E VANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Evansville African American Museum officials are inviting the community to the 3rd annual Baptisttown Emancipation Festival.

Decades-old artifacts related to slavery and civil rights are rotating out of exhibits at the African American History Museum, as a potential White House review looms.

The news comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for the Smithsonian to eliminate “improper ideology” in some exhibits.

WASHINGTON – Hundreds of people joined a rally on May 3 to show support for the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the wake of threats by the Trump administration and ...

In an official statement, The Smithsonian denied reports that the institution removed exhibit items from the National Museum of African American History and Culture. The April 28 statement refers ...

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) *A wave of support is building among Black faith leaders and civil rights advocates for the National Museum of African ...

The April 28 statement refers to reports that the Smithsonian removed the historic Greensboro, North Carolina, lunch counter and a stool from the National Museum of American History and the ...

-- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture finally opens its doors today on the National Mall. It includes 12 inaugural exhibitions and close to 37,000 ...

The National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall, photographed on Friday, March 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) AP ...

Directing the African American museum, which has some 230 employees and welcomes more than a million visitors each year, was more complex than Mr. Young’s former role leading the Schomburg ...

The National Museum of African American History and Culture opened to the public in 2016. It contains more than 40,000 artifacts documenting more than 400 years of African American history.