  My experience was amazing.it was truly an EXCEPTIONAL exhibit! I was however concerned after a while that there was a lot of emphasis on the negative aspects of the black experience and the impact it may have on kids..especially on the concourse level. I would like to see some of the exhibits show a more positive light in these areas. I think the Afrofuturism exhibit did a great job of this. I would like there to be more examples like that throughout all the exhibits.
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04/14/2024  Keep up the good work!
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03/22/2024  The day I visited it was so packed that it was difficult to engage with the exhibits.
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03/22/2024  Admittedly, I need and wish to make a second visit to take everything in, I noticed your telling of the history of slavery was a bit slanted. First, you seemed to make little of the fact that African tribes enslaved each other as a result of warfare between them - i.e. the winner of a battle enslaved the loser (a quite advanced behavior I would add as opposed to mutilating or killing the losers as occurred in other cultures). Second, you left "off the hook" so to speak the Arab Muslim invaders who in their march south from the Maghrib commercialized the existing slavery that had until their arrival not been commercialized. Finally, the western whites did not so much trap Africans as they purchased African slaves from African tribes.We all loved Haley's Roots and cheered as Haley's family persevered and thrived but the image of Kunte Kinte hunted by the English is really not a picture of the vast majority of slaves.
03/22/2024  The museum was incredible. Heart breaking into success and perseverance. It should be considered how many people are let into the mueseum at a time - it was so crowded I had a hard time focusing. I also dealt with the rudest staff member when paying for my food (which was awesome) but she pissed me off so badly with her attitude that she as a black woman, negated the entire experience of black excellence.
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03/22/2024  The space is too short. There to much person in the museum to havexa good visit. It s second time I came. It s not very easy because to visit all museum I mean we need three days. It s ŕ very good museum interesting. It s my favorite in Washington dc. But visit is not confortable.
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03/22/2024  I think more intimate, one-on-one or small group conversations go much further than attempting a nationwide conversation. It will take longer, but maybe with better results. I would love to see the museum encourage those types of conversations.
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04/21/2024  Thank you for keeping the important part of history alive.
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03/29/2024  I was claustrophobic while viewing the first floor. Was it your intention to evoke a visceral response?
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03/29/2024  It's my favorite place to spend any extra free time. You guys are doing a great job, thank you for the experiences!
04/26/2024  There's too much emphasis on slavery and oppression. While that's important, you could instead emphasize black's accomplishments, and how they worked to get around obstacles. As it is now, your message is totally negative.
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03/23/2024  This survey is difficult because it's hard to prioritize among so many critical elements of the Museum's work... I want to check nearly every box As an educator though, especially in this era of rampaging anti-"woke" legislation, I place particular emphasis on the importance of providing critical context for the consumption of historical facts and artifact ... a task that NMAAHC does so artfully. And PLEASE make the AfroFuturism exhibit a traveling one!
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04/30/2024  I really enjoyed the museum however, the layout is something that I felt could not be enjoyed to the fullest.i felt as if I had no time to go through the concourse level because SO many people were there. To me, the concourse level exhibits are the three most important exhibits that truly give a glimpse into the African American story in America. If there were ever a way to split the three sections up into the three floors to spread it out, I feel that it could help with the flow. The only way I feel I could really experience the museum is if I am the first person in line for the first time of the day. I could not read or examine anything because there were too many people walking in small hallways through the slavery, Jim Crow areas. I would love to see the second floor be utilized to its potential. There was no one on that floor. I would also love to see more emphasis on the African American woman experience. I felt that many of the exhibits were about men. I also anticipated there to be more about Dr King and President Obama. My partner and I really did enjoy the museum, but felt we'd have to dedicate at least 2-3 days to really be able to experience it the way we feel museums should be experienced.
04/26/2024  I really appreciated the theme of compounding legislative and legal violence. I would be very interested to see more about the history of the family policing system ("child welfare"), including the adoption of Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) and how Black families are still ripped apart to this day.
04/29/2024  Just tell the truth!
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03/22/2024  The Museum is inspirational, educational and life-changing. Thank you.
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03/22/2024  I loved visiting the museum although I sort of did my visit backwards (starting at the top). That directionality wasn't clear to me. It's a lot to see in one day so I'll have to come back. The museum is beautiful and so well designed.
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04/19/2024  I enjoy coming to the museum. I see something new each time I come and I'm trying to read more the information in the documents. There is so much to see and I'm grateful for the opportunity to visit free of charge. Thank you.
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03/25/2024  We went 2 days in a row during the week day. I felt that some of the kids in the museum were out of control and were not made to have museum etiquette.
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03/22/2024  You should create a network with other organizations that educate about African American history.
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03/22/2024  I had not known or heard of this museum. It happened to be in a prime location near the national monument..kept walking into it to go to the bathroom..you sign up for tickets and it's free..the exhibit is interesting and captivating..especially the sports and I am not sure I saw all of it or understood. I went to the African Diaspora museum in San Francisco Moad..and the African library museum in Oakland CA...this is one person and I was an ant walking around..but my objective to see the African museum is a topic and concern...it's my objective..San Francisco CA and California..Washington DC..and the rest of the USA and the world..African history and topics..thank u
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03/22/2024  Please see my above comments.
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01/01/2021  It's a wonderful space that has so much potential. I really enjoy the research aspect to allow Black people a chance to try and find their ancestors
04/07/2021  I enjoyed the museum so much. It was a rich unforgettable experience. Thank you but. There food prices there a wayyy too high!!! Maybe something can be done about that
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05/10/2021  I have not yet visited the Museum. I am looking to bring my Family of 5 for my daughter's 16th Birthday this July 4th 2021. She has been wanting to visit since she was 13 yrs old.
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04/25/2021  I just love you all.
05/08/2021  I am not much assistance Unfortunately because all of the topics are important. I believe our educational curriculum needs to change dramatically. Our history as a country must include the accurate history of African Americans and American Indians. We need to rewrite our history books to reflect the truth.
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05/11/2021  Sorry I shared above, we are looking forward to exploring the Museum in July 2021.
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04/25/2021  I just love you all.
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05/09/2021  It is already doing an extraordinary job. Should have even more focus on John Lewis, Thirgood Marshall, and Elijah Cumminings.
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04/17/2021  Continue to do what's been and add to more information to our history.
04/19/2021  I'd like to know and hear more about the crucial role Creole folk played accompanying Portugese shipping vessels acting as liaisons for slave trade but also some of the 1st African people to actually own land in the United States pre Slavery and very early stages.
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05/08/2021  I am looking forward to my visit (hopefully next weekend; to get my timed tickets). My significant other is a man of color. We have lots of candid conversations. He has been to NMAAHC and wants me to visit. We have been awaiting your reopening to make a trip to DC.
05/04/2021  The Museum should also focus on slavery experienced in the Caribbean too.
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04/22/2021  An abundance of Personal testimonies, videos of historians and events. The first AA to go to white school?
05/07/2021  As a teacher, I am eager to get students to the Museum (as well as can't wait to visit for myself). I am hopeful there will be a way to bring groups regularly? Perhaps something that will make it possible for me to arrange an experience particular to high school students (either small groups or a large group broken into small groups, or something else that would fit and make it work). In case anyone is ever able to reach out: erin_byrnes@solancosd.org (and I'll look for contact options over the summer/fall as we work on finding funding).
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05/03/2021  Make the museum welcoming to the white community and build bridges to make the museum more inclusive. Remember Desmond Tutu's advice that "Without forgiveness, there is no future!" The bad has been well documented. Time to emphasize the the positive stories of those who successfully navigated the well documented limitations of racism and Jim Crow. You also need to focus more on those white people who also helped uncover and preserve African American history in a time when few cared- white or Black. Many of the artifacts, especially from the 19th and early 20th century in public and private collections, were saved by white people who believed in the mission to tell a more complete story of American history. And the museum is funded in part by the taxes of ALL citizens.
05/15/2021  I would love to see the museum create a truth or fiction style exhibit where we show what contributions AA made that were credited to white people which would also show that our ancestors really did build the America so many people enjoy now
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04/27/2021  Change takes time, so accurately engaging kids now will reap future benefits.
05/16/2021  I would personally like to be a sports contributor in writing, memorabilia, and historical content.
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04/30/2021  We haven't been to the museum yet but really hope it reopens this summer. Such an important time in history for people to have more access to real US and African American history
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04/09/2021  Thank you for all you do
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05/05/2021  I would like to see more publicity about the library to the general public. Many will never get to come, but they should know some specifics as to what you offer. They could also contribute. Thank you for your marvelous work. I hope to come again and bring my extended family. Blessings!
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05/05/2021  Most importantly..Teaching and exposing the true stories to our black children through education, history and curriculum in schools starting from Kindergarten to college. There is not enough out there and also a lot of misinformation about our heroes and accomplishments in building America and her history.There should also be education and exposure and pride about our African Heritage taught to our new generation of kids into adulthood. Thank you!
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04/26/2021  THE Smithsonian Museum is a treasure I hope to visit before I move to Argentina to be with my family. As a elderly woman of color I am like many appalled and saddened that based on a increase in hate crimes that they insist I move. My heartfelt concern is for literacy in our children as well as global children. I buy used and new children's books which includes a incredible book about Phil Freelon Please continue to be guided by the north star. You are a balm in Gilead and we are thankful.
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05/05/2021  I am answering these questions without yet being able to obtain a ticket to enter the museum. I look forward to seeing all that the museum contains at present, and then report back.
04/16/2021  Great job
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04/16/2021  Ease of obtaining tickets, process is not user friendly
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05/12/2021  I would like to get two tickets before I die. We stood in line in 2019 early in the morning and still could not get tickets. Then I proceeded unsuccessfully to navigate tickets when they were being released on Wednesday mornings, still to no prevail. I understand that the youth need to get educated, but, let us older individuals see the museum before we die, especially since Covid-19 is still lurking. Yes, my husband and I are both vaccinated. Gladys 862-400-0803.
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04/27/2021  I am looking so forward to being there in the fall.
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04/10/2021  Our rich history needs to be continuous 365 days throughout the year. Moreover, with the platforms and technologies of today this can be accomplished.
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05/14/2021  You are doing an amazing job with AA history and sharing it with visitors.
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07/26/2021  altho i was at the museum from 11am to 4pm - i was unable to see the whole museaum, experience the restaurant, get a drink of water, or buy from the gift shop; so i think the museum should open fully and open longer in addition, as i've noted above, it's important to link the past history with the present conditions that have still not changed... even though our culture remains - we are still unable to fully enjoy it
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08/06/2021  Please do not be afraid to provide ongoing source of today's news; potential impact on African Americans; types of policies related to subject matter; activism that may be beneficial.
08/06/2021  My family and I would love to visit the museum to learn more about our history. Thank you all that you do and I'm looking forward to growing, helping share this learned knowledge.
07/31/2021  Just keep up the good work you have started.
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08/06/2021  Children should be a focus. Everyday heroes - struggles and successes. Younger kids: video games with black heroes & protagonists (not violence or weapons). You are a center. Most kids can't get to the museum. Instilling pride from a young age is important. Be a gathering place - but with outreach.
08/03/2021  Keep up the good work!
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08/05/2021  When will the King Charles Troupe, the first African American Act in Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus be on display?
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07/25/2021  What an amazing structure as well the exhibitions are beautifully curated.
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07/25/2021  I enjoy this museum and learn something new each time I visit.
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07/23/2021  It was our first visit: we look forward to returning! I took many pictures to share with my college students for Fall 2021 and beyond. We recommend this museum to everyone. Having personnel outside the museum was crucial since so many people were still trying to get tickets; museum personnel can speak directly with them to guide them through the process.
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08/05/2021  I just want to say Thank You.
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08/03/2021  I'm wishing for continued success for the museum. We need to keep finding the stories, educating people, and grow so we can have a complete and accurate history.
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08/03/2021  I am eternally grateful this Museum exist! It is truly educational for EVERYONE! It seemed everything was thoroughly "thought through," and no stone was left unturned! To God be the glory for what He has done! Thank you for all the Museum and contributors have done in order to make this Museum a very pleasant and educational experience and place to visit! And best wishes in all that you all hope to accomplish!
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07/30/2021  The museum is a national treasure and a safe place for all people to learn and experience our history accurately. Attracting visitors of all races is paramount because once they visit, they will leave with a new perspective. With such a small percentage of Americans visiting museums, the big challenge is getting people to come.
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08/04/2021  You are doing a wonderful job!
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12/20/2021  We must stay consistent in educating and teaching about all that the African Americans have bought to the table as far as contributing to this country and how much we have contributed to the history of this country. So much was invented by us that the people of this country have no idea of because the white folks took the credit for it all.
12/03/2021  Wonderful museum - loved the cultural heritage areas - the history areas need more "experiential" objects/videos
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12/05/2021  Never ever close the doors to this museum again if you can help it. All young BLACK scholars need open, and easy access to learn, understand and be conscious of the horrors and success of their ancestors. This is how we understand ourselves. Thank you for everything.❤
12/05/2021  Never ever close the doors to this museum again if you can help it. All young BLACK scholars need open, and easy access to learn, understand and be conscious of the horrors and success of their ancestors. This is how we understand ourselves. Thank you for everything.❤
12/27/2021  Please create or connect visitors to national volunteer opportunities to help stop racism and to spread healing from injustice. And please count me in on this if I can help, as an educator, public health professional, interventionist. I'll help with ideas, pilot testing, implementation, or in any way I can. Thank you, Debra Annane, MA MPH Miami, FL DAnnane@hotmail.com (954)643-5397
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12/03/2021  An absolutely great experience. we need to understand how far we have come, and not to let it go.
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12/27/2021  Information on African American Middle Class, upper class and their success.
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01/01/2022  I am concerned for the security of the Museum and the people who work and visit there.
11/28/2021  Please spread the story of African American achievement to more of the country and the world through traveling and virtual programming. Be bold enough to include accounts of genius that blossomed against all odds beyond the usual stories.
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12/14/2021  it is impossible to get an appointment....I have tried the on line appointment system for months.
12/04/2021  Please continue to accentuate the genius and beauty in Americans of African descent and ancestry. And note the enterprising culture of creativity, collaboration, and pursuit to enhance and uplift the lives of all persuasions and people of our great nation by African Americans.
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01/03/2022  I have not been to the museum.
12/06/2021  Webinars and live symposiums is a great way to promote discussion on the inequalities that still exists in our country and around the world. These discussions can be taped and viewed by the masses through YouTube and other media delivery platforms for people to view and digest within their own time and safe space away from throngs of people who believe that it is their primary mission is to suppress the truth and dissuade people of all races from becoming more educated on this topic and engaging in the dialog needed to promote change within our institutions and how we engage with each other on a person to person basis.
01/03/2022  Outreach to schools and teachers about our achievement, accomplishments and struggles. Educating all on institutional racism.
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01/03/2022  There are many Africans (immigrants/refugees0 that have contributed to our shared heritage. There weren't any collection from Africans in the museum- no paints/dresses etc. I think more has to be done to include works and contributions from African immigrants such as artists and poets.
12/11/2021  I visited the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles about 20 years ago when I lived there and several of the interactive exhibits made a lasting impression on me. There was one where a person stood in a single spot where the ceiling was convexed and there were speakers that played voices spewing racial epithets for all races. The aesthetic was simple just a bare, steel grey room but the voices really sunk in. You couldn't look away, close your eyes or cover your ears because you could still hear the name calling. I have not had the pleasure of visiting the African American Museum yet, because my husband and I wanted to wait for our daughter to be old enough to understand what she was seeing. We plan to visit in the next 24-36 months and I hope she will see an exhibit or piece that leaves a lasting impression on her.
01/03/2022  That my grandmother in-law sung for Louie Armstrong and Billy Eckstine and she was in his movies. Ann Baker should be listed alone side Sarah Vaughan and many more female singer in that era.
01/03/2022  Continue to Expose the African American content and ills of America in pop culture medians
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12/13/2021  The Museum is a living legacy to the struggles of African Americans and the contributions that have been made despite slavery, Jim Crow, and continuing racism. We are so very proud - its very existence is a testament to the indomitable spirt of our people and a legacy for future generations.
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01/04/2022  There will be no coming together of this nation until reparation for the damage done is made. This country needs a "Marshal Plan" for the descendants of former slaves. We must be help up with dignity so that the country can heal with dignity.
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01/03/2022  I loved the museum and would love to have a vocal follow along as well. Some sort of link to hear the facts that are presented. It would help when the museum is a bit more busy. I could not find something I was looking for in the search engine as well. I missed Nat Turners bible and could not find it in the search to possibly go back and look. I enjoyed my time there and can't wait to come back to see more that I missed or looked over! Thank you for being a voice for us!
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01/03/2022  There should be one in every State.
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12/04/2021  Highlight the struggles of African American women. Physically as well as mentally. African American women are often not afforded the luxury of being mentally ill. We are ostracized and told to get ourselves together
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12/23/2021  Politics cannot resolve the racial issue because votes are at stake. It will take the ordinary people to amke real chcange by the wasy we treat each other civil and institutional.
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12/28/2021  Learning our history is relevant. We need to know our beginnings and our possibilities. Learning to move forward Appreciating different races as we learn to love ourselves.
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11/23/2021  Include diverse Board Members. Could also create more balance in ideas and resources.
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11/24/2021  It should be easier to get tickets and advancing the calendar time so we can view and plan our vacations.
12/28/2021  Continue to get the African American stories out in the open
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12/27/2021  Rename the food court was big mommas soul kitchen taken?
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12/27/2021  I was sadden that the freedman display wasn't active.
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12/28/2021  I wish there would have been a section on the lives and achievements of the black LGBTQ community especially black trans people. This is because historically the achievements of, among other communities, houses and ballrooms are underrepresented but they are now part of popular culture. It could make sense to show these achievements of building families from a historical perspective including photography for example Chantal Regnault. Also, I would have loved to see more lesbian heroes such as June Jordan. Thank you for all that you do at the Museum. I am so thankful for being able to visit.
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12/09/2021  We need to have the national conversation about racism in context with the facts of history that so many do not want to see in the light of day.
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12/10/2021  The Museum as I visited it, over Thanksgiving 2021, was an EXPERIENCE (started in the lowest level and went up, at the recommendation of another (repeat) visitor). I hope that the Museum can maintain that; I am grateful.
12/04/2021  I think genealogy access is important. Your history didn't begin in the United States.
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07/01/2022  It's a beautiful museum.
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07/01/2022  I am so happy the museum memoralizes the horror of slavery and the legacy our generation should face. That the NAAM exists, is a great step forward as it teaches all - young and old - of the dreadful things that happened. It also brings much hope to know of the good people who knew this had to end, and how they did this and how We can do our bit to end the legacy of the institutionalization of racism and hwo we can change the hearts of those who know no better but to believe a different story. Thank you Sincerely Yours Julian (Nicholas MD PhD)
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07/01/2022  I can't understand Clarence Thomas reference. It needs to be updated, so much damage now been done.
