Betty Brinn Children’s Museum Wonder Wagon

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A man stands in front of the Djingareyber mosque on February 4, 2016 in Timbuktu, central Mali.
Mali's fabled city of Timbuktu on February 4 celebrated the recovery of its historic mausoleums, destroyed during an Islamist takeover of northern Mali in 2012 and rebuilt thanks to UN cultural agency UNESCO.
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African Peoples Before Captivity

Shackles from Slave Ship Henrietta Marie

Kidnapped: The Middle Passage

Image of the first black members of Congress

Reconstruction: A Brief Glimpse of Freedom

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One Hundred Years of Jim Crow

I Am Somebody! The Struggle for Justice

NOW: Free At Last?

Memorial to the Victims of Lynching

The Freedom-Lovers’ Roll Call Wall

Frozen custard in Milwaukee's Bronzeville

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May 7, 2024

Betty Brinn Children’s Museum (BBCM) will be bringing their mobile museum to ABHM on Saturday, May 11th from 10 AM to 1 PM. BBCM Wonder Wagon will bring hands-on activities developed in collaboration with ABHM to our space!

Children and their families can join in the fun and learning for FREE. Standard admission still applies for exploring the galleries and donations to the museum are always accepted!

ABHM staff and volunteers will also be at Betty Brinn Children’s Museum’s Community Access Day on May 16th from 1 to 4 PM! Come visit BBCM for free and stop by ABHM’s table storytime and a fun activity.

Presented By: Betty Brinn Children’s Museum and America’s Black Holocaust Museum

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