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How you can enjoy free admission to the International African American Museum this weekend by: Tim Renaud. Posted: Feb 27, 2025 / 09:28 AM EST. Updated: Feb 27, 2025 / 09:47 PM EST.

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.

The museum, which hosted 1.6 million visitors in 2024, serves as a cornerstone in the preservation of African American history, a number of community leaders and organizations said in its defense.