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07/01/2022  I had a difficult time utilizing your system for obtaining passes. I repetitively tried to get one 30 days ahead and it seemed ALWAYS totally booked. So I gave up even though I badly wanted to visit on an upcoming trip to VA. So I won't be coming. I am really heartbroken. I am a native of Alabama and a filmmaker. Just finished a film about Southern Presbyterian ministers who stood tall during the Civil Rights era in the Deep South.
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07/01/2022  Understanding is key...do not attempt, as many are doing, American History. The truth is important....what happened happened....Learn from the mistakes of the past!
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07/01/2022  I'd visited the museum in 2018, and when I returned in 2022 I was absolutely blown away by all that had been added since then. I wish I could visit more often, but I live in Wisconsin. Traveling exhibits would be a great way to let the rest of the country experience the beauty that is NMAAHC.
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07/01/2022  We really enjoyed the AA museum and thought the curation was excellently done - shining a light on America's shameful history and treatment of African Americans and highlighting the numerous incredible achievements. Very emotional experience overall. I would love to see some of the exhibits tour the country and get these messages out to more people - especially more white people who need to hear this the most! (I'm white). Great museum!! Thank you.
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07/02/2022  I am so glad the museum exists. Thank you for all of your working ensuring that African Americans are included in our country's historic and cultural record.
07/02/2022  I was deeply surprised and disappointed that the conditions on the slave ships and of the horrors of slavery were not more graphically and clearly demonstrated. People need to be shocked by the reality of the abuse that people and families suffered.
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07/01/2022  More on the Greenwood Massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma pkease
07/01/2022  On entering the museum,the volunteer useless in providing information on where to fo first, where exhibits started, etc. Line to go down to first exhibits had everybody close to each other. No safe distance. No chairs for people unable to stand for the 15 mins until visitors could enter elevator.
07/01/2022  In many ways, the museum is a book whose pages are put up on walls: that is not a very good way to deliver the information in a book. That is why I think artefacts are so important. More text is fine, but I prefer to absorb text in my armchair at home. Be careful and very sparing with text: I could care less who donated what to the museum, but I would very much like to know more factual info about all the artefacts, and yet the donor so often gets prime space. Sorry to all those generous donors.
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07/01/2022  While visiting the Museum, I often wondered what sacrifices/financial endeavor it took to bring it all to fruition! A herculean effort indeed! Sending out a mighty prayer to all involved. Thanks to all for continuing to shine a light on such a dark past in this country's history!
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07/01/2022  We enjoyed the journey presented at the museum. Other museums would benefit from the same thoughtful presentation.
07/01/2022  If at all possible to have staff in the reflection room for discussion of feelings. thoughts. and impressions. We were fortunate to engage a staff member taking a break. We felt a bond with this person who was a different race than us. We felt so connected. Your museum is fabulous and can't help but make a positive difference.
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07/01/2022  I enjoyed the Museum as it covered slavery, civil rights and culture. What it was very much lacking was accomplishments in science, medicine and business. It is important to include what we achieved in these areas in spite of barriers in addition to all the other struggles and artistic accomplishments.
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07/01/2022  Keep serving southern cooking!
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07/01/2022  You are truly doing and have done a magnificent job, thank you so very much...
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07/01/2022  Wonderful contributions to this country, you are making. Thanks, sincerely.
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07/02/2022  There should be more on the injustice of Jim Crow.
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07/01/2022  Professionals, inventors and careers are not well presented yet all young African Americans really need to see and know that they too can excel despite the cruel past. Too much emphasis is placed on the past without inspiring young people about the future. The result of which is a belief that there is little hope of achieving great success
07/02/2022  "The story of the Negro in America is the story of America. It's not a pretty story." - James Baldwin
07/02/2022  Parts of our experience most impactful involved being immersed in history: at the lunch counter, in the ship, going through the Passage. Experience was as impactful as narrative for us as Americans of european descent.
07/02/2022  I like the way the NMAAHC has installed "happy" display cases on the Museum's architecture on-the-way to the grueling displays of trans-Atlantic importation of slaves; children being auctioned off; & famous Jefferson w/ his huge number of slaves. There is no way to see the ENTIRE museum in one day, so "preview cases" of the upstairs music & integrated culture exhibits could be added to lower floors. I've witnessed a lot of EXHAUSTED children exiting the gorgeous NMAAHC museum: which stories will inspire THEIR future lives?!
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07/02/2022  It is impossible to tell our story without all of the above; we are not monolithic. We are multifaceted and the exhibits should continue to present a broad range of our talents, skills, struggles and triumphs.One must come back multiple times to see it. It is especially important now in these times where a handful of people are attempting to seize power, erase our history snd voting power. This museum snd all of the areas of focus, give us a roadmap, instructions of how we got over in the past and how we go forward when politicians and judges are trying to drag us backward. Thank you.
07/02/2022  It is impossible to tell our story without all of the above; we are not monolithic. We are multifaceted and the exhibits should continue to present a broad range of our talents, skills, struggles and triumphs.One must come back multiple times to see it. It is especially important now in these times where a handful of people are attempting to seize power, erase our history snd voting power. This museum snd all of the areas of focus, give us a roadmap, instructions of how we got over in the past and how we go forward when politicians and judges are trying to drag us backward. Thank you.
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07/02/2022  A sincere thank you for your efforts
07/02/2022  I remember this phrase from my college years -- The Africanization of American Culture. I tried to look up its author and google was of no help. Nevertheless, it was a phrase full of meaning and significance back in the day. I think it underpins the huge popularity of all the cultural and artistic memorability on display. Could you possibly find a way to elaborate on this? Thank you for all you do!
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07/01/2022  The museum is amazing! Wish I had more time to spend there. By far the best of Smithsonian museums.
07/01/2022  How can you bring this excellent venue into the classroom? C-section you document our experiences into a DVD with discussion questions That are thought provoking for students 3-12 grade?
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07/01/2022  The museum is incredible. As a white person, the parts that stuck out most were - the real, segregated rail carriage and being able to walk through -Martin Luther Kings actual speech - the dates - horrifyingly recent - the special exhibit in trayvon Martin Thank you for the work you do.
07/01/2022  I love it. We're more than slavery, and stronger than the bs that's been shoved in our brains. What I'd also like to see is the creation of racism by the ruling class to divide all people by the Haves and the Have Nots.
07/01/2022  Focusing on the media and how they portray black stories versus white stories. There could be a side-by-side exhibit on the inncocent language utilized for white victims and perpetrators, in comparison to the demonizing language used for blacks. Also, lopsided amount of coverage for white missing person verus black.
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07/01/2022  I love the museum, all the education it gives, how it deeply impacts visitors, and what it means to African Americans. As an African American Transman, I'm not used to seeing myself represented, but the museum makes me feel safe and at home.
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07/01/2022  Keep up the amazing work.
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07/01/2022  This museum is Awesome! I left proud and very moved by the details inside the museum.
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07/01/2022  An exhibit on the historical influence of African-American Chefs, Cooks, & Recipes on today's Culinary Arts
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07/01/2022  As a Secondary Educational Leader I welcome the Museum using your innovative platforms for Fostering a national conversation about race to encourage reconciliation and healing
07/01/2022  The museum, in part, makes clear our shared history of racism and racial and cultural bias. Yet, your survey is biased. I am disappointed and think you can do better.
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07/01/2022  I truly love this museum! Every time I enter it, I feel a sense of pride. I am sure that whatever changes or additions that are to be made will further tell the stories of the African American experience in the US and hopefully teach, as well as open the hearts and minds of future visitors.
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07/01/2022  The museum was eye opening, depressing and sad that we still are seeing racial injustice in today's society. It is good to see middle schoolers going through this museum but think it is either overwhelming in the amount of information or they are disengaged due to their age. I wish the museum could create video programs that could be taught at the middle and high school levels that are easier to share over a semester or two. I know people will say that is CRT but it's actually our true history that needs taught to these youngsters.
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07/01/2022  I said this before but will repeat because I think it's important: For those of is traveling to DC who may only attend the museum once or twice, we could really use more careful curation of the exhibits so that we can move through the whole museum without being completely overwhelmed by the amount of content. I didn't see that I could download an audio guided tour, but a great option would be to have the with a few different lengths (e.g. 1, 2, or 4 hours) or in modules for the various exhibits
07/01/2022  I think overall making your mission & impact accessible to people who may not be physically be able to attend the museum is so important. I've visited the museum three times, each experience different than the last, and it's an overwhelmingly heartbreaking and necessary visit. To create this virtually and throughout classrooms will be such an asset. I very much honor the work your team is doing - sending you gratitude & peace.
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07/01/2022  Great job, one of my favorite museums we visited during our visit to Washington.
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07/01/2022  It is great as is! Really enjoyed it. Visitor from Canada
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07/01/2022  Thank you for shining a light in the African American heritage, experience, and perspective.
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07/01/2022  We loved the museum and will return. Awesome experience
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07/01/2022  We waited in line to get to the bottom floor, finished one floor and took a break !lunch and after lunch had to get back in line again
07/01/2022  I had a bad experience at the museum and am not sure where to share it. I enjoyed the exhibits, but was treated as other by one member of the staff. I got to the top of the ramp after going through the bottom floors of the museum. I had wanted to see the Emmett Till exhibit and assumed I had just missed it and kept going through, thinking I would come across it. But, I came to the end and an African-American couple, who I wasn't with, was saying the exact same thing, that they had missed and wanted to see the Emmet Till exhibit. The man came out, while the woman waited inside, and asked a staff member where it was, and came back in and went back down the ramp, back into the lower level. I saw, this and did the same thing: came out to ask the same staff member where the Emmett Till exhibit was. But instead of being let back in, I was yelled at and told I could not go back down and would have to wait in line again. I tried to explain that I was doing the same thing the previous person had just done, but was told repeatedly to leave and go stand back in line. This was in early June at around 11:30am, so the line was very long and I had a flight to catch later in the day. I am not Black, I am Asian-American and probably look White to some, especially because I had a mask on. I can't pretend I know what it's like to be Black in this country and feel the every day slights or overt racism that Black people encounter. But, in that moment, I felt like I got a glimpse of it. It felt like a sick practical joke that in the very museum trying to educate people about the horrors of racism, the consequences of treating people as not human, and of what people are capable of achieving when they are given equal opportunities (as equal as they are right now in this country, which I recognize they are not) that this happened. Like many people in that situation, I just left because I knew I wasn't going to win that fight in the moment and I was just stunned at what to do. But I needed to tell someone this because it just wasn't right.
07/01/2022  It needs to put more focus on the experience of actually being on a slave ship...and segregation
07/01/2022  Thank you very much. I have learned so much and will continue to learn.
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07/02/2022  My husband and I brought our grandson and granddaughter to see the Museum while we were in town for his graduation. My grandson had taken African American history in his senior year of high school and got an A. I asked if he had been to the new museum and he had not so we made going to the museum together a priority. Our granddaughter asked me, "I wonder why school don't bring students to see this." She loved it and wanted all her friends and classmates to come someday.
07/02/2022  The museum is fantastic! I wish everyone could visit. The information and exhibits we're so well done. I will need to visit several more times to see everything. I spent hours on the lowest floor and wish I could have stayed longer. This is American history. Now, more than ever, it needs to be taught and understood. I hope you can expand access online for teachers and students that will not be able to visit in person. Also, I noticed several school groups while I was there. I think the students would have benefited from a guided tour. They walked past so much amazing information.
07/01/2022  I am an 82 year old white very educated woman and was amazed at what I didn't know and what I learned. So little was taught in my day. My only problem was that I could never find an elevator when I needed one as the long walkways were so hard for me. I am in fairly good shape and don't need a wheelchair but please do something to alleviate this problem. I will return again and encourage people of my generation to do so.
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07/01/2022  Making entry more accessible
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07/01/2022  Keep up your important, fantastic work!
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07/01/2022  Beautiful museum!!
07/01/2022  My experience at the museum was VERY moving. Thank you,
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07/01/2022  As a white person, I believe there are 2 themes that are the most "eye opening" to white people: 1. Seeing the points where African American history becomes "American" history that white people already identify with on some level. 2. Framing modern BLM movements in the context of the continuous struggle for equity in this country. From what I was able to see, I think the museum does a fantastic job of doing these things. So if the goal of this conversation is to see how to broaden the participants, then getting out of the museum and meeting people "where they are" is the next logical step.
07/01/2022  After visiting the museum I (a non-African American) felt that African Americans have really built America's wealth and cultural institutions despite all the horrors and indignities they have been subjected to. But may be what is missing is the indignities they continue to face today.
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07/01/2022  My first visit to the museum was an overwhelming experience. It was a stunning learning experience. There is so much important content, very well displayed. My problem is the density of the information and the experience. In my first visit, I spent 6 hours and only covered 2 floors. I wanted to read everything and learn from everything. As an example, in the music exhibit. Do a count of the number of items and a word count on the display descriptions. I suspect you will find it equals a moderate length book. Please don't get me wrong. The museum is stunning and important. It is so well done and moving. It's mission is so important. But perhaps we might actually learn more with a little less density. You can actually leverage that strategy for more rotating exhibits and traveling exhibits. Thanks for the great experience.
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07/01/2022  I think you already have a great balance of all the information listed above. You did a phenomenal job!
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07/01/2022  Visiting this museum is wonderful experience and I learn something new each time I visit.
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07/01/2022  We are not from the US so we may have a different perspective and knowledge than US citizens. But in Contrast to some of the other Museums we saw the African Amari an Museum was the most informative, beautiful and captivating one. Thank you for that and let's hope it will help the fight of racism.
07/01/2022  Bridging divides with information in an interactive format might be interesting. For example: a short pathway for a white WWII vet - after the war you can get a loan for education, a house and then pass that wealth onto your child Taking another pathway: a black WWII vet, no loan, no house, no education - or if you did you are in a red-lined neighborhood that quickly has an oil refinery in the area, your children get ashma. Including the opposite helps white americans who visit the museum understand instantly the disparity. You could also just do this as a video game online for white students and black students. All of this is very challenging and also expensive. You can ignore all of my comments. Just ideas. Thanks for all you are doing - I loved it.
07/01/2022  We were very excited to finally get to the museum. We found the lay out a bit confusing to follow and were always afraid we were missing something (on the upper floors mostly)
07/01/2022  My 2 day visit was inspirational and engaging. It was both a learning experience and instill pride in my history that I was not aware of. I can't wait to visit again with my grandchildren.
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07/01/2022  I think the museum should make more clear to the public the connection between those 200 years of slavery and the economic powerhouse that the United State became because of it.
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07/01/2022  Every day older Black civil rights organizers are passing on from our world while their stories remain undocumented. We must work through the Museum to get oral histories of these leaders before it is too late and to save their archives. I'm thinking of people who are still with us like Willie Baker, who led the successful SNCC effort to end Jim Crow on the eastern shore of Maryland and went on to be the first Black officer of the United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) union, and Roz Pelles who survived the Greensboro Massacre - and there are many more like them.
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07/02/2022  I am a Canadian and the slavery portion was very powerful. Thanks for enlightening me.
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07/01/2022  I am just feeling so disappointed in so many. I wish everyone could experience the museum and be convinced of the truth of history and the worth of every individual. I hope I am doing my part by bringing my grandchildren and discussing these important truths with them
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07/01/2022  We loved the museum and wished we had another day. You're doing a great job
07/01/2022  You should have separate non museum pass entrances into cafe and store. I had tickets but couldn't take advantage of either because my tix didn't allow entry until 2:15pm so didn't have time to spend money there. Huge missed opportunity for smithsonian. Recommend instead of limiting entry to museum - limit or time entry to main exhibition on first floor which is amazing but is missed by many due to the long lines. Museum is excellent and I could have spent way more time but early closure is unfortunate. Figure out how to expand hours and increase attendance allowable to better expand conversation and education.
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07/01/2022  Shaken and enlightened delighted by my visit. Good work!
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06/20/2022  In each restricted choice question and in the one where all might be checked, every choice is good. All of those elements must be included in the museum's efforts. But resources are always limited and choices must be too. I think the museum has a unique position for leading America toward recognition of the inherent value of everyone here by showcasing achievements and contributions in a forward-going and factual way. The past can never be forgotten but it can be built on and -- if people of good heart everywhere focus our efforts -- reconciliation can happen. Maybe. That's my hope and the NMAAHC feels like it could lead rather than merely record. Ambassadorial exhibits sent out across the nation would be awesome!
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07/01/2022  I was deeply impressed and moved when visiting the museum and it has remained as probably the most important memory of my entire 3 week trip in the US. Please continue your mission so that the voices of the countless brave African American men and women who have contributed so much to American culture, politics and history are never forgotten.
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07/02/2022  I so "enjoyed" touring this museum with my 21 year old daughter. We only made it through the bottom three levels in the four hours we spent there. We were mentally worn out but felt it was an amazing experience. I had not heard of Emmett Till and was shocked by his story and that of his mom. And now to see his story in the news is incredible. My daughter overheard a black man telling his son that "across the street is the Museum of American History, but this is American History, too." I found that to be an interesting observation. I'm not sure if there can be a combination of the museums, but it is something to consider so that it doesn't seem like two histories but that they are both American history. We were very much awed at the depth and variety of exhibits at this museum. Thank you to all who worked diligently to create it.
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07/01/2022  The exhibits that did not allow cameras & pictures were very powerful and inspirational to see, although very disturbing they were so current with today's culture that it seemed surreal. With that being said more should be done to bring current events to the forefront.
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07/01/2022  I was deeply impressed by the exhibition. Great work!
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07/01/2022  I recently visited the museum for the first time and was so impressed! Every exhibit was so well done. I learned so much. Even though I was there a few hours, I only had time to see a portion of the exhibits. I can't wait to return and see more. Thank you so much for the work you do!
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07/01/2022  I had an excellent reaction to the museum and staff!
07/01/2022  To further build on the careful curtain and powerful presentation I wonder if you could design projects for students to explore specific aspects in more depth or add to the story by investigating local history around specific aspects?
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07/01/2022  Excellent collection and moving experience.
07/01/2022  The museum is laid out in a manner that documents how slavery started. It is thoughtful and informative. I'd like to see more about the history before slavery.
07/01/2022  I came all the way from Australia to see your museum as a student of slavery and American history (+) Great exterior design, delightful pop cultural artefacts (-) I was not impressed with the lack of signage or clear indication that three floors of exhibits were below ground floor - nearly missed them ! I was shocked at the inaccuracy in the exhibit statements on slavery as pre European contact having "usually" not been a lifelong condition for a slave. Utterly false and undoes all the good work you try to do as it portrays your work as academically and historically unsound and polemic. I left in sadness that I had come across the world to a second rate propoganda exhibit and not worthy of the task of shining a real light on the horrors of slavery. Almost no mention of the sale of black Africans by black Africans trans Saharan or pre European internal to West Africa. Slavery is the horror regardless of where it is located.
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07/01/2022  We need to share everything about our history, both good and bad. We should not choose what we report. The truth shall set us free and move the country forward.
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07/01/2022  As a person of color and sociologist, I greatly enjoyed my experience. With that being said, I couldn't help but think about how ticketing served as a way of gatekeeping minority groups out of the museum. I noticed several individuals of color were turned around at the door while rowdy white boys were screaming and being disrespectful as others were in tears at parts of the exhibits. Additionally tickets can be easily lost in emails as they are sent without the name of the museum making it harder to search if not flagged.
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07/01/2022  I was blown away by the width and depth of the material presented, by the variety of methods to display artifacts, and the storytelling. A++
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07/01/2022  Reconstruction--and how it was thwarted--I think is a crucial moment in American history that I'd be happy to see the museum take on. The history of the police and state sanctioned violence against black people in this country is also a through-line from history to the present.
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07/01/2022  The Museum is remarkable. I would like to have heard more about the experiences of 'new' African Americans - recent immigrants. Also more about white allies. Finally, an informative plaque regarding the 1968 Olympics protest by Tommie Smith, John Carlos and Peter Norman. The story of the relationship between the two African Americans and the Australian needs to be told.
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07/01/2022  The Museum visit and hospitality was so AMAZING! Thank you 🤟🏽
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07/01/2022  When I was in the museum, I overheard another visitor talking about the benefits of segregation. There's still so much work to be done and I was disappointed that someone walking through such great exhibits would not understand history and what we should work for in the future.
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07/01/2022  Remove the timed tickets and let everyone in!!
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07/01/2022  We accidentally moved through a portion of the exhibit in reverse chronological order. If you are going to direct people through the exhibits in time order, then you need to make the direction of the flow more apparent.
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07/01/2022  I felt like Obama had little presence in the museum.I also had a hard time seeing a plaque for Ben Carson given his political support to an administrations who catered to white supremacisy. Ii would at least add his political choices to the information about him.
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07/01/2022  I really enjoyed my experience at the museum. It was very inspiring. Thank you.
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07/02/2022  loved it. could only bear to spend 2 hours, but want to come back
07/01/2022  African americans museum I'm a 56 year old white woman, who grew up in a small, white town in MA. I'm maybe an unusual person in that because there was no diversity in my town there was no ingrained history that fed a narrative of mistrust. Pretty much the only black history we learned was about slavery and Martin Luther King, and I'd say, if anything, we felt sorry for black people. I live in the DC area now, and have been to the museum six times since it's opened, both on my own and with friends. I'm absolutely fascinated with everything I continue to learn there. When I have visitors in town, I bring them to the museum, and I'm sorry they only have time for a relatively cursory visit. I don't know how it could be done differently, but everyone seems to spend lots of time reading everything on the first floor, but as they go up the ramps, they run out of energy intellectual energy and walk fairly quickly through the remaining exhibits. Honestly, I've only seriously visited the upper floors once, and it was because I didn't know about the underground exhibits. I've walked through quickly with friends, but after going through the underground exhibits, they don't really strike a chord with me. Maybe you could sprinkle a little bit more of that info into the underground exhibit? The last thing to add is that I protest. I've been involved in the BLM movement. Although I would have participated anyway, I think I "get" what it means a lot more because of the museum.
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07/01/2022  I think is important have the information with the assistant of the technology in more languages.
07/01/2022  I think a relics of a save ship that one walks through would add an element of the horror white society (I'm white) inflicted upon the African slaves. The same idea as the rail car and housing (if you can call it that) in the Holocaust museum. I think society needs certain things slammed in the face. Anything going to this museum will not be insulted by this
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07/01/2022  We know you can not cover everything, there was information not covered on our history.
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07/01/2022  I thought the museum was AMAZING!!!! You all knocked it out of the park. The first time seeing the complete history.....no gaps!
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07/01/2022  It would be nice to have quotes on display in the empty spaces leading to the different areas. Like the empty walls as you're going up and down the escalators or etched in the glass.
07/01/2022  Use more vivid language to capture the plight of AA. Language that includes massacre to describe the climate of AA lives today, seems more appropriate and realistic
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07/02/2022  I loved it.
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07/01/2022  It would be good to have the walk up tickets back .... It is very hard to get into the museum on a daily basis
07/01/2022  We spent 4.5 hours in the Museum and needed another day or two! So much to see, absorb, and reflect on. I did come away with the impression that African American contributions in areas like science, government, medicine, etc. were overshadowed by music and sports. It's great to focus on food, arts, and sports, but there are so many areas of significant contributions. Just today on NPR I heard a story about a group of black lab technicians at Johns Hopkins who discovered ground-breaking new surgical techniques. Not as flash as Tiger Woods or Michael Jackson, but just as valuable.
07/01/2022  This museum is truly a national treasure. Each time I visit, I come away informed and enlightened.
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07/02/2022  Keep telling the truth.
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07/01/2022  Please fix the opening statement addressed in #1. It prompted me from the first moment to discount other items presented as facts when that was obviously a misstatement.
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07/01/2022  BLM from Germany with love and respect
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07/01/2022  I was deeply saddened and concerned by the ways the museum perpetuated the "slave" mentality and "black is inferior" falsehood through use of the unnecessary and repetitive announcement on the PA reminding its patron not to run, use loud voices and whatever else it cautioned with the threat of being removed from the museum. Though I have not visited another Smithsonian to compare, I am a frequent visitor of many types of museums in my home town or Chicago, which are mostly visited by white and non-Blacks. Children can be just as rowdy at times and this sort of announcement never plays. It sorrowed my heavy soul hearing it over and over as I was in the section reading, listening to and learning about the slave trade and methods used to subdue, control and encourage tattling on the enslaved. I was seriously grossed and infuriated by the treatment of some visiting students by a lunch room employee, who herself was an older black woman acting as an overseer. She yelled at a young girl, made her pour her drink out and not only threatened, but did call security all because she had not gotten water with her free cup. Should some sort of discussion and possible infringement of happened? Yes, absolutely. But this gross display of Jim Crow level harassment over a $0.50 amount of soda (at best) was unwarranted and hurt my soul to see happening at "our" museum. In the midst of this commotion, she also pulled over a young black male to interrogate him about his cup. He replied that he had paid for his cup. This is when she called for security. His response was, "dang lady!" She responded empathetically to him and told him that he was excused and that she was calling security on the girl. She stared at the girl with disgust. I was relayed this story by my partner who witnessed it all first hand. was too saddened and angry to go and speak with the woman without causing more of a scene. Because we sat near the group of the girls the aforementioned girl was with, I could hear their conversation and contemplation over the minor infringement. At one point, one of the girls cautioned another to go back in that direction for fear the security would get called again. This was ridiculous! The two events couple together soured my visit, the mood and the intent of the space for me. I'll likely never return, and if I do, I'm very limited capacity. I had wanted to bring my children, but will look for other ways to give them this history now.
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07/01/2022  I think their has to be a better food choice. Only one restaurant to eat at. Doesn't make good sense. The food was very expensive. Maybe more food choices. Such as food trucks outside. In which you can buy food. Or more options to eat. Another restaurant.
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07/01/2022  The ticketing process continues to discourage potential visitors. Other museums don't seem the have that issue. Please find a better way. I am willing to provide more perspective.
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07/01/2022  Well done!
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07/01/2022  I found the museum overwhelming in a good way - so much to learn and read and see...and I am a 59 year old and history majored college graduate!! I will be back to see more...maybe a week would get me through the museum - maybe the rest of my life to understand it all...
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07/01/2022  My kids and I enjoyed our day at the museum. I would say you should maintain the cap on people even after Covid as I couldn't imagine the museum being more crowded than it was when we visited in April 2022.
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01/09/2023  Unfortunately, I have not been to the museum yet, However, virtual opportunities ate very important for me and should be marketed and advertised on various platforms.
01/09/2023  Unfortunately, I have not been to the museum yet, However, virtual opportunities ate very important for me and should be marketed and advertised on various platforms.
01/09/2023  I love having a museum about us for us. I do not care how much it shapes others' thoughts about us although I certainly welcome them to see and experience our greatness.
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01/18/2023  I appreciate the information access on your website.
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12/17/2022  All is important. I realized in my 50's that history meant 'his story' and not all have the same story. I'm new to your website and am looking forward to learning more. Thank you for providing a way forward.
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12/18/2022  I would like to share with the museum that: - Making sure that new black historical making events are included in the museum history.
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12/23/2022  Please keep the focus of the museum on African Americans. Thank you.
01/08/2023  I hope to visit for the first time this year. I hope that the website is capable of helping me plan the optimal time to visit.
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01/08/2023  Please recognize that some strategies need to be implemented simultaneously. Document how you will know if your strategies are working. Do not be afraid to change strategies based on the needs of the people. Thank you for all you have done already. Just knowing that the museum exists makes us proud.
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12/26/2022  Please improve service and menu in the museum cafe. Price is also too expensive
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01/31/2023  More advertising about the museum maybe through the local city museums or working with travel agencies & airlines with vacation packages that would include a museum ticket package if you do not do that already.
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01/16/2023  Since racism still exist I believe an understanding on what it may look like in todays environment is something that could be added.
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01/12/2023  Thank you for your important work! I'm hoping to visit for the first time this year!
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01/09/2023  Show the intersection with other communities of color and support for equality for everyone.
01/09/2023  Question 4: I mentioned the Affluent African American. I am interested in the Shady Rest Country Club in Scotch Plains, NJ. The 1st AA country club in the USA created by affluent African Americans. John Shippen the 1st USA golf professional was the pro there. It was the epicenter for music, culture, and sports. It has been preserved and is a historical site. I think the Smithsonian should provide a link to all of the important AA historical sites in the US. I think this will increase the power for all, and hopefully unite the history and bring it to the forefront for teachers, students, and citizens.
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05/06/2022  I knew a lot of the information at the museum (35 years of teaching), but to see it all together and all at once was quite impactful. I also loved how interactive and engaging it was. The cafe menu definitely added to the experience. Two suggestions: add resting benches along the way and improve your t shirt for the museum. Thank you for a fabulous experience.
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05/06/2022  The museum presents a rich hooray of the African American struggle and triumphs. I would love to see an exhibit or hear speaker discuss how these struggles and triumphs were happening because of and in spite of what was happening in mainstream America and connect it to systemic racism.
05/06/2022  Very thankful for this museum and the efforts of its management.
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05/07/2022  It is my favorite museum in DC and it is incredibly well conceived and executed.
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04/28/2022  How do I get two tickets to see the museum on June 17th?
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06/06/2022  Finding ways to point out and work on fixing institutional racism
06/05/2022  I think museum should be open daily.We were busying from Atlanta.We were not aware of closing days.
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05/01/2022  I love the food culture area. It would be great to have a food festival for the museum too similar to Disneyland's Food and Wine Festival but highlighting food and music culture.
05/08/2022  Anything you can do to foster FORWARD-FACING dialogs in communities and nationally that brings people together, especially to appreciate our common contributions to this nation and to allow us to work through our differences to be able to work together would be of immense value. That said, thank you for all that you are doing!
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05/06/2022  Having the actual pictures and videos of the events that have taken place over the years truly hits home with realization of things.
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05/06/2022  Outstanding experience.
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04/29/2022  Our organization, Afrikan Echoes, believes there should NOT be a statue of Thomas Jefferson anywhere in the museum. Even though it represents a contradiction, he should not be given that much space and energy in our museum.
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06/08/2022  My responses may vary from one evaluation to another depending on the time in history and the incidents that continue to evolve and circulate.
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04/22/2022  Something that sparks the interest of our youth and something to instill self worth in them. Also more elective classes funded by museum in high schools across the nation to show our history and contributions to this country.
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05/07/2022  It is hard to choose all are significant and in need of attention. Outreach in a variety of ways that diversifies contents and reaches different audiences in diverse ways.
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05/07/2022  Thank you for allowing me to participate in the survey.
05/11/2022  From my visit to the museum, I was very impressed on how the information was displayed, the interactive exhibits (although, some were closed due to CDC regulations.)are helpful and a good way to grasp young visitor's attention.
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05/09/2022  Thanks for the opportunity to provide input. It remains a privilege to reside in the DMV area and have an easier opportunity to visit the Museum with no direct cost. If the museum programming includes symposiums and learning opportunities on line that may also be a method to have minimal charges for special events while reaching many people throughout the US.
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05/24/2022  I believe that COVID has brought the use of webinars into the personal realm, where before most people used them only for professional purposes. Strengthen the virtual platform and I think it will become a strong source of patronage funding. Our local museums do not have the resources of artifacts, talent, nor funding that you have to organize interesting perspectives on the African American experience. I live in the South and am witnessing an attempt to erase history through removal of books from K-12 libraries and using Critical Race Theory as a weapon. I see you as a preserver of the truth of our collective history, and as a teacher to the youth of this next generation that will not learn of our history in the new textbooks.
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06/17/2022  I visited the museum on 6/14 & 6/15/22. I was amazed, inspired, enlightened and educated. The employees were helpful and very professional. The exhibits were awesome. The facility is extremely impressive. I have been telling family, friends, my congregation and coworkers that the museum is a MUST visit. My only suggestion is more charging tables. I will continue to donate, promote, and pray for the continued success of the museum. I am bringing my entire family for a visit in September.
04/27/2022  I initially forgot to add something to my last survey. While at the museum, the ancestry room was open, but none of the computers were operational. İt would have been nice if you all could secure a grant for such an effort. Providing a lab for African Americans to explore the heritage stolen from them. We have the right to know who we are, at no cost. We have the right to know what tribes we came from, not just the country.
04/27/2022  I initially forgot to add something to my last survey. While at the museum, the ancestry room was open, but none of the computers were operational. İt would have been nice if you all could secure a grant for such an effort. Providing a lab for African Americans to explore the heritage stolen from them. We have the right to know who we are, at no cost. We have the right to know what tribes we came from, not just the country.
06/15/2022  Thought it was amazing and I need to go back.
05/06/2022  It is a wonderful museum. We only had 2 1/2 hours there as our entrance time was at 2:30pm. If we go back to DC, I would try to go early in the morning so I wouldn't be rushed. It was awe inspiring.
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05/06/2022  I loved visiting this museum. I'm no history buff, but I do believe it gave me much insight into where I come from and it shows other races what it's really like to be black and not what tv portrays. I'm forever grateful for this experience!
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04/28/2022  I am a Travel Agent and bring groups of adults to visit the collection. They come from all over the country. I need to be able to obtain group tickets six months or more in advance. We have to make travel arrangements and 30 days in advance is not enough time. I brought a group opening day and twice since then. I will continue to try to be supportive but please consider improving group access for adults from outside of your area.
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05/20/2022  Designing curricula which both 1) prepare black children to develop a sense of access; and 2) help teachers recognize and eliminate systemic privilege.
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05/06/2022  Love love love the AA museum. I visited in late March. I spent five hours there and could have returned next day. Emmett Till was so moving. Liked the beginning with the names of ships, countries of the ships, year sailed, original number of passengers, number of live people at destination. I was always curious about the ships. The sugar cane display. Cotton display. The display of all the businesses (New York Life) that made money from slavery. Outstanding research. So interesting. All of the museum was great. The fountain from ceiling at end. Cannot recall the name. Maybe something with the word hope. I will return.
05/11/2022  It's really hard to get timed entry passes when you are from out of town. Many out of towners have a hard time trying to get tickets when they are on vacation to DC. As a member, I would welcome the opportunity to have days identified for members only. I would also like an email notification to alert when tickets are available.
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05/06/2022  The museum is outstanding and each time I visit DC, I will make an effort to spent a couple of days in the museum. Thank you.
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05/20/2022  I love everything about the museum. Just continue to monitor for continuous improvement!
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06/11/2022  Invite inner city public schools to the museum on field trips
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05/08/2022  Please make it easier to schedule school field trips...the times entry passes are impossible to get.
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05/07/2022  Have those on board take a trip to Montgomery Alabama, to the Legacy Museum there to explore their concepts of storytelling our awful and painful history. The most compelling, moving and interactive experiences that I have ever felt concerning enslaved people up to the Civil Rights, and current BLM issues. Crying thinking about my visit there. https://museumandmemorial.eji.org/ Our National museum in DC should leave visitors feeling this way as well. Perhaps the visitor restrictions due to COVID made the visit not feel as moving to me, very constraining. It made me feel so good though, to see so many children, schools and families, all POC, there, having a place finally, to tell their story. We just need to make it much more interactive. One more note- so dark. Very hard to read exhibits with aging eyes (62)
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10/16/2022  I enjoyed the Museum very much. I noticed that there were several locations in the Museum where people have damaged the letters or removed some of the information. Please take care of this precious Museum, it is only 6 years old. Security should watch the visitors because there are still people who do not care about African Americans or their history.
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10/11/2022  Since many of us cannot visit the museum as often as we would like, virtual content, videos, and the like, would be especially appreciated.
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11/08/2022  The Museum is the perfect place to foster knowledge and understanding through visual learning.
11/07/2022  I visited the museum 2 weeks ago and thought it was beautifully curated. Keep up the good work!
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10/24/2022  I happened to visit the museum on Saturday, October 15 with my cousin from California and I witnessed at the close of the day, one of your fine employees of the main gift shop on the first floor, trying to explain to a guest that the gift shop was closed and yet this guest insisted on her allowing her to come into the gift shop after she stated many times in the most polite manner, that it was closed. I was appalled by the manipulation of this guest on your area manager by the name of Tulette. This guest was determined to bully her way into the closed area. She insulted her and other staff members. She tried to force a security guard and other upper management to convince this area manager to let her shop. I am not sure if the outcome but I felt the need to share.
11/14/2022  My wife and I thought that the exhibits were truly superb. (We visited the museum a few years ago, but have recommended it to all of our D.C.-bound friends.
10/13/2022  Develop ways to teach our history in light of CRT restrictions
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11/19/2022  Do not be afraid to call it the Black experience, there are many affected by the cultural trauma around the world that are but African American, but will be educated by and benefit from the work you do. Keep it up!
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11/30/2022  Fostering and participating in the national dialogue on education of racial discrimination history in schools. Thank you for all your valuable work!
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11/19/2022  Continue on the current path. More traveling exhibits.
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10/01/2022  I've visited the museum several times and always leave inspired but aware of the atrocities of racism in our country. The museum is amazing but the food is only OK. The food should also be amazing.
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11/16/2022  I have already expressed my willingness to volunteer by translating brochures/ flyers/ documents into spanish but nobody responded I am always fulfilling your surveys, it would be nice you also respond to me, for the honest dialog you say you want to create Start with your example
09/27/2022  I am so glad you are there. This task is very challenging and I appreciate your enormous efforts and successes!
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12/01/2022  Excellent work of art, and clean environment. Thanks
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11/08/2022  I'm a new resident of DC, and a first time visitor. I have never been more proud of a city that I reside in than now. I plan to make this the centerpiece highlight when my family visits me here. Prepare to be sick of me !:)
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12/11/2022  Add other exhibitions like the Afrofuturism exhibition. Could we expand on a black literary exhibition that highlights the works of bell hooks, Toni Morrison, and others like these two authors? Also, programming invites international voices about the black diaspora and its connectivity to the African American historical and cultural narrative.
10/20/2022  It is critical for this museum and others like it to include the current scholarship resulting from sources lie the 1619 Project.
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05/17/2023  Maybe this fits in one of the above... understanding the war on drugs and the impact on African Americans... incarceration as the latest way to dehumanize, villanize and keep Black Americans down and the tangled way laws were changed, 4th ammendment implications, etc
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04/07/2022  Thank you for all you do. I appreciated too how the gift shop had products from lots of black creators.
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03/23/2022  We need to find a way to demonstrate undeniably how systematic racism, forms of prejudice, continue to manifest itself and what can be done to alter such negative phenomena.
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04/18/2022  I haven't visited the museum yet but it is on my list. I would encourage you to look for ways to create a virtual course for elementary and HS students so they can gain knowledge about the collective history of the US
04/18/2022  I haven't visited the museum yet but it is on my list. I would encourage you to look for ways to create a virtual course for elementary and HS students so they can gain knowledge about the collective history of the US
03/24/2022  I'm so proud and grateful to be a partner with the Museum. Don't forget the contributions of our black military members to include the Armed Forces. I'm also a proud veteran. You all are doing a wonderful job. I will be visiting the museum for the very first time this weekend. I'm so excited. Keep up the great work.
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04/10/2022  I will visit the museum for the first time during the week of April 18, 2022. After that experience, I will have a better handle on responding to another survey. But thank you for asking.
04/18/2022  History is extremely important, however we have to focus on our shared common ground that shapes this country, and builds for a brighter future.
04/18/2022  History is extremely important, however we have to focus on our shared common ground that shapes this country, and builds for a brighter future.
03/23/2022  With the various efforts to suppress, distort, and disavow historical events around the country, establishing contacts with local organizations to disseminate correct information could be another way to reach the people and provide context for the uninformed. The local organizations can be museums, churches, schools, HBCUs, etc.--don't just limit any contacts to other historical outlets.
04/18/2022  It's always a beautiful and overwhelming experience to see the museum - I visited for tbe 2nd time last weekend and it is a thoroughly enjoyable and emotional experience. I loved the "Power of the Place" exhibit as this was my first time seeing it.
03/31/2022  I am white and am very interested in the legacy of slavery. I am a supporter of BLM. But how can you reach people (my relatives) who say "Blue Lives Matter" or "All Lives Matter"? How can I make them see the White Privilege that they were born into? They don't believe it. They think they just "work harder".
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03/24/2022  Community engagement in the public school system is critical to helping bridge the gap between the history taught in schools and the history lived by people of color. Many students are so close, but have never been to or engaged with the platforms of this museum. Would it be possible, if not already created, to explore developing community links to create fieldtrips, internship experiences, work experiences for students, mentorships, or even an online "Shadow a day in the life of [accomplished, famous or non-famous African-American] making a difference,"etc?
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08/14/2022  My mom and I really enjoyed our time at the museum. There was so much information that we had to come back a second day. It was worth the trip.
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08/14/2022  I would like to volunteer at the museum. I just relocated to DC and I'm unsure how information is distributed to potential volunteers, but I would like the opportunity to do so.
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09/16/2022  I did not check the items that included Black Lives Matter. I am white and have a sense that that organization can be a stumbling block to those who want to focus on inclusion.
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09/05/2022  See above. :)
09/20/2022  I am so happy this museum exists! My spouse and I will continue to support.
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09/02/2022  All history should be taught. I do not believe in violence for any reason. I feel that our education system, does not teach all history. I feel teachers are not taught history as it was, & it starts at the top. If we educate students then maybe we can correct all that was done wrong , but that is history. We are dealing with a population of uneducated people, & stubborn. I was told in a would religion class that you would believe what he had been raise to believe in your own religion, but open your eyes to the world. My college was a place with many foreign athletes back in the late 70's. We live in a sad place now of respect for others. 😇🙏🏻🤗
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09/14/2022  Our AA accomplishments have shaped the US experience, growth, and direction. So, a national conversation can begin at the table of contributors, as well as those who suffered extreme racist practices by state and federal governments. Appreciating accomplishments is safe ground to begin a conversation of equals, even though many at the table have so much to learn. Thank you for asking, Stewart
09/15/2022  I did not give myself enough time to see all the exhibits. I was able to view the entire history section. I will definitely plan another visit to take in the cultural section. The museum is fantastic.
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09/02/2022  It's a wonderful museum. I'm a white 50+-year-old male who did not learn enough about how Black people had an outsized positive impact on American history. So angry that so many conservatives are afraid of telling all of American history. You are such an important Museum & institution in our nation. Keep up the good work!
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03/24/2023  More advertising directed to the general public about your museum.
03/30/2023  I was with the 199th Infantry Brigade in vietnam. I would like to buy a copy of the video you play about the vietnam war.I hope you can help me.
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04/24/2023  Keep up the great work you are doing!
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05/14/2023  Love and thank you!!!
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05/02/2023  Can't wait to come there
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04/28/2023  Glad the building is not near Classical European style. Difficult to get out of the exhibit to rest, or eat and then get back into the exhibit. I'm not exactly handicapped, but cannot walk such long (upward) paths without brakes
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05/10/2023  continue to educate, inspire and engage us and all about the shared history that enriches American and world History.
05/10/2023  I would like to be added in the thematology of the museum more history about the black music and their land's trade.
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04/30/2023  Thanx but black Americans have to to work harder than before and also educating their children encouraging and telling them that the battlefield is on streets now.where money and education are the weapons.
05/12/2023  Have more dining options
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04/20/2023  Make online presence known - eg an educational program that schools can get. Highlight everyday people who are heroes not just the Obamas and Powells of the country.
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05/04/2023  The ultimate goal should be reparations in the form of the American dollar and certain guaranteed protections of the money for the African American who came from the legacy of slavery.
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05/03/2023  Thank you for an opportunity to share my thoughts!
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04/13/2023  Expand your hours or member's access to entry times.
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03/30/2023  It would be a positive approach to develop working relationships with progressive people of color organizations and publications. E.g., exchange publications
03/30/2023  Keep up the great work!
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04/19/2023  It's a wonderful educational place for all people! Soo much to learn!
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04/12/2023  I'm leading a Seeding Change program to help people of faith to take up antiracism and Reparations as a way of life. The musuem is an indispensable resource for people whom I am working with to end white supremacy in the United States. I would love to contribute to your mission in every way possible. Thank you to everyone who makes this national treasure possible.
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03/01/2024  We loved the museum and I believe more interactive exhibits will help to engage even the youngest visitors in learning about what the museum has to offer.
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03/01/2024  Engaging, provocative exhibits and stories throughout. It would take a week to explore all the subjects explored. Lighting and design are superb.
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03/01/2024  More research and information on the dynamics of interracial marriage and their offspring. My father was black and Native American and my mother white. Although I densify mostly as white, I still feel a strong connection to my black heritage.More research and information on the dynamics of interracial marriage and their offspring. My father was black and Native American and my mother white. Although I densify mostly as white, I still feel a strong connection to my black heritage.
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03/15/2024  Wow, I left feeling so blessed to have had the opportunity to visit, learn, and grow as I went through the museum and also afterwards in discussions with friends and family. As a retired teacher, I watched many of the students as they passed through the exhibits and know that this history and educational opportunity is making an impact! One of the docents sang a song with a group of students and that was a very powerful unifying moment!
02/23/2024  I have now visited the Museum 3 times. I learn something new every time I visit, and it always makes a lasting impression. I am a well-educated 52-year-old Caucasian woman, yet I have much to learn about African American history and African American heroes. Education is essential for understanding and healing in our country. Thank you very much for this Museum and the extensive work that has gone into the exhibits.
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03/01/2024  God Bless you all for your contributions to eradicating bias and bigotry from the Nation through this great Museum!
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03/03/2024  Outreach to the youths, especially if African descent. We all need to understand the sacrifices our forefathers made to get us to where we are so that we can appreciate our comforts.
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03/15/2024  As I am just an overseas visitor, my views are a bit "off", but the last year's need for Black lifes matter has really shocked me. I didn't think that it was so bad! Anyhow, we were unfortunately only able to make a short visit (this time) but somehow, I felt that a bit too much emphasis was put on mistreatment (in the widestsense of the word) from white people. Which certainly is horrible. I rather see more on American Africa culture and achivements.
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03/08/2024  Great museum. I've been twice. I teach American history and the museum helped clarify and confirm the content I teach.
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03/08/2024  Carry on!!!
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03/09/2024  I think the museum should recognize the nation's first HBCU, especially now with the current DEI situation at these PWI institutions. Cheyney University was founded in 1837 during slavery and 28 years before the civil war ended. This is an incredible and significant black history story that should be highlighted in the museum. I could assist with this effort. Clarence Williams 610-283-2834
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03/16/2024  This was my first visit (and probably last, because we live far away) to the NMAAHC, and I couldn't have been more impressed. I'm amazed at the conceptualization and realization of such a complex story of our nation's shameful history of slavery, Jim Crow, and ongoing ways in which Blacks have been prejudiced against, without trying to "guilt" the visitors: just explaining the facts. I'm appalled that states like Florida refuse to address the history of racism in curriculum because some uninformed parents don't want their poor little white kids to feel "guilty!" This is history, and it must be told honestly. A little child doesn't have to feel "guilty" just because he/she learns the history just like German kids must learn the shameful truth about the Nazis. Today's German kids don't have to feel "guilty," but they must know their history to have perspective on how easily a megalomaniac anti-semite can take that prejudice to kill millions. I am also thrilled to say that my book: "Redlined: A Memoir of Race, Change, and Fractured Community in 1960s Chicago,"is in the library of the NMAAHC. Thank you for a brilliant history and presentation of Black history
03/08/2024  Absolutely a extraordinary Museum and long over due! Can not wait to go back.
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02/26/2024  I was a founding member but didn't maintain because benefits are only on site in DC and I can travel to DC ever month. I bought my son a membership. He traveled to DC February 20-24 on a class trip. He's 15 so his comment that "nothing worth buying in the gift shop" is telling. The Museum needs to engage young people. I wanted him to get a book or a T-shirt he could wear back home to promote the museum. Online and virtual opportunities would help.
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03/11/2024  I truly enjoyed the galleries. I plan to return for a 3rd time, so that I can spend more time in the galleries. Thank you!
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02/25/2024  The greeters need to be mindful that they serve the public and not vice versa.
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02/23/2024  Incredible job - so powerful
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09/02/2024  It's a wonderful & powerful source of Black history for all Americans.
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09/06/2024  Glad the Museum opened i remember my firsr visit like it was yesterday Overwhelming yet I wanted my children to experience it firsthand.
08/27/2024  ALL of the missions are so important!! Preserving the real historical record of African-Americans' history and their treatment, exploitation, and exclusion within America is critical right now as the so-called "anti-woke" powerful seek to deny and negate this history.
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09/04/2024  I think you need to host an African American Small Business Day event! I would love to be the leader and the event team to bring this vision to light!
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08/16/2024  People need to be educated Worldwide and Reparations Worldwide for black Americans that are descendants of slavery and segregation!!
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08/24/2024  None at this time. I will be returning very soon.
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08/24/2024  I think the museum took a very soft approach on slavery. I was also surprised at the lack of artifacts.
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08/17/2024  My spouse and I will be traveling to the museum in June 2025, we are looking forward to visiting.
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08/16/2024  Only spent 3 hrs in the museum and did not see it all by far. Still hope my input helps. Will need to visit again.
08/16/2024  Being a white male and when I visited being in the minority seeing the faces on everyone while walking through the museum, there's something powerfull about that. It'd be interesting to see how to replicate that for more people. I was in DC with my 12 year old son, and I brought him back so he could experience what I had a few days prior.
08/16/2024  I'm proud to have been there with my children, I will be back. The museum is amazing.
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08/18/2024  There can be no healing or reconciliation without knowledge and understanding by those of both African American and European descent.
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08/20/2024  Everything the Museum does is valuable and important
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08/21/2024  I think the roles played by so many African American heroes during the many wars fought in this country and under the treatment that they endured needs to be told over and over again.
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08/22/2024  Continue to encourage, inspire, and lead transformational conversations that will move America forward and advance the cause of justice for Black people.
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08/16/2024  My husband and I enjoyed the exhibit it was very informational and well put together. We are from Kansas City and will visit again.
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08/16/2024  I was a little disappointed in the overall museum. I think the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History is better. I have visited smaller museums in Charleston, SC that had more information and actual artifacts. I was also disappointed in the items sold in the store and the food in the cafe. IMO, both areas promoted a lot of sterotypical interests of Black Americans.
08/17/2024  My experience was truly emotional during my visit. The last time I was able to see this content was when my parents purchased the Ebony encyclopedia of Black history. It was a three (3) volume set. I spent days on my mother's favorite sofa absorbing the content of those books. Some of the very same pictures in the exhibit are in those volumes. I was transported back to that time where my mind was captivated by the words and images I was blessed to see and feel. I am coming back to continue my journey thru time to revisit my youth now as an adult. To see the displays and listen to the words being spoken thru the visual explorations. I grew up in a small town Monticello Florida in the 60's. I saw the limp body of man my family knew hanging from a tree his body slowly swaying from his weight I vividly recall the Colored Only entrance sign at the courthouse. The spicket that bore the sign COLORED. This history was not foreign to me it was documented with a truth that accurately depicted the air of that time. My 245 minutes was fascinating, poignant and tugged at my heart in the most purest of ways. Yet it was not enough time. It was not enough time to contemplate on the horrors of slavery to understand the progress that was made thru Jim Crow and the civil rights movement, to see the hope of Fredrick, Martin, and Malcolm come thru with Barack. I am so grateful for the souls that delivered this exhibit to the world to experience. During my visit I heard so many different languages spoken while I did not understand them the awe in their exclamations was very clear. Thank you Thank you Thank you....
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08/17/2024  The museum is incredible and very moving. I will be back!
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08/06/2022  Getting materials in the hands of educators is crucial. For so many of our Black students don't know much about our history----past, present and future. I believe it is SO imperative that WE know our history.
08/06/2022  Getting materials in the hands of educators is crucial. For so many of our Black students don't know much about our history----past, present and future. I believe it is SO imperative that WE know our history.
08/06/2022  Getting materials in the hands of educators is crucial. For so many of our Black students don't know much about our history----past, present and future. I believe it is SO imperative that WE know our history.
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03/24/2023  Please do not hesitate to reach out to African American subject matter experts in all relevant areas of focus for the conversations pertaining to black America. My area of expertise is law enforcement, and I feel it would be extremely beneficial for the museum to examine policing in America.
03/03/2023  You all are doing an excellent job on educating and spotlighting different eras of the African American, Negro, Black experience in America. Those who choose to remain ignorant, uneducated and racist will ALWAYS be that way. Focus on the uplifting of the Culture to reach those lost to stop killing each other.
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03/24/2023  I love the museum. It is hard to choose where the museum should focus because it is ALL important and you are doing a fantastic job!!!
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02/24/2023  I live in California, so I have not yet had a chance to visit the museum. I look forward to seeing the collection when I visit Washington DC
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02/27/2023  I have a picture of me and my grandma and great grandma standing in a cotton field back in the day. I'm 72 years old now and that was about 60 years ago. I would love to send you a copy for your opinion. Thank you, Kenneth Hunt 1108 Shelby North Carolina 28150
03/06/2023  I applaud all that you are doing.
03/05/2023  Thanks for all you do. African American History is am intregal and important part of American history
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03/10/2023  I live in Seattle and have been to the museum three times and am going again tomorrow am. As a white person, I think it is very important for us to understand the connections in our shared history and appreciate the fact that African Americans played a huge role in shaping our country.
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03/20/2023  Thank you for providing us with this opportunity. These are big concepts, big ideas, big visions, big goals and I'm excited to see what y'all accomplish/do with these resources and feedback. Whatever y'all are capable of doing right now will be incredible and then it will only evolve with time and become better and better. Thank you!!
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03/21/2023  Don't know how much you have on African American Civil War veterans beyond the fact that they served. Would love to see a researched area by name, rsnk,troop#, etc.;possibly linked to Smithsonian, the memorial, and military records.Making this information available online and for in person visitors would be so interesting and rewarding experience.Recently found that Northern soldiers were offered land, did African American soldiers get the same offer, is there a link to land ownership. My own great grandfather served in the Civil War, but don't find much information. This research would be invaluable in so many ways
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02/28/2023  I know you have a tight budget but if you could create connections to history departments at HBCU,mainstream universities,urban high school and grade school districts this could increase your reach if you are not currently engaged with these institutions.Try to encourage highly successful athletes,entertainers,Black entrepreneurs and Black businesses to make annual contributions.
03/04/2023  I think the museum has a lot of information on slavery and history. However, our younger generation is so distracted, disinterested, and disconnected. We need to find a way to get them involved because they will need to carry on the conversations, discussions, etc. So finding that thing that sparks their interest in our history is vital. So leveraging capabilities such as AI and robotics would help.
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03/08/2023  I as yet have not visited the museum. I'm looking forward to all exhibits and enjoying them with my famil.
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03/16/2023  Please ensure that the mission of the museum is well stated, relevant, meaningful and transparent. For instance, making these choices above without having the museums mission to refer to becomes my interpretation of what the mission is without really knowing. What is the mission if the museum?
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03/13/2023  I haven't yet visited but am looking forward very much to it.
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02/16/2024  I would like a showcase of local history from families in the area.
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02/17/2024  Why focus on racism when that is not a major issue hindering black progress? I would suggest emphasizing self-development as any race must do to achieve their goals. Use examples of historical figures who experienced real racism but persevered despite it. A relentless emphasis on race in 2024 will continue to be an albatross around our collective black necks if we continue to believe that racism is what's holding blacks back. This couldn't be further from the truth in 2024. Let's change the narrative so that young people do not succumb to never-ending victim thinking. Let's go!
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02/16/2024  This was my first time to the museum, and it won't be my last! Growing up on the Eastern Shore, I knew Harriet Tubman was from the area, but I never made the connection that it was there where she made her name as an underground railroad conductor, a spy, a scout, and a nurse. Learning more about the oft-overlooked Eastern Shore, and more about the great woman who hailed from the area, was fascinating. I have made a note to visit the Harriet Tubman museum in Cambridge next time I am visiting family. Can't wait to go back to the museum here in DC and learn even more I may have missed on my recent visit.
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02/09/2024  One thing I appreciated during my visit to the museum was that it was just a presentation of facts. I think often, for white Americans in particular, discussions of race and black history are filtered through a lens designed to minimize or diminish the black experience. The museum did an amazing job of showcasing the truth of the black experience in America - the good, the bad, and the ugly without sensationalizing or coming across as self-righteous.
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02/09/2024  There is so much information in the historical area and it is challenging to make it through without a restroom break. It would be amazing if you could go back to where you stopped more easily
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02/09/2024  Absolutely loved my visit to the museum. Spent several hours there and feel like I needed more time to really do it justice.
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02/09/2024  I loved every moment. I think the second half of the walk could more interactive. More videos of the protests in the south, more of what Bull Connor actually did. There were photos, but can it be even more powerful? Again, more interactive on Ali and Obama.
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02/16/2024  I enjoyed the museum very much and was glad to see some positivity within it, rather than just the sad, heartbreaking past. I think it's important to teach the history, but also leave visitors inspired and proud of their heritage. The floor with the music and the interactive Step lessons Noth were fabulous! It left visitors with a good feeling.
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02/18/2024  The museum is already amazing, but I'm grateful you're looking to find ways to continue mak8ng an impact on society.
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02/10/2024  As an architectural historian in Chicago's new Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area...I strongly support the museum's mission and hope to visit!
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02/16/2024  I had a wonderful visit. I spent the entire day. There is so much to see. My only complaint is how difficult it is to read much of the explanatory text, especially on the lower levels. There are many large blocks of text centered behind the joints between panes of glass, making it very hard to read. It seems like the sharing of information takes a back seat to the display designer's vision. In general, on the lower levels... more light please! If the information is so important, why make it difficult to read? Thank you for the opportunity to say this!
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02/10/2024  I noticed you refer to the social justice movement as the black lives matter movement. Black lives matter is just one of the groups that promote social justice therefore, I think it would be beneficial for you to use in your survey the term social Justice to reflect that it is a human rights movement involving many groups.
02/17/2024  I was deeple impressed and emotionally moved by the museum. Congratulations with your superb 'storytelling'. Gilbert (The Netherlands)
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02/09/2024  Limit the amount allowed to enter at once. It was really packed at noon, and it was hard to navigate and read each display. I couldn't appreciate / learn when you're getting pushed side to side.
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02/16/2024  We took our 18 month-old daughter to the NMAAHC recently and she loved the exhibits about music and cars as well as the interactive Step Afrika fun - as did we! We hope to come back soon to do the rest of the museum floors that we felt were too intense for her (and look forward to bringing her back when she's older). Thank you for all that you do everyday. We are grateful to live in a city where such a museum exists.
02/16/2024  This museum joins the ranks of the truly fine Washington DC museums.
02/17/2024  Everything listed in this survey is important. As a graduate folklore student with an interest in African Folklore (the legends, myths, epics, and other stories), that folklore, and how that folklore was brought to the US and changed and adapted could be an interesting way to engage visitors. These stories very much influenced America and Afrocan American lives.
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02/09/2024  I have really struggled to make sense of my visit to the museum. My initial sense was that it was underwhelming in terms of the collection. As I reflected, it occurs to me that some of this is due to a white history bias. I am used to larger and more impressive collections partly because white people have always viewed their history as important, so more artifacts have been kept. Similarly, because of the legacy of slavery and racism, people of color often haven't had the privilege of keeping a ton of mementos. Having said that, the collection still seams light on artifacts - especially from the last 70 years or so. There are important pieces - Till's casket, for example - but there seems to be some big holes. Where are artifacts form Malcolm X, Evers, King, Hampton, Brown... the list goes on. I realize you can be limited by what people are willing to give up, but you're also the premier historical institution in the country. Artifacts are the primary way people connect to history in a museum setting. It's nice that you have photos and signs from the Obama presidency, but why not a suit (for my money, the tan one that made Fox News insane)? Surely he would be willing to part with something. For something less consequential - it's cool to have a Public Enemy outfit (my and my friends teenage versions would have never thought PE would be in the Smithsonian!), but wouldn't items from Chuck or Flav be more iconic? One of Flav's clocks would give a more personal connection to the exhibit. I think the collection has immense value, and the facility is gorgeous. I just found it difficult to connect with. It didn't feel like the collection was curated to tell a consistent story. It kind of meandereed from idea to idea without any real connective tissue.
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02/09/2024  You are working in a vacuum and it is not beneficial for the cause Steve Williams President National Juneteenth Observance Foundation 888.509.NJOF
02/16/2024  Best museum I have been to ever. Very engaging and enlightening. Loved the way space and mixed media were combined. I think a traveling exhibit would be awesome.
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02/09/2024  I think the museum should continue adding more people up to current African Americans who are still fighting the good fight
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02/16/2024  I had some feelings about the choice to end the history exhibit on the election of Barack Obama-- because that certainly isn't the ending of the struggle, fight, and futurism of racial justice in this country. It seemed like it was trying to tie a bow on the story of the exhibit-- when there is so much journeying still ahead of us. That being said, I was so moved by the continuation into Afro-futurism from there!
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02/16/2024  I enjoyed my history lesson. The impact that this museum can have on the minds and hearts of people is great. We must learn to grow. Thank you.
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02/23/2024  I came from Delaware to visit the museum and the line to visit the first level is ridiculously to long I was disappointed. I also was disappointed because I was unable to visit the cafeteria for food I had to go to food trucks and eat outside. The museum itself is a great place but not enough interaction or activity to grab the attention of young children and teenagers. As an adult I was also disappointed by the way people with strollers are in the way. Strollers should not be allowed
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07/24/2024  This was my first visit and I didn't see everything, but I loved the interactive exhibits, the different perspectives the museum gives you on the same elements from different floors, and the room to decompress. Going "through" the timeline from the bottom to the top gives such a needed perspective on how America has been shaped by an ugly history, but also by the fight of the oppressed for freedom and equality.
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08/08/2024  Whatever the top responses are please continue shining the light on African Americans and our contributions as humans.
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07/24/2024  I believe the NMAAHC's mission is vital and comprehensive. Emphasizing all aspects of African American history and culture equally will enrich visitors' understanding and promote a deeper appreciation of our shared heritage. Incorporating interactive exhibits, expanding online content, and increasing outreach to teachers and students nationwide are all crucial initiatives. By fostering a national conversation about race, justice, and equity, the Museum can inspire meaningful change and help combat our nation's legacy of racism.
07/24/2024  Remind the visitors that it's a museum and certain etiquette applies.
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07/15/2024  Great job to the rich blacks that made it happen. Now take it a steps forward and do the Reparations no excuses.
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08/04/2024  My first visit and a beautifully emotional visit.
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08/05/2024  Please make sure parents or guardians watch their children while in the museum. I noticed children touching items that were marked do not touch. We have to keep the museum exquisite! We must respect our history and parents should manage their children so they are not breaking rules. I don't think people in general don't understand how the oils in our skin can adversely affect the artifacts.
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08/03/2024  I recommend that the museum shows the how slacery and Jim Crow is active today. Make it interactive
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07/29/2024  I know the museum has the trans Atlantic slave routes illustrating all of the different locations African were transported. The museum should add a section mentioning the empires in West Africa pre-colonialization. This will give people a visual of us before slavery.
07/25/2024  I encourage more interactive exhibits for hands-on experiences and understanding of what African-Americans fought for and the importance it has in American history.
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07/24/2024  After 3 hours it became obvious I needed at least another 3 hours. Will return. Very troubling history that was presented well. Much to be angry about, ashamed of, and proud of.
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07/24/2024  I was disappointed by the museum. The museum was very disjointed. I expected a flow like the civil rights museum in Memphis. It tells a story.
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07/25/2024  The single most important thing the museum can do is change the narrative around the trans Atlantic slave trade. Words have meaning and the museum only uses words that have been approved by corporate donors. STOP using the words "forced migration" for the trans Atlantic slave trade. This gives the impression it was consensual. START using the words "human trafficking" for the trans Atlantic slave trade. Noone understands "forced migration" Everone understands "human trafficking"
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07/08/2024  Thank you!
07/25/2024  This is one of the best museums I've ever visited. The layout is perfect to tell the complete story of African American history from the beginning. It is crucial that ever American knows the complete story of this country's history including how African Americans began to where they are now as a people.
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07/24/2024  Include our history before the 1600's
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08/09/2024  Continue adding to our legacy
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08/09/2024  I could not see anything in the museum about the east African slave trade from Zanzibar to the Middle East. Perhaps this is worth mentioning somewhere.
07/18/2024  I know of someone who saw the Emmett Till exhibition shortly after the museum opened and there was a mirror in the casket that reflected the image of his face to enable all to see the condition of his face. For some reason the mirror has been removed and I VEHEMENTLY disagree with this decision. There was a reason his courageous mother made the decision to have an open casket service and in honor of her and ESPECIALLY EMMETT, the mirror should be put back in place. This event is a vital part of our history and it should be preserved and displayed in its purest and most authentic form. IT IS DISGRACEFUL TO SANITIZE IT!!!!
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07/19/2024  The Museum is wonderful. Spending the day there is like a walk through history. It is an amazing experience and one all can enjoy. I will be back.
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07/25/2024  I am going to make it a point to return to the museum every time I am in DC. The online program is excellent but, the 1st floor takes my breath away. Growing up in New Jersey, I was never taught about my history even though, I lived in Westampton township, a.k.a Bucto, Rancocas Rd., part of the Underground Railroad. Moreover, half of what was false. I am in my 60s and I am still learning the truth on African history
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07/13/2024  This Museum is the dream of a life time of struggle. I an so proud.
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08/09/2024  Education and equity-inter district transfer programs like Urban-Suburban the first and oldest voluntary desegregation program in the United States. Administered by Monroe one BOCES Www.Monroe.edu/us
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01/08/2021  Providing online and in person materials to support teachers is building a better understanding of African-American experiences with their students. Develop partnership with schools two help kids visit the museum.
01/09/2021  Please show/focus on more than the typically known Black preachers, teachers, athletes, etc. Dig deep & expose people to history they don't know about. Tell them about the Black scouts, spies, soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines & coast guardsmen who fought & died for America & the units they served in. Tell them about the Black inventors, scientists, doctors, nurses who have made Americans healthier. Tell them about contributions made by HBCUs other than Howard, Tuskegee, Morehouse & Spellman. In other words tell Americans about Black Americans contributions to the US/world instead of only what our preachers & churches, teachers & a couple of schools, & athletes, writers & entertainers have done. People of all races are more prone to want to learn about Black history & culture if they can make a personal connection to the information. Almost everyone connects with the military, patriotism, health/medicine, inventions, science.
01/09/2021  Please show/focus on more than the typically known Black preachers, teachers, athletes, etc. Dig deep & expose people to history they don't know about. Tell them about the Black scouts, spies, soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines & coast guardsmen who fought & died for America & the units they served in. Tell them about the Black inventors, scientists, doctors, nurses who have made Americans healthier. Tell them about contributions made by HBCUs other than Howard, Tuskegee, Morehouse & Spellman. In other words tell Americans about Black Americans contributions to the US/world instead of only what our preachers & churches, teachers & a couple of schools, & athletes, writers & entertainers have done. People of all races are more prone to want to learn about Black history & culture if they can make a personal connection to the information. Almost everyone connects with the military, patriotism, health/medicine, inventions, science.
01/08/2021  Collaborate with other museums and research libraries -- mainstream, non-mainstream and international -- to engage a wider audience and to illustrate the ways in which the history of African descendent peoples in North America is interconnected with the history of peoples worldwide.
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02/23/2021  Thank you!
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03/23/2021  Please open the museum to visitors as soon as possible
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03/24/2021  Thank you for asking my perspective. There is so much to accomplish in our nation with race relations but I'm glad you are doing your part and continuing the education and dialogue.
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01/09/2021  Thanks for allowing the opportunity to guide the mission of the museum.I am looking forward th a visit there once COVID-19 is under control.
01/09/2021  Everything you do helps so keep on moving forward
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01/09/2021  I visited the museum in 2017 and was so proud and inspired by its beauty and mission.
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02/14/2021  Continue to give to all who have ears to hear and minds that are open to the Truth of our African American experience.
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01/23/2021  Overall, the museum is really inspiring and amazing in every way. Its important to embrace every part of our culture and experience and to really inspire each other. The museum is phenomenal in how it highlights the diversity, and the remarkable nature and achievements of our culture. Continue the outstanding work, and the impact that you all are having in touching lives in a deep and personal way.
02/15/2021  When is the Museum opening?
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01/08/2021  Please keep up the GREAT WORK!!
01/09/2021  There is missing information about those in our families who worked to achieve changes. Open up opportunities for sharing this information, provide support and encouragement to families who have valuable information to share. Please see my non-profit's website at www.DurhamCL.org. Review it and have someone reach out to me about how we can partner with the museum to expand our work - given our mission and work to date. Thank you for the opportunity to participate.
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02/16/2021  Please be safe. Please show how verifiably our votes have always made a difference. Indeed our next voting cycle throughout the land will be needed exclusively to insure that our racial equity will be recognizably increased. Be artistically creative in pointing out how much our votes are required in order to get overwhelming results. Archive our experience but also help us to be directed forward for a better experience.
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02/05/2021  Reaching out to a new generation that does not know the history behind some of the laws and ways of this country is so important. Change must begin and the next generation is our greatest hope. Sadly, changing minds and hearts is harder than I realized but educating the youth is the answer I feel. They do hold our hope for a better tomorrow.
01/08/2021  None other at this time. Thank you 😊 🙏🏽
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02/22/2021  Keep up the good work!!!!!!
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02/27/2021  Keep fostering a positive image for the future, and educating our young brothers and sisters they too can make it! Get involved! Thx for your efforts!
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03/25/2021  Thank you for the shared knowledge.
02/27/2021  Keep fostering a positive image for the future, and educating our young brothers and sisters they too can make it! Get involved! Thx for your efforts! All we want is a level playing field!
03/25/2021  I am so excited and proud that we now have a museum that celebrates a part of our American history 365 in the nation's capital. Thank you for your dedication to celebrate African-American History in the past as well as the present with hope of a brighter future. Oh can you also focus more on the nation's housing deficit as well as poverty level, food deserts for African-Americans,and prison reform (13th Amendment) thanks!
02/27/2021  Keep fostering a positive image for the future, and educating our young brothers and sisters they too can make it! Get involved! Thx for your efforts! All we want is a level playing field! "Equal Pay, for Equal Work"
03/30/2021  Finding new ways to reach those who are disinclined or just uninformed about the Black experience, especially here in US, is going to take ideas that are far more inspired than mine. But I feel that the initial information would likely need to be in electronic format, in order to draw people towards learning about Black suppression and White racism. Anyone who does not recognize their need to open their mind about these issues will not seek out a trip to DC and an in-person visit to NMAAHC. Having said that, I have to tell you that my husband are are VERY much looking forward to the time when you fully reopen and we can visit!!
01/09/2021  I love this museum and want to see it forge relationships with other museums and cultural institutions to write our true American and World history and then move the conversation around our country and the world... both online and in the world. We must ensure that ALL people understand our shared cultural connections and contributions to humanity...that ALL men are created EQUAL and have value in GOD's eyes.
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04/02/2021  It is essential that all African Americans are provided an opportunitrelaty to relate and participate in the activities of the museum. Too often famous, elite or major donors African Americans are included or show cased in museum activities. In order to educate, transform and elevate, all African Americans have to have access and opportunities for involvement, training and employment.
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02/26/2021  First, I would like to request information on how to best plan a trip to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. My family plans to visit this year. We would like to get information about transportation around DC and places to stay while we are there. I definitely think the progress and accomplishments of all African American generations should he highlighted, discussed and showcased -particularly those of scientists, lawmakers and tech professionals. Our kids need to see and hear more about these individuals and what they are doing right now to make America better for all people.
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03/08/2021  Send pictures to newspapers of how all Americans share our enjoyed heritage because of African American acheivements and contributions to American culture.
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01/25/2021  Incorporate the Restaurant and its focus on Regional Food Cultural into Fundraising opportunities with Tastings,Take-Out and intersect the Impact of Food on AFrican American Culture and Cultural Heritage via History.
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01/27/2021  It is not the AAHM's job to do all the work - we that are white need to face our own racism. The museum can help just by being a place where those who are interested or just come learn about what it means to be a black/brown American.
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01/11/2021  I got to see an exhibit of the building's architect years ago at the Art Institute of Chicago. Have you had an exhibit on African-American architects, engineers, medical professionals, researchers? Oh drat, I just now see that he passed of ALS 2 years ago. How sad. And of course, we can't forget the best of the present that have studied the past, Rhiannon Giddens. She is a treasure who tells great stories, and knows so much about what she plays. I presume there is a film loop room in the museum. 15-60 min interviews with people like her, with so much to share wild be treasures!!
02/05/2021  Everyone is doing a great job---the museum is a GODsend to the nation.
02/06/2021  Membership should include tickets to the museum. I purchased a membership for our family & a gift for a friend at the $500 level. That should include tickets. My friend is a huge BLM advocate & has yet to visit the museum ( when it was open) because it was too difficult to get tickets. I gave her a membership w/ the hope that will help her in some way when you open back up. Please provide opportunities for community leaders to visit your museum & update your membership packages to reflect your commitment to providing those opportunities. Thank you . I can be reached at nikkik@prkblasting.com. Thank you for your consideration.
01/31/2021  I'd like your museum to hire more college trained educators (me) in order to help develop events and programs increasing the knowledge base of school aged children as it pertains to African-American History. L. Gaynor-Vessels, M.Ed.
02/06/2021  As an elderly white (Caucasion, Anglo American, Euro-American) I am interested in learning as much as I can about the African American experience. I think I may have a distant black cousin? ie someone with whom I share a common ancestor. Of course I know we all have an African ancestor. The story my mother old me is that her father looked in the phone book in Kansis City, Missouri, to see if there were any Dancys there. When he went to the address he was suprised when a black man answered the door. The man told him what we all know now, that free blacks often took the name of their "masters." My father, who was also from Missouri, was very prejudiced, much to my displeasure. I later learned that Missouri was half Union half "rebs" in the Civil War. I don't know if he knew this. I am at this time unable to travel to Washington DC so have to get my infomartion (learning) digitally or on paper. I have at least two books in a pile to read: "Phillis Wheatley" and "On Her Own Ground: the Life and Times of Madame C.J. Walker." I recently read "Stamped From the Beginning" by Kendi. Just dipping in really! I hope you will sending out a periodial publication (newsletter or something.) I think it is great that there is now this museum even if I can't come in person!
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01/13/2021  I think the museum has great opportunities to do all of the above. First, you have to ensure the exhibits in the building are strong and compelling and you have done that beautifully. Continue to add and refresh as necessary. Second, we see that all students throughout the country are severely deprived of accurate and important history as it relates to African Americans and all other minority groups. I love the idea of teacher outreach. Perhaps you could even partner with Native American, Hispanic and Asian groups as well to provide a well rounded curriculum or program. Third, love the idea of taking the exhibits on the road as we know many people lack transportation or capacity to ever get to the museum to see your amazing and impactful exhibits.
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01/22/2021  I'm a high school English teacher and was excited to find an article and some artifacts regarding the Little Rock Nine. I look forward to utilizing your site more often to help me present Black history to my rural Nebraska students with the goal of building empathy, understanding, and a shared sense of community.
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04/03/2021  Open the museum please
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03/14/2021  Thank you for your important work.
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01/11/2021  Slavery and the Northern Neck of Virginia
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01/13/2021  The lack of women's restrooms is ridiculous - the last time I was there 2019 the women's restrooms had lines so long that some of us went in the empty mens rooms across the hall. Hopefully the food situation has improved - the wait for food was too, too long
02/15/2021  I send a monthly donation but it is returned to my bank. I am using the correct address. What address should I use? Senfronia Thompson 4828 Loop Central Drive, Suite 600 Houston, Texas 77081 senfronia@senfronia.com 713-817-6212
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01/09/2021  I visited the Museum and found it profoundly inspiring. It's actually documenting American History and how African Americans have made it stand up and live out its creed. (Paraphrase of E. Franklin Frasier)
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01/30/2021  The museum is a beautiful historical facility of education, learning and interactive experience. While a visitor, I walked up from level to level in the museum, and for me, the climb became a physical and visual metaphor for the African American struggle from the gruesome bonds of slavery, climbing up, ever learning, ever onward to racial justice. The climb continues.
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03/19/2021  Would it be possible to find a way for people who have toured the museum before but want to return solely to go to the gift shop to be able to not have to pre-register or wait in the same line as people who want to tour the whole museum? Possibly through a separate access door or point or wait in a separate line?
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01/09/2021  I got to see an exhibit of the building's architect years ago at the Art Institute of Chicago. Have you had an exhibit on African-American architects, engineers, medical professionals, researchers? Oh drat, I just now see that he passed of ALS 2 years ago. How sad. And of course, we can't forget the best of the present that have studied the past, Rhiannon Giddens. She is a treasure who tells great stories, and knows so much about what she plays. I presume there is a film loop room in the museum. 15-60 min interviews with people like her, with so much to share wild be treasures!!
02/21/2021  Also highlighting the historical and ongoing, never-ending plight and extraordinary institutional and systemic anti-Black racism of African Diáspora descendants in South America, Caribbean, Central America, Cuba, and Mexico by every and all of those many countries' governments, police, drug cartels, para-military organizations, infiltrating foreign covert anti-Black NGO's,White land owners, et cetera. This is an international crisis of modern slavery still using historical concepts of colonialism and oppression against Black African descendants. -- if You Do Not Bring this resurgence of fascism and other crimes against Black African Diáspora, you shall be held accountable with their blood and pain on your consciousness and hands. S. Carlo Pena II - a disenfranchised Black Creole.
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03/04/2021  Make visiting the museum more accessible to visitors I can't seem to get tickets to visit the museum. I am really looking forward to bring my grands to visit.
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03/16/2021  Seminars and symposiums that reach out to your members and average American citizens. Knowledge is power and power begets change.
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01/17/2021  The membership of the National Association of University Women has produced position papers on topics relevant to black women in America. Perhaps additional exhibits, inspired by this work, can be constructed.
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02/28/2021  I think one question should be how can the experience of the Museum go home with us--and how can the relationship and engagement continue? I think we have learned in this time that making content available online is one way to invite and continue that engagement. Traveling shows can begin that engagement too. I loved the eating experience at the Museum but truthfully the "shop" was more about buying a souvenir with the AMAAH logo on it. The shop could be an extraordinary showcase for Black artists and makers, and should be. At all price levels. That's taking the experience home with you.
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02/27/2021  Thanks so much for all you do. I can't wait to come to Washington and visit the museum.
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01/22/2021  Work directly with other museums to insure the stories they tell reflect the role African Americans played
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02/11/2021  Keep up the good work especially those webinars that allow people from all over the country (and world) learn more about the important contributions of African Americans to the history and culture of the US and the world!
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02/17/2021  Nothing at this time. The Museum is Great. Thanks
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04/04/2021  Making it easier to get tickets to museum
04/04/2021  As a student especially during Covid who is working hard to create large project about slavery/ Underground Railroad and African American history, I would appreciate more detailed information online. I've visited the museum however having that information online would make a great resource for students especially the primary sources you have during this time as they are quite difficult to find in other places.thank you!
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02/25/2021  I think every citizen of the world war 1 and world war 11 should be included and recognized in history! The same way we are walking down the parents of the babies and children at the border, we should walk down the families of every veteran that were included in world war 1 and 11. I am a daughter of a veteran that fought in world war 11, and I would like my father's name on the list where ever it is recognized because I know that he earned that right and recognition!!!
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03/01/2021  There are so many avenues that can be taken to incorporate our youth with the experiences of those that came before them. We the elders have many stories to tell so our advancement will not continue to be so slow and kept our youth from reinventing the wheel. My hope is for youth to build on our past as we have such greatness to share. Love and Pride is yours to embrace.
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02/28/2021  I would love to see an exhibition on HBCU legacy. My daughter will be taking a trip to DC with her school. As a proud HBCU alumna, I want her to see the legacy she can soon be apart of. Thank you for your time and consideration.
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01/23/2021  There are many of us who cannot travel, because of finances, physical limitations and mental limitations that keep us from boarding a bus, train or plane. The virtual exhibitions are critical for these individuals. Traveling exhibitions can also help reach those segments of our society who can't get to Washington D.C.
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02/15/2021  I've tried to renew my membership online, but it keeps failing.
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02/22/2021  Keep up the good work!
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09/01/2018  A ticket should not be necessary to enter this museum. This is the reason I have not visited yet.
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08/26/2018  I think that Americans of all ages should be encouraged to write a few paragraphs on "what I remember" as to topics the NMAAHC wish to raise. Then those statements should be combined, demographically divided, discussed and published. EG, I am white, 66, a southerner; the topic could be "the first time I heard someone I cared about call "n-word (or variation"), and how I felt? Or, did Charlottesville feel the same or different as the day the bodies were found in the Mississippi dam?
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08/30/2018  I wish and feel like diversity be discussed at an early school age so all kids are taught equality. I love the idea of this new museum and cannot wait to visit.
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09/03/2018  I have not been able to visit yet because of the high volume of visitors. I wouldn't have it any other way. My son is a freshman at Georgetown so perhaps on one of my visits to him I will be able to visit the museum as well.
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09/02/2018  I thought it was Wonderful! Thank you for such a wonderful Job!
08/24/2018  I just moved away from DC and would be very grateful to learn about how, as a teacher, I can access resources of the museum remotely. In particular, I would like to know if a virtual tour program or virtual learning modules are in the works.
08/25/2018  Encouraging Schools to participate to this museum as an class trip not only for African American Month but for whole year. Encouraging schools to enact the important of our Slavery, Jim Crow Era, and Civil Rights just as the enactment of the history and suffering of the Holocaust in their educational curriculum.
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09/02/2018  How long before you offer Traveling Exhibits?
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09/01/2018  I am incredibly thankful for this museum. And I dream of one day being able to contribute to the Museum's mission as a volunteer, researcher, or curator.
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08/24/2018  Create/encourage research projects 're the African American experience that involve teams of different races, showing their point of view or experience, where they started and how their views have changed or remained the same.
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09/04/2018  Find a way to celebrate everyone's culture & identify connections we have w/each other.....we may find we have more in common than we think.. keep up the good work!!!
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12/19/2018  Some aspects of this site needs to be corrected i.e."If you answered other above"
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11/24/2018  Getting tickets for admission to the museum should be easier to get.
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11/19/2018  It is very difficult to find contact information on the website. I've been extremely interested in having a professional development for teachers I work with in DCPS and it's just not transparent how to inquire specifically about this.
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11/18/2018  There should be some attention (I don't know how you would do it) on the legacy of slave trading, slavery, Jim Crow, lynchings, etc. on white descendants who know there are these activities in their family history. I am one of them and I think we should play an important role in National healing in encouraging the truth of ugly history.
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12/02/2018  Strategic incentives, and Outreach that attract students K-12 and the elderly is important for cultural socialization and inclusion. Regardless of visitors, all seeds will germinate from such richness. I am Grateful African American Museum of History and Culture exist. Alice Houston ahouston2777@gmail.com
12/21/2018  Would you be interested in a presentation on African American player piano roll artists? Universities like Stanford and Cornell have recently held conferences that examine the cultural value of music made for piano rolls. I have presented at these conferences, talking about player pianos and how they were the chief way of recording the piano during the heyday of Ragtime, Jazz and Blues piano playing. Please contact me if you have an interest. Paul Johnson pianola65.88@gmail.com
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11/22/2018  You are probably already doing this but if it would be possible for you as an institution to co-operate with other museums in your state or even nation wide, perhaps staff at other museums could learn from more about African American history, about your methods, practices and Collections and start incorporating said history in their own practices. This could be done through networks, seminars and Conferences, for example. Could that be a way to reach out to museum staff and museum audiences in the state/country?
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11/18/2018  I would like to understand why the museum is still experiencing issues in having visitors come to the museum? The Air and Space has large volumes of visitors and maybe there should be a conversation that could help this museum. There should be an option to purchase NMAAHC on line or an entrance to go to the gift shop.
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09/14/2018  More thorough note cards on the exhibits and space between exhibits
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09/05/2018  You all are making us proud to be black in America. Keep up the great work and Thank you all for what you do to ensure we will not be forgotten ever again.
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09/15/2018  Relatives of racist have reached out to victims to apologize for the sins of their father's, etc. These stories would help others by showing that reconciliation and forgiveness is hard but possible. The son of a racist bomber of my family's home, found me on the internet to do just that. We are now talking.
09/15/2018  You are all doing and outstanding job and you should be proud of your labor of love.
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09/14/2018  Love the museum!! Thank you!! Maybe a section for children? My sons keep thinking "The Nightmen" are coming.
09/14/2018  Enjoyed all the variety that the Museum offers.
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09/15/2018  Experiential,immersion activities and candid discussion are needed to deepen and broaden understanding of the exploitation and disenfranchisement of black people--that continues. For example, you're 17 years old in Mississippi; how would you handle freedom from slavery? How would you handle life under Jim Crow?
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09/14/2018  The long wait for tickets monthly is horrible. Maybe you should have longer hours like 9 to 9 daily.
09/14/2018  Please continue to add to exhibits as space allows, and continue outreach to young people of all nationalities, many of whom don't know the history and leaders of the civil rights movement to help them understand that minorities were not always integrated into American Society and that the struggle for equal rights is ongoing.
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09/14/2018  Was a very beautiful Museum. I just wished it would have stayed open until 7pm for visitors coming pass 12 pm.
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09/05/2018  Be innovative. Go beyond the norm and obvious. Seek voices that would never be heard before. Travel state to state in a mobile van. Go beyond the government and imagine what African-Americans would have been in theU.S if we had not been brought over as slaves and had the same access to opportunity as whites have had but did not need their permission or their access. Imagine a world where we were thriving without injustice.
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09/14/2018  This museum is truly extraordinary! It was my second time visiting and first for my children. It made a huge impression on my kids! We are so grateful for the countless hours of work, energy, time and money that must have been dedicated to this museum in order to provide visitors with such an exceptional educational experience! It would be an incredible thing to have this museum on the agenda of the many 8th grade class trips that are taken to DC every spring!
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09/14/2018  First I am honored that I was selected to participate in this survey. Next,the museum is important to so many people, including myself. I share museum tickets with as many of my friends and colleagues as I can because I truly believe everyone should visit it at some point in their lives. My hope for the museum is that it becomes the consummate repository for African genealogical history (more so than Ancestry.com), so that people from the diaspora can begin connecting their roots for how we came to be in this land. I wish you all continued success. Call on me anytime. Respectfully, Susan Van Brackle
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09/14/2018  I look forward to seeing how the Museum will incorporate African Americans' role in New Media, including the influence of Black Twitter, identifying those media personalities that have moved the culture forward in recent history.
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09/14/2018  The museum is well put together. I thought it was great! I am so proud!
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09/15/2018  There are errors in this survey. Statements 1 & 2 are the same. "Please select the element of the Museum's mission that is most important to you." Numbers 6 & 9 do not include "other". See statements 7 & 10.
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09/14/2018  I was most impressed by the quality and quantity of articles on display will need to revisit to appreciate the depth of all the information available
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09/14/2018  African American history being included in the curriculum of every elementary and high school in America.
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09/14/2018  My children (8 & 12 yo) and I had a amazing experience visiting the Museum this summer. Many conversations about African American culture and race have been had since then. We feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to view such an comprehensive collection of AA artifacts and history. Thank you.
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09/14/2018  Get a better on-line ticketing system. The current one is awful!
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09/15/2018  The museum as a whole is an eye opening experience, that enlightens the world about African Americans and how we came to be. I plan to visit again, because one visit is not enough to see and experience all the museum has to offer.
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09/14/2018  The Museum should share (or lend) some exhibits to museums in other communities, especially (1) areas located near at-risk minority youth; (2) highly segregated areas; (3) predominantly white universities; (4) predominantly minority universities. And with that, the Museum should showcase exhibits demonstrating how people of color and non-people of color have worked together to suppress race, wage, gender and LGBT discrimination.
09/14/2018  Great survey. Best wishes
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09/14/2018  There is too much information for anyone to absorb in 1/2 day, the curation would speak more clearly to me if there were fewer exhibits and are more in depth
09/14/2018  Need to teach kids to be leaders.. How to recognize &identify the same patterns of white supremacy acts and tactics in TODAY'S SOCIETY. We have this notion that "these atrocities happened a long time ago" and fail to recognize the subtle crimes still be committed by white supremacy. We need to spot it out, call it out, and dig it out!
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09/14/2018  The touring of the Museum was wonderful. It taken me almost 2 days to see it all, but it was worth it. The only thing that bothers me the most was the cost of the cafeteria's food. I would not be able to take any children there for that long period of time because I would not be able to feed them and you can not bring anything in or anywhere else to chose to eat which is more family affordable. Please continue to provide the education of our Black History. Thanks
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09/14/2018  We have to continue to make small strides and stay the course. Focus on continuing to bring African American History to those less informed individuals. With powerful interactive exhibits, it will hopefully give people a better understanding of our history, culture and why we may feel he way that we do; react to certain situations, and why we express our feelings "differently" than other cultures.
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09/15/2018  Increasing the museum hours, so that out of town guest can reflect, take in and interact with all the museum offers. Being an out of town visitor I have been there 2 times and had to rush through the exhibits, due to traffic issues getting there and parking once there. I am coming back, because the museum is amazing.
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09/14/2018  Have speakers regularly visit the museum in order to engage with visitors.
09/14/2018  Thanks for asking!
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09/14/2018  I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to the museum in June of this year. It was inspirational as well as educational. Thank you.
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09/04/2018  It's sometimes difficult to learn of programming, as some events are pushed to members via email but I often learn of other programs being held that I am not made aware of. I am also troubled by the fact that little info is shared regarding how to donate artifacts which may be of interest to curators.
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09/14/2018  The museum should be more kid friendly. It's a lot of ready for the Children and not story telling
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09/14/2018  African culture in the Americas: Gullah islands, Olmecs/Moors, etc.
09/14/2018  African culture in the Americas: Gullah islands, Olmecs/Moors, etc.
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09/15/2018  Dialogue and engagement can create change in people's lifes and intentions. That must be the goal. Along with reparations of course.
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09/14/2018  Nothing at this time.
09/14/2018  The welcoming nature of the personnel is an asset that enhances the experience. Keeping staff well trained and customer friendly is good investment with great dividends.
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09/14/2018  I've been trying to get tickets for 2 years now. Is there any other way to get tickets other than waiting until the 1st of the month to reserve tickets? I always get to the point of getting them held and then it says they are no longer available.
09/14/2018  The Museum needs to do a better job of indicating that there are no restrooms in the lower exhibit part besides the one when you get off the elevator. There are signs for the restroom pointing up as if there will be another restroom in the lower exhibit however only when you have climbed several floors of inclines does it become clear that you have to exit the exhibit with NO RE-Entry to reach the restrooms the signs were pointing towards. The inclined floors are also difficult for those who may not be disabled but have mobility issues. There should be warnings about that, but there is definitely a need for clearer signage about the limited restrooms on the lower floor.
09/09/2018  I haven't visit museum yet, I am looking forward to it.
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09/14/2018  I love the museum so much! Keep up the amazing work. As an African American, I am so proud to see how wonderful and successful the museum is. Thank you!
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09/14/2018  Bring in new exhibits that commemorate recently passed Black Icons in music, arts and culture.
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09/14/2018  I can not wait to see your museum, my family is so excited about our upcoming trip.
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09/14/2018  Hello, I am a member of a non profit organization and we are having a national meeting in Washington, DC in April 2019. We would love to visit the museum sometime during our 3 day event, but I'm not sure if we can all get tickets to come on the same day. It will be about 200 - 250 people attending. How can we go about getting tickets for the museum?
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09/14/2018  The casket of Emitt Till is not at all necessary and the spirit of grief emits from it
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09/14/2018  Everything listed in the Mission is SO important our country. My husband and I are thrilled to be able to visit the museum next month. Thank you to everyone connected to the museum.
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09/15/2018  Too much Oprah(sorry)and not enough on Coretta King, Betty Shabazz and other great women or wives of the struggle! Keep up the great work. The museum is awesome!
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09/14/2018  My whole family and friends which includes my bi-racial Black daughter were thrilled with our time at the African American Smithsonian. And the food was good too!!
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09/14/2018  Define age appropriate content that allows attendees to grow their knowledge of our history and culture, like adding on layers of knowledge.
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09/14/2018  The exhibits are fascinating and interesting. However, the arrangement is confusing. It is difficult to follow the story. Perhaps a more logically orderly layout is needed.
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09/14/2018  I thought the museum is beautiful,exciting and so informative. However, I was a little disappointed with President Obama's exhibit. It's a little small & congested considering he's our nation first black president. And especially in comparison with Oprah's exhibit.
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09/14/2018  Please keep security guards off cell phone during their work hours
09/14/2018  Eliminate the entry pass. Find a better way to spread out the crowds that are getting lighter.
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09/15/2018  Collecting thoughts and ideas on the ticketing process, and ways to enter the Museum at short notice should be part of this survey.
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09/14/2018  Please stop the use of entrance tickets. I know that the demand is great but it is difficult to visit the museum especially when visitors are in town. We know there's no assurance we will get same-day tickets.
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09/14/2018  I would like to extend O.Winfrey museum timeline. Keeping it opened beyond a year.
09/14/2018  I loved the museum. Unfortunately, in some cases the exhibit areas were so dark that the placards were difficult or even impossible to read. I'm sure I missed some important information as a result.
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09/14/2018  I had a very nice visit to the museum. However, due to the crowds (long lines) I was unable to eat in the café or visit the gift shop. The crowds are by far the biggest in any DC museum. A key way to improve the flow of foot traffic and reduce the impact of the crowds is to let people use the stairway upon entry. I understand why you use the elevator to take everyone to the ground (lowest) floor, however, it would eliminate bottlenecks if you let us use the stairs. I thought being forced into the elevator was weird. I would have rather explored things on my own and would have explored floors with smaller crowds. The floorplan also makes it hard to go backwards. Micro-managing the foot traffic into elevators is unnecessary. The lines to entry would be much shorter if you allowed people to diffuse onto the various floors using the stairways. God forbid there is ever a fire or disaster in that building given its design. Getting in/out can be done only on a one-way corridor. Having said that, I found the museum very moving and memorable. I think it is the most important museum in DC today. The day after my visit, I went to the Art Museum and American Indian Museum. There were only a fraction of the people at these museums. Let's hope the African American Museum helps to get out the Black vote! P.S. I would love to see more about the Black Panthers and the racism regime of the FBI under J.Edgar Hoover. Thank you
09/14/2018  It would be wonderful to be able to gain entry more easily. Such a wonderful venue.
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09/16/2018  I love the museum so much and how it is educating black and non-black people on African American culture and how much it has inspired much of American culture. I'm currently a senior American Studies major at William and Mary would love to work for the museum in the future!
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09/14/2018  Keep up the good work
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09/14/2018  If around the museum you could have people who could explain exhibits or have an auto tour where you can listen to certain exhibits.
09/14/2018  Great museum!!
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09/12/2018  God bless all your good works!
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09/14/2018  As long as this country lasts I pray your reach becomes like marrow.
09/14/2018  As it was said, in order to move forward we got to know where we are coming from. Once we know this, "hash out" what is irrelevant.
09/14/2018  I love that the tickets are free, however the process for getting them is a hassle. I feel maybe charging a small fee would be helpful to streamline especially with people getting tickets and not using them.
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09/14/2018  I do think that you play an important role as a repository for African American artifacts and as a place for African Americans to see their story reflected in our country. I didn't list this as important because I don't think that this role helps our country move forward. Finally I think this museum is important but I think you need to remain connected to American hisory as a whole. I worry that this history will be pigeon holed as not relevant to non-African Americans.
09/14/2018  The museum is amazing! I look forward to bringing my children again in the future!
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09/14/2018  I am so proud of the museum. I will be there in October for the first time. I am excited and look forward to viewing our history. God bless you all for realizing the need of such a national site.
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09/14/2018  A Lynching exhibit, similar to the lynching Museum in Montgomery,Alabama
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09/14/2018  Please fix this survey. #s 1 and 2 are the same.Also, there is no "other" option in #9, yet #10 suggest that there is. It appears to be thrown together by violence rather than a clearly thought through reviewed and edited endeavor.Please scrap the entire survey until it can be done correctly as it doesn't reflect our best efforts.
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09/14/2018  I would like s dvd that teaches my children at home about some of the exhibits. Even adults would benefit from an educational dvd.
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09/15/2018  The museum was great it made me cry! Please keep adding to the museum Thank you
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09/14/2018  Make it easier to visit and user friendly when registering online.
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09/14/2018  I am so proud of all the hard work and contributions that the Museum is finally able to celebrate the rich history of the African Americans Legacy. Wishing you continued blessings! Katie
09/14/2018  I am so proud of all the hard work and contributions that the Museum is finally able to celebrate the rich history of the African Americans Legacy. Wishing you continued blessings! Katie
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09/15/2018  I love the experience when I visited and will continue to come until I cannot anymore. I'm 32 and I have many years to go to visit, lord willing. I atended in June and will be back again in October.
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09/16/2018  Presenting true and actual facts. When I was there, I notice that you all didn't have the first school of higher education on display. That college is currently Cheyney University,
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09/16/2018  Keep doing what you are a visionary. We can't afford to give up. It will cost more than the struggle. Our intellectual fight is all we have.
09/16/2018  There are so many missing out on the museum experience because they can't get passes when the calendar opens given many snatch them up and sell them as tickets in large numbers on Craigslist and Offered Up. I know the museum website prohibites this practice and the month of September no passes necessary, but that's not stopping scams. The only way it will stop is for you to contact these sites and ask that they prohibite these ads. Thanks
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09/14/2018  It is horribly offensive to try to enjoy the museum when so many children and adults walk around wearing Make America Great Again hats. I was enraged, and mad for the elderly folks who may have traveled so far to be so proud of the museum. It felt like a violation to have a sacred space trampled upon with blatant disrespect. While I understand it's free speech, it's this strange "eff you" to the people being honored, and inclusive Americans. That was my only complaint from my visit. I could only pray that those people wearing the hats may have eventually taken it off, or something clicked if they were really paying attention. It's doubtful. But yikes. I hope we can put those stupid hats on display years from now to explain why people are hurt. And talk about symbols like the flag, like kneeling, like Nike and how all of these things are weaponized to encourage racism.
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09/15/2018  Thank you for being in existence Continue to support and promote our history which is Americas history
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09/14/2018  I believe the Museum's initial and continued popularity stems from people's (of varied backgrounds) interest in a history that is not well known or understood in its proper context. A continued emphasis on sharing African American History and culture, through the Museum's exhibits, outreach to students and online resources is very important to the mission of the Museum.
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09/16/2018  Please send more updates as to when tickets are available
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09/15/2018  On my recent visit I was only able to explore the lower levels so I will definitely be back. The greatest impact for me was the explanation of how Africans "became blacks" which led to the passing of laws which said blacks were "real estate", thus denying their humanity and making it possible for slavery to flourish and thrive.This idea promotes racism today. This museum is a fantastic achievement which should be experienced by every American.
09/15/2018  On my recent visit I was only able to explore the lower levels so I will definitely be back. The greatest impact for me was the explanation of how Africans "became blacks" which led to the passing of laws which said blacks were "real estate", thus denying their humanity and making it possible for slavery to flourish and thrive.This idea promotes racism today. This museum is a fantastic achievement which should be experienced by every American.
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09/18/2018  Don't give up on finding ways to educate our children and their children so stories of our past may live on.
09/15/2018  Will be visiting a third time in Nov. I can't seem to get enough.
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09/16/2018  We recently visited , and throughly enjoyed it. Will definitely be back when we visit Washington again...
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09/18/2018  creating a better way to get into and tour the museum.
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09/16/2018  The survey itself needs to be edited/proofed. Questions 1 and 2 are identical except #1 you can choose multiple response, #2 you cannot. Was that intentional. In other places there is an 'Other" explanation box, where there was no 'other' choice. No big deal, but odd.
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09/19/2018  This museum was well put together. From the historical beginnings to the current status and ending it with the food selection. All-around inspiring, mixed with a sense of what we should do going forward to bridge the gap. Thank You!
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09/14/2018  Making the museum hours more available without the need for a ticket.
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09/14/2018  Thank you for all the hard work that is done every day. I will be visiting for the first time this October and it will surely be one of the highlights of my trip to Washington D.C.
09/14/2018  Take some of the exhibits on a road show. For those unable to travel to Washington, DC. Utilize and partner other AA Museums around the country as a way to expand exhibits under-exposed and overshowed.
09/14/2018  The African Americans Museum contains a lot of history for all people. It could start having more ind
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09/16/2018  I visited the museum, was thoroughly amazed at the coverage of our current and past history. Plan to visit again.
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09/14/2018  I Love it and can't wait to come back!!
09/14/2018  Coming to the museum was one of the best experiences of my life! I encourage everyone I know to visit.Thank you to all who contributed to making this being an amazing event for me. Nadia de Matas
09/14/2018  The African Americans Museum contains a lot of history for all people. It could start having more individuals tours for people. Thank you for the history lesson.
09/14/2018  Thank you for asking me my thoughts. Keep up the great work with your wonderful museum!
09/14/2018  Thank you for asking me my thoughts. Keep up the great work with your wonderful museum!
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09/14/2018  Very nice museum. I would like to see more audio with the exhibits; generally, crowds are gathered to read individual exhibits however, if audio was enabled, some of the exhibits could be shared with groups of people at one time and assist with crowd movement
09/14/2018  Keep bringing our history to the forefront and push for educators to teach the truth, our truth!
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09/14/2018  We were so impressed with this museum. Loved the elevator ride back through time intervals as an introduction to the journey to the present. So moved with the history and facts of early slave trade and so heartbroken by the representation and reality of the cruelties perpetrated on the people. We visited on two days and did not get past the horror of Emmett Till's murder. Emotionally impactful and we read every display. We live in Kansas and will be back to finish our journey through this history: the facts we never knew and are horrified to learn of. Traveling exhibits to museums in other areas of the country are needed and will be appreciated. Thank you to all personnel involved in bringing this museum to fruition.
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09/14/2018  I would like to see a progressive way of gaining entry other than first come first serve. Perhaps purchasing tickets might be an option.
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09/14/2018  More testimonies of 'everyday' people who were affected by any African American experience. For example, there are many testimonies to what happened when school students learned of Dr. King's death and let out early when the riots started; and how the Federal Government, the most racist employer--for years treated African Americans in terms of promotion and blatant racism.
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09/14/2018  I think you should consider enlarging the gift shop.
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09/17/2018  WELL DONE!!!
09/14/2018  I think there is a lot of class racism in the US. I live in a white neighborhood with about 25% minorities mostly immigrants. The immigrant population is highly educated. Because many of the white population have worked overseas they are very accepting of people of color. So exposure to different cultures and a highly educated and skilled immigrant population makes them feel comfortable and accepting of us. Of course this does not occur everywhere.
09/14/2018  For some people it still is hard to understand what the past horrors have to do with inequality today. How do you draw more concrete connections between the history of injustices past and the experiences of injustices present? It seems obvious to many, but continues to be a challenge for many as well.
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09/18/2018  Have visited 10 times and every time I find something new and exciting.Planning retirement in 2019 and would LOVE to be a volunteer.
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09/15/2018  The museum is stifled for not having better access physically to the Museum. Restricting the number of tickets, date and time to select tickets, along with the hours is detrimental. No other Smithsonian museum has those types of restrictions. People visit the city daily and don't know until they tour or walk by the museum is open for a visit, but yet is restricted to the ticket process. Even daily tickets are a shot in the dark. Large groups are now waiting many months to get access and on waiting lists to come to DC when perhaps they also have another meeting in the area. For my visit I was saddened by the fact I couldn't get access for an extra day. Although my ticket for the day of entry was I. The as afternoon, I wish I had known I could have shown up earlier to be sure to get a chance to see the entire exhibit; very frustrating the museum asks you to leave at exactly the closely minute. Very disheartening.
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09/17/2018  Provide additional days to order tickets. Once a month is not often enough. I haven't been to the museum yet, because I keep missing the day/time the tickets are available. I really would like to go, and if NMAAHC would allow the tickets to be made available more times throughout a month, it would make it easier for people to order tickets. Thank you!
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09/17/2018  As an educator, I would love to have more resources through your website to use with gifted and college students.
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09/17/2018  I am actually appalled by the quality of this survey. The first question seems to be a repeated on the 2nd question. There is a follow-up survey item for clarification for "other" several times when no "other" option was made available as part of the original survey item. Please, please, please correct these grave oversights in your survey. To think that this quality of work is emanating from the likes of the Smithsonian is absolutely embarrassing!
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09/19/2018  I cant wait to visit yall again!
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09/18/2018  I would like to see the museum support African American traditions such as having a Watch Night service with historical background information about the practice. I would also like to see the museum include activities celebrating Juneteeth. Lastly, I would like to see the inclusion of an internal flame monument facing north. The interpretation of the significance of the flame can be left to the visitor.
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09/14/2018  Collect and exhibit CURRENT art by living artists. I would like to see works by Georgette Wright Sanders (multimedia art) on exhibit like shown in the museums in South Carolina.
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09/16/2018  Enhance (i.e.,upgrade) the computer system for tickets to the museum. Or, render daily admission on a first come first admitted basis. Permit gift store admission to those who only want to shop.
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09/14/2018  Thank you for this living, moving collective of history, legacy, and storied lives that have made a very significant difference!
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09/17/2018  Having visited the museum 14 times I have had the opportunity to make many observations that I would like to share and have the opportunity to become more involved. I am a retired educator and teacher who has experienced the events and growth of African Americans personally since the 1940's. Establishing focus and discussion groups of older average African Americans to interact and share first hand information as witnesses to events I believe would enhance many of the exhibits. Thank you for the opportunity to comment.
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09/16/2018  The entire experience was breath taking! I am so very, very proud of this cultural repository. It is an EXCEPTIONAL SUCCESS!! Please consider providing docent-only tours as the depth and breath of the the contents displayed can't be fully comprehended and appreciated by just wandering through the various exhibits. Also, please require visitors, especially students, to participate in debriefing/discussion of what they has observed and how it has impacted their understanding of our culture. God Bless Us All.
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09/14/2018  We as African Americans need to start lifting up one another as we get a hand up. We can no longer have an entitlement mentality looking for others to provide us with handouts. It time for us to pull one another up so we can all share the American dream. Educate our youth!
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09/15/2018  I don't think that the time allotted is sufficient to walk though the museum. Its a hassle to get tickets, drive to DC (I'm from North Carolina) and then get rushed once we get to the top floor. I think there should be a better system to get tickets especially on the weekend.
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09/08/2018  I am a black American woman and all of our history matters. Perhaps we could also speak to the issues facing back Americas today.. We dont know how things will end up, but we are making our own history.
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09/14/2018  I was so impressed and proud of what you have accomplished in the museum and both motivated and inspired to do more to share our history. If we each do what we can where we are, we can accomplish much. As a result of what I saw there, we now have a Black History moment during our church service. We highlight a different person in history, even current history each Sunday. So, thank you for your work.
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09/16/2018  When will the next round of advance time tickets will go out.
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09/14/2018  This is one of the best designed historical museums that I have visited.
09/14/2018  I visited the museum dying to see the horrors of the past, the grit of the actual slavery part but i didnt get to see thst.
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09/19/2018  As a teacher, I would really like to bring my group to the museum so they can experience first-hand the impact of slavery, racism and the contributions of African Americans. I teach at a predominantly white, middle class, suburban high school and experiences like this would give them an invaluable lens to re-examine their own parts in this part of our history. I understand the popularity of the museum, but I believe education of our youth should take priority and school groups should be accommodated.
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09/14/2018  Lower floor exhibitions were problematic for us as the crowds made it difficult to view exhibits on both sides of pathways. That floor could have also used more interactive displays rather than just text on the walls in order to capture attention.
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09/14/2018  It would be nice to spotlight a local school each week or month that tells the African American story in their own way, through music, art, dance, debate etc.
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09/14/2018  It would help to have more months that are on a walk-in basis. Also, it was extremely cold in the museum. If it is possible to adjust the temperature, please do. Also, dressing warm should be stated on the web page. The supply of calendars need to increase. We traveled from North Carolina and was not able to obtain one.
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09/19/2018  I LOVE the National Museum of African American History and Culture!
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09/18/2018  I LOVE THE VISIT. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GULLAH HISTORY. WINDSWARD OF GEORGIA, INC. PRESERVE ENHANCE RESEARCH DELORES G. POLITE P.O. BOX 2384 BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA 31525 323 849 9992 W.ORG99@YAHOO.COM BLESSING
09/14/2018  Unfortunately, both times I made reservations to visit I have had to give away my tickets. Once our nonprofit group passed our reservations to school students. Then I flooded and I am still recovering. As a senior citizen, I support, believe and pray that your mission is a greater success. Your task is not easy, but you already know that. Looking forward to visiting soon. Thank you....Blessings, grace and peace. Ms. Garner
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09/14/2018  theatre portraying issues solutions creating dialogue
09/14/2018  Tours geared for children or guidance on how to talk to them about our history. I have an 8 year old son and at times I find it difficult to explain our history. I want him to know his history but children today are growing up in a different time, I feel like they can't truly grasp the history. For example, after watching the news covering a racial incident, my son said "momma, didn't Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. take care of all of this, why is all of this stuff still happening?" I was speechless but explained the best way I could which is that we are not where we used to be and we're not where we need to be but we're on our way.
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09/14/2018  I LOVE THE MUSEUM AND LOOK FORWARD TO RETURNING FOR A 3RD TIME
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09/14/2018  The museum is so awesome. New local and state police graduates as well as firefighters should be required to attend educational race relations building seminars at the museum. In fact anyone interested in public office should attend the museum. People run for office saying they want to serve the public but that is not true they want to serve some of the public.
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09/14/2018  I welcome all efforts that emphasize common goals and inclusiveness.
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09/17/2018  expanding the visitation for the museum. It is always booked.
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09/16/2018  I am delighted the time you took to get inspiration from the people.
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09/14/2018  There was a wealth of information available. I truly appreciate all of the hard work and efforts that went into pulling it all together. I'd like to see more community outreach to those areas who may not be aware of the museum or be able to get to the museum. Possibly more historical information available on your website for those who can't make it to the museum. I will definitely be going back.
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09/17/2018  None. The Museum was outstanding!
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09/14/2018  Not only the African American peoples but the other people should come more and learn about the history.
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09/15/2018  It would Be great if out of state schools could easily gain access for their students when traveling to Washington DC. My family has been three or four times and we are from Florida. But our small private school which is predominantly white has had a difficult time in the past. We value mainstream America being exposed both to their hand in the horrific treatment of African Americans. But also educating them to the amazing contributions of our community to the success of America despite and in spite of this treatment.
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09/18/2018  Please proof your surveys before sending them out. The story told in the museum is compelling so I think - since not everyone can get to DC, nor see the exhibits up close depending on the day - that traveling exhibits would be wonderful. The Museum is a national treasure.
09/18/2018  I really appreciated all the work, money, time and persons who were involved in the creation of this fine museum. I can hardly find the right words to express all I felt on entering this great place. I didn't want to leave. My ancestors were were talking to me. Thank you so much.
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09/16/2018  Please never let the light of inspiration and empowerment go out as far as the museum is concerned.
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09/17/2018  Education is key; being nice allows for a longer life. Being Negative and Mad all day provokes bad vibes. People don't won't to work near you. Change your attitude.
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09/14/2018  Good morning, I, Judith M. Hammett graduated from "The University of the District of Columbia" in May 2012 with a BA in History and also received a Career Certificate in African American History (24 credits) from Northern Virginia Community College in 2010. Along with two Associates Degree. I have enjoyed studying History and I am really concerned about where our Country is headed in terms of racial injustices, social issues, economic issues for the African American population. We must continue to educate the world as it relates to the contribution of African Americans. Thank you. Judith M. Hammett
09/15/2018  Racism has damage the soul of our Nation and we need to be educated on how to heal our country. The solution is within us .We are a great people. Our young people don't understand the fight for Civil Rights. They need to understand what it cost to be free. We need to be taught how to legally fight injustice. I think we need seminar classes on building our community .Value of family the home.
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09/16/2018  The portions in the Sweet Cafe were too large and you cannot take food out of the restaurant. Decrease the price and portions and the flow of traffic would faster and people would take as long to finish their meal. On level 2 of the museum there seemed to be a lot of wasted space. I thought more exhibits could fit in this floor besides the family center and Media and arts.
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09/14/2018  as an africian amercam, iam very pls with the knowledge of the visits. great experience
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09/16/2018  Best museum experience I have ever encountered, bravo. A blessing to all who enter and receive.
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09/14/2018  Please try to make it easier for guests to visit.
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09/14/2018  I love the Greenville, Missippi exhibit. My aunts and uncles are featured in some of the pictures.
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09/14/2018  Exceptional museum. Thank you so much for teaching us all much of what has been left out of our textbooks and consciousness. May we continue to look deeper and make changes in our own attitudes and awareness.
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09/15/2018  Please open the group registration back up, especially for classroom teachers.
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09/17/2018  I appreciate the contact my email and your interest in the people's viewpoints. Continue to connect and creating ideas that would benefit us all.
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09/14/2018  The museum is a lot to take in. I hope that area students can take advantage of what it has to offer by having tours or programs with classroom materials that are curated so that classes can take a deep dive into a specific aspect of our culture. I imagine that dropping off a bus load of students and expecting the teachers to be able to edit the experience might be difficult. Frankly, I wouldn't trust some teachers with that responsibility. In fact, as a parent I found it hard to figure out where I should focus my energies when visiting with a group of 8-12 year olds. Hopefully the museum staff can help us make the messages of the museum come alive for young people. We need help framing our visits since seeing it all in a few hours is impossible and meandering through the sometimes confusing floor plan on the lower levels can mean walking for miles (sometimes accidentally), which just doesn't work well with little legs.
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09/17/2018  Keep the main focus on African American themed we desperately needed it as it enlightening & encouraging.
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09/14/2018  It needs to be said that you guys did an excellent job putting this museum together. I brought my elderly mother for a visit this spring and I could tell some of the exhibitions were brought back some deeply entrenched memories for her. She talks about the museum quite often. Keep up the good work.
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09/14/2018  Would like to see the lottery ticket system improved. It is arduous to navigate, at best.
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09/16/2018  I'd like to see the ability for our African American students to learn about our history, I think anyway we Can get access to the exhibits to the classroom and school via video access. Would be a real advantage. To be able to visit the museum via digital access would be a great experience for those who can't get there physicially.
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09/18/2018  Make it possible for churches & schools to get enough tickets to fill a bus at one time.
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09/14/2018  Thanks for the survey
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09/14/2018  Absolutely love our Museum!! Truly appreciate all the hard work that has gone into it to make it such an educational, inspiring institution!Anything you add to it cant help but enhance it!!
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09/08/2018  I have not had opportunity to visit but hope to in 2019 so I am not really able to provide constructive input.
09/14/2018  Create an online database of knowledge regarding the artifacts and stories that are not shown to the public. Collect videos of the elders who have stories to share about their first-hand experiences before they are lost. Become the storehouse of knowledge that curious minds can come and explore to learn and understand. Thank you very much.
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09/15/2018  Love the museum. I've been there several times butvI always learn new things that so didn't see before Are you going to have a Motown exhibit? My daughter (16) can't wait to see it. Thanks.
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09/16/2018  Did not feel that most of the Entertainment section was especially noteworthy. Costumes, cars, etc. of entertainers isn't really "history". "Mainstream" museums of history don't have displays of pop/rock musicians, tv show hosts, etc. Focus more on the notable achievements of scientists, inventors, astronauts,etc. as well as community building/philanthropy by successful business men/women. But I did like the 360 degree collage of art, literature, dance, etc.
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09/20/2018  You do a great job and I have been there about 3-4 times so far and I learn so much every time that I go. I brought my entire museum staff from the Hampton Roads Naval Museum to be able to connect new stories and add the African American Experience when they teach Naval History to the local schools. It would be awesome if you had education programs to hand out covering different subject that pertain to the African American Experience for museum educators in different disciplines. They just don't teach AA history like they did when I was in school. That needs to change. I made it a point to teach my children our rich and beautiful heritage and built in them a love for their race because of the difficulties we face. Also, you may want to look into Ida E. Johns...http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMVJY_Ida_Ella_Ruth_Jones_1874_1959 she was an artist from the early 20th century she did all of her paintings after age 70 and was featured in the AA museum in Philadelphia some years back. Also, William Chester Ruth, was an inventor http://www.blackpast.org/aah/ruth-william-chester-1882-1971. My great-grandfather was taken in by the all Samuel Black regiment in the civil war after leaving slavery when he was 12. This is just my family, but I am sure there are thousands with similar stories...it would be awesome to do temporary exhibits highlighting families such as mine, then people would really feel like it is their history.
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09/14/2018  Thank you all so much for all your dedication and hard work in creating the Museum. It was my first visit and definitely won't be my last. There is so much to see and do and you leave with so much appreciation for and knowledge of our history, past and present. I was so moved by my experience, that I am going to find money in my budget next month to make a donation. Again, THANK YOU!!!
09/17/2018  You are doing a great job with the museum. It is extremely valuable and greatly appreciated. Perhaps even more focus should be on inviting other cultures to come learn about the African American culture and experience.
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09/20/2018  I think it would be good to show how some lived as King or Queens prior to being enslaved
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09/14/2018  I love this museum.
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09/14/2018  I witnessed many parents and children at the museum. I saw many tour busses. If you don't already have it in place, a weekly or monthly "closed door" teacher-directed tour would be extraordinary. I know there are videos, posters, etc. that reveal information. Middle school and high school students, however, would receive a masterful "class" if led and narrated through specific areas.
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09/18/2018  I grew up in the South and the food at the museum was amazing. I have PTSD so some of the spaces were challenging for me. The biggest challenge was the middle passage. I didn't realize that the space was intentionally designed like that until I was exposing how I felt with all the people crowded trying to see things. It was also a little frustrating seeing non blacks seem surprised by some of the exhibits and making comments.
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09/14/2018  This is an American treasure! On my two visits to the museum, I am so pleased to have seen an extremely diverse audience, both social/economic as well as race and ethnicity. I do believe outreach efforts encouraging reconciliation and healing is essential.
09/14/2018  I LOVE THE MUSEUM I LOVE THE COMING TOGETHER OF EVERYONE LEARNING AND SEEING WHERE WE CAME FROM.
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09/14/2018  More innovatived to cater to the younger generation example hands activities
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09/15/2018  When will the public be able to go to the museum without time passes. I know some people still trying every first Wednesday of the month and not getting a chance.
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09/15/2018  I was extremely pleased with the museum. Seeing all of our history on display was Amazing! It was a very humbling experience. I can't wait to visit again with my family.
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09/14/2018  It was the most compelling and comprehensive Museum I have ever experienced. Thank you to all involved.
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09/14/2018  I happy to see the question pertaining to racism, reconciliation and healing. Maybe, the museum with all the information on hand can be leading force with helping all cultures better understand others.
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09/14/2018  The museum should have an area dedicated to showcasing black art. There should be a revolving exhibit of black artists, like the collections of Jacob Lawrence, Varnette Honeywood, Ernie Barnes, Archibald Motley and so many others. The store should sell prints of these important artists works. The museum is huge and has plenty of room to have a floor dedicated to Black inventors with interactive exhibits so the children can learn about our inventors.
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09/15/2018  greatly improve the visitation/touring process.it is very complicated to arrange tours.
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09/17/2018  We are going back to visit in October, 2018. We already have our tickets, I got them in July. Can this ticket processing system be easier? Advance planning is needed for a visit. Mary Kelly Dowd
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09/19/2018  It would be nice when you visit your website for tickets and enter your information you will get an email in a timely manner without so many problems with the site. Also it is very difficult to attain tickets when you do not live there.
09/14/2018  Dedicate one day of the month for students and their teachers only or maybe every quarter. Since the restaurant features food from different sections of the country, have cooking demonstrations.
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09/15/2018  It's importabt we teach one another how to band together and turn our focus inward not just when tragic things happen, but when we can make progress building our communities. Doing it quietly but with single mindedness and out of proximity to our shared American culture with others.
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09/14/2018  Making as much as possible accessible via various social mediums will help those who may not be able to get to the museum to see and experience it in 2D and 3D.
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09/14/2018  The museum is a beacon shining on our shared history. Every American should visit. It is a privilege. Fantastic job. We'll be back.Thank you! PS: my answer to #8 is tempered by my belief that as a nation we will overcome this. I am extremely concerned by specific incidents but believe that as a people our better instincts will eventually prevail. Bigots will always be with us but they will continue to be a smaller and smaller lot. Peace out!!
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09/16/2018  Excellent experience
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09/14/2018  Great job! It might be helpful if you could alert visitors to start from the bottom and go up. We just picked a random floor. Thanks again, very well done and I'd like to come back - it's tough to get tickets! Jeff McBride
09/15/2018  I love it!
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09/15/2018  My family and I were at the museum in December, however, we completely missed the Emmett Till exhibit. Maybe there should be an additional sign on the floor of that exhibit? Maybe we missed that too. Apart from that, we thoroughly enjoyed our visit.
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09/17/2018  We found it hard to keep track of the areas we already passed through on each floor. There should be some kind of path that takes you through each floor so that you don't miss anything or back track into exhibits you've already seen.
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09/17/2018  Contributions Blacks have made for this country and beyond should be shown
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09/20/2018  I'm looking forward to returning:)
09/14/2018  Amazing museum, and I've enjoyed going multiple times -- I take away something new each time.
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12/31/2018  The museum is long overdue.
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12/31/2018  The museum is long overdue.
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01/24/2019  Fostering a national conversation about race to encourage reconciliation and healing can be supported by the sheer amount of support in artifacts and context the NMAAHC
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03/18/2021  All of the ways to improve the museum that you have stated, are important, so it's very hard to choose one or even three in particular.
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03/19/2021  No that's all thank you
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01/30/2019  I would like to know how to become a part of the exhibit. I am an African American artist featuring fabric collage. I have won awards in New York and Charlotte but haven't exhibited in many years while serving in a ministry. I have something to share. Claire Middleton pasterclaire@aol.com 704 713 5157 2831 heather glen lane Charlotte NC 28208
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01/10/2019  I have planned to visit the museum in February 2019, I am so excited! I think it is amazing that we as black people finally have a place to call our own and to tell our story.
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01/03/2019  I love the museum but I was taken aback at the prices for the food that was served. For myself and a 8yr old it was $61.00 and no to go containers. I want him to understand his history as it is not taught in schools (completely)we spent the whole day there. hence I had to feed him there. As there is no in out of the museum. Consider a child's menu! At least 1/2 of the full price. He told me to tell you he like finding out more about slavery & Dr. King & the civil rights movement. He was sad to know how families were torn apart and people got beat. He also enjoyed learning about former President Obama! Thanks for the wonderful & enlighten adventure!!
03/29/2021  I just can't wait for you to be open again!!!
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01/23/2019  See social media comment. Would like to see traveling exhibits to garner support for and awareness of the museum. Will there be a unit on 1619.
01/18/2019  It is so difficult to secure tickets to view exhibits at the museum, particularly for schools out of state attempting to plan field trips. Please set up a more stream lined process for teachers to share this experience with their students. As well as customer service number.
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01/13/2019  A Museum as important as this one should make a person free of the of negative thinking that lay dormant in our minds until it is confronted with reality. The African American Museum should be that institution,that free the mind to discovery the truth about themself.
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03/10/2021  As a White American, I have taken various courses over the past year and have started the journey to understand the true history of our country. I salute your organization for continuing this critical work. If we don't understand the past, we will keep repeating the mistakes made in the past, I watched the MLK "Letters from a Birmingham Jail" video yesterday, SO POWERFUL!!!
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03/09/2021  It is a beautiful museum full of so much history. Please continue to grow and enhance the knowledge of others. Most importantly, THANK YOU.
01/25/2019  T THOMAS FORTUNE
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01/29/2019  This survey contains some errors or omissions - such as asking to explain "other" choices when there was no "other" option for that question.
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03/19/2021  When the museum is able to open, I would really like to be kept informed about the protocols for visiting, best practices for planning a successful trip, and so on. This will be a major help, and unfortunately, much of the time information provided for "Plan Your Visit" sections are not kept highly relevant and updated.
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03/20/2021  Tja m Giu fir the valuable work you lead.
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03/29/2021  I'm looking forward to visiting soon.
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02/23/2019  Include mr. Lonnie Bunch contribution towards the NMAAHC!
02/21/2019  NMAAHC is my favorite museum. Ever. You have done- and continue to do - a wonderful job. I'm grateful you're here, and I feel so lucky to live nearby so we can continue to visit a few times a year. Thank you.
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02/22/2019  Identifying ways to provide local colleges and universities, as well as public schools with greater access to the museum.
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03/10/2019  Website was a bit difficult to understand for getting tickets ahead of our visit to DC. Hopefully we will get lucky on day of visit.
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03/09/2019  We can't wait to visit. Don't know if we'll get in or not, but four old ladies from Delaware are coming to Washington to spend four days visiting in April. We are white and respect what all blacks have had to go through to get this far. We are all docents at our local Harriett Tubman exhibit in Seaford, Delaware
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03/10/2019  Black military heroes.
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05/07/2019  several visitors have stated many of your exhibits are duplicated and more meaningful exhibits should be added (science, math, black congressmen during the reconstruction period.
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05/12/2019  Make it easier for people that want inside the museum to be able to do so when they come to Washington D.C I will be in Washington D.C tomorrow May 13, 2019. I am coming there to see the museum on a hope and a prayer. I'm told I can enter from 1PM-%Pm on a timed pass. This the main reason I'm coming tomorrow. Thanks, Jerry Haywood
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05/08/2019  I visited the museum a few months ago and the exhibits still reside in my minds eye, I would visit again when in the area. please allow a day to see the entire museum . Plan your visit to start early and don't forget to enjoy the café, the food was delicious!
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07/11/2019  Thanks for your energy and efforts to have us, African American, represented on the national mall.
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07/11/2019  Our visit has been scheduled for September of this year. I'm sure my opinion will change once this occurs.
07/08/2019  Please fix it so we can get into the museum quickly. My friends and family want to visit but it is so complicated to get tickets. So they end up going to other museums because it's easier to get in the same day.
07/11/2019  I thought that completing this survey was an interesting intellectual exercise for me. Thank you! My experience in working in an education role in various museums over the years is ultimately one of segregated audiences (with predominantly white audiences). I think that if the museum can set an example for how to attract a diverse audience, while also meeting the needs of African Americans whose history has not been told, it would be a major contribution in the area of museum management. I also believe in connecting the past to the present and future. The museum should be a source of reflection and dialogue on where we stand now with respect to race relations. For this reason I like the idea of focusing on outreach and public education events (I am thinking here of the ways in which the commemoration of the Holocaust has engendered a wider discussion of human rights/genocide). This being said, and considering comments I have heard about museums that have deemphasized the object in ways, I think that building a collection of objects that make a forceful impression on viewers should be central to the museum's mission. Thank you for seeing my input--and best of luck to you. I am excited for my visit!
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07/11/2019  Also we need to discuss reparations. It should be a national discussion - taking place in all schools across the country.
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07/11/2019  White people need to be encouraged to visit and start from the bottom since they think we should still be there.
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07/12/2019  I appreciate having this museum available and like to visit frequently. However, having to get tickets three months in advance limits my flexibility in visiting because I often cant't plan that far in advance. If members could be assured of getting tickets about a week in advance, I'd gladly become a member just for this benefit.
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07/11/2019  Building traveling exhibitions is an excellent first step especially for those people unable to visit the museum in Washington, DC
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07/11/2019  May have more I put after my visit in late September this year.
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07/11/2019  One of the greatest history lessons I have received in my lifetime.
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08/19/2019  Like to have more enactment of slavery years and how our people made it through not so much reading. The museum was informative to those that can read if they did have someone with them to explain the reading.
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08/11/2019  I believe the most effective way the Museum can combat our nation's legacy of racism is to build exhibits and disseminate education on public legislation and acts to perform on real life steps to reverse and combat individual racism.
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08/19/2019  THE MUSEUM IS RIGHT ON TIME, THANK YOU!
09/11/2019  Efforts to promote placement of historical signs such as the efforts initiated by Equal Justice Initiative
09/14/2019  I am a former grade school teacher who back in the 1960s and 1970s had to research and compile my own African American history curriculum and materials for my students because the standard text books were insufficient in telling a comprehensive story about our culture and contributions to the building of this country. I have always and continue to be a staunch advocate for black history is American history. I will be traveling to visit the museum in a couple of weeks. Very excited!
09/05/2019  The Museum was amazing. I thought it would take me one day to go through the Museum but it took me two. Teachers need to do a better job teaching African -American history in our schools especially in today's world.What is happening in America today is shameful and only through education will there be any improvement.
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09/09/2019  You are doing an awesome job!! Stay encouraged and keep on educating everyone,
09/09/2019  You are doing an awesome job!! Stay encouraged and keep on educating everyone,
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09/15/2019  Our visit was just wondering and educational. We want to come back to complete the entire experience!
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12/15/2019  Honoring our ancestors in anyway we can so the younger generation realizes the importance of the contributions that they made.
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12/17/2019  Please keep the story of African Americans as current as possible so that visitors understand that our story is not one of the past but an ongoing challenge of importance to all Americans.
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12/14/2019  I am so proud that this Museum exists. It's such a FANTASTIC contribution to African American History and provides cultural experiences and information that are outstanding!
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03/26/2020  Love it all!
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03/23/2020  Very important landmark incorporating the pride, pain, progress, philosophy & progress of a People who were enslaved, downtrodden and whose plight was largely ignored by many.
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05/17/2020  I live on the west coast and have not had an opportunity to visit but I have friends (both black and white) who have and all spoke very highly of the quality of the exhibition and of the power of the story as told there.
05/15/2020  I am a member,have visited there twice,and employed @ the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
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05/01/2020  I am an Anglo/Irish Australian who lives in Sydney, Australia. I think that Australia has made deadly human rights mistakes when dealing with our first peoples populace's. Similarly the American experience of importation of African slaves in the past with no regard for human rights has created intolerable inequities for non white Americans. Thus I feel you are an essential reference point and resource For the enlightening of an American populace who seem totally introspective, ill informed and unwilling to recognise that the past mistakes And injustices that prevail even to this day. Regrettably, after the incredible presidency of Barack Obama who spearheaded a modern/ future looking view, the USA has been dragged back into the dark ages of Trumpian ignorance. More power to you that seek to tell truth to power.
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04/29/2020  Waiting for this crisis to be over so we can visit.
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05/10/2020  I think it is vitally important to encourage the exploration of the black experience here in the United States. knowledge is power. Although this experience is vital to the continued development and growth of our identities, it is also important for other ethnic groups to understand that we are a part of the whole American experience.
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05/07/2020  Absolutely love the Museum and pray God's continued blessings on your every endeavor 🙏🏽❤️
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05/10/2020  Thank you for all you do to preserve Black history in America!
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05/09/2020  The mission of the museum is vital. Those forces in country that seek to diminish the history of black must not succeed, especially for the generation of young people. It is astonishing how little younger blacks know of our history.
05/17/2020  This survey is cloudy and poorly constructed. This is a frequent occurrence in surveys that I have been asked to complete in recent years. You appear to be looking for guidance on how to allocate your time and resources moving forward. Using a survey as input to this process is a common tactic. Timed rotation through selected topics at the main facility may be a consideration. They can, and should, be coordinated with external activities. These can mesh into a program that may enhance overall impact and visibility and provide the flexibility to update and emphasize as needed to meet emerging trends.
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09/24/2021  Start an out reach training program for college and non college students. Creating an army of historical and cultural Evangelist nationwide